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Downing

Margaret Georgina Elizabeth Downing

1803–1867 · London, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Born23 FEB 1803, London, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Died25 NOV 1867, Burgersdorp, Drakensberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
BuriedDeelt een graf met haar echtgenoot., Burgersdorp Old Cemetery, Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Family

Parents
John Paul Downing1769–1839disputedMary P King1768–1834disputed
Margaret Georgina Elizabeth Downing23 FEB 1803–25 NOV 1867Downing
married 20 JAN 1819George Augustus Kolbe1802–1844disputed
13 children
John Gerson Eliezar "Jan" Kolbe1822–1868tree onlyCatherine Maria Sophia "Catharina" Kolbe1825–1901tree onlyMargaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Mary Kolbe1826–1912tree onlyAugusta Louisa "Louise" Kolbe1829–1873tree onlyHarriet Hachilah Machilah Kolbe1831–1870tree onlyMary Elizabeth Margaret Willemina Kolbe1833–1863tree onlyJohn Kolbe1834–1835tree onlyCharlotte Felicia Kolbe (twin)1836–1926tree onlyGeorge Augustus Kolbe1836–1913tree onlyFrederik Fortunatus Kolbe1839–1929tree onlyKeetor Peter Benjamin "Rector Peter Benjamin" Kolbeb. 1840tree onlyJohan Casimir "Casiner" Kolbe1844–1906tree onlyJulia Kolbeb. 1846tree only
4 siblings
John Downing1803–1890William Downingb. 1822Robert Downingb. 1833Thomas Downingb. 1843
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Events, as the record has them

  • burialNOV 1867Deelt een graf met haar echtgenoot., Burgersdorp Old Cemetery, Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa
    Deelt een graf met haar echtgenoot.
  • birth23 FEB 1803London, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  • death25 NOV 1867Burgersdorp, Drakensberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  • immigration14 APR 1820Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, Oost-Kaap, Zuid-Afrika
    1820 Settler arrived on the ship Nautilus in the Owen party. Departed from Gravesend on 3 December 1819.
  • emigration3 DEC 1819Gravesend, Kent, England
    Vertrok met haar man, als onderdeel van Owen's Party, naar Port Elizabeth in Zuid-Afrika, met het schip Nautilus.
  • event
    1820 Settler on Thomas Owen's group. Ship Nautilus. from England to South Africa.

Notes carried in the tree

Reproduced as written, minus the automated copy-reference boilerplate. These are what the family and other researchers put down, not what this archive has verified.

=1820 British Settler= '''Margaret Georgina Downing''' 19, together with her husband '''George Agustus Kolbe''' 20, were members of '''Owen's''' Party of 52 Settlers on the Settler Ship '''Nautilus'''. Party originated from London. Departure London, 3 December 1819 Arrival Table Bay, Cape Town - 17 March 1820 Final Port - Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth 14 April 1820 Area Allocated to the Party : "Spanish Reeds" between the Wellington and Kap rivers Died: 25 NOV 1867, Burgersdorp, Cape, South Africa (Alternative place of death is Barkley East, South Africa) https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=135373753 George was born on 7 DEC 1802 at Soho, London, England and died on 1 DEC 1844, Wurtemburg, District Albert, South Africa (Alternative place of death is Burgersdorp, Cape, South Africa) '''The Story of the British Settlers of 1820 in South Africa. Second enlarged and revised Edition, by Harold Edward HOCKLY, 1957''' List of Settlers, p. 229 George August KOLBE, 20; p. OWEN's; s. Nautilus; w. Margaret, 19; r. Became a missionary in Kaffirland. Religion and Education, p. 149 ...quite a number of those who had landed on the shores of Algoa Bay as young children were later ordained and took prominent part in religious development on the frontier among Europeans, and as missionaries among the Natives in Kaffirland beyond the borders of the Colony*. Of this later group of ministers of religion and missionaries mention need only be made of such honoured and well-known names as John AYLIFF, William SHEPSTONE, Henry Hare DUGMORE, Thomas JENKINS, James ALLISON, John BAILIE, Jeremiah HARTLEY, Joseph WARNER, William ELLIOT**, William SARGEANT, George KOLBE, Thomas HOOD and Charles WHITE. *For the work of the Wesleyan group of settler-missionaries, see EVELEIGH's 'Settlers and Methodism'. **There were 3 William ELLIOT's that were included in the 1820 Settlers. Added by Y. DROST, 26 MAR 2012 Sources:- 1. eSAGI 3.50 of 2008 2. The Story of the British Settlers of 1820 in South Africa. Second enlarged and revised Edition, by Harold Edward HOCKLY, 1957 3. Genforum : http://genforum.genealogy.com/southafrica/messages/5263.html https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/32361471 From Soho to Knapdaar · 12 January 2017 · The Kolbe family in South Africa was founded by the 1820 Settlers George Augustus Kolbe and his wife Margaret [Georgina] Downing. The couple arrived on board the ‘Nautilus’ in Algoa Bay on 14 April 1820 as members of Thomas Owen’s party. In the ship’s list George Kolbe was described as a ‘chemist’. George Augustus Kolbe was the son of Johan (John) Gottlob Kolbe, who hailed from Württemberg in Germany and plied the trade of tailor in Londen, and Mary Larman. He was born in Soho, London on 07.12.1802 and baptised at St. Anne’s, Westminster on 02.02.1803 George Kolbe’s wife, Margaret Downing, was born in London on 23.02.1803, parents unknown. They were married in the St. Leonard Church, Shoreditch, County Middlesex on 20.01.1819.

Sources attached in the tree

  • Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) — https://www.myheritage.com/person-32001388_OYYV6BP77532XP25XGOUTK6N6777A5Y_OYYV6BP77532XP25XGOUTK6N6777A5Y/margaret-georgina-elizabeth-kolbe-born-downings
  • FamilySearch Family Tree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-261884826/margaret-georgina-elizabeth-kolbe-born-downing-in-familysearch-family-tree
  • England Marriages, 1538-1973 — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-30043-13218685/margaret-downing-and-george-kolbe-in-england-marriages
  • England Marriages, 1538-1973 — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-30043-4984810/margaret-downing-and-george-kolbe-in-england-marriages
  • Geni World Family Tree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-373212158/margaret-georgina-elizabeth-kolbe-born-downing-in-geni-world-family-tree

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