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Edward Charles Townsend 1829–1885 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Jun 1829

Birth Location: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Death Date: 3 Nov 1885

Death Location: Springbok, Namaqualand, South Africa

Father: John Miner

Mother: Elizabeth Baumann\Townsend

Spouse(s): Mary Brooks\Townsend

Children(s): Frances Townsend\Watters, Agnes Townsend, John Townsend, George Townsend, Annie Townsend, Elizabeth Townsend, Henry Townsend, George Townsend, Georgina Townsend, Charles Townsend, Johanna Townsend, William Townsend, Edward Townsend, Richard Townsend, William Townsend

Edward Charles Townsend was born in 1829 in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, the child of John Townsend Miner And Elizabeth Baumann Townsend. In 1865, Edward Charles Townsend resided in Nababeep. Edward Charles Townsend married Mary Anne Elizabeth Brooks Townsend, and had children including Agnes Mary Townsend, Annie Townsend, Charles Edward Townsend, Edward Sydney Townsend, Elizabeth Townsend, Frances Sarah Townsend Watters, George Frederic Bauman Townsend, George Frederick Bowman Baumann Townsend, Georgina Emmeline Townsend, Henry Albertus Townsend, Johanna Jane Townsend, John Wild Townsend, Richard James Townsend, William Bright Townsend, William Townsend. Edward Charles Townsend passed away in 1885 in Springbok, Namaqualand, South Africa.

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Biography

  • Edward Charles Townsend was born in 1829 in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, the child of John Townsend Miner And Elizabeth Baumann Townsend.
  • In 1865, Edward Charles Townsend resided in Nababeep.
  • Edward Charles Townsend married Mary Anne Elizabeth Brooks Townsend, and had children including Agnes Mary Townsend, Annie Townsend, Charles Edward Townsend, Edward Sydney Townsend, Elizabeth Townsend, Frances Sarah Townsend Watters, George Frederic Bauman Townsend, George Frederick Bowman Baumann Townsend, Georgina Emmeline Townsend, Henry Albertus Townsend, Johanna Jane Townsend, John Wild Townsend, Richard James Townsend, William Bright Townsend, William Townsend.
  • Edward Charles Townsend passed away in 1885 in Springbok, Namaqualand, South Africa.

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Spouses(s)

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Edward Townsend's Ancestors

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Edward Townsend
1829–1885
Birth Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Parents
John Townsend Miner
1800–1875
Lambeth, Surrey, England
Elizabeth Baumann\Townsend
1810–1846
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Grandparents
John (Townsend) VICTUALLER
1783–1835
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Edward Townsend's Descendants

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Edward (Charles) Townsend (25 Jun 1829–3 Nov 1885) m. Mary (Anne Elizabeth) Brooks\Townsend (Abt. 1834–27 Apr 1908)
  1. 1. Frances (Sarah) Townsend\Watters 1865–1931 m. John Watters 1847–1908
    1. 1. Charles (Edward) Watters 1903–1937 m. Mabel (Florence) Love\watters 1904–1990
      1. 1. Daphne\Taffy watters\Love 1932–2007 m. Bryan Love 1928–2015
      2. 2. Daphne\Taffy watters\love\loves 1932–2007
      3. 3. Marion watters 1935–1997 m. Albert (Edward) Carroll 1930–1997
      4. 4. Charles (E) Watters 1903–1937
      5. 5. Ethne (Margaret\Peggy) Watters\Fisher 1928–2000 m. John Fisher 1923–1989
    2. 2. Alexander (Benjamin) Watters 1885–1943 m. Ethel (May) Sumner\watters 1889–1968
      1. 1. Alwyn (Graham) Watters 1910–1972 m. Elizabeth (Helena) Kemp 1918–1990
    3. 3. Margareth Webster 1887–1946 m. Richard (Ernest) Webster 1873–1957
      1. 1. Daphne (Francis) Webster 1915–1916
      2. 2. Dennis (Charles Roy) Webster 1910–1981
      3. 3. Dudley (Byron) Webster 1918–1990 m. Dorothea Briceland 1921–1988
      4. 4. Garnett (John) Webster 1922–1998
      5. 5. Richard (Elton) Webster 1911–1981
      6. 6. Ronald (Oswald) Webster 1923–1989
    4. 4. Vivian (Adelaide Grace) Watters 1889–1955
    5. 5. Georgina (Emmeline) Watters 1895–1965
    6. 6. Gladys (Annie) Watters 1897–1988
    7. 7. Irene (Mabel (Mable)) Watters 1900–1954
    8. 8. Henry (Loch) Watters 1892–1943
    9. 9. Cecil (Robert) Watters 1904–1955
    10. 10. Evelyn (Mary) Watters 1906–2001
    11. 11. Kathleen (Ann) Watters 1906–1955
    12. 12. David (Blair John) Watters 1891–1892
    13. 13. Mildred (Jane) Watters 1896–1898
  2. 2. Agnes (Mary) Townsend 1863–1950
  3. 3. John (Wild) Townsend 1851–1908
  4. 4. George (Frederick Bowman (Baumann)) Townsend 1869–1941
  5. 5. Annie Townsend 1856–1856
  6. 6. Elizabeth Townsend 1857–1914
  7. 7. Henry (Albertus) Townsend 1859–1879
  8. 8. George (Frederic Bauman) Townsend 1868–1868
  9. 9. Georgina (Emmeline) Townsend 1861–1921
  10. 10. Charles (Edward) Townsend 1866–1924
  11. 11. Johanna (Jane) Townsend 1853–1898
  12. 12. William (Bright) Townsend 1854–1896 m. Anna (Margarieta Maria) Brill\Townsend 1870–
    1. 1. William (Bright) Townsend 1881–
    2. 2. Edward Townsend 1880–
    3. 3. Charles (Edward) Townsend 1884–
    4. 4. John (Wilde) Townsend 1883–1950
    5. 5. Mary (Anne) Townsend 1889–1896
    6. 6. Thomas Townsend 1887–1921
  13. 13. Edward (Sydney) Townsend 1877–1918
  14. 14. Richard (James) Townsend 1878–
  15. 15. William Townsend 1856–

Edward Townsend's Timeline

3 Records

1829
25 Jun 1829
Birth of Edward Charles Townsend in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1865
22 October 1865
Age 36
Edward Charles Townsend resided here in Nababeep
Nababeep
1885
3 Nov 1885
Age 56
Death of Edward Charles Townsend in Springbok, Namaqualand, South Africa
Springbok, Namaqualand, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Jun 1829
    Event Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 22 October 1865
    Event Place: Nababeep
    Record Source: South Africa, Birth and Baptism Records, 1700s-1900s

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Nov 1885
    Event Place: Springbok, Namaqualand, South Africa
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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