Lillias Eliza Tatham

1844 - 1897  (53 years)

• Name	Lillias Eliza Tatham  [1, 2, 3]
  Known as	"Lily"
  Birth	21 Mar 1844	Edinburgh   [2, 3, 4]
  	born in England per TFSA, but no registration yet found birth/baptism not found in Scottish parish registers
  Emigration	Mar 1850	Natal   [2]
  	Passengers arrived at Port Natal on the "Sovereign": Letitia Tatham, 33 years; Maria E Tatham, 8 years; Lillias [transcr as Silas] Tatham, 6 years; Edmund Tatham, 3 years; George Tatham, 2 years. [Edmund Tatham senior not transcribed]. [Natal Immigration Board, Passenger lists 1850, transcr GSSA]
  Residence	1867	Durban, Natal   [1]
  Marriage	30 Apr 1867	Durban, Natal   [1, 4]
  	Robert John Edmonstone,   b. abt Oct 1844, Darwen
  Residence	May 1870	Burger St, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   [5]
  Death	23 Jun 1897	Dundee, Natal   [3, 4]
  	d 1890 per Curtis
  Person ID	I1148	Tatham | Heathcote branch | Descendant - male line
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Edmund Tatham,   b. 01 May 1822, Alpha Rd, Regents Park ,   d. Jan 1880, Ladysmith, Natal  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Letitia Maria Roth,   b. abt Mar 1816, King St, St James, Westminster ,   d. Oct 1900, Pietermaritzburg, Natal  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Marriage	30 Dec 1841	St Mark, Whitechapel   [3, 6, 7]
  	Marriage solemnized at the District Church of St Mark's in the Parish of Whitechapel in the County of Middlesex. Page 5. No. 9. 1841. Dec 30th. Edmund Tatham, of full age, Bachelor, Clerk in Excise. Residence: Royal Mint. Father: Charles Heathcote Tatham, Gentleman. Letitia Maria Roth, of full age, Spinster. Father: Gaspard Roth, Gentleman. Married in the District Church of St Mark's, according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, by Licence, by me, N Jones, Minister. This Marriage was solemnized between us, Edmd. Tatham, Letitia Maria Roth, in the presence of us, Richd. Moleson, Mary Ann Pearson.
  		Edmund Tatham & Letitia Roth Marriage 30 Dec 1841
  Notes	Passenger Arrivals: Edmund Tatham, Builder, + wife Letitia + children Marie E, Edmund, Lillias & George F; per "Sovereign" dep London/Plymouth 24 Nov 1849; arr Port Natal, Durban 24 Mar 1850. [Natal Witness]
  Family ID	F0256	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert John Edmonstone,   b. abt Oct 1844, Darwen
  Marriage	30 Apr 1867	Durban, Natal   [1, 4]
  	Married in the house of E. Tatham, esquire [her father]. Witnesses: Edmd. Tatham; F J Thoume [her sister Marie's husband]; H Chadwick [unidentified]; Wm. D. James [? - writing not clear]; Alice Tatham [her sister]. Married by Fr Jean-Baptiste Sabon, parish priest of St Joseph, a Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate (OMI).
  		Robert Edmonstone and Lillias Eliza Tatham Marriage regiser
  Notes	4 daus, 2 sons [Curtis; TFSA] 6 ch: Nellie, Maggie, Chrissie (marr Noel Barham), Mary (marr Elliot, d. 1899?), Francis Justin (Frank) (marr Carmen Atkinson), George (marr Bessie Boyes) [GT] Births: 28 Dec 1881: At Pietermaritzburg Mrs R J Edmonstone of a daughter. [Natal Witness 29 Dec 1881] Births: 23 Jun 1883: At Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, the wife of R J Edmonstone Esq of a premature daughter. [Natal Wintess 26 Jun 1883]
  Children	1. Eliza Helen Edmonstone,   b. 15 Feb 1868, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   2. Alice Maria Edmonstone,   b. 22 May 1869, Burger St, Pietermaritzburg, Natal ,   d. 24 Dec 1870, Pietermaritzburg, Natal  (Age 1 years)   3. Lydia Mary Margaret Edmonstone,   b. 13 May 1870, Burger St, Pietermaritzburg, Natal ,   d. 02 Jan 1871, Durban, Natal  (Age 0 years)   4. Bethia Mary Edmonstone,   b. 16 Jul 1871, Loop St, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   5. Maggie Edmonstone,   b. est 1873, South Africa? + 6. Chrissie Edmonstone,   b. est 1875, South Africa? + 7. Francis Justin Edmonstone,   b. est 1877, South Africa? + 8. George Frederick Hugh Edmonstone,   b. 03 Jun 1886, South Africa? ,   d. 18 Dec 1962, South Africa?  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	02 Apr 2015
  Family ID	F0011	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S45] Civil Registration, marriage reg Durban, 30 Apr 1867. [S10] Tatham Family in South Africa, by Gill Tatham. [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S63] Gill Tatham. [S45] Civil Registration, birth reg Pietermaritzburg, 21 May 1870. Lydia Mary Margaret Edmonstone b PMB 13 May 1870 Pietermaritzburg Birth Register 1868-1878 on ancestry24.com accessed 15 Feb 2010 [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Whitechapel, 4Q1841. [S06] Parish Registers, marriages, St Mark, Whitechapel, 30 Dec 1841.