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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Thomas Alfred King |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
9 Jan 1834 |
Grahamstown, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa |
| Occupation[2] |
1855 |
Grahamstown, Albany, Eastern Cape, South AfricaCarpenter |
| Marriage |
13 Feb 1855 |
Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africato Martha Knott |
| Death? |
4 Apr 1899 |
East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Burial? |
1899 |
East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa East London South Africa West Bank Cemetery |
| Ancestral File Number |
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281S-WN |
| Other[3][4] |
4 Apr 1899 |
Daily Dispatch Obituary |
Was a Member of the Legislative Assembly from 1869 to 1878
References
- ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File (R). (Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999-2005).
- ↑ Presbyterian Church (Grahamstown, Cape Province) (Main Author). Parish registers, Presbyterian Church, Grahamstown (Cape Province), 1827-1955. (FHL INTL Film 1560913 Items 9-16)
Microfilm# 1560913, Entry #325, Item 10.
- ↑ Web site
The Labyrinth of East London Lore (Thomas Alfred King) <http://www.knowledge4africa.co.za/eastlondon/king.htm> Compiled by Dr Keith Tankard [1].
- ↑ Thomas King
Farmer, Parliamentarian, Magistrate & Town Councillor
Thomas Alfred King, after whom King Street was named, was born in Grahamstown on 9 January 1834. He was originally a sheep farmer who became a Member of Parliament for Victoria East in the first parliament under Responsible Government. He also served for a time as a magistrate in the Transkei. In 1887 he moved to Johannesburg where he opened a share and mine property business but eventually retired to East London in 1890. He entered municipal politics in May 1892 and was re-elected in February 1896 and again in 1897. He died on 4 April 1899, after a long illness, while still a councillor, and was buried at East London. He was then 65 years of age.
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