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Does anyone have information on the Baxter family from Kent : Samuel -> Samuel (2) -> Samuel (3)/ William -> Samuel (4) -> Frederick William (emmigrated to South Africa) .
Early Samuels were land estate agents / auctioneers / historian (reporter) / farming , all in Kent .
Regards
Kevin Baxter

Anyone with information on Smith family from Kimberley :
Arthur Frederick m Julia Howard  >> Kathleen Margaret , Mabel , Cecil Arthur , Reginald Charles , Percival , Gertrude Maude , Arthur Howard  ?

Kevin

Does anyone have access to or know where to find passenger lists for UK immigrants arriving in SA 1875 - 1895 ?
Am looking for :
1) BAXTER (Frederick WIlliam and brother Samuel) who settled in Eastern Cape 2) SMITH (Arthur Frederick) settled in Kimberley with DeBeers

Kevin

I am trying to trace the SMITH family in Kimberley and would appreciate any information to fill in the missing bits .

ARTHUR  HOWARD  SMITH
b 14-08-1910   in Kimberley, North Eastern Cape
d _ _ 1988   in Durban, Natal 

After attending Christian Brothers College in Kimberley, Arthur matriculated at Mansfield High School in Durban,  where he met and later married on  9th November 1935  Enid Elsie (nee Palmer)

Joining up for WW2 , Arthur served in North Africa (Egypt) in the signals and communications corps .  (SADF records ?)

Returning from WW2 Arthur and Enid divorced in 1945 . 

Arthur remarried on   _ _ 1946  to May Victoria  (nee Butler)  b 31-07-1912 , 
d 27-04-1968 in Durban .
         
   
ARTHUR  FREDERICK  SMITH
b 13-05-1853   in  St. Pancras , London
d 18-02-1936   in Kimberley (Nazareth House) , North Eastern Cape
 
For some time with De Beers Mining Company at Kimberley, South Africa.
Died January 18th, 1936. (Harrow School Register & Wellington College Register)”

After Arthur does not appear in the UK census after 1871, so it is likely that he left England for South Africa between 1878 and 1881 after leaving Cambridge University Arthur  on ( date)  aboard ?? ship) and finally settled in Kimberley.
 
Arthur married in Kimberley at St. Cyprians Church  on  20-05-1893   to Julia Howard (nee Jones)  b 04-12-1863   d 04-01-1946 (Durban) .
         
Arthur and Julia had seven children :
   Kathleen Margaret  (b _ _ __  in Kimberley  d _ _ __)  baptised at St Albans Church   
                                On 4 March 1894   
   Mabel   (b _ _ __   in Kimberley)
   Cecil Arthur   (b _ _ __  in Kimberley  d _ _ __)
   Reginald Charles  (Toonky)   (b _ _ __   in Kimberley d _ _ __)
   Percival (Boyney)   (b _ _ __   in Kimberley  d _ _ __)   baptized at St Cyprians 
                               Church on 5 February 1905
   Gertrude Maude   (b _ _ __   in Kimberley d _ _ __)   baptised at St Cyprians Church
                              On 5 February 1905           
   Arthur Howard   (b 14-08-1910  in Kimberley  d _ _ 1988  in Durban)   baptized at
                              St Cyprians Church on 2 April 1911

Arriving in Kimberley , Arthur joined DeBeers Diamond Mining Company on 
12th December 1889 as Clerk of the Convict Station . In September 1895 he was transferred to staff position . After thirty four years service , Arthur retired on 1st June 1923 .

He was also one of the founder members of the Kimberley Golf Club which he patroned over the years . 



Regards
Kevin

I am looking for information on the Smith Family . So far this is what I have :

The Smith family of the early 18th Century lived in St. Pancras, Westminister in London . Adam and Mary Smith raised nine children of whom Charles and Caroline’s son Edmund James would achieve prominence in the business world as the founder member of the firm ‘Smith Gore’ as well as appointments to various positions by the Crown .

The fifth child of eleven born to Edmund James and Margaret Smith, Arthur Frederick Smith born 13th May 1853 received his schooling at Harrow and Wellington College and in 1872 entered Trinity College Cambridge, before moving to Downing College in 1874 . The son of renowned ‘Crown Receiver for the Northern Counties’ and ‘Surveyor to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners’ and founder partner in 1847 of ‘Smith Gore’ (property consulting and management) , Arthur Frederick however did not enter into the family business and instead emigrated to South Africa in 1880 where he settled in Kimberley .
    
ARTHUR  FREDERICK  SMITH
b 13-05-1854   in London (?)
d 18-02-1936   in Kimberley (Nazareth House) , North Eastern Cape

Arthur Frederick Smith completed his schooling at Harrow and Wellington College before entering Trinity College Cambridge University in 1872 and then in 1874 moving to Downing College . The entry in Alumni Cantabrigienses (the standard printed list of Cambridge alumni) runs as follows:

After leaving Cambridge University Arthur ……… and then …… emigrating to South Africa on ……..  aboard …………and finally settling in Kimberley.  

Arthur married in Kimberley on  _ _ 18_   to Julia Howard nee Jones  
b 01-01-1860   d 04-01-1946 (Durban) .
        
Arthur and Julia had seven children :
   Kathleen Margaret   (b _ _ __  in Kimberley  d _ _ __)
   Mabel   (b _ _ __   in Kimberley d _ _ __)
   Cecil Arthur   (b _ _ __  in Kimberley  d _ _ __)
   Reginald Charles  (Toonky)   (b _ _ __   in Kimberley d _ _ __)
   Percival (Boyney)   (b _ _ __   in Kimberley  d _ _ __)
   Gertrude Maude   (b _ _ __   in Kimberley d _ _ __)
   Arthur Howard   (b 14-08-1910  in Kimberley  d _ _ 1988  in Durban)

In Kimberley , Arthur joined DeBeers Diamond Mining Company .
He was also one of the founder members of the Kimberley Golf Club which he patroned over the years .


EDMUND  JAMES  SMITH
b _ _-1817  in ________
d 21-07-1880  in ________

Edmund James married at York on  _ _ 1846  to Margaret  nee Noble  b _ _ -1825 , d _ _ __  , daughter of John and Hannah (nee Shepherd) Noble , governor of York Castle and Goal .

Edmund James rose to prominence as a land surveyor and agent , and founder of the firm ‘Smith Gore’ of 16 Whitehall Place , as well as  highly respected council and committee appointments by the Crown . Residing at 14 Parliament Street Westminister .
        
Edmund and Margaret had eleven children :
   Herbert Edmund   (b 29-08-1847 , d _ _ __ )
   Charles John   (b 04-01-1849 , d _ _ __ )
   Amy Margaret   (b 24-05-1850 ,  d _ _ __ )
   Gertrude Caroline   (b 16-01-1852 , d _ _ __ )
   Arthur Frederick   (b 13-05-1854 , d _ _ __ )
   Reginald William   (b 07-09-1854 , d _ _ __ )
   George Cecil   (b 28-12-1857 , d _ _ __ )
   Mabel Hannah   (b 12-02-1860 , d _ _ __ )
   Henry Griffiths   (b 22-03-1862 , d _ _ __ )
   Percival Robert   (b _ _-1864 , d _ _ __ )
   Ethel Maria   (b _ _-1867 , d _ _ __ )


In the Annual Register, Volume 22, of 1881, the death of Edmund James in 1880 was reported as follows:
“On 21 July Edmund James Smith, Crown Receiver for the Northern Counties, Surveyor to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, besides holding many other important posts to which he had been appointed on account of his special knowledge and capacity.
He was altogether a self-made man, having risen from humble origins.”
(The obituary for Edmund James Smith is recorded in Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers, Volume 61, pages 303-4; also the history of the firm now known as ‘Smiths Gore’, and various census returns.)


CHARLES  SMITH
b 06-4-1769  Westminister , London
d _ _ c1852
        
Charles married at North Cray on  07-12-1799  to Caroline  nee Hakewill  
b _ _ 1773  d _ _ c1848 , daughter of John and Anna Maria (nee Cook) Hakewill .
        
Charles and Caroline had seven children :
   Charles Adam John   (b _ _ 1802  Westminister ,  d _ _ __)
   Maria   (b _ _ c1804  Westminister ,  d _ _ 1866 unmarried)
   Caroline   (b _ _ c1806  Westminister ,  d _ _ __  unmarried)
   Sophia   (b _ _ c1807  Westminister ,  d _ _ __  unmarried)
   Robert   (b _ _ __   Westminister ,  d _ _ __)
   William Henry   (b _ _ __   Westminister ,  d _ _ __)
   George Frederick   (b _ _ c1813  Westminister ,  d _ _ __)
   Edmund James   (b _ _ c1817  Westminister ,  d 21-07-1880)


ADAM  SMITH
b _ _ __  
d _ _ __
        
Adam married _ _ __  to Mary  nee _______  b _ _ __ , d _ _ __
        
Adam and Mary had nine children :
   John   (b _ _ 1752 , d _ _ __)
   Susanna   (b _ _ 1753 , d _ _ __)
   Anne   (b _ _ 1758 , d _ _ __)
   Elizabeth   (b _ _ 1759 , d _ _ __)
   George   (b _ _ 1761 , d _ _ __)
   William   (b _ _ 1763 , d _ _ __)
   Harriet   (b _ _ 1767 , d _ _ __)
   Charles   (b 06-04-1769 , d _ _ c1852)
   Sophia   (b _ _ 1770 , d _ _ __)

I would appreciate any information and copies of photos/docs/bmd

Regards
Kevin