===================================================================== Match: Bowles Source: SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-L@rootsweb.com From: "Tessa King" <tessking@mweb.co.za> Subject: Grahamstown Baptist Church - Bowles Smith Fielding Poulton Hi everyone The Baptist Church Register is a large volume (an ABC Index Book actually) with each page divided in half so that the names of two families can be recorded on each page. At the top of each section is the fathers name e.g. Robert Webb and his wife Mary and then the children are listed beneath the parents. In some cases, where the maiden name of the wife is known, then it would be Mary born Smith for example. The first few in the register did not record the maiden name of the mother. Since there are no entry numbers I have used the page numbers instead. The handwriting is fairly good in this register, although sometimes the spelling is suspect! There is no mention of the name of the minister, but by looking at some of the marriage certificates I have identified the handwriting as being that of Rev Alexander Hay. Register of the Church of Christ called Baptist in Grahamstown CORY MS 16 850D.1 Vol 1 Minister: Rev Alexander Hay Transcribed by: Tessa King Page No. 007 Surname: BOWLES Christian Names: Richard George Fathers Names: Richard Mothers Names: Ruth Mothers Maiden Name: POULTON Date of Birth: 25 Oct 1845 Where Born: Grahamstown Page No. 007 Surname: BOWLES Christian Names: Edward Charles Fathers Names: Richard Mothers Names: Ruth Mothers Maiden Name: POULTON Date of Birth: 16 Mar 1848 Where Born: Grahamstown Page No. 007 Surname: BOWLES Christian Names: Sarah Ann Fathers Names: Richard Mothers Names: Ruth Mothers Maiden Name: POULTON Date of Birth: 29 Oct 1849 Where Born: Grahamstown Page No. 007 Surname: SMITH Christian Names: William Alexander Fathers Names: William Collins Mothers Names: Joice Mothers Maiden Name: FIELDING Date of Birth: 08 Oct 1838 Where Born: London Page No. 007 Surname: SMITH Christian Names: Isaac Fielding Fathers Names: William Collins Mothers Names: Joice Mothers Maiden Name: FIELDING Date of Birth: 28 Apr 1841 Where Born: Grahamstown Page No. 007 Surname: SMITH Christian Names: Nathaneal Thomas Fathers Names: William Collins Mothers Names: Joice Mothers Maiden Name: FIELDING Date of Birth: 28 Oct 1844 Where Born: Grahamstown Page No. 007 Surname: SMITH Christian Names: Alfred Salter Fathers Names: William Collins Mothers Names: Joice Mothers Maiden Name: FIELDING Date of Birth: 19 Jan 1847 Where Born: Grahamstown Page No. 007 Surname: SMITH Christian Names: Emely Amelia Fathers Names: William Collins Mothers Names: Joice Mothers Maiden Name: FIELDING Date of Birth: 16 Feb 1849 Where Born: Grahamstown Page No. 007 Surname: SMITH Christian Names: Letitia Harriott Fathers Names: William Collins Mothers Names: Joice Mothers Maiden Name: FIELDING Date of Birth: 25 Apr 1851 Where Born: Grahamstown Page No. 007 Surname: SMITH Christian Names: Philip Charles Fathers Names: William Collins Mothers Names: Joice Mothers Maiden Name: FIELDING Date of Birth: 09 Apr 1853 Where Born: Grahamstown Kind regards Tessa