John Weakley ⁵ ^,13

Born: 21 Jul 1819, , , England
Christened: 18 Feb 1830, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage (1): Catherine Ann Palmer on 14 Apr 1841 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Marriage (2): Alletta Maria Steytler after 1889 in Wellington, Cape Province, South Africa
Died: 8 Sep 1906, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa aged 87 ²²

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Catherine Ann Palmer

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet General Notes:

Aletta was born Steytler and had three children by her previous husband when she married John.

bullet Birth Notes:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ahoneybun&id=I11098

See http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ahoneybun&id=I7335 has his birth in 1819

Len Stratford now confirms 1819.

And

https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/101453/I11098/johnbenjamin-weakley/individual

bullet Christening Notes:

South African Commercial Advertiser 1830 - 1 - January to March

http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/south-african-commercial-advertiser/18-sac-1830-jan-mar.htmll?qh=YTo0OntpOjA7czo3OiJ3ZWFrbGV5IjtpOjE7czo2OiJqb3NlcGgiO2k6MjtzOjc6Impvc2VwaGUiO2k6MztzOjE0OiJ3ZWFrbGV5IGpvc2VwaCI7fQ%3D%3D

Baptised with his brothers and sisters

In the English Church Bathurst on Thursday Feb 18 1830 by the Rev.W. Wright MA Chaplain:
A son of Joseph WEAKLEY, Joseph.
A son of ditto, John.
A daughter of ditto, Ann.
A daughter of ditto, Rhoda.
A son of ditto, Benjamin.
A son of ditto, Samuel

bullet Death Notes:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ahoneybun&id=I11098

Actual Death notice from Len Stratford by email 13/6/2011

And

https://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C1445829
Name: WEAKLEY, JOHN
Year: 1906
Volume: 6/9/556
Source Location: National Archives, Cape Town (KAB)
Reference: 2957
Source: Master's Office / Orphan Chamber, Cape Town (MOOC)
Collection Name: Cape Estates Death Notice Index 1834 - 1951

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

• General Comment. There are numerous online records of his name as John Benjamin Weakley. LS advises that this is a direct result of an error in transcription by him many years ago.

See LS Email 28/8/2011

• General Comment. At http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ahoneybun&id=I11098 there is more info.

• Occupation. http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/grahamstown-journal/92-gj-1849-apr-jun.htmll?qh=YTo0OntpOjA7czo3OiJ3ZWFrbGV5IjtpOjE7czo2OiJqb3NlcGgiO2k6MjtzOjc6Impvc2VwaGUiO2k6MztzOjE0OiJ3ZWFrbGV5IGpvc2VwaCI7fQ%3D%3D

From the Grahamstown Journal:-

Saturday June 30 1849

OAT-HAY
The undersigned has constantly on hand, at the Stores of Mr. John WEAKLEY, Somerset Street, and a good supply of the above Article, which will be for Sale in any quantities that may be required. James PHILLIPS.

• Web Based Info. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ahoneybun&id=I7335

And

http://www.geni.com/people/John-Weakley/6000000003454019143?through=6000000003455272716

And

http://www.1820settlers.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Genealogy&file=getperson&personID=I17395&tree=1

And

http://records.ancestry.com/Aletta_Maria_Steytler_records.ashx?pid=5898033

And

https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/101453/I11099/-/individual

John married Catherine Ann Palmer, daughter of George Sherry Palmer and Millicent Reckless, on 14 Apr 1841 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. (Catherine Ann Palmer was born on 12 Feb 1824 in Clumber, Eastern Cape, South Africa, died on 7 Mar 1894 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa and was buried in Queenstown Cemetery, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.)

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

• Web Based Info. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ahoneybun&id=I11099

And

http://www.1820settlers.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Genealogy&file=getperson&personID=I17395&tree=1

There is also a marriage recorded in Grahamstown on the 1820 Settlers page.

John next married Alletta Maria Steytler, daughter of Johan Georg Steytler and Johanna Sophia De Villiers, on 14 Apr 1841 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. (Alletta Maria Steytler was born on 16 Apr 1846 in Sea Point, Cape Province, South Africa ²², christened on 24 May 1846 in Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa,²² died on 6 Dec 1917 in Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa ²² and was buried in Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa.)

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

• Web Based Info. http://www.1820settlers.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Genealogy&file=getperson&personID=I17397&tree=1

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The data is specifically for non-commercial use and my clear intention is to build family records. The data may, therefore, not be used in any way for the purposes of financial gain.

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.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

Caveat #2:- I have used URL's throughout the website as sources. The URLs are often from paid subscription sites so you may not be able to access them without an account. Inevitably there are broken URL's. I have been to every URL recorded here and at the time they were operational. In this regard, the Ancestry24 records are a problem. There are numerous references in the South African data citing Ancestry24 records. Unfortunately Ancestry24 has closed down and these records are no longer available on line.

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

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