Afternoon all from a very wet and rainy Cape Town This is part one of British Families in South Africa ABABRELTON* Meaning: Unidentified place name. Robert (Turtle), b. 1852. Secretary of Natal Land Board. M. 1874 Harriette K. Dodd; rem. 1907 Anna Strafford, 4 c. ABBOTT Meaning: Someone connected with the household of an abbott. Thomas, b. England, ca. 1825, d. Hopetown 16.1.1865. S.o. James and Mary Ann Abbott. M. Mary Ann Hill, d.o. Richard and Lydia Hill, b. Bristol, ca. 1824, d. Hopetown 4.4.1901, 6 c. ABEL Meaning: Son (Hebrew). Richard, b. England 12.5.1826. M. Elizabeth van Dyk, d.o. W. C. van Dyk, 7 c. ABERCROMBIE Meaning: Mouth of the crooked stream (place in Fife, Scotland). James, b. Edinburgh 26.10.1798, d. Rondebosch, Cape Town, 21.11.1870. Arr. 1817 with Moodie's party. Medical practitioner; Member of Legislative Council 1854-1858. M. Cape Town 26.11.1820 Magdalena Papas, d.o. Diederik Pallas, 4 c.; rem. Johanna S. Denneys, 1 c. ABERDEIN Meaning. From Aberdeen, Scotland. James, b. 4.7.1835. Fr. Glass, nr. Huntley, Scotland. M. 28.2.1862 Mary Milne, b. 30.5.1841, fr. Aboyne, Scotland, 9 c. ABRAHAM Meaning: Personal name, father of multitude (Hebrew). George, fr. Wales. S.o. William Abraham and Sarah Eggberry. M. 5.12.1868 Hester du Preez, wid. J. C. Scheepers, 3 c. ACKHURST Meaning: Oak farm. John, b. London 1824, d. Swellendam 28.10.1878. M. Swellendam 23.2.1846 Eliza Love, b. 1829, d. 1858; rem. Swellendam 4.2.1862 Helena van Eyck, b. 1841, 9 c. he following abbreviations are used in this book: arr. arrived b. born bapt. baptised c. children ca. circa distr. district div. divorced d.o. daughter of DRC Dutch Reformed Church fr. from illeg. illegitimate LMS London Missionary Society M. married nr. near orig. originally prob. probably q.v. quod vide (see) rem. remarried Rev. Reverend S.o. Son of v.d.K. van de Kaap wid. widow/widower of CG B. Burke's Colonial Gentry DB Debrett's Peerage FD A. C. Fox-Davies's Armorial families MB I. Mitford-Barberton and V. White's Some frontier families SA Sept arms which may be borne by anyone of the same sept or surname, according to Irish heraldic authorities. kind regards Heather Heather's South African Genealogy Help List at www.genealogy.co.za is soon due to be re-vamped and re-launched. This web site will have more content and more surprises.......please keep watching my home page for the latest announcements. Join the Cape Town Family History Society www.genealogy.co.za/society/socweb.htm Join the Cape Town Mailing list at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ZAF/SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN.html