Margaret Downing

…Mother: Unknown ." His grandfather was George Augustus Kolbe — who married at sixteen on a sworn lie in Shoreditch, sailed on the Nautilus in 1819 as an 1820 Settler , preached across the Orange River, and named a Karoo farm after the Württemberg his own father had left. His grandmother was Margaret Downing of London. Both of them lie under a cut-stone monument at Burgersdorp — names, London birthplaces, farm and dates carved into it — about forty miles from where that notice was written. The family forgot them inside seventy years, with the headstone still standing. And it had happened before, on the other side of the house.…

…If duplicated, “County Cork” is John Augustus's own birthplace and the Irish claim strengthens. → Margaretha Kolbe (1826–1912) Marries George Frederick Enslin in 1850 while married to John Augustus Barry, then bears Barry and Enslin children three and a half months apart in 1851. Resolved RESOLVED by Margaret Downing’s 1867 death notice, which lists among her children “Mary Elizabeth (dead) who was married to George F. Enslin — left issue of 6 minor children.” The Enslin marriage and children belong to Margaretha’s SISTER. The archive’s own hypothesis, confirmed. → Margaretha Kolbe — census Recorded in the 1881 census at 52 Arthur Street, Chelsea, London. Reject She was in the Cape Colony throughout.…

…The registration is a hard, researchable detail. Unidentified. 1819 · A sworn falsehood in Shoreditch A marriage allegation of the London Diocese , 20 January 1819 — the sworn statement required before a marriage licence could be issued. Fee, 2/6. Marriage allegation of George Kolbe and Margaret Downing, London Diocese, 20 January 1819, signed G. Kolbe .…

…Hypot A young man in a dark uniform tunic and peaked cap . Hypothesis: George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen A man in a light suit and fedora on a late-1920s sedan, registration TAS 486 , a small boy besid Marriage allegation of George Kolbe and Margaret Downing, London Diocese, 20 January 1819, signe "…a Bachelor of the age of Twenty-one Years and upwards ." Death Notice of George Augustus Kolbe , made under Section 9, Ordinance 104, at Colesberg in Jan The whole sheet, for anyone who wants to check the reading against it.…

…Harriet's registration, 1912 5 children Margarietha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Barry · 1880 – 1961 Ruben Jacobus Hosea Barry · b. 7 Oct 1888 (inferred) Dorothea Regina Barry of Slang River · b. 11 Jan 1892 (inferred) Harriet Louisa Barry · 1894 – 7 Sep 1912 Ellen Hendrika Barry · b. 8 Dec 1899 (inferred) George Augustus Kolbe & Margaret Downing George 1802 – 1 Dec 1844 · Margaret b. c. 1804 On whose word a record read here Married 1819 — both were sixteen, and the Nautilus passenger roll of 1820 overstates both their ages by four years.…

…The line → 9 March 1817 Graaff-Reinet James Montjoy & Anna Catharina Sleer a record read here She was a widow; his origin is left blank on a page where the clerk filled everyone else's in. The blank predates the 1840 death notice by twenty-three years. The 1817 register → 1819 London George Augustus Kolbe & Margaret Downing a record read here Both were sixteen. The Nautilus passenger roll the following year makes them twenty — a second age overstatement in the same twelve months. The Kolbes → bef. 1828 not recorded Petrus Jacobus Booysen & Elizabetha van der Merwe a record read here A second van der Merwe, named only on her son's 1908 death notice.…

…§ 12 · High priority Who is in the "Kolbe–Downing" photograph? A carte-de-visite captioned as George Augustus Kolbe and Margaret Downing cannot be them — the costume is c. 1875–1885, and they died in 1844 and 1867. The likeliest sitter is their son George Augustus Kolbe (b. 1836) . Where to look: the pencilled inscription on the card mount, at higher resolution than the tree holds; the photographer's imprint if the reverse survives; and the descendants who uploaded it. Also: who took it, and where.…

…Her mother is entered UNKNOWN — the seventh parent this archive's documents fail to name. Her 1902 death notice Open Questions John Paul Downing Documented 6 mentions — — Margaret's father. The Kolbes Margaret Downing Documented 13 mentions c. 1804, London — Married at fifteen in Shoreditch, signing with a mark. Died owning a house and a farm. The Women The Kolbes The Documents Willem Hermanus Booyzen of Dugmore Documented 5 mentions 31 May 1908, Indwe — Baptised at Indwe 6 December 1908, entry 15, and entered ONECHT — born four months before his parents married.…

…Mossel Bay, Cape Province, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Aletta Johanna Downing Membership 30 Aug 1938 Herbertsdale, Cape Province, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 Alfred Downing with: Caroline Celia · Margaret Downing record ↗ South Africa, Methodist Parish Registers, 1822-1996 Alfred Downing Birth 1874 England | Death 15 May 1952 Durban, Inanda, Natal, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Natal, Civil Deaths, 1863-1955 Alfred Downing Birth 1874 · with: Wilhemina McLean Roberts record ↗ South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1931 Alfred Ffitch Downing Birth 1878 · with: Kathleen Mary Talbot Delaney reco…

…1930s Three uncaptioned photographs attached to George's profile; identifications inferred and flagged as unverified Death notice, George Augustus Kolbe, 1845 Section 9, Ordinance 104; estate 7698 = KAB MOOC 6/9/35 (1845); signed by his widow at Colesberg Death notice, Margaret Downing, 1868 Ordinance 104; estate 4094 ; filed 30 Jan 1868, signed G. D. O.…

…21 Sep 1788 — Petrus Jacobus Booysen baptised at Graaff-Reinet 1792 — BOOIJZEN too 7 Dec 1802 — George Augustus Kolbe born in London 9 Mar 1817 — James Montjoy marries Anna Catharina Slier 9 Mar 1817 — James Montjoy marries Anna Catharina Slier at Graaff-Reinet 1819 — George Augustus Kolbe marries Margaret Downing on a sworn falsehood 30 Apr 1819 — Johanna Catharina Montjoy born at Graaff-Reinet 14 Apr 1820 — The Nautilus lands at Algoa Bay 11 Jun 1823 — George Mountjoy born at Cradock Sep 1827 — James Montjoy dies at Cradock c.…

…His son's 1903 registration says only: an Irishman, born in Ireland. Margaretha W. E. M. Kolbe 1826 – 1912 Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Mary Kolbe · 1826 – 1912 George Augustus Kolbe 1802 – 1844 George Augustus Kolbe · 1802 – 1844 Johan Gottlieb Kolbe 1765 – 1845 Johan Gottlieb Kolbe · 1765 – 1845 Margaret Downing c.1804 – 1867 Margaret Downing · c.1804 – 1867 John Paul Downing — – — John Paul Downing · — – — Anna Johanna M. Pretorius 1906 – 1944 Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius · 1906 – 1944 Petrus Jacobus Pretorius 1878 – 1941 Petrus Jacobus Pretorius · 1878 – 1941 Margarietha W. E.…

…Catherine was fourteen. Her husband remarried, lost two infant daughters, and died himself of a heart attack on 21 February 1947. Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen was eighteen years old and had no parents. Two years later she married Nuno Fernando Lerena at St Joseph's, Mayfair. Johannesburg → Margaret Downing signed with a cross The 1819 marriage register at St Leonard's Shoreditch records the entry in the usual form — and then, where the bride should sign: Margaret Downing † her mark. She could not write her own name. She was fifteen years old, and had that morning been sworn to be twenty-one and upwards. Her husband signed — after striking through a first attempt.…