The King Family
Alice Daisy King
4 August 1887, at Lynedoch, Lions
River division, Natal
James King
Sarah
Alice (Risley) King
Girls'
Collegiate, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Staff mess supervisor (1938)
Robert King relates that "My grandmother [Emily Winifred Ford] and Daisy
King were very close, being only surviving daughters with numerous brothers.
Grandmama went up to Lynedoch every summer and Daisy came down to the Ford
country residence, Kingston Lodge, Chase Valley, Pietermaritzburg, every
winter and they were both educated at the the Girls' Collegiate,
Pietermaritzburg."
Alice was remembered in the will of her aunt, Mary Agnes (Risley) Fenwick,
dated 3 July 1941:
Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files 1942 #35082 film 007869094 images 2066-7
THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me MARY
AGNES FENWICK, of Pietermaritzburg, Widow.
...
I give and bequeath to my niece, ALICE DAISY KING, the sum of
ONE THOUSAND POUNDS (£1,000).
1938: c/o Imperial Tobacco Company, Msasa, Salisbury, Southern
Rhodesia (voter
registration)
In the distribution account of the probate proceedings of Mary Agnes's will
in 1942, Alice is stated to be "of Rhodesia, spinster" (Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files 1942 #35082 film 007869094 image 2085).
Annie Young King
1 August 1886, at Lynedoch, Lions
River division, Natal
James King
Sarah
Alice (Risley) King
Charles John Risley King
17 June 1881, at Ivy Cottage,
Pietermaritz street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Natal Witness 20 June 1881
BIRTHS :- KING.
On the 17th June, at Ivy Cottage, PMBurg, the wife of Mr. James KING of
Lynedoch, Upper Umgeni, of a son.
James King
Sarah
Alice (Risley) King
May Constance Murray on 23 April
1907 at Nottingham Road church, Karkloof, Natal
Charles John Risley King is recorded as a bachelor, of full age. He is a
farmer, resident at Lynedoch, Nottingham Rd. May Constance Murray is
recorded as a spinster, of full age, resident at Shawlands, Nottingham Rd.
The marriage was witnessed by Leo J. King, Winnie J. Murray and James King.
May was born on 24 May 1884 in Durban, Natal, the daughter of Archibald Keir
Murray and Jessie Bell Edmonds. She died on 30 November 1974.
Farmer
At the time of his death, Charles was a sub-manager on a sugar estate in
Isipingo.
29 December 1926 in Clarewood
district, Durban, Natal, South Africa, aged 45 years and 6 months
The cause of death is listed as burns and shock resulting from motor car
collision with railway engine - accidental.
In June 1927, Archibald Keir Murray (Charles's father-in-law) was appointed
by the courts to act as curator ad litem for John's minor children
"in the commencement and pursuance of an action for damaged against the
Railway and Harbour Administration of the Union Government" (Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files GS film 001295299 image 00607)
Stellawood cemetery, Durban, Natal,
South Africa
Douglas Ivan King
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Douglas Ivan King
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November/December 1892, at Lynedoch,
Nottingham Road, Natal
James King
Sarah
Alice (Risley) King
Pietermaritzburg College
Blacksmith
10 July 1916, in action, at Bernafay
Wood, Somme, France
Douglas was private in "D" company of the 4th Regiment of the South
African Infantry. The 4th Regiment were known as the South African
Scottish, and recruits encouraged by the Caledonian Societies of Natal and
Orange Free State made up D Company. During the Somme offensive, General
Haig prepared "an attack on the German second line on the Longueval-Bazentin
le Petit ridge. This attack would extend on the right to Longueval Village
and Delville Wood. First, however, Bernafay Wood and Trones Wood, which were
situated to the south of Longueval Village and Delville Wood, would have to
be captured."
Capture
of Trônes Wood
10–11 July
At 4:00 a.m. the 90th Brigade battalion in the new trench near the wood
and a South African company from the 9th Division advanced into the wood
in groups of twenty, many of whom got lost while others moved through the
wood unopposed and reported it empty. To the west, bombers took part of
Longueval Alley from Bernafay Wood past the northern point of Trônes Wood
and German troops in the strong point captured the day before in Central
Trench were overrun. When the British bombardment had commenced at 3:00
a.m. the German companies at the west side of the wood were withdrawn to
the east side, where they saw German troops retire from the south end of
the wood to Guillemont, then troops began to trickle out of the north end.
The party in the centre fell back to shell-holes 200 yd (180 m) to the
east, above the track to Guillemont, ready to retire slowly if pressed.
Nothing was seen for an hour, when British prisoners emerged from the
south end of the wood, moving under escort to Guillemont. Patrols went
back into the wood to scout and at 8:00 a.m. a party of 50 Germans was
found in the south end. About 200 troops moved up along the light railway,
formed a skirmish line with the other troops present and advanced into
south end of the wood. Dead British and German troops were "everywhere"
and a small German garrison was found in Central Trench, among dead South
African Scottish.
Pietermaritzburg College Magazine February 1917
pp43-4
Dear Mr.
King,—It is with the very deepest regret that I write about the loss of
the late Pte. D. J. King. He was a born soldier, keen, quick-witted and
brave, and one whom I could ever depend upon in moments of emergency.
Together with many other lads of Natal who fell in the recent actions
he, by his bravery, has helped to make the name of the South African
Brigade famous.—Yours very sincerely,
E. E. CLERK,
July, 1916.
Capt., D. Company, S.A. Scottish.
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Douglas Ivan King's name inscribed at the
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
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Douglas's sacrifice is memorialised on Face 4 C at the Thiepval Memorial,
Somme, France, on the Maritzburg College cenotaph, Pietermaritzburg, and on
the Great War Memorial at St John's Gowrie Presbyterian Church, Nottingham
Road.
1916: Lynedoch, Nottingham Road, Natal (Pietermaritzburg
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Enid May (King) MacDougall
3 May 1908 in Nottingham, Natal
Charles John
Risley King
May Constance (Murray) King
John MacDougall on 11 August 1945
at St Patrick, Umzinto, Natal
John MacDougall is recorded as a bachelor, aged 42, born in Scotland. He is
an engineer, resident at Esperanza. Enid May King is recorded as a spinster,
aged 37. She is a radiographer, resident at 13 Shepstone Ave., Maritzburg.
The marriage was witnessed by ? A. King and George Dessepsie.
John was born in 1902/3, in Islay, Scotland. He died in 1972.
Radiographer
19 March 1972 in Pietermaritzburg,
Natal, South Africa
Graeme Gordon King
9 September 1897, in Nottingham Road,
Natal
James King
Sarah
Alice (Risley) King
Margaret Campbell McMurtrie on 11
October 1927 at St. Margaret of Antioch Anglican church, Witbank, Transvaal,
South Africa
Graeme Gordon King is recorded as a bachelor, aged 31, born in South Africa.
He is a bank clerk, resident in Mbabane, Swaziland. Margaret Campbell
McMurtrie is recorded as a spinster, aged 28, born in South Africa. Her
residence is listed as Box 31, Schoongezicht, Witbank.
Margaret was born in 1898/9, in South Africa.
Bank Clerk
15 April 1961, at Grey's Hospital,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
The cause of death is listed as heart failure of duration 15 days, reum, of
duration 2 days and arteriosclerosis of duration 5 years.
Mountain Rise cemetery,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
1927: Mbabane, Swaziland (marriage
record)
1961: 8 Norlyn, Christie Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal (death
registration)
James King
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James King
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6 January 1846, in Perth, Scotland
29 January 1846, in Methven,
Perthshire, Scotland
John King
Janet Young (Ellis) King
Sarah
Alice Risley on 17 June 1880 at St John's Presbyterian church,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal
James King is recorded as a bachelor, aged 34. He is a farmer, resident at
Lynedoch, Co. P.M.Burg. Sarah Alice Risley is recorded as a spinster, aged
21, resident in Pietermaritzburg. The marriage was witnessed by Robt. King,
Charles J. Smythe and Lily Campbell.
Farmer
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Lynedoch after James King's alterations
photograph from Along
the Road to Fort Nottingham (Robert James Herbert King)
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Twentieth
Century Impressions of Natal p579 (1906)
JAMES KING
(Nottingham Road).
Amongst the representative farmers of Natal it is necessary to
mention Mr. James King of Lynedoch, Nottingham Road. He was born in 1846
in Perthshire, and when his father took advantage of the Byrne
Immigration Scheme, was one of the party who, after a voyage of 116 days
in the brig Henry Tanner,
landed at Durban in 1849. His father settled on the farm which Mr. James
King now occupies in May, 1850, and was at that time the pioneer who was
farthest removed from civilisation. The family lived in tents for the
first few months, and afterwards for a few years in huts of
wattle-and-daub. There was no difficulty at that time with natives in
the Nottingham Road district, for the all-sufficient reason that the
natives did not settle in the district until 1860; but the Bushmen from
the Mooi River gave a good deal of trouble by their cattle-stealing
propensities. Wild animals, such as elephants, lions, leopards, and wild
dogs, were abundant, and caused great annoyance and loss to the stock
farmer. Mr. James King, after his education was completed, followed in
his father's footsteps and devoted himself to farming. He now owns about
3,600 acres, which are employed chiefly in stock-farming and breeding of
horses, cattle, and sheep. Upon his farm, which is more than 400 feet
above the sea-level, there are extensive forests of natural bush and
many large and ornamental trees. Mr. King has long been connected with
Agricultural Associations in the Colony. He was a member of the Royal
Natal Agricultural Society thirty years ago, and was President in 1899.
In 1886 he sought Parliamentary honours, but was defeated at the polls.
In 1893, however, he was returned and again in 1897, as member of the
Legislative Assembly for the Lions River Division. In 1899 he was
selected, largely on account of his thorough knowledge of the native
language, as one of the Commissioners to assess invasion losses claims.
The committee was subsequently enlarged to five members, and travelled
all over the Colony for three and a half years, hearing and assessing
claims. For their arduous duties the thanks of the Natal and Transvaal
Governments, and of Lord Milner and Mr Chamberlain, were specially
conveyed to the committee—of which Mr. King was vice-chairman—and
various presentations were also made. Mr. King still fulfils several
public duties. He is a J.P. for the Colony, President of the Nottingham
Road Rifle Association, and a committeeman of the Royal Natal
Agricultural Society.
Sarah and James signed
a lengthy ante-nuptial contract in which James assigned one quarter of
his farm "Lynedoch" (734 of 3,083 acres) to trustees in favour of his
wife, with the condition that he could continue to operate it during his
life, in exchange for the marriage not being in community of property. The
purpose seems to have been to protect the remainder of Lynedoch to the King
family in the event of there being no children from the marriage.
3 September 1923, at Lynedoch,
Nottingham Road, Lions River, Natal, South Africa, aged 77 years and 8
months, of senile decay and heart failure
Private cemetery, Lynedoch,
Nottingham Road, Lions River, Natal, South Africa
dated 29 December 1910. Will no.
435/1923 held in Pietermaritzburg
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This is the last Will and Testament of me James
King of "Lynedock" in the Lions River Division County of Pietermaritzburg
Colony of Natal, farmer I cancel annul and make void all former Wills
Codicils and other documents of a Testamentary nature heretofore executed
by me I nominate constitute and appoint my sons Charles Risley King and
Leopold Joseph King to be the executors jointly of this my last will and
Testament and trustees and administrators of my estate and effects
(hereinafter called the said Trustees) hereby giving and granting to the
said Trustees all such powers as are usually conferred upon them by law
especially those of assumption substitution and surrogation. I hereby
nominate constitute and appoint my wife Sarah Alice King (born Risley) to
be the sole guardian of my minor children whom failing the Trustees of
this my last Will and Testament. I give devise bequeath and make over to
the said Trustees my whole estate and effects movable and immovable
personal and real corporeal and incorporeal and whether the same be in
possession reversion remainder or expectancy nothing excepted but that in
trust only for the ends uses and purposes following namely:-
First: Out of the first
and readiest of my means and estate to pay all my just and lawful debts
death-bed and funeral expenses and the expenses incidental to the carrying
out of these presents.
Second: To hand any
pictures and engravings of which I may die possessed of to my son Charles
Third: I direct the said
Trustees to pay and make over to my said wife so long as she remains my
widow or until the youngest of my children shall attain the age of
twentyone years whichever event shall first happen but subject always to
the conditions and stipulations hereinafter contained the whole of the
income and interest or residue and remainder of my means and estate of
every kind movable and immovable but out of which she shall be bound to
clothe educate and maintain in a manner suitable to their station in life
my minor children or in the case of my daughter so long as she shall
remain unmarried and live with her and that half yearly quarterly or
monthly as may be found most suitable and convenient provided always that
during the during the lifetime of my said wife and so long as she remains
my widow she shall have the fullest discretion and power as to carrying on
farming operations on my farm "Lyndeoch" or any other farm or land of
which I may die possessed she being at liberty to increase or decrease the
amount of stock thereon to buy and sell farm implements and wagons and in
all circumstances to act as she may deem best for the advantage of my real
and personal estate and for the reversionary interest of my children
therein with power to my said wife to make use of so much of the capital
of the residue and remainder of my means and estate exclusive of immovable
estate as may be found by her to be necessary for the proper working of
the said farm and further that she shall be bound if called upon by my
Trustees to supply accounts showing the position of the stock implements
wagons and the like and the position of the income derivable from the said
farming operations declaring further that should my said wife not be
desirous of carrying on farming operations as aforesaid or should she
enter into a second marriage I authorise the said Trustees if in their
opinion they deem it advisable so to do and of which they shall be the
sole and only Judges to carry on by themselves or by a Manager (preferably
one of my sons) the said farming operation on my said farm "Lynedock" or
such other farm or farms as I may die possessed of and to apply the income
derivable therefrom as directed in this my said will or should my said
Trustees not be desirous of carrying on the said farming operations they
may let the same farm or any other frms of which I may die possessed and
apply the income so derivable as in this will directed and upon the
attainment of majority of the youngest of my children to divide the whole
of my landed property equally amongst all my children provided however
that my daughter Alice Daisy shall have the option of either taking her
share in landed property or to have her interest in such landed property
secured to her by first mortgage upon such landed property to be passed in
her favour by such of my sons as may elect to take their interest in land
and the valuation of my childrens interest that is to say such children
who may elect not to take their share in land shall be based upon the
value of the land as at the date of my death and the principal interest
sum of the Bond to be passed to secure my daughters interest shall be
payable at such date as my Trustees shall fix and shall bear interest at
such rate as my Trustees may equitably decide but not less than five per
cent per annum and provided that the date so fixed by my Trustees be not
later than five years after the period at which my daughter may be
entitled to claim her share.
Fourth:- Upon decease of
my said wife Sarah Alice King (born Risley) or upon the attainment of
majority of the youngest of my children which event shall first happen I
direct a division of the whole of my live stock and other movable property
amongst the whole of my children including my son Leopold Joseph provided
however that no such division shall be made unless proper provision can be
made for my widow upon the farm "Lynedock" in the event of her surviving
the date of the attainment of majority of the youngest of my said children
I hereby give and authorise my Trustees with the concurrence and consent
of my wife if she in her discretion deems it advisable so to do to pay
over to such of my sons as may have attained majority such sum or sums out
of their respective shares of my estate for the purpose of starting them
in life or as a marriage portion in the event of such sons electing any
other calling than that of a farmer with power to the said Trustees with
the consent of my said wife in such event to sell such portion or portions
of my immovable estate as they may think fit to enable them to give effect
to the foregoing direction provided such portion of my immovable estate is
not required for the purposes of the satisfactory carrying on of farming
operations by my said estate and declaring that the amounts so paid to
such of my sons shall be deducted from the shares of my estate payable to
them upon a division and further declaring that interest upon such amounts
at the rate of six per cent per annum shall be deducted from the shares or
interest of the income of my estate which may be payable to such children
as hereinbefore provided.
Fifth:- In the event of
any of my children predeceasing me or dying before the date of a division
of my estate leaving lawful issue I direct that such lawful issue or
lawful descendants shall be entitled to the share to which their father or
mother would have been entitled if living. The bequests contained in the
Will in favour of my children and their descendants shall vest in them
immediately upon my death. In all cases where females take benefit under
this my last will and Testament the same shall be exclusive always of the
JusMariti and rights of administration of any husband that they may marry
and I reserve to myself the power from time to time and at all times to
make all such alterations to this my last will and testament as I may
think fit desiring that the same shall have effect as such or as a Codicil
or otherwise as consists with law. Thus done and executed at
Pietermaritzburg on the 8th day of the month of April in the year one
thousand nine hundred and four in the presence of the undersigned
witnesses.
SIGNED by the said James King the Testator in the presence of us both
present at the same time who in his presence and in the presence of each
other have hereunto set our names as witnesses.
A.O.Kufal
H.H.Hurst
James Norman King
February/March 1889, in Nottingham
Road, Natal
James King
Sarah
Alice (Risley) King
Pietermaritzburg College
James is mentioned in the Pietermaritzburg College
Magazine in both 1904
and 1905.
Florence Agnes Jane Black on 6
October 1920 at Nottingham Road church, Karkloof, Natal, South Africa
James Norman King is recorded as a bachelor, aged 31. He is a farmer,
resident at Lynedoch, Nottingham Rd, Lions River Division. Florence Agnes
Jane Black is recorded as a spinster, aged 35, resident at Nottingham Rd.
The marriage was witnessed by James King and Guy A Garding.
The Dollar Magazine December 1920 p173
The engagement
is announced of Miss Florence A. J. Black (Babs), A.R.C.O., L.R.A.M.,
second daughter of the late Mr G. Black, Assam Commission, and Mrs
Black, of 44 Shaftesbury Road, Southsea, and sister of Surgeon
Lieut.-Commander F. G. H. R. Black, R.N., to James Norman King, fourth
son of James King and Mrs King, of Lynedoch, Nottingham Road, Natal.
The ante-nuptial contract signed between James and Florence before their
marriage can be found at Pietermaritzburg
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Florence was born on 1 July 1885 in Cacher, Bengal, India, and baptised on 8
November 1886 in Cacher, the daughter of William George Black and Jessie
Florence Rollo. She was a musician, holding the professional diploma LRAM (Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music). Florence
died in 1967.
Farmer (1920); Milk Tester in a
milk factory (1937)
22 September 1937 at Grey's Hospital,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, aged 48
The cause of death is listed as (a) cardiac failure of duration 2 months (b)
renal disease & secondary hypertension of duration 3 years (c) gastric
ulcer of duration 10 years.
Mountain Rise cemetery,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
dated 24 January 1923. Will no. 863/37
held in Pietermaritzburg
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THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me
JAMES NORMAN KING of Nottingham Road, Province of Natal, Farmer.
I hereby revoke and annul all Wills, Codicils or other Testamentary
Dispositions heretofore made by me.
I leave the whole of my Estate and effects of whatsoever kind and
wheresoever situate movable and immovable and whether in possession
reversion remainder or expectancy unto my wife, FLORENCE AGNES JANE KING
(nee Black) for her own use and benefit absolutely.
I appoint my said wife to be the Executrix of this my Will and
Administratrix of my Estate and effects hereby giving and granting unto
her all such powers and authority as are required or allowed in Law
especially those of assumption substitution and surrogation.
I declare this to be my Last Will and Testament and desire that it
may have effect as such or as a Codicil or otherwise and in such manner as
may be found to consist with Law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto subscribed my signature at
Nottingham Road this 24th. day of January 1923 in the presence of the
undersigned witnesses:
SIGNED by JAMES NORMAN KING the Testator of this Will in the presence of
us then present both together and affixing our signatures hereunto as
Witnesses to the said Will in the presence of the said Testator.
AS WITNESSES:
"A. D. King"
"Kate I. Weir"
1920: Lynedoch, Nottingham Road, Natal (Natal
Civil Records Marriages Karkloof 1920 #2)
1932: Condensed Milk Factory, Donnybrook (Pietermaritzburg
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1937: formerly Estcourt, lately Pietermaritzburg, Natal (Pietermaritzburg
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John King
Janet Young (Ellis) King on 4
October 1845, in Methven, Perthshire, Scotland
- James King (1846 - 1923)
- Helen Grace Somerville King (1848/9 - ? )
- Elizabeth Margaret King (1853 - 1924)
- Robert John King (1855/6 - 1892)
- Philip Clifford King (1856/7 - 1860)
Farmer
Nottingham
Road PUB-lication
History of
Nottingham Road
The first British settlers in Nottingham Road were members of the
King/Ellis family: John King and his wife Janet (nee Ellis), their
three-year old son James and a three-month old baby daughter Helen, and
Janet’s brother James Ellis and sisters Helen and Elizabeth. They
arrived in Natal in 1849, attracted by the Byrne Immigration Scheme, one
of many schemes that tried to lure settlers to the largely uninhabited
interior of KZN. Each adult male paid ten pounds, which covered the cost
of the sea voyage from England to Durban and gave every man twenty acres
of land. Many found their allotments were infertile and totally
unsuitable for farming, leaving them the choice of returning home to
England or purchasing better land for themselves.
The allotments of John King and James Ellis were, like many
others, too small and stony to be viable for farming. Disappointed, the
families were lucky enough to have their own private means and so were
able to retain ownership of the land (eventually selling the allotments
for a profit) and stay in Natal while they sought better farmland. At
last they were able to find a property near what is now Nottingham Road
known as Wilde Als Spruit, owned by Petrus H. Potgieter. The property
was bought by Janet King, her brother James Ellis and her three sisters,
and was re-named after places in their native Scotland, namely Lynedoch
and Balgowan. Before leaving Scotland, the families had been closely
connected with the properties of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch of
Balgowan, whose estates were Balgowan, Lynedoch and Blairgowrie. When
John King acquired a farm in 1858, it was named Gowrie, and it was on
this farm that the village of Nottingham Road was established.
Potgieter was apparently very kind to the new settlers who had
purchased his land, offering them sound advice and bringing the family
and their effects from Pietermaritzburg. It took two or three trips to
bring everything up to the farm but eventually the family were in place
by May 1850, living rough under a large waterproof tarpaulin set upon
wooden poles. This remained their home until a wattle and daub structure
was built, with an annexe of sods for the kitchen. They lived here until
a stone house was completed in 1856.
Twentieth
Century Impressions of Natal p579 (1906)
Amongst
the representative farmers of Natal it is necessary to mention Mr. James
King of Lynedoch, Nottingham Road. He was born in 1846 in Perthshire,
and when his father took advantage of the Byrne Immigration Scheme, was
one of the party who, after a voyage of 116 days in the brig Henry
Tanner, landed at Durban in 1849. His father settled on the
farm which Mr. James King now occupies in May, 1850, and was at that
time the pioneer who was farthest removed from civilisation. The family
lived in tents for the first few months, and afterwards for a few years
in huts of wattle-and-daub. There was no difficulty at that time with
natives in the Nottingham Road district, for the all-sufficient reason
that the natives did not settle in the district until 1860; but the
Bushmen from the Mooi River gave a good deal of trouble by their
cattle-stealing propensities. Wild animals, such as elephants, lions,
leopards, and wild dogs, were abundant, and caused great annoyance and
loss to the stock farmer.
5 January 1889 at "Lynedoch",
Nottingham Road, Natal
dated 5 January 1888, proved 30
January 1889, in Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Pietermaritzburg
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This is the Last Will and Testament of me
John King of Lynedoch, in the County of Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal,
Farmer, made and executed at Pietermaritzburg this fifth day of January in
the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty eight.
And I being at the execution hereof in health of body and of sound
mind, memory and understanding declare to make and execute this my last
will as follows:-
I revoke, cancel, annul and make void to all intents and purposes
all will, codicils or other testamentary acts heretofore made or executed
by me and specially a will and codicil dated 5th April 1886. I
hereby nominate and appoint my son James King of Lynedock Farmer, my
son-in-law Charles Penell Spiers of Mount Park, in the County of
Pietermaritzburg, Farmer, Charles John Smythe of Strathearn in the County
of Weenen, Farmer, and William Chalmers Carmichael of Pietermaritzburg
Solicitor, and the survivors and survivor of them to be the Executors and
Trustees of this my Will and Administrators of my estate and effects:
hereby giving and granting unto them and the acceptors and acceptor and
survivors and survivor of them all such powers and authority as are
required or allowed in law to such offices and specially the powers of
assumption, substitution and surrogation, and in case any question shall
arise under this my will in which my said son or my sons-in-law have any
interest direct or indirect I hereby direct that the opinion and decision
of the said William Chalmers Carmichael shall be binding and final on any
such question as against the opinion of any or all of my other executors
or trustees, I give devise and bequeath unto my said executors and
trustees and the executos and trustees for the time being all the estate
and effects of which I may die possessed moveable and immoveable, personal
and real and wheresoever situated nothing excepted upon trust for the
following ends and purposes and subject to the following restrictions and
limitations
(1) That my said Trustees shall out of the readiest money at their
disposal pay all my just and lawful debts death-bed and funeral expenses
(2) That my trustees shall pay and divide all moneys in bank belonging to
me at the time of my death to and among my two sons the said James King
and Robert John King and my two daughters Helen Grace Spiers (born King)
wife of the said Charles Penell Spiers and Elizabeth Margaret Smythe (born
King) wife of the said Charles John Smythe in equal shares (3) That my
trustees shall subject to the restrictions and limitations herein
contained convey to my said son Robert John King the farm known as
"Gowrie" belonging to me and one half undivided share of the lands known
as "Bellwood provided however as I hereby provide and declare that my said
son Robert John King shall have no power to sell, let or part with the
possession of, dispose of by last Will, or mortgage or in any way encumber
said farm or lands in any way whatsoever for a period of twenty years
after my death, without the consent in writing of my trustees. Provided
further that should my said son Robert John King die before the expiry of
said period of twenty years, leaving lawful issue such issue shall be
entitled to said farm and lands in equal shares, at the expiration of the
said period of twenty years, and should he die without leaving lawful
issue before the expiry of said period of twenty years said farm and lands
shall accrue to my surviving children in equal shares, the issue of any
child dying leaving lawful issue being entitled to their deceased parents
share (4) That my said Trustees shall convey to my said son James King the
remaining undivided half of the lands known as "Bellwood" as his free and
absolute property forever. (5) That my trustees shall but subject to the
conditions herein contained pay deliver and divides all the residue and
remainder of my estate and effects to and between my said sons James King
and Robert John King in equal shares. Providing however as I hereby
provide and declare that all the provisions herein made in favor of my
said sons are are made under subject to a payment by them of the sum of
Two hundred and fifty pounds each to my two daughters the said Helen Grace
Spiers and Elizabeth Margaret Smythe which payments I direct my Trustees
and Executors to see made before parting with the possession of the
effects or transferring the properties hereinbefore mentioned to and in
favor of my said sons (6) I hereby declare my will to be and specially
direct notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained that my
sister-in-law Miss Elizabeth Ellis, if she shall survive me shall, during
her life have and receive for her own sole use and benefit the usufruct,
rents, interest and income of the whole of the estate and effects left by
me with out exception and subject to no deduction whatever. After the
death of my said sister-in-law but not till then, my estate and effects
shall be conveyed, distributed and divided by my executors in accordance
with this my will without delay.
7. Should any of my children die before receiving his or her share or
interest hereunder, I direct that the lawful descendants of any such child
so dying shall be entitled to his or her share or interest hereunder
according to the law of succession (8) should my said son Robert John King
be unable to pay the sum of Two hundred and fifty pounds specified to be
paid by him under clause 5 hereof (of which my Trustees shall be the sole
judges) then I empower my Trustees to borrow the said sum of Two hundred
and fifty pounds or any portion thereof on the security of the said farm
"Gowrie" on such interest to be paid by my said son and on such terms and
conditions as they may deem meet. (9) I hereby confer on my Trustees full
power and authority in the event of any dispute with regard to the
division of my property or in any way arising out of this will to settle
such dispute, and any decision given by them as herein provided shall be
final and binding and not impugnable by any party interested. I direct my
trustees and executors to make a true and correct inventory of the whole
of my estate and effects with an estimate of the value thereof, such
inventory and estimate to be made as soon as possible after my death and
to be open to the inspection at all reasonable times of the parties
interested under this my will
I reserve to myself the power during life to make all such
alterations in or additions to this my will as I may think fit either in
separate writing or at the foot hereof desiring that all such alterations
or additions so made under my hand shall be as valid and effectual as if
inserted herein
All which I declare to be my last will, desiring it to have effect
as such or as a codicil or otherwise as may consist with Law
Thus done and passed at Pietermaritzburg aforesaid the day month
and year first hereinbefore written
Signed by John King the testator of this will in the presence of us then
present both together and affixing our signatures hereto a witnesses to
the said will in the presence of the said testator
(Sd) Jos Risley
(sd) Jno Livingstone
It is hereby certified that the foregoing writing is a true copy in every
respect of the will of John King of Lynedock County of Pietermaritzburg
Natal, who died at Lynedock on the 5th day of January 1889
according to the certificate of the Registrar of Deaths District of Lion's
river transmitted with the will and that the said will was registered on
the 30th day of January 1889 in this Office as a proved
will
Given under my hand this 30th day of January 1889 at the
Office of the Registrar of Deeds of Natal in the city of Pietermaritzburg
Natal
(sd) G. Lamond
Registrar of Deeds of the Colony of Natal
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John Herbert James King
photograph courtesy of Robert King
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12 April 1887, in Nottingham Road, Natal
Robert John
King
Mary Jane (Turner) King
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The wedding of John Herbert James King and
Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford on 22 April 1914
Back L to R: Harriet (Ford, Trenowth) Dyer, Edward Funnell Ford,
Stanley Porritt, Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford, John Herbert James
King, Harry Harold Hutton. Seated: Emily (Risley) Ford, Violet
Mary Lillian Turnbull King, Daisy Muriel Hutton, Mary Jane
(Turner, King) Hutton. Front: Gwynneth Muriel Stride, Eileen Mary
Stride, Wilfred Hutton
photograph courtesy of Robert King
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John Herbert James King is standing in the
centre of the back row (partially hidden behind Mona) at the 80th
birthday of his mother-in-law, Emily (Risley) Ford at Kingston
Lodge in November 1932.
photograph courtesy of Robert King
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Emily
Winifred Elizabeth Ford on 22 April 1914 in St Peter's Parish Church,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
John Herbert James King is recorded as a bachelor, aged 27. He is a farmer,
resident in Camperdown. Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford is recorded as a
spinster, aged 29, resident in Maritzburg. The marriage was witnessed by ?.
H. Porritt and E. W. Ford.
Farmer
: 23
June 1965, at Entabeni Hospital, Durban, Natal, South Africa
The cause of death is listed as coronary thrombosis, of duration 3 months.
: Red
Hill cemetery, Durban, Natal, South Africa
1914: Camperdown, Natal (marriage
certificate)
1918: Manderston, Natal (Natal Witness 3 January 1918)
1924: Umlaas Road, Natal (obituary of Edward Funnell Ford in the
Natal Mercury Saturday 28 June 1924)
1950: Umlaas Road, Natal (Braby's Natal Directory 1950 p2134)
1965: 167 High Ridge Road, Durban North, Durban, Natal (death
certificate)
Joyce Alice King
21 February 1912 in Nottingham,
Natal, South Africa
Charles John
Risley King
May Constance (Murray) King
Leopold Joseph King
1884/5, in Nottingham Road, Colony of
Natal
James King
Sarah
Alice (Risley) King
Pietermaritzburg College
Leo played cricket for the College in both 1900
and 1901,
and in track in 1901 Leo won the 100 Yards and the 440 Yards, in which he
used his younger brother Robert as a hare.
Pietermaritzburg College Magazine October 1901
pp32-3
100 YARDS'
PUBLIC SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP.—This
race was won very handsomely by L. J. King, who walked away from his
competitors at the finish. The time, 10 3-5th secs., was an excellent
school time.
...
440 YARDS' PUBLIC SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP
(First Prize presented by R. Parkin, Esq., J.P.).—L, J. King, 1; E.
Jansen (D.H.S.), 2. Time, 53 3-5th secs. Leo first again. R. A. King
made a hot pace for his competitors, who took the bait quite well, with
the exception of Leo (Rex Ludorum, as our worthy Headmaster dubbed him).
Leo, being a brother, was apparently acquainted with filial weaknesses,
and bided his time. Oh, that all brothers were ever so.
Tomine Elizabeth Olufsen on 1 June
1922 in the Norwegian church, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Leopold Joseph King is recorded as a bachelor, aged 37. He is a clerk,
resident at 150 Smith Street, Durban (farmer Nottingham Rd). Tomine
Elizabeth Olufsen is recorded as a spinster, aged 26, resident at 504
Buffalo Road, Umbilo. The marriage was witnessed by ? A. Olufsen and Maurice
S. King.
Leopold and Tomine were divorced in 1928.
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Headstone of Tomine Elizabeth (Olufsen)
King in Stellawood cemetery and crematorium, Durban.
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Tomine was born in 1895/6, the daughter of Theis Olufsen and Amalia Gurine.
She died on 20 October 1976, aged 80, and was buried in Stellawood cemetery
and crematorium, Durban, Natal.
Clerk and Attorney
Leopold was admitted as an attorney of the Natal Supreme Court on 31 October
1906. At his death in 1944, Leo is listed as a road engineer and as a clerk
for national road construction.
Pietermaritzburg College Magazine June 1907
p16
OLD BOYS' NOTES
Leo King, we are very sorry to report, has left Maritzburg
permanently, and taken up his abode in Richmond. He is a fully qualified
solicitor, but has not ventured on his own. We wish him the best of
luck.
Leo served in World War I and is
recorded in the Pietermaritzburg College Magazine July 1916
p11 as serving in the S.A. Artillery in German East Africa.
1 May 1944 at a National Road Camp at
One Tree Hill, near Glencoe, Dundee district, Natal, South Africa, aged 62
The cause of death is listed as a rupture of the left ventricle due to
myocardial degeneration.
Dundee, Natal, South Africa
Maurice Stewart King
January/February 1900, in Nottingham
Road, Natal
James King
Sarah
Alice (Risley) King
Motor Mechanic
5 May 1931 at Sanatorium,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
1931: Ixopo, Natal (Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files GS film 001295437 image 01277)
Mavis Bell (King) Adcock
20 October 1914 in Pietermaritzburg,
Natal, South Africa
Charles John
Risley King
May Constance (Murray) King
Harold Aitcheson Robert Adcock on 6
April 1942 in St Peters Church, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Harold Aitcheson Robert Adcock is recorded as a bachelor, aged 29, born in
Natal. He is a sugar chemist, resident at Esperanza. Mavis Bell King is
recorded as a spinster, aged 27. She is a shorthand typist, resident at 13
Shepstone Avenue, Pietermaritzburg. The marriage was witnessed by ? Howson
and R. A. King.
Harold was born on 10 March 1913 and baptised on 8 July 1913 in Umzinto,
Natal, the son of Adrian Mundell Adcock and Amanda Marie Lee. Adrian is
recorded as a carpenter, resident in Umzinto. The sponsors are Frank
Aitcheson Adcock, Adrian Mundell Adcock and Beatrice Catherine Geach. A
later entry in the same baptismal register lists this baptism as occurring
on 16 March 1914, and then that amended to 25 December 1913, with the same
information as above except that Adrian is now listed as a builder.
Shorthand typist
Robert John King
1855/6, in Pietermaritzburg, Natal
John King
Janet Young (Ellis) King
Mary Jane Turner on 9 June 1886 at
Mr. Turner's house, Lions River, Karkloof county, Natal
Robert John King is recorded as a bachelor, of full age. He is a farmer,
resident at "Gowrie". Mary Jane Turner is recorded as a spinster, of full
age, resident in Lions River. The marriage was performed by Ernest J. Burges
and witnessed by James Turner, James King and J. W. Burkett.
Robert and Mary Jane signed an ante-nuptial agreement on 21 April 1886 (Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files film 004049893 images 877-9).
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Mary Jane, Harry, Daisy and Wilfred all
appear on the right of the wedding photograph of John Herbert
James King and Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford on 22 April 1914
Back L to R: Harriet (Ford, Trenowth) Dyer, Edward Funnell Ford,
Stanley Porritt, Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford, John Herbert James
King, Harry Harold Hutton. Seated: Emily (Risley) Ford, Violet
Mary Lillian Turnbull King, Daisy Muriel Hutton, Mary Jane
(Turner, King) Hutton. Front: Stride sisters (grand daughters of
Tom Ford) and Wilfred Harold Hutton
photograph courtesy of Robert King
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Mary Jane was born in 1864/5, the daughter of James and Ann Turner. She was
known as "Polly". She married, secondly Harry Harold Hutton on 20 October
1898, in Dargle Road, Lions River, Natal, with whom she had another
daughter, Daisy Muriel Hutton born on 28 January 1900, and Wilfred Harold
Hutton. Harry died in 1929 and Mary Jane died on 11 June 1937, at the
Sanatorium in Pietermaritzburg. She was buried on 13 June in Camperdown
cemetery, Natal. Mary Jane's will
No. 435/1937 was dated 12 March 1923, and filed on 16 June 1937.
Addresses:
1898: "Allenthorpe", Dargle Road, Natal (2nd
marriage certificate)
1937: "Leeuwpoort", Umlaas Road, Natal (death
certificate)
Farmer
Robert was romantically linked to a family friend, Clara
Ann Risley. Robert's great-grandson, also Robert King, writes "at one
stage Robert was thought to be about to propose to Emily's sister Clara
Risley and they caused a scandal riding up from Pietermaritzburg to Lynedoch
(King home, Nottingham Road) without a chaperone".
11 February 1892, at "Gowrie",
Nottingham Road, Lions River, Natal.
Robert John King is recorded as a farmer, aged 36. The cause of death is
listed as acute alcoholism. The informant was Wm. Turnbull, Presbyterian
Minister, Howick.
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Grave of Robert John King in St Johns
cemetery, Nottingham Road, Lions River, Natal
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St Johns cemetery, Nottingham Road,
Lions River, Natal
The inscription reads:
In Loving Memory of
ROBERT JOHN KING
(of Gowrie)
who died February 11th 1892
in his 36th year
Erected by his sorrowing widow
Robert died intestate. Mary Jane King,
widow and James Turner, father-in-law of the deceased, were elected
Executrix, Executor Dative and Guardian of minors on 2 March 1892 (Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files film 004049893 image 876). The property he left is
recorded as "Farm Gowrie and 1/2 share of Bellwood in the County of
P.M.Burg. but both under Trustees under the will of the late John King;
Stock consisting of Herd of Cattle, Horses Flock of Sheep and household and
personal effects Farm implements of Value about £1800" (Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files film 004049893 image 875). On 4 March 1904, "Mrs
Mary Jane Hutton born Turner, the sole surviving executrix + widow of the
deceased Robert John King proposed the Mr Advocate F. S. Tatham J.P. be
appointed Executor in the room of the late James Turner. Mrs Mary Jane
Hutton proposes that she herself be appointed sole Guardian of the Minor
heirs" (Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files film 004049893 image 885)
Robert Archibald King
14 February 1885, in Nottingham Road,
Natal
James King
Sarah
Alice (Risley) King
Pietermaritzburg College
Robert played cricket for the College in both 1901
and 1902.
Ethel Georgina Reynolds on 17 June
1914 at St Pauls church, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Robert Archibald King is recorded as a bachelor, aged 29. He is a farmer,
resident at Nottingham Road. Ethel Georgina Reynolds is recorded as a
spinster, aged 23, resident at Umtwalumi. The marriage was witnessed by H.
Reynolds and J.N. King.
Ethel was born on 9 January 1891 in Durban, Natal, the daughter of Harry
Reynolds and Lillian Morgan Bower. She died on 20 June 1990.
Farmer
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Headstone of Robert Archibald King, Ethel
Georgina (Reynolds) King, Sheila Margaret (King) Tedder and
Maurice Vyvyan Tedder in St Patricks. Anglican Church, Umzinto,
Natal
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29 June 1959
St Patricks. Anglican Church,
Umzinto, Natal, South Africa
The headstone reads:
In Loving Memory of
ROBERT ARCHIBALD KING
Devoted husband and Father
14·2·1885 — 29·6·1959
and
ETHEL GEORGINA KING
Loving Mother and Grandmother
9·1·1891 — 20·6·1990
Rest in Peace
1931: Hilton Road, Natal (Pietermaritzburg
Estate Files GS film 001295437 image 01277)
Sheila Margaret (King) Tedder
25 March 1915, in Pietermaritzburg,
Natal, South Africa
Robert
Archibald King
Ethel Georgina (Reynolds) King
Maurice Vyvyan Tedder on 18 April
1938 at St Patricks church, Umzinto, Natal, South Africa
Maurice Vivian Tedder is recorded as a bachelor, aged 29, born in SAF. He is
a motor mechanic, resident at Adam's Hotel, Durban. Sheila Margaret King is
recorded as a spinster, aged 23, born in SAF. She is resident at Umtwalumi.
The marriage was witnessed by R. A. King and J. W. Watney Dean.
Maurice was born on 30 January 1911, the son of Leslie Ernest Tedder and
Mary Emily Heron. He died on 17 November 1951.
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Headstone of Robert Archibald King, Ethel
Georgina (Reynolds) King, Sheila Margaret (King) Tedder and
Maurice Vyvyan Tedder in St Patricks. Anglican Church, Umzinto,
Natal
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15 May 1974
St Patricks. Anglican Church,
Umzinto, Natal, South Africa
The headstone reads:
In Loving Memory of
SHEILA MARGARET TEDDER
Devoted daughter and mother
25·3·1915 — 15·5·1974
also
MAURICE VYVYAN TEDDER
30·1·1911 — 17·11·1951
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