Maj. Willem Cornelius Van Ryneveld ¹ ^,2 ^,3 ^,5 ^,7 ^,12 ^,13

Born: 25 Jan 1858, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa ¹ ^,2 ^,3
Marriage (1): Alice Murray Hayton on 10 Nov 1886
Died: 19 Aug 1936, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa aged 78 ¹ ^,2 ^,3
Buried: Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Spouses/Children:

1. Alice Murray Hayton

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/igi/individual_record.asp?recid=100340765751&lds=1®ion=0®ionfriendly=&juris1=&juris2=&juris3=&juris4=®ionfriendly=&juris1friendly=&juris2friendly=&juris3friendly=&juris4friendly=

And

http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/uploads/pages/Genealogies%20of%20old%20South%20African%20Families/page_02858.pdf

And

http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C2149545261

bullet Death Notes:

http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C1280796

And

http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/uploads/pages/Genealogies%20of%20old%20South%20African%20Families/page_02858.pdf

And

Died of a gunshot wound in his home "Ingleside" in Grahamstown.

bullet Burial Notes:

http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm30ddf0?20110323163722D5373C85&DN=00000015

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Education. Dioscesan College, Cape Town.
http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C2149545261

• General Comment. Major W.C. Van Ryneveld, District Commandant, South African Police, Grahamstown; Born at Graaff-Reinet, 25th January 1858; grandson. of the late Captain W.C. van Ryneveld (93rd Highlanders) who was Landdrost of Graaff-Reinet in 1845.

Educated Diocesan College, Cape Town ; m. 10th November 1886, Alice Murray, daughter John Hayton, of Grahamstown ; 2 children.

First entered the Cape Civil Service as Registrar to the Hon. Mr Justice Smith in May 1877; appointed Clerk to the Registrar and Master of the Eastern District Court shortly afterwards ; on the outbreak of the Kaffir War in 1877 joined the Albany Mounted Volunteers and proceeded on Active Service in 1877 - 78- 79 in Fingoland, Gaikaland and Bemvavaland ; at the conclusion of the campaign received a Commission in the First Regiment Cape Mounted Yeomanry and proceeded to Basutoland on active service in command of the Grahamstown Troop of Yeomanry ; was in Command of this Troop at the battle of Kalabani in Basutoland, when a terrible hand to hand tussle took place the Basutos, using battle axes, charged right into the midst of our men ; on that occasion a great number of Grahamstown and East London Yeomanry were killed ; served through both Basutoland Campaigns, and shortly afterwards was transferred to the Permanent Military Establishment as a Lieutenant in the Cape Infantry Regiment (a Regiment raised in England from amongst the Privates in the Imperial Service) ; promoted Captain two years afterwards and served for five years with this Regiment on the Natal border ; after the disbandment of the Cape Infantry Regiments, was appointed Inspector of Diggers' Registers at Barkly West and Kimberley; In 1891 transferred to the Police Department as Inspector of City Police, Grahamstown ; shortly afterwards appointed Inspector, Cape Mounted Police, and served in that Force until the amalgamation with the South African Police, where he was appointed District Commandant, Grahamstown ; acted as Commissioner of Police, Cape Town during the absence of Colonel Crawford, the Commissioner, and on several occasions acted as Commissioner Eastern Province.

On retirement was awarded the King's Police Medal for meritorious service in the Cape Province and Union of South Africa, and this Medal was handed to him by Lord Buxton at an investiture held in Johannesburg in 1920. Besides this he holds the S.A. War Medal, Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal, Basutoland 1880 - 81, King's S.A. Medal.

Recreation: Tennis, Golf, Riding and Walking.

Residence, Ingleside, West Hill, Grahamstown.

• General Comment. Copy of his daughter - Clarice Maud Unger nee Van Ryneveld's Death Notice dd 13 Oct 1958 in RAB's possession.

• Occupation. Commissioner of Police. Served in the Kafir Wars and the Boer War.

The eGGSA BMD project records his occupation as "Inspector of Police" and "Gentleman".

And

Inspector of Police.
https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=75&query=%2Bsurname%3A%22van%20ryneveldt%22~%20%2Bany_place%3A%22south%20africa%22

• Web Based Info. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/igi/individual_record.asp?recid=100340765751&lds=1®ion=0®ionfriendly=&juris1=&juris2=&juris3=&juris4=®ionfriendly=&juris1friendly=&juris2friendly=&juris3friendly=&juris4friendly=

And

http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/uploads/pages/Genealogies%20of%20old%20South%20African%20Families/page_02858.pdf

And

http://www.1820settlers.co.uk/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I17552&tree=master

• Military Service. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1686&iid=31794_221506-00457&fn=W+C&ln=Van+Ryneveld&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1454504

• Estate. National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT KAB
SOURCE MOOC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 6/9/4806
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 51534
PART 1
DESCRIPTION VAN RYNEVELD, WILLIAM CORNELIUS. ESTATE PAPERS.
STARTING 19360000
ENDING 19360000

• Education. ² Bishops Cape Town.

• General Comment. ² In the Police in Kimberley, Barclay West and Grahamstown, and Commissioner of Police in Cape Town. As District Commandant and Inspector SA Police, he was awarded the King's Police Medal " for meritorious service during his 41 years service (military and police) in the Cape Service and Union of South Africa". He served with distinction in the Kaffir Wars of 1887 - 1889, and in other campaigns. He received a Commission, and was " in command of the Grahamstown Troop of Yeomanry at the battle of Kalabani in Basutoland when a terrible hand to hand tusstle took place, the Basutos using battle axes charged right into the middle of our men. On that occasion a great number of Grahamstown and East London Yeomanry were killed". He apparently "was a superb horseman, and cut his way out of the melee with his sword".
He was a Major in the Cape Colonial Forces in the Boer War.

• General Comment. Copy of his son - Neil Hayton Van Ryneveld's Death Notice dd 21 Nov 1945 in RAB's possesion.

• Honours, 1919. National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT SAB
SOURCE GG
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 1274
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 34/717
PART 1
DESCRIPTION HONOURS: KING'S POLICE MEDAL. AWARD OF TO LIEUTENANT CORPORAL PPJ
BOTHA AND TO INSPECTOR WILLEM C VAN RYNEVELD.
STARTING 19190000
ENDING 19190000
REMARKS 34/699 PREVIOUS PAPER 34/739 SUBSEQUENT PAPER.

• Publications, 1935. SEVENTY-SEVEN-AND NOT OUT
BIRTHDAY OF MAJOR W.C. VAN RYNEVELD

Major W. C. van Ryneveld, of Grahamstown, is 77 to-day and congratulations will be showered on him for he has long been an active and interesting personality in the city. He came to Grahamstown in 1876 as Registrar to the Hon. Mr. Justice Smith. He was transferred to the Registrar's Department as Assistant Registrar and Master two years afterwards. He served through the Kafir Wars of 1877-78-79 and the Basuto Wars of 1880-81. After the Basuto War he was appointed to the Permanent Defence Force as a Commissioned Officer. He retired in 1921 on pension, and was awarded the King's Police Medal for conspicuous devotion to duty as a Commissioned Officer in the Defence and Police departments of the Union for 40 years. This greatly coveted medal (in Police circles) was presented to him by Lord Buxton, the then Governor-General, at an investiture held by him in Johannesburg in 1921. Besides this he holds the S.A War Medal, Cape of Good Hope Service Medal, Basutoland 1880-81, King's S.A. Medal. He is still very partial to the horse, in preference to the motor car, and may be seen daily riding through the city or on the outskirts.
In an interview with the E.P. Herald representative the gallant Major said that having reached be-yond the allotted span, Biblically speaking he ought not to be there, his many friends will wish him many years yet.

Trabscribed from the original newspaper article in RAB's possession.

Willem married Alice Murray Hayton, daughter of John Hayton and Rhoda Weakley, on 10 Nov 1886. (Alice Murray Hayton was born on 6 Jun 1857 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, christened on 6 Jun 1858 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, died on 16 Jan 1941 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa and was buried in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.)

bullet Sources of information or n events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C2149545261

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Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

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The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years

Maj. Willem Cornelius Van Ryneveld 1,2,3,5,7,12,13

Maj. Willem Cornelius Van Ryneveld ¹ ^,2 ^,3 ^,5 ^,7 ^,12 ^,13