Desmond McAllister's Collaborated Genealogy


Thomas Gravett [Parents] 1 was born on 14 Jun 1835 in Salem, Cape Colony, South Africa. He was christened on 16 Jun 1835 in Salem, Cape Colony, South Africa. Thomas married Hester Petronella Greyling on 19 Aug 1857 in Cradock.

Other marriages:
Miles, Elizabeth Margaret

Hester Petronella Greyling was born about 1838 in Cape Colony, South Africa. Hester married Thomas Gravett on 19 Aug 1857 in Cradock.

They had the following children.

  M i William Thomas Gravett was born on 28 Oct 1863 in Cape Colony, South Africa.
  M ii Barend Christiaan Gravett was born on 22 Aug 1865 in Cape Colony, South Africa.
  M iii Thomas Gravett was born on 18 Aug 1867 in Cape Colony, South Africa.

Thomas Gravett [Parents] 1 was born on 14 Jun 1835 in Salem, Cape Colony, South Africa. He was christened on 16 Jun 1835 in Salem, Cape Colony, South Africa. Thomas married Elizabeth Margaret Miles on 9 Dec 1865 in Salem, Cape Colony, South Africa.

Other marriages:
Greyling, Hester Petronella

Elizabeth Margaret Miles 1. Elizabeth married Thomas Gravett on 9 Dec 1865 in Salem, Cape Colony, South Africa.


Benjamin Gravett [Parents] 1 was born in 1837 in Cape Colony, South Africa. Benjamin married Sarah Catherine Long on 23 Mar 1869 in Salem, Albany, Cape Colony.

Sarah Catherine Long was born about 1845 in 'Slope Fountain', Salem, Albany, Cape Colony. Sarah married Benjamin Gravett on 23 Mar 1869 in Salem, Albany, Cape Colony.

They had the following children.

  F i Jane Gravett was born on 5 Sep 1869 in Salem, Albany, Cape Colony, South Africa. She died in 1969 in Salem, Albany, Cape Colony, South Africa.
  F ii Sarah Anne Gravett 1 was born on 2 Nov 1879 in Cathcart District, Cape Colony, South Africa.
  M iii Benjamin Harwood Gravett was born on 10 Oct 1881. He died on 18 Nov 1918.
  M iv William Beste Gravett 1 was born on 25 Feb 1885 in Cathcart District, Cape Colony, South Africa.
  M v Fred Kannard Gravett 1 was born on 12 Nov 1886 in Cathcart District, Cape Colony, South Africa.
  M vi Richard "Dick" Knott Gravett was born on 13 Oct 1889 in Salem, Albany, Cape Colony, South Africa.
  M vii Thomas Gravett was born on 26 Sep 1891 in Salem, Albany, Cape Colony, South Africa.
  M viii Charles James Gravett 1 was born on 8 Dec 1872 in Cape Colony, South Africa.

Charles Gravett 1 was born in 1812 in Salem, Albany, Cape Colony, South Africa. He died on 1 Aug 1888 in Cape Colony, South Africa. Charles married Harriet Ann MN Unknown about 1829.

Harriet Ann MN Unknown was born in 1809 in Salem, Albany, Cape Colony, South Africa. She died in 1881 in Cape Colony, South Africa. Harriet married Charles Gravett about 1829.

They had the following children.

  M i Benjamin Gravett was born in 1837.

Benjamin Harwood Gravett [Parents] 1 was born on 10 Oct 1881 in Cathcart District, Cape Colony, South Africa. He was christened on 26 Nov 1883 in Cathcart District, Cape Colony, South Africa. He died on 18 Nov 1918 in Cathcart District, Cape Colony, South Africa. Benjamin married Olive Rose Brown on 1 Aug 1906 in Cathcart.

Olive Rose Brown was born on 14 Jul 1880 in Cathcart District, Cape Colony, South Africa. She was christened on 26 Sep 1880 in Hilton, Cape Colony, South Africa. She died on 12 Jan 1970 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was buried in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Olive married Benjamin Harwood Gravett on 1 Aug 1906 in Cathcart.


James Whiteside Wakinshaw [Parents] was born on 4 Dec 1852 in Gateshead, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland. He died in 1917. James married Susannah Simpson.

Susannah Simpson 1 died in 1935. Susannah married James Whiteside Wakinshaw.


Rev William Wakinshaw [Parents] 1 was born on 5 Nov 1856 in Byker, Newcastle, Northumberland, England. He died on 22 Mar 1941. William married Clara Jane Holmes.

William was a member of a notable Methodist Minister.

Clara Jane Holmes died in 1951. Clara married Rev William Wakinshaw.

They had the following children.

  M i William Holmes Wakinshaw was born on 16 Jan 1890. He died on 4 Oct 1978.
  ii Clara Evelyn Wakinshaw 1 was born in 1892.
  M iii Ernest Whiteside Wakinshaw 1 was born on 12 Dec 1893 in Oswaldwhistle.
  M iv Allen Howitt Wakinshaw 1 was born in 1894. He died on 2 Jun 1911.
  M v Arthur Chapman Wakinshaw 1 was born in May 1896 in Oswaldwhistle. He died on 7 Jul 1896.

Charles Moore was born on 25 Nov 1899 in Morpeth, Durham. Northumberland. He died on 14 May 1975 in Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, Durham, England. Charles married Selina Mary Smith.

Selina Mary Smith was born on 6 Oct 1901 in Middlesborough, Durham, England. She died on 18 Oct 1989 in Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, Durham, England. Selina married Charles Moore.


Living [Parents].

Living [Parents].

They had the following children.

  M ii Harold David Wakinshaw 1 was born on 17 May 1928. He died in 1989.
  M iii Richard Wakinshaw 1 was born on 15 Aug 1931 in Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, Durham, England. He died in 1977.
  F v Mavis Wakinshaw was born in 1943 in Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, Durham, England. She died in Norway.
  M vi Arthur John Wakinshaw was born on 15 Nov 1946 in Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, Durham, England. He died on 6 Jun 1996 in Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, Durham, England.

Arthur emigrated in Jan 1969 from to America.

Thomas William Alderson 1 was born on 6 Jan 1907. He died in Jan 1999. Thomas married Mary Ann McKenna.

Mary Ann McKenna 1 was born on 15 Nov 1916. She died in May 1992. Mary married Thomas William Alderson.

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