Apparently the lot joined th4 BRITISH ARMY and went to India to help put own an uprising an on their way back to England deserted ship in PE The Bonnet who came out was Pierre Gysbert married Margaretha Magdalena Oosthuizen. They only had the 2 children Petrus G and Barbara Magdalena But they must have had money to start farming and keeping shops not to clued up about what they were using then as far as the money goes, The lost that deserted would they have been paid or did they loose their pay? Janet -----Original Message----- From: buitenposten-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:buitenposten-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Adriana Barrett Sent: 22 May 2013 12:45 PM To: buitenposten@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BP] French in Humansdorp I have no idea who Bonnet married, but imagine she was Afrikaans and the son was named after his maternal grandfather. Family stories can drive one up the wall. My own great-greatgrandfather Wagner was said to have been a prisoner of war (during Napoleontic Wars) of the British and had to fight for them on the E Cape border. I have discovered that he was far more likely to have been a mercenary in the British Army, having joined them after Napoleon's defeat. He walked, with a friend George Hippert, from the far E Cape to Humansdorp in 1819 and they both settled on the farm Rondebosch 4 miles north of Humansdorp. I wonder what Deschamps *et al* did in India - not exactly a place for the French in those days. Bonnet then arived long before the other Frenchmen? I suppose that being French who did not like the English, they rather married Afrikaans girls than English ones. Adriana

Janet, Do you know if a McCarthy, McArthur or McCarter was amongst the deserters that settled in Humansdorp? I am looking for a James Mccarthy who married a du Preez girl in Humansdorp. It is said he was a saddler. Gerda Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: "Janet Melville" <jmelville@xsinet.co.za> Sender: buitenposten-bounces@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 12:57:44 To: <buitenposten@rootsweb.com> Reply-To: buitenposten@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BP] French in Humansdorp Apparently the lot joined th4 BRITISH ARMY and went to India to help put own an uprising an on their way back to England deserted ship in PE The Bonnet who came out was Pierre Gysbert married Margaretha Magdalena Oosthuizen. They only had the 2 children Petrus G and Barbara Magdalena But they must have had money to start farming and keeping shops not to clued up about what they were using then as far as the money goes, The lost that deserted would they have been paid or did they loose their pay? Janet -----Original Message----- From: buitenposten-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:buitenposten-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Adriana Barrett Sent: 22 May 2013 12:45 PM To: buitenposten@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BP] French in Humansdorp I have no idea who Bonnet married, but imagine she was Afrikaans and the son was named after his maternal grandfather. Family stories can drive one up the wall. My own great-greatgrandfather Wagner was said to have been a prisoner of war (during Napoleontic Wars) of the British and had to fight for them on the E Cape border. I have discovered that he was far more likely to have been a mercenary in the British Army, having joined them after Napoleon's defeat. He walked, with a friend George Hippert, from the far E Cape to Humansdorp in 1819 and they both settled on the farm Rondebosch 4 miles north of Humansdorp. I wonder what Deschamps *et al* did in India - not exactly a place for the French in those days. Bonnet then arived long before the other Frenchmen? I suppose that being French who did not like the English, they rather married Afrikaans girls than English ones. Adriana ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BUITENPOSTEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

a1 McCarthy,James *Ireland 1835 † Waterval, dist Ladybrand; 46jr 30.04.1881 : landbouer × 18.07.1866 Humansdorp met Du Preez ,Catharina Magdalena *Riversdal 17.01.1840 {d.v. Du Preez,Hercules Jacobus *24.01.1807 & Van Zyl,Margaretha Isabella *16.12.1816} Hul het 7 kinders. b1 Theunis Cornelis *1867 b2 Johanna Catharina *?? 1868 b3 Catharina Jacoba *?? 1870 b4 Embrensia Cornelia *?? 1872 b5 Daniel Christoffel Benjamin *?? 1875 : 6 jr oud met pa se dood b6 Margareth Elizabeth *?? 1877 : 4 jr oud met pa se dood b7 Herculaas Jacobus *?? 1878 : 5 jr oud met pa se dood -----Original Message----- From: buitenposten-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:buitenposten-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of GP Sent: 22 May 2013 01:00 PM To: buitenposten@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BP] French in Humansdorp Janet, Do you know if a McCarthy, McArthur or McCarter was amongst the deserters that settled in Humansdorp? I am looking for a James Mccarthy who married a du Preez girl in Humansdorp. It is said he was a saddler. Gerda Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: "Janet Melville" <jmelville@xsinet.co.za> Sender: buitenposten-bounces@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 12:57:44 To: <buitenposten@rootsweb.com> Reply-To: buitenposten@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BP] French in Humansdorp Apparently the lot joined th4 BRITISH ARMY and went to India to help put own an uprising an on their way back to England deserted ship in PE The Bonnet who came out was Pierre Gysbert married Margaretha Magdalena Oosthuizen. They only had the 2 children Petrus G and Barbara Magdalena But they must have had money to start farming and keeping shops not to clued up about what they were using then as far as the money goes, The lost that deserted would they have been paid or did they loose their pay? Janet -----Original Message----- From: buitenposten-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:buitenposten-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Adriana Barrett Sent: 22 May 2013 12:45 PM To: buitenposten@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BP] French in Humansdorp I have no idea who Bonnet married, but imagine she was Afrikaans and the son was named after his maternal grandfather. Family stories can drive one up the wall. My own great-greatgrandfather Wagner was said to have been a prisoner of war (during Napoleontic Wars) of the British and had to fight for them on the E Cape border. I have discovered that he was far more likely to have been a mercenary in the British Army, having joined them after Napoleon's defeat. He walked, with a friend George Hippert, from the far E Cape to Humansdorp in 1819 and they both settled on the farm Rondebosch 4 miles north of Humansdorp. I wonder what Deschamps *et al* did in India - not exactly a place for the French in those days. Bonnet then arived long before the other Frenchmen? I suppose that being French who did not like the English, they rather married Afrikaans girls than English ones. Adriana ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BUITENPOSTEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BUITENPOSTEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message