Frances Wright

1843 - 1922  (78 years)

• Name	Frances Wright  [1, 2, 3]
  Known as	"Fanny"
  Birth	18 Aug 1843	Kelk   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Baptism	18 Aug 1843	St Andrew, Foston-on-the Wolds   [1]
  Emigration	1849	Natal   [4]
  Marriage	1860	South Africa? ; Robert Shand Anderson (1830-1878)  [4]
  	Six children. [4]
  Marriage	19 Sep 1880	St John, Ladysmith, Natal
  	George Frederick Tatham,   b. 03 Jun 1848, Marylebone ,   d. 18 Aug 1908, Ladysmith, Natal
  Residence	1882	Ladysmith, Natal   [6]
  Residence	bef 1908	Vine Lodge, Ladysmith, Natal   [7]
  Residence	1913	Bergville, Natal   [8]
  Death	03 Jul 1922	South Africa?   [4, 9]
  Burial	04 Jul 1922	Main Cemetery, Ladysmith, Natal   [9, 10]
  		Frances Wright (1843-1922) Gravestone, Ladysmith Main Cemetery
  Notes	Tatham, (Mrs.) Frances. Married in 1860 to the late R. S. Anderson, Esquire, and in 1880 to George F. Tatham, Esquire, Major, Natal Carbineers. Born, 1843, at Kelk Parva, Yorkshire, England. Daughter of Leonard Wright, late of Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Arrived in S.A. in 1849. Was educated at home by her parents. Has lived in Ladysmith 40 years and was there during the Zulu War and Siege of Ladysmith. Favourite Hobby: Gardening. Recreation: Riding, Driving. Memb., G.L.W.; Ladysmith Benevolent Society. Surviving children 5 Sons, 2 Daughters. Residence, Bergville, Natal. [Women of South Afirca, 1913] Writing in 1897 Fanny described a drought which caused the death of forty-two of her cattle and in a later letter she mentions that she had experienced the coldest winter ever recorded. [4] Treasurer of Ladysmith Benevolent Society in 1897 [Natal Almanac, Directory and Yearly Register] A superb swimmer as a child. Turned her home into a field hospital during the Siege of Ladysmith in the Boer War. A prodigious letter writer. George Tatham was her second husband. [11] For more information on Wright family see Ladysmith History website.
  Person ID	I1581	Tatham | Heathcote branch | Spouse
  Last Modified	09 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	Leonard Wright,   b. 1809, Kelk ,   d. 1871, South Africa  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Danby,   b. abt 1815, Burton Agnes ,   d. 1897, South Africa  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Notes	Leonard and Elizabeth Wright came from East Riding Yorkshire as Byrne Settlers on 24th June 1849 on the "Henry Tanner", bringing with them four of their children, Sarah, Frances, and the twins William and Mary. Richard was left in the care of Elizabeth's brother Christopher Danby whilst Jane and Elizabeth were left in the care of other relatives. Sadly they were never to see Jane again but Elizabeth did return for a visit in the 1870's after her husband Leonard died. The journey took three and a half months and the ship was very old which leaked, and the passengers had to help to bail all through the journey. The ship was condemned immediately afterwards. The "Henry Tanner" arrived at Port Natal on the 10th October 1849 and small boats were used to ferry the passengers to Shore the following day. By the 1st November the family had taken residence in Pietermaritzburg only to find that their allotment was barren and stony, however they did take a lease on a farm outside the town and moved there on the 15 March 1850. In 1852 they moved again, this time to just outside what is now Colenso where they built a house, kept a hotel, ran a butchery and had a ferry boat on the Tugela, from which he made 250 pounds a year. Leonard Wright once saved Dick King and his cattle and natives from drowning while crossing the Tugela in flood. [from article on the Wright family at Ladysmith History website.]
  Photos		Leonard & Elizabeth Wright abt 1850?
  Family ID	F0800	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Frederick Tatham,   b. 03 Jun 1848, Marylebone ,   d. 18 Aug 1908, Ladysmith, Natal  (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1880	St John, Ladysmith, Natal   [12, 13]
  	Tatham-Anderson, 19-Sept-1880, at Ladysmith, by the Rev H E Carlyon Incumbent [his brother-in-law]: George Frederick Tatham to Frances Anderson [Natal Witness]
  Notes	Falconer tree lists also son William, b Ladysmith abt 1882. Kennedy tree lists also son Arthur, nd.
  Children	+ 1. Dora Emilie Tatham,   b. 28 Feb 1882, Ladysmith, Natal ,   d. 27 Jun 1942, Evelyn Nursing Home, Cambridge  (Age 60 years) + 2. George Edmund Tatham,   b. 03 Oct 1883, Ladysmith, Natal ,   d. 03 May 1956, Durban, Natal  (Age 72 years) + 3. Frances Tatham,   b. 16 Jun 1885, Ladysmith, Natal ,   d. 1952, South Africa  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	04 Dec 2013
  Family ID	F0257	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Frances Wright (1843-1922) marr. George Frederick Tatham 1880
  		Frances Wright (1843-1922) about 1910?

  
  

  Histories

  Frances Wright (1843-1922) Letter to her sister Maryanne

  
  

• Sources

  [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, Bishop's transcripts for Foston-on-the-Wolds Parish Church (IGI), 18 Aug 1843. [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S08] Family Trees & Websites, Falconer tree. accessed on Genes Reunited 03 May 2009 [S07] Other Sources, Ladysmith History website. Wright family website accessed 08 Sep 2011 [S63] Gill Tatham. [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, St John, Ladysmith, 19 Mar 1882. b 28 Feb 1882 [S10] Tatham Family in South Africa. [S07] Other Sources, Women of South Africa, 1913. [S23] Monumental Inscription, Ladysmith Main Cemetery. [S06] Parish Registers, burials, All Saints, Ladysmith, 04 Jul 1922. register index [S08] Family Trees & Websites, Kennedy Family Tree. [S11] Newspaper, Natal Witness, 07 Oct 1880. [S06] Parish Registers, marriages, St John, Ladysmith (index), 19 Sep 1880.