Basil St John Tatham

1876 - 1961  (84 years)

• Name	Basil St John Tatham  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	27 Dec 1876	Pietermaritzburg, Natal   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  	Tatham 27-Dec-1876 at PMBurg Mrs Robert B Tatham of a son. born 1872 per Curtis, followed by TFSA & Duggan; 27 Dec 1876 per Natal Witness of 29 Dec 1876 (date & place but no name) & Who's Who SA 1908. NB also his parents didn't settle in Pietermaritzburg till 1874. birth registration confirms 1876; baptism registration also (see image).
  Residence	Mar 1877	Pietermaritzburg, Natal   [4]
  Baptism	31 Mar 1877	St Peter, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   [4]
  	sponsors: J H Spence, Allen H Tatham [his 1st cousin], S J Spence
  		Basil St John Tatham (1876-1961) Baptism register
  Occupation	1897	Charlestown, Natal ; Draughtsman, C & J Railway  [7]
  Residence	1899	Cape Town, South Africa   [2]
  Marriage	May 1899	Johannesburg, South Africa   [1, 8]
  	Florence Boon Lang,   b. est 1877, South Africa?
  Occupation	May 1900	Civil Servant  [9]
  Residence	May 1900	Pietermaritzburg, Natal   [9]
  Occupation	1908	Accountant  [3]
  Emigration	aft 1908	Tasmania   [1]
  Residence	bef 1961	Pietermaritzburg, Natal   [2]
  Death	1961	Cape Town, South Africa   [10, 11]
  Notes	Basil St. John Tatham was born in 1872. He was the fifth son of Robert Bristow Tatham. He trekked with his family to the Johannesburg goldfields in the early days and they lived in a tent in the Market Square. He married in 1899, in Johannesburg, Florence Lang. They lived in Cape Town when they were first married. He emigrated from South Africa to Tasmania but returned to South Africa and lived in Pietermaritzburg. [TFSA] Basil St. John Tatham: born 27 December 1876, Maritzburg, Cape Colony; Accountant; son of R.B. Tatham, Land Surveyor; marr Florence Land 1899, dau of J.J. Lang of Johannesburg; 2 children [Who's Who of Southern Africa, 1908]
  Person ID	I1383	Tatham | Heathcote branch | Descendant - male line
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Robert Bristow Tatham,   b. 30 May 1824, Alpha Rd, Regents Park ,   d. 06 Apr 1881, 25 Berg St, Pietermaritzburg, Natal  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Susan Noon,   b. 1840, Middlesex ,   d. 01 May 1927, Pietermaritzburg, Natal  (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	09 Feb 1861	Isipingo, Natal   [1, 2]
  	Then I fell in love with my dear wife who I met at a Ball. She was very pretty and the sister in law of a Sugar Planter here (her brothers were also planters) - The family objected for which I cared nothing. I had her consent, and as I did not want anything more, I obtained a licence, took out to their farm a led horse with a ladies saddle, put my dear girl on the horse, mounted my own, took off my hat to the brothers etc. and rode off to the nearest church (where by the bye I had taken the clergyman) and was married! - This I have found was the one bright, amongst the many foolish things I have been guilty of. [Robert Bristow Tatham, letter 20 Oct 1879] Witnesses: Adolphus Noon, C A Noon, Clara Jane King (her brothers and her sister?)
  		Robert Bristow Tatham & Susan Noon Marriage register
  Family ID	F0260	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence Boon Lang,   b. est 1877, South Africa?
  Marriage	May 1899	Johannesburg, South Africa   [1, 8]
  Notes	In 1908 2 children not 3 [Who's Who in Southern Africa]
  Children	1. Roger St John Tatham,   b. 28 Mar 1900, Pietermaritzburg, Natal? ,   d. bef 1908, South Africa?  (Age 7 years) + 2. Guy St John Tatham,   b. 11 Jan 1903, Johannesburg, South Africa ,   d. 1965, Johannesburg, South Africa  (Age 61 years)   3. Norah St John Tatham,   b. est 1905, South Africa? ,   d. abt 1953, South Africa?  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Last Modified	01 May 2012
  Family ID	F0097	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S10] Tatham Family in South Africa. [S18] Who's Who / Who was Who, Who's Who in Southern Africa, 1908. [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, St Peter, Pietermaritzburg, 31 Mar 1877. b 27 Dec 1876 [S11] Newspaper, Natal Witness, 29 Dec 1876. birth notice [S02] BMD Index, birth reg Pietermaritzburg, 29 Dec 1876. Basil St John Tatham b 27 Dec 1876 Pietermaritzburg Birth Register 1868-1878 on ancestry24.com accessed 15 Feb 2010 [S38] City & County Directories, Natal Almanac, Directory and Yearly Register, 1897. [S63] Gill Tatham. [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, St Saviour, Pietermaritzburg, 28 May 1900. son Roger [S61] Jim Duggan. [S22] IGI / BVRI, LDS member.