Rachel …Age: 76 years1805–1881
- Name
- Rachel …
- Given names
- Rachel
- Married name
- Rachel Mills
| Birth | calculated 1805 Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1871%2f0014784505 : accessed 4 June 2016 Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0001865914 : accessed 31 May 2016 Note: 1841 census gives date range between 1801-1805, while date calculated from 1871 census gives 1805.
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| Marriage | George Mills — View this family yes Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0001865914 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
| War | from May 18, 1803 to November 20, 1815 Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars Note: Napoleonic Wars
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| Natural disaster | 1809 (Age 4 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809_in_South_Africa Note: A severe drought occurs in eastern frontier region
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| Town founded | 1812 (Age 7 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_in_South_Africa Note: The settlement of Grahamstown is founded
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| Town founded | August 27, 1818 (Age 13 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1818_in_South_Africa Note: Cradock is founded
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| Historical Event | 1820 (Age 15 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1820_in_South_Africa Note: 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapman. 1 May - The Albury reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May. 2 May - La Belle Alliance reached Cape Town. She brought British settlers to Algoa Bay. 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier
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| Economic Event | 1825 (Age 20 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1825_in_South_Africa Note: Rix dollar Dutch: Rijsksdaalder is converted into the British sterling
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| Historical Event | 1835 (Age 30 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835_in_South_Africa Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony
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| Birth of a daughter #1 | Rachel Hart Mills April 1841 (Age 36 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0001865914 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
| Census | June 6, 1841 (Age 36 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0001865914 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
| Residence | June 6, 1841 (Age 36 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0001865914 : accessed 31 May 2016 |
| Birth of a son #2 | George Mills about 1843 (Age 38 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1851%2f0010424902 : accessed 6 June 2016 |
| Town founded | 1844 (Age 39 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844_in_South_Africa Note: Settlement of Victoria West is established
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| Census | March 30, 1851 (Age 46 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1851%2f0010424902 : accessed 6 June 2016 |
| Death of a husband | George Mills 1855 (Age 50 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbpr%2fd%2fnbi02571333 : accessed 6 June 2016 |
| Burial of a husband | George Mills June 27, 1855 (Age 50 years) Address: St John the Baptist Religion: Anglican Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbpr%2fd%2fnbi02571333 : accessed 6 June 2016 |
| Epidemic | from 1857 to 1859 (Age 52 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/XVwD6F Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza
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| Marriage of a child | Frederick Matthews — Rachel Hart Mills — View this family between July 1862 and September 1862 (Age 57 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fm%2f1862%2f3%2faz%2f001240%2f007 : accessed 4 June 2016 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Arthur George Matthews between April 1863 and June 1863 (Age 58 years) Citation details: Census: Arthur George MATTHEWS' household (1911), https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1911%2frg14%2f15433%2f0207%2f1 : accessed 9 Dec 2018 Text: Cirencester, Glos:Shire Citation details: Birth: Arthur George MATTHEWS (1863), https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=BMD/B/1863/2/AZ/000850/059 : accessed 9 Dec 2018 Text: Mother's maiden name: Mills |
| War | from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 56 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/ETtxkC Note: American Civil War: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War
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| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Gertrude Mary Matthews May 31, 1865 (Age 60 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1871%2f0014784505 : accessed 4 June 2016 Text: CAL 1866 Publication: Newspaper archives Citation details: June 5, 1865, Birth, https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0002215%2f18650605%2f044 : accessed 8 Dec 2018 |
| Economic Event | 1865 (Age 60 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
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| Economic Event | 1867 (Age 62 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Diamond Note: The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South Africa. It weighed 21.25 carats (4.250 g), and was found by Erasmus Jacobs near Hopetown on the Orange River in 1867. The diamond, cut to a 10.73-carat (2.146 g) cushion-shaped brilliant, is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to the Kimberley Diamond Rush, and marked the beginning of the Mineral Revolution
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| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Sarah Thompson Matthews October 26, 1868 (Age 63 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1871%2f0014784505 : accessed 4 June 2016 Text: CAL 1869 Publication: Newspaper archives Citation details: October 31, 1868, p8, Births, https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001955%2f18681031%2f161 : accessed 8 Dec 2018 |
| Census | April 2, 1871 (Age 66 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1871%2f0014784505 : accessed 4 June 2016 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Dorothy R Matthews September 1, 1871 (Age 66 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1901%2f0000758364 : accessed 5 June 2016 Text: ABT 1872 Publication: Newspaper archives Citation details: September 9, 1871, p8, Births, https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001955%2f18710909%2f124 : accessed 8 Dec 2018 |
| Occupation | Store Merchant 1871 (Age 66 years)Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1871%2f0014784505 : accessed 4 June 2016 |
| Residence | 1871 (Age 66 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1871%2f0014784505 : accessed 4 June 2016 |
| Economic Event | September 1873 (Age 68 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim%27s_Rest,_Mpumalanga Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field
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| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Laura E Matthews about 1874 (Age 69 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1901%2f0000758364 : accessed 5 June 2016 |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Horace Fred Matthews January 17, 1877 (Age 72 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1891%2f0014015751 : accessed 5 June 2016 Text: ABT 1877 Source: 1939 Register, UK Citation details: War register: Horace F MATTHEWS' household (1939), https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=tna%2fr39%2f5041%2f5041e%2f012%2f06 : accessed 9 Dec 2018 |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Ralph J S Matthews January 27, 1879 (Age 74 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1901%2f0000758364 : accessed 5 June 2016 Text: ABT 1879 Publication: Newspaper archives Citation details: February 1, 1879, p8, Births, https://search.findmypast.com/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001955%2f18790201%2f143 : accessed 8 Dec 2018 |
| War | from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 75 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
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| Census | April 3, 1881 (Age 76 years) Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1881%2f0011509922 : accessed 6 June 2016 |
| Historical Event | from 1852 to 1902 (Age 47 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Republic Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902.
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| Historical Event | from 1854 to 1902 (Age 49 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Free_State Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province
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| Economic Event | 1881 (Age 76 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberton,_Mpumalanga#Gold Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area
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| Death | between April 4, 1881 and June 1881 (Age 76 years) Age: 77 years Publication: Record transcription Citation details: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fd%2f1881%2f2%2faz%2f000222%2f129 : accessed 6 June 2016 |
- Generation 1
Rachel … , store Merchant (in 1871), was born calculated 1805 in Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, England and died between April 4, 1881 and June 1881 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. She marriedGeorge Mills . He was born about 1785 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England and died in 1855.Children of
Rachel … andGeorge Mills :Rachel Hart Mills (1841–1891)George Mills (1843–)
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Rachel Hart Mills , daughter ofGeorge Mills andRachel … , was born in April 1841 in Gloucestershire, England and died between 1891 and April 3, 1901. She marriedFrederick Matthews , son ofThomas Matthews andMary … , between July 1862 and September 1862 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. He was born calculated August 1840 in Coates, Gloucestershire, England.Children of
Rachel Hart Mills andFrederick Matthews :Arthur George Matthews (1863–1937)Gertrude Mary Matthews (1865–)Sarah Thompson Matthews (1868–)Dorothy R Matthews (1871–)Laura E Matthews (1874–)Horace Fred Matthews (1877–)Ralph J S Matthews (1879–)
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Arthur George Matthews , gloucester Regiment (about 1906) and army pensioner, Hall keeper (on April 2, 1911), son ofFrederick Matthews andRachel Hart Mills , was born between April 1863 and June 1863 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England and died between October 1937 and December 1937 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales. He married 2 times. The first time he marriedCaroline Jane Lawn , daughter ofWilliam Henry Smithson Lawn andElizabeth Ducy , on October 4, 1893 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. She was born calculated 1863 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England and died in 1895 in Malta. The second time he marriedJane “Jennie” Finlay , daughter ofJohn Finlay andCatherine Hynes .Children of
Arthur George Matthews andJane “Jennie” Finlay :- Private
Margaret Eileen Laura “Peggy” Matthews (1906–1993)… Matthews (–1911)- Private
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Gertrude Mary Matthews , daughter ofFrederick Matthews andRachel Hart Mills , was born on May 31, 1865 in Gloucestershire, England. She marriedGeorge Williams , son ofPrivate , on October 15, 1895 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.Horace Fred Matthews , son ofFrederick Matthews andRachel Hart Mills , was born on January 17, 1877 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. He marriedAgnes Mary Williams , daughter ofJohn Williams , on September 6, 1909 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. She was born on November 16, 1869 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.