Hi Rod Yes, Margery Cron was the second daughter of Robert Cron and Agnes Taylor and grandmother to the author of the book. Kind regards Nikki Sedgefield -----Original Message----- From: Rod Beaumont Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 6:48 PM 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, Thank you for this info. Like Dorri I am a Cron Wright/ Weakley researcher. I appreciate the feed back. I didn't understand the part 2.Margery CRON b 17.9.1797 Billing Lancashire England (Grandmother ,second > daughter of Robert and Agnes) Were Margery Cron's parents Robert and Agnes please? Best Rod At 09:49 AM 11/22/2012, you wrote: >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. 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