Hi
I did see that research which is filed in the museum in George - I do not know that Jemima committed suicide - that research said she drowned in Knysna but her death notice says she died in George.
I have only researched Maria as far as her marriage and birth of her children
According to my records she had the following children:
- Thomas Adam born 24/10/1850(George) died 5/12/1899 (Rouxville)
Jemima Helen Charlotte born 30/12/1852(George) died 1/1/1869 (Oudshoorn)
James Henry John Born 2/9/1854 (George) died 191/2/1950(Zastron)
Walter born 11/8/1856(George) 29/11/1930(Bloemfontein)
Henry born 13/8/1858(George) 29/9/1936(Zastron)
Olivia Maria born 9/9/1860 (Oudtshoorn) died 16/7/1924 Bloemfontein)
Robert Widdicombe 24/1/1863 (Oudtshoorn) Died 10/4/1959 (Pretoria)
Charles Warden 14/6/1866 (Oudtshoorn) died 9/1/1935 (Pretoria)
Cornelius 26/10/1868 (Oudtshoorn) 17/12/1902 (Aliwal North)
Happy to share any information about the Pawles. As I said earlier I think some of the earlier research into James and Jemima is a little flawed, there is no evidence that she was a "Lady" - I have copies of her birth and marriage records and her parents marriage record and there is no indication of title. Her father was a customs officer according to the baptism records of some of her siblings - I need to explore that further as that may give us an indication of his ancestry, would require a visit to the archives in Kew and trawling through the records to find his employment details. Unfortunatelly "Stephen Bacon" is a pretty common name in London so I have not been able to identify his ancestors - his bride Martha Aydon is also proving problematic - I have found a "Martha Aydon" in Yorkshire but she marries elsewhere and no records of "Aydon" in London. I also have not been able to identify what happened to any of Jemima's siblings - again names too common and with none of their second names coming up in the records ,,,,.
James is also impossible - his apprenticeship records do not list parents and I have not been able to locate a baptism for him. From the age given on the known records he was about 6 years younger than Jemima.