Person:William Wedderburn (1)

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William Wedderburn
b.1829 Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa
d.27 Oct 1894 Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1 Dec 1825
  1. William Wedderburn1829 - 1894
Spouse and Children
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m. 18 Jun 1849
  1. Kent Wedderburn
  2. Frances Miriam Wedderburn1850 - Abt 1891
  3. William Richard Whiting Wedderburn1851 - 1942
  4. Alexander John Ennis Wedderburn1855 - 1922
  5. Julia Marion Wedderburn1857 -
  6. Florence Nightingale Wedderburn1858 -
  7. Frederick Mclean "Fred" Wedderburn1861 - 1862
  8. Christopher Raymond Wedderburn1862 -
  9. George Benjamin Wedderburn1864 - 1949
  10. Charles Thomas Croft Wedderburn1866 -
  11. Percy Douglas Wedderburn1870 -
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Name William Wedderburn
Gender Male
Birth? 1829 Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa
Marriage 18 Jun 1849 , , , South Africato Miriam Whiting
Death? 27 Oct 1894 Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa

Registered as a voter in the electoral division of Graham's Town "New Street, turner" 27.8.1853 G'town Journal, p. 4 c. 5 "...has been promoted to Postmaster in Kokstad...." 20.8.1887

Fought in Kaffir wars of 1835 and 1846. Went to Australia in 1852 where he served in the Gold Mounted Police and when on a survey expedition to the interior a township about 140 miles N.W. of Melbourne was named after Wedderburn. He returned to South Africa 1854 and married Miriam Whiting of Moulton Northampton, England. They had 10 children. Their daughter Frances Miriam was very beautiful and known as the "Rose of Grahamstown". She married three times but had no children of her own so adopted 8 children, all of whom turned out well.

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