Hi Nikki, If I'm right the 'Her' referred to in the book is Olive Emilie Albertina SCHREINER, his wife, authoress of 'Story of an African Farm'. Her house at 9 Cross Street, Cradock is, I believe now a museum (it was at one time anyway). If I remember correctly she was buried high on a hillside with both her dog and her baby......that may be sadly awry....I have so much buzzing through my poor noddle. Just been filling in the husband and children of a 2nd cousin twice removed, Zilla Clifton TAINTON. She married an American of German descent called Ernest Emil POTTBERG....they lived in Statten Island, New York....makes me smile! Best wishes, Tombi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikki" <alnic@polka.co.za> To: <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] CRON, WRIGHT, CRONWRIGHT,WEAKLY from Her South African Ancestors 1930 Samuel Cron Cronwright. > Hi Dorri > > Will try to extract what i can without typing up the book! The book is > written by Samuel Cron Cronwright > Hope it makes some sense! > Kind regards > Nikki > Sedgefield > > Great Grandfather > Robert CRON b. Aug 1767 Dumfries-shire Scotland > d.Sept 1841 > m > Great Grandmother > Agnes TAYLOR > b. 4 April 1772 Billing, Lancashire England > d. August 1841 > CRONS lived on small estate , Northfield, outside Bolton, Lancashire > > Children > > 1.Son > m > Miss Alice MORRIS > they had a son John( died as a young man) and two daughters Margaret & > Mary > who never married > > 2.Margery CRON b 17.9.1797 Billing Lancashire England (Grandmother ,second > daughter of Robert and Agnes) > baptised St Helens Billing. > d. 18.5.1886 at 82 Bathurst Street Grahamstown > buried English Church Cemetery Grahamstown > > m. 24 July 1822 Parish Church Hindley nr Wigan, Lancashire > > Rev. Peter WRIGHT ( Grandfather) d. Philippolis 1843 > > 19.8.1822 sailed for Algoa Bay arriving October November of same year. > > Children > John Cron b Theopolis 2.7.1823 d. Hopetown 24.11.1901 m. Mary HUGHES 7 > daughters , 4 sons > > Agnes Cron b. Theopolis 17.11.1824 d. England 18.10.1872 m Rev. William > THOMSON daughters > > Peter Cron b. Griquatown 20.8.1826 d. Papkuil nr Kimberley in district of > Hay 16.6.1897 m Jennie MILLS. 2 daughters > > George Greatbatch b. Griquatown 13.7.1828 d. Krantz Drift nr Grahamstown > 1906 m Ann BAILEY. 2 daughters & 5 sons > > James Steil b. Griquatown 10.6.1830 d. about December 1895, Herbert > Griqualand West > > Ebenezer Cron b. Griquatown 14.9.1832 d. Grahamstown 22.12.1891 m. Emma > Klinton WEAKLY. 7 daughters & 5 sons > > Samuel Cron b. Capetown 21.11.1834 d. Grahamstown 15.7.1888 (Father)****** > > Margery Cron ( McCron) b. Griquatown 13.11.1836 d. ‘Sekretaris’ nr > Kimberley > 25.12.1899 > Elizabeth Cron b. Griquatown 27.11.1838 d. Kingwilliamstown 9.12.1900 m > Frank TUDHOPE 6 daughters inc twins > > ****** Samuel Cron ( Father) > > Schooled at Walthamstow England. > Elected Mayor of Grahamstown 1873 retired 1877 > > m 15.5.1860 Cathedral Grahamstown. > > . Zipporah ( Paula) FEATHERSTONE d. 8.6.1912 > > 1867 lived at 4. Cromwell St Grahamstown > 1871-1876 lived at Hope’s Garden ( now 6 Darling St) > > Children > > Louisa Zipporah b. 20.9 1861 Grahamstown d. Bowden Hall, Middelburg (Cape) > 15.8.1929 m. John William WRIGHT (her cousin) 2 sons John & Owen. 2 > daughters Paula & Hope ( further details) > > Samuel ( Author) b. 26.1.1863 Gideon’s Hoek, Bedford m. (1) Olive > SCHREINER. > 1 daughter b 30.4.1895 died shortly after birth (2) June 1924 Leonora GANN > 1 > daughter Cronlyn Mary Featherstone b 25.7.1925 > > Peter 25.1.1865 Thorn Valley Farm, Bedford ( later Norwood Farm) m. Martha > Elizabeth Hendrika DIRKER (Madge) 5 children. Kathleen, Olive, Louis, > Ivor, > Mary ( Molly).( Further descendants listed) > > Robert Featherstone b. 21.6.1866 Cromwell St Grahamstown d. 7.6.1870 as > the > result of a fall. > > Hugh Bickerdike b. 3.3.1869 Cromwell St Grahamstown d. 14.2.1888 > Johannesburg ( under 20 years of age) > > Joseph Morthland Cotterill b. 18.9.1872 Hope’s Garden Grahamstown m. Annie > ( Nancy) BRADBURY ( no children) > > Alfred b. 24.12.1874 Grahamstown m. Gwladys Gwethllyn FOTHERGILL ( > English). > @ sons Cedric & Guy > > Ella Beatrice Featherstone b. ‘The Hawthorns’ 29.11 1877 m. Harry Grahame > BELL.Farmed in Nairobi. 1 son Rob, 1 daughter Margery. > > Where I have noted further descendants I will gladly furnish the info in > private messages in case the people in question are still living. > > The details on WEAKLY are > > Ebenezer ( Son of Peter WRIGHT and Margery CRON ) , a Lower Albany farmer, > married Emma WEAKLY, and was for some years Member of Parliament for > Albany. > He had seven daughters and five sons, of whom one son and one daughter > died > in infancy. He farmed at Rietfontein, near Port Alfred; at Krantz Drift on > the Fish River, near grahamstown; and lastly near Alice. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dorri Roughley > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 8:08 PM > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com ; south-africa@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Her South African Ancestors FEATHERSTONE, FINAUGHTY, > CRON, WRIGHT, CRONWRIGHT > > > Hi Wonderful Nikki, Thank you so much for your offer, sounds like you > picked > up a bargin. I am interested in Cron, Wright,Cronwright and any mention > of > Weakley please. Best wishes, Dorri > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.930 / Virus Database: 2441.1.1/5409 - Release Date: 11/21/12 > 09:34:00 > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.930 / Virus Database: 2441.1.1/5410 - Release Date: 11/21/12 > 22:05:00 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes Tombi You are correct The author of the book is the Husband of Olive Schreiner Kind regards Nikki -----Original Message----- From: Tombi Peck Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 10:39 AM To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] CRON, WRIGHT, CRONWRIGHT,WEAKLY from Her South African Ancestors 1930 Samuel Cron Cronwright. Hi Nikki, If I'm right the 'Her' referred to in the book is Olive Emilie Albertina SCHREINER, his wife, authoress of 'Story of an African Farm'. Her house at 9 Cross Street, Cradock is, I believe now a museum (it was at one time anyway). If I remember correctly she was buried high on a hillside with both her dog and her baby......that may be sadly awry....I have so much buzzing through my poor noddle. Just been filling in the husband and children of a 2nd cousin twice removed, Zilla Clifton TAINTON. She married an American of German descent called Ernest Emil POTTBERG....they lived in Statten Island, New York....makes me smile! Best wishes, Tombi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikki" <alnic@polka.co.za> To: <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] CRON, WRIGHT, CRONWRIGHT,WEAKLY from Her South African Ancestors 1930 Samuel Cron Cronwright. > Hi Dorri > > Will try to extract what i can without typing up the book! The book is > written by Samuel Cron Cronwright > Hope it makes some sense! > Kind regards > Nikki > Sedgefield > > Great Grandfather > Robert CRON b. Aug 1767 Dumfries-shire Scotland > d.Sept 1841 > m > Great Grandmother > Agnes TAYLOR > b. 4 April 1772 Billing, Lancashire England > d. August 1841 > CRONS lived on small estate , Northfield, outside Bolton, Lancashire > > Children > > 1.Son > m > Miss Alice MORRIS > they had a son John( died as a young man) and two daughters Margaret & > Mary > who never married > > 2.Margery CRON b 17.9.1797 Billing Lancashire England (Grandmother ,second > daughter of Robert and Agnes) > baptised St Helens Billing. > d. 18.5.1886 at 82 Bathurst Street Grahamstown > buried English Church Cemetery Grahamstown > > m. 24 July 1822 Parish Church Hindley nr Wigan, Lancashire > > Rev. Peter WRIGHT ( Grandfather) d. Philippolis 1843 > > 19.8.1822 sailed for Algoa Bay arriving October November of same year. > > Children > John Cron b Theopolis 2.7.1823 d. Hopetown 24.11.1901 m. Mary HUGHES 7 > daughters , 4 sons > > Agnes Cron b. Theopolis 17.11.1824 d. England 18.10.1872 m Rev. William > THOMSON daughters > > Peter Cron b. Griquatown 20.8.1826 d. Papkuil nr Kimberley in district of > Hay 16.6.1897 m Jennie MILLS. 2 daughters > > George Greatbatch b. Griquatown 13.7.1828 d. Krantz Drift nr Grahamstown > 1906 m Ann BAILEY. 2 daughters & 5 sons > > James Steil b. Griquatown 10.6.1830 d. about December 1895, Herbert > Griqualand West > > Ebenezer Cron b. Griquatown 14.9.1832 d. Grahamstown 22.12.1891 m. Emma > Klinton WEAKLY. 7 daughters & 5 sons > > Samuel Cron b. Capetown 21.11.1834 d. Grahamstown 15.7.1888 (Father)****** > > Margery Cron ( McCron) b. Griquatown 13.11.1836 d. ‘Sekretaris’ nr > Kimberley > 25.12.1899 > Elizabeth Cron b. Griquatown 27.11.1838 d. Kingwilliamstown 9.12.1900 m > Frank TUDHOPE 6 daughters inc twins > > ****** Samuel Cron ( Father) > > Schooled at Walthamstow England. > Elected Mayor of Grahamstown 1873 retired 1877 > > m 15.5.1860 Cathedral Grahamstown. > > . Zipporah ( Paula) FEATHERSTONE d. 8.6.1912 > > 1867 lived at 4. Cromwell St Grahamstown > 1871-1876 lived at Hope’s Garden ( now 6 Darling St) > > Children > > Louisa Zipporah b. 20.9 1861 Grahamstown d. Bowden Hall, Middelburg (Cape) > 15.8.1929 m. John William WRIGHT (her cousin) 2 sons John & Owen. 2 > daughters Paula & Hope ( further details) > > Samuel ( Author) b. 26.1.1863 Gideon’s Hoek, Bedford m. (1) Olive > SCHREINER. > 1 daughter b 30.4.1895 died shortly after birth (2) June 1924 Leonora GANN > 1 > daughter Cronlyn Mary Featherstone b 25.7.1925 > > Peter 25.1.1865 Thorn Valley Farm, Bedford ( later Norwood Farm) m. Martha > Elizabeth Hendrika DIRKER (Madge) 5 children. Kathleen, Olive, Louis, > Ivor, > Mary ( Molly).( Further descendants listed) > > Robert Featherstone b. 21.6.1866 Cromwell St Grahamstown d. 7.6.1870 as > the > result of a fall. > > Hugh Bickerdike b. 3.3.1869 Cromwell St Grahamstown d. 14.2.1888 > Johannesburg ( under 20 years of age) > > Joseph Morthland Cotterill b. 18.9.1872 Hope’s Garden Grahamstown m. Annie > ( Nancy) BRADBURY ( no children) > > Alfred b. 24.12.1874 Grahamstown m. Gwladys Gwethllyn FOTHERGILL ( > English). > @ sons Cedric & Guy > > Ella Beatrice Featherstone b. ‘The Hawthorns’ 29.11 1877 m. Harry Grahame > BELL.Farmed in Nairobi. 1 son Rob, 1 daughter Margery. > > Where I have noted further descendants I will gladly furnish the info in > private messages in case the people in question are still living. > > The details on WEAKLY are > > Ebenezer ( Son of Peter WRIGHT and Margery CRON ) , a Lower Albany farmer, > married Emma WEAKLY, and was for some years Member of Parliament for > Albany. > He had seven daughters and five sons, of whom one son and one daughter > died > in infancy. He farmed at Rietfontein, near Port Alfred; at Krantz Drift on > the Fish River, near grahamstown; and lastly near Alice. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dorri Roughley > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 8:08 PM > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com ; south-africa@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Her South African Ancestors FEATHERSTONE, FINAUGHTY, > CRON, WRIGHT, CRONWRIGHT > > > Hi Wonderful Nikki, Thank you so much for your offer, sounds like you > picked > up a bargin. I am interested in Cron, Wright,Cronwright and any mention > of > Weakley please. 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Hi again Tombi Although Samuel was married to Olive Schreiner the "Her" in the title refers to Cronlyn Mary Featherstone Cronwright daughter of Samuel and Leonora ( Lyn) BUSH. Kind regards Nikki -----Original Message----- From: Tombi Peck Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 10:39 AM To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] CRON, WRIGHT, CRONWRIGHT,WEAKLY from Her South African Ancestors 1930 Samuel Cron Cronwright. Hi Nikki, If I'm right the 'Her' referred to in the book is Olive Emilie Albertina SCHREINER, his wife, authoress of 'Story of an African Farm'. Her house at 9 Cross Street, Cradock is, I believe now a museum (it was at one time anyway). If I remember correctly she was buried high on a hillside with both her dog and her baby......that may be sadly awry....I have so much buzzing through my poor noddle. Just been filling in the husband and children of a 2nd cousin twice removed, Zilla Clifton TAINTON. She married an American of German descent called Ernest Emil POTTBERG....they lived in Statten Island, New York....makes me smile! Best wishes, Tombi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikki" <alnic@polka.co.za> To: <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] CRON, WRIGHT, CRONWRIGHT,WEAKLY from Her South African Ancestors 1930 Samuel Cron Cronwright. > Hi Dorri > > Will try to extract what i can without typing up the book! The book is > written by Samuel Cron Cronwright > Hope it makes some sense! > Kind regards > Nikki > Sedgefield > > Great Grandfather > Robert CRON b. Aug 1767 Dumfries-shire Scotland > d.Sept 1841 > m > Great Grandmother > Agnes TAYLOR > b. 4 April 1772 Billing, Lancashire England > d. August 1841 > CRONS lived on small estate , Northfield, outside Bolton, Lancashire > > Children > > 1.Son > m > Miss Alice MORRIS > they had a son John( died as a young man) and two daughters Margaret & > Mary > who never married > > 2.Margery CRON b 17.9.1797 Billing Lancashire England (Grandmother ,second > daughter of Robert and Agnes) > baptised St Helens Billing. > d. 18.5.1886 at 82 Bathurst Street Grahamstown > buried English Church Cemetery Grahamstown > > m. 24 July 1822 Parish Church Hindley nr Wigan, Lancashire > > Rev. Peter WRIGHT ( Grandfather) d. Philippolis 1843 > > 19.8.1822 sailed for Algoa Bay arriving October November of same year. > > Children > John Cron b Theopolis 2.7.1823 d. Hopetown 24.11.1901 m. Mary HUGHES 7 > daughters , 4 sons > > Agnes Cron b. Theopolis 17.11.1824 d. England 18.10.1872 m Rev. William > THOMSON daughters > > Peter Cron b. Griquatown 20.8.1826 d. Papkuil nr Kimberley in district of > Hay 16.6.1897 m Jennie MILLS. 2 daughters > > George Greatbatch b. Griquatown 13.7.1828 d. Krantz Drift nr Grahamstown > 1906 m Ann BAILEY. 2 daughters & 5 sons > > James Steil b. Griquatown 10.6.1830 d. about December 1895, Herbert > Griqualand West > > Ebenezer Cron b. Griquatown 14.9.1832 d. Grahamstown 22.12.1891 m. Emma > Klinton WEAKLY. 7 daughters & 5 sons > > Samuel Cron b. Capetown 21.11.1834 d. Grahamstown 15.7.1888 (Father)****** > > Margery Cron ( McCron) b. Griquatown 13.11.1836 d. ‘Sekretaris’ nr > Kimberley > 25.12.1899 > Elizabeth Cron b. Griquatown 27.11.1838 d. Kingwilliamstown 9.12.1900 m > Frank TUDHOPE 6 daughters inc twins > > ****** Samuel Cron ( Father) > > Schooled at Walthamstow England. > Elected Mayor of Grahamstown 1873 retired 1877 > > m 15.5.1860 Cathedral Grahamstown. > > . Zipporah ( Paula) FEATHERSTONE d. 8.6.1912 > > 1867 lived at 4. Cromwell St Grahamstown > 1871-1876 lived at Hope’s Garden ( now 6 Darling St) > > Children > > Louisa Zipporah b. 20.9 1861 Grahamstown d. Bowden Hall, Middelburg (Cape) > 15.8.1929 m. John William WRIGHT (her cousin) 2 sons John & Owen. 2 > daughters Paula & Hope ( further details) > > Samuel ( Author) b. 26.1.1863 Gideon’s Hoek, Bedford m. (1) Olive > SCHREINER. > 1 daughter b 30.4.1895 died shortly after birth (2) June 1924 Leonora GANN > 1 > daughter Cronlyn Mary Featherstone b 25.7.1925 > > Peter 25.1.1865 Thorn Valley Farm, Bedford ( later Norwood Farm) m. Martha > Elizabeth Hendrika DIRKER (Madge) 5 children. Kathleen, Olive, Louis, > Ivor, > Mary ( Molly).( Further descendants listed) > > Robert Featherstone b. 21.6.1866 Cromwell St Grahamstown d. 7.6.1870 as > the > result of a fall. > > Hugh Bickerdike b. 3.3.1869 Cromwell St Grahamstown d. 14.2.1888 > Johannesburg ( under 20 years of age) > > Joseph Morthland Cotterill b. 18.9.1872 Hope’s Garden Grahamstown m. Annie > ( Nancy) BRADBURY ( no children) > > Alfred b. 24.12.1874 Grahamstown m. Gwladys Gwethllyn FOTHERGILL ( > English). > @ sons Cedric & Guy > > Ella Beatrice Featherstone b. ‘The Hawthorns’ 29.11 1877 m. Harry Grahame > BELL.Farmed in Nairobi. 1 son Rob, 1 daughter Margery. > > Where I have noted further descendants I will gladly furnish the info in > private messages in case the people in question are still living. > > The details on WEAKLY are > > Ebenezer ( Son of Peter WRIGHT and Margery CRON ) , a Lower Albany farmer, > married Emma WEAKLY, and was for some years Member of Parliament for > Albany. > He had seven daughters and five sons, of whom one son and one daughter > died > in infancy. He farmed at Rietfontein, near Port Alfred; at Krantz Drift on > the Fish River, near grahamstown; and lastly near Alice. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dorri Roughley > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 8:08 PM > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com ; south-africa@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Her South African Ancestors FEATHERSTONE, FINAUGHTY, > CRON, WRIGHT, CRONWRIGHT > > > Hi Wonderful Nikki, Thank you so much for your offer, sounds like you > picked > up a bargin. I am interested in Cron, Wright,Cronwright and any mention > of > Weakley please. 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Hi there, Here is an interesting article on Olive Schrieiner's house in Cradock,for those who are interested. John Distin (mentioned in the article) was my 2xgreat grandfather. Kind regards Fay SCHREINER HOUSE CRADOCK THE NATIONAL ENGLISH LITERARY MUSEUM Olive Schreiner and Cradock Olive Schreiner came to Cradock in 1867 when she was 12, in the wake of the collapse of her parental home after her father’s insolvency. Her brother Theo (23 in 1867), who had become headmaster of the local public school after teaching for four years in Grahamstown, was head of the little household, with their sister Ettie (17) as housekeeper. In the following year their younger brother Will, the 11, joined them. The four remained together until 1870, when Theo and Will went to seek their fortune at the diamond fields. Ettie stayed in Cradock to run a small school; Olive, at the age of 15, left to become a governess with the Orpen family in Barkly East. Olive appears to have started writing two stories while she lived in Cradock (called “Rain” and “Diamonds”), but not surprisingly no record from this period exists to bear witness to her emergent creative genius. Nevertheless it was in Cradock that her religious and philosophical convictions were given form, and in Cradock where she made friendships which were to play a role in directing her activities for the next eleven years. She returned to the district in 1875 as governess to the Fouchēs at Klein Ganna Hoek, having begun, three years earlier, a novel (Undine) and several stories and allegories. Her writing continued as she moved from one post of governess to the other (the Martins at Ratel Hoek in 1876, the Cawoods at Ganna Hoek in 1879, and back in August that year to the Fouchēs, now at Lelie Kloof). By 1880 she had finished the first version of the Story of an African Farm; in 1881 she sailed to Britain. Olive came back to the Cape, a famous woman, in 1890. Her ties with the Cradock area were strengthened in 1892 when, on a visit to the Cawoods, she met Samuel Cron Cronwritght, then farming on Krantzplaas; they were married in February, 1894. Her attachment to the district is evidenced by her desire to be buried on Buffelskop, south of Cradock, where in 1921 she was re-interred. Schreiner House in Cradock is thus a fittingly symbolic centre for her commemoration as a writer and woman of great insight and influence. Schreiner House (9 Cross Street) While Schreiner House is one of the oldest dwellings still standing in Cradock, there is no evidence of its exact age or original appearance. An 1853 map of Cradock shows a building on the site. The first purchaser of the erf was John Pressly, who paid £30 for it in 1847; he sold it in 1854 to John Distin for £95. The inference is that Pressley erected the building between 1847 and 1852. Judging by the 400mm- thick mud-brick walls and the heavy yellowwood ceiling beams in the core of the house, what he put up was in all likelihood a three-roomed cottage – a bedroom (1) living –room (2) in line, with a kitchen (3) in a wing. It could either have been flat-roofed or have had a double pitched roof over the bedroom and living-room; both forms existed in Cradock at the time, as Thomas Baines’ painting of the town in 1848 shows. The property was sold for £112 in 1856 to William Destin, (Distin) who in turn sold it in June 1857 to Carl Kaaland for £120. Fourteen months later, Kaaland sold it to Peter Sidey for £200. This relatively large increase in value suggests that it was kaaland who addes the dining-room (4) and stoepkamer (5) and constructed the passage.(6). That these were additions and not part of the original building is evident from the ceiling beams, the foundations and the thickness of the walls. At this point the whole house was placed under a flat, corrugated-iron-roof. This was probably the form of the building, approximating ot a standard Cradock form of the second half of the 19th century, when Theo Schreiner hire it from Jemima Sidey, who had inherited it in 1866. At later stages a bathroom, pantry and kitchen extension were added along the western side, and in about 1930 the stoep was given a verandah of corrugated iron. Early photographs of Cradock provided a degree of certainty in reconstructing the exterior, while comtemporaneous cultural patterns as shown in other buildings were helpful in determining the uses to which the rooms were put. Thus the room to the left of the front door had become the parlour, that to the right a bedroom and the back room a dining/living room. The kitchen’s function was unchanged and the stoepkamer must have served as another bedroom it was decided to restore the house to this form, typical of the 160’s and that which the Schreiners in all likelihood were familiar with. The post-Shreiner additions on the western side have been retained (with the exception of the kitchen extension) to provide accommodation for the service facilities need in a museum. While Schreiner House is one of the oldest dwellings still standing in Cradock, there is no evidence of its exact age or original appearance. An 1853 map of Cradock shows a building on the site. The first purchaser of the erf was John Pressly, who paid £30 for it in 1847; he sold it in 1854 to John Distin for £95. The inference is that Pressley erected the building between 1847 and 1852. Judging by the 400mm- thick mud-brick walls and the heavy yellowwood ceiling beams in the core of the house, what he put up was in all likelihood a three-roomed cottage – a bedroom (1) living –room (2) in line, with a kitchen (3) in a wing. -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tombi Peck Sent: 22 November 2012 10:40 AM To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] CRON, WRIGHT, CRONWRIGHT,WEAKLY from Her South African Ancestors 1930 Samuel Cron Cronwright. Hi Nikki, If I'm right the 'Her' referred to in the book is Olive Emilie Albertina SCHREINER, his wife, authoress of 'Story of an African Farm'. Her house at 9 Cross Street, Cradock is, I believe now a museum (it was at one time anyway). If I remember correctly she was buried high on a hillside with both her dog and her baby......that may be sadly awry....I have so much buzzing through my poor noddle. Just been filling in the husband and children of a 2nd cousin twice removed, Zilla Clifton TAINTON. She married an American of German descent called Ernest Emil POTTBERG....they lived in Statten Island, New York....makes me smile! Best wishes, Tombi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikki" <alnic@polka.co.za> To: <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] CRON, WRIGHT, CRONWRIGHT,WEAKLY from Her South African Ancestors 1930 Samuel Cron Cronwright. > Hi Dorri > > Will try to extract what i can without typing up the book! The book is > written by Samuel Cron Cronwright Hope it makes some sense! > Kind regards > Nikki > Sedgefield > > Great Grandfather > Robert CRON b. Aug 1767 Dumfries-shire Scotland d.Sept 1841 m Great > Grandmother Agnes TAYLOR b. 4 April 1772 Billing, Lancashire England > d. August 1841 CRONS lived on small estate , Northfield, outside > Bolton, Lancashire > > Children > > 1.Son > m > Miss Alice MORRIS > they had a son John( died as a young man) and two daughters Margaret & > Mary who never married > > 2.Margery CRON b 17.9.1797 Billing Lancashire England (Grandmother > ,second daughter of Robert and Agnes) baptised St Helens Billing. > d. 18.5.1886 at 82 Bathurst Street Grahamstown buried English Church > Cemetery Grahamstown > > m. 24 July 1822 Parish Church Hindley nr Wigan, Lancashire > > Rev. Peter WRIGHT ( Grandfather) d. Philippolis 1843 > > 19.8.1822 sailed for Algoa Bay arriving October November of same year. > > Children > John Cron b Theopolis 2.7.1823 d. Hopetown 24.11.1901 m. Mary HUGHES 7 > daughters , 4 sons > > Agnes Cron b. Theopolis 17.11.1824 d. England 18.10.1872 m Rev. > William THOMSON daughters > > Peter Cron b. Griquatown 20.8.1826 d. Papkuil nr Kimberley in district > of Hay 16.6.1897 m Jennie MILLS. 2 daughters > > George Greatbatch b. Griquatown 13.7.1828 d. Krantz Drift nr > Grahamstown > 1906 m Ann BAILEY. 2 daughters & 5 sons > > James Steil b. Griquatown 10.6.1830 d. about December 1895, Herbert > Griqualand West > > Ebenezer Cron b. Griquatown 14.9.1832 d. Grahamstown 22.12.1891 m. > Emma Klinton WEAKLY. 7 daughters & 5 sons > > Samuel Cron b. Capetown 21.11.1834 d. Grahamstown 15.7.1888 > (Father)****** > > Margery Cron ( McCron) b. Griquatown 13.11.1836 d. ‘Sekretaris’ nr > Kimberley > 25.12.1899 > Elizabeth Cron b. Griquatown 27.11.1838 d. Kingwilliamstown 9.12.1900 > m Frank TUDHOPE 6 daughters inc twins > > ****** Samuel Cron ( Father) > > Schooled at Walthamstow England. > Elected Mayor of Grahamstown 1873 retired 1877 > > m 15.5.1860 Cathedral Grahamstown. > > . Zipporah ( Paula) FEATHERSTONE d. 8.6.1912 > > 1867 lived at 4. Cromwell St Grahamstown > 1871-1876 lived at Hope’s Garden ( now 6 Darling St) > > Children > > Louisa Zipporah b. 20.9 1861 Grahamstown d. Bowden Hall, Middelburg > (Cape) > 15.8.1929 m. John William WRIGHT (her cousin) 2 sons John & Owen. 2 > daughters Paula & Hope ( further details) > > Samuel ( Author) b. 26.1.1863 Gideon’s Hoek, Bedford m. (1) Olive > SCHREINER. > 1 daughter b 30.4.1895 died shortly after birth (2) June 1924 Leonora > GANN > 1 > daughter Cronlyn Mary Featherstone b 25.7.1925 > > Peter 25.1.1865 Thorn Valley Farm, Bedford ( later Norwood Farm) m. > Martha Elizabeth Hendrika DIRKER (Madge) 5 children. Kathleen, Olive, > Louis, Ivor, Mary ( Molly).( Further descendants listed) > > Robert Featherstone b. 21.6.1866 Cromwell St Grahamstown d. 7.6.1870 > as the result of a fall. > > Hugh Bickerdike b. 3.3.1869 Cromwell St Grahamstown d. 14.2.1888 > Johannesburg ( under 20 years of age) > > Joseph Morthland Cotterill b. 18.9.1872 Hope’s Garden Grahamstown m. > Annie ( Nancy) BRADBURY ( no children) > > Alfred b. 24.12.1874 Grahamstown m. Gwladys Gwethllyn FOTHERGILL ( > English). > @ sons Cedric & Guy > > Ella Beatrice Featherstone b. ‘The Hawthorns’ 29.11 1877 m. Harry > Grahame BELL.Farmed in Nairobi. 1 son Rob, 1 daughter Margery. > > Where I have noted further descendants I will gladly furnish the info > in private messages in case the people in question are still living. > > The details on WEAKLY are > > Ebenezer ( Son of Peter WRIGHT and Margery CRON ) , a Lower Albany > farmer, married Emma WEAKLY, and was for some years Member of > Parliament for Albany. > He had seven daughters and five sons, of whom one son and one daughter > died in infancy. He farmed at Rietfontein, near Port Alfred; at Krantz > Drift on the Fish River, near grahamstown; and lastly near Alice. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dorri Roughley > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 8:08 PM > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com ; south-africa@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Her South African Ancestors FEATHERSTONE, > FINAUGHTY, CRON, WRIGHT, CRONWRIGHT > > > Hi Wonderful Nikki, Thank you so much for your offer, sounds like you > picked up a bargin. I am interested in Cron, Wright,Cronwright and > any mention of Weakley please. 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