1843 - 1922 (78 years)
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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] |
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Marriage |
19 Sep 1880 |
St John, Ladysmith, Natal
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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] |
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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.
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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.]
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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]
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Notes |
- Falconer tree lists also son William, b Ladysmith abt 1882.
Kennedy tree lists also son Arthur, nd.
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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) |
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Last Modified |
04 Dec 2013 |
Family ID |
F0257 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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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.
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