Facts and Events
Name[1] |
William Gradwell |
Gender |
Male |
Birth? |
14 Nov 1797 |
Bolton, Lancashire, EnglandThwaithead, |
Christening? |
14 Nov 1797 |
Colton, Lancashire, England |
Occupation[2] |
1820 |
Smith |
Other[2][3] |
1820 |
Travel |
Other? |
13 Jan 1820 |
Liverpool, Lancashire, Englandpart of the Hayhurst Party on board the ship "John" Departure |
Other? |
19 Apr 1820 |
Cape Colony, South Africapart of the Hayhurst Party on board the ship John Arrival |
Marriage |
1 Jan 1822 |
, Grahamstown, Cape, South Africato Elizabeth "Betty" Cawood |
Death? |
26 Nov 1849 |
Grahamstown, |
Reference Number |
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1BNQ-TH7 (Ancestral File) |
William GRADWELL was working as a blacksmith in Grahamstown. At the age of 21 he came as a Settler in Hayhurst's party aboard the ship named John and was famous as a big-game hunter (chiefly elephant, buffalo, lion hippopotamus & rhinoceros).
Unfortunately his exploits in the field have not been formally recorded, his fame being now a matter of family tradition only. 24 Dec 1838 Thomas Shone measured WG for boots at Trappe's Valley Mill.
References
- ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File (R). (Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999-2005)
Submission: AF95-103264. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 MD Nash. The Settlers Handbook. ((Chameleon Press, Cape Town 1987))
Hayhurst's Party.
- ↑ Sailed aboard John from Liverpool on 13 January 1820 aged 21 and arrived in Table Bay on 19 April 1820 and in Algoa Bay in May 1820.
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