Sarah Jane Sephton 1823–1893

Sarah Jane SephtonAge: 69 years1823–1893

Name: Sarah Jane Sephton

Given names: Sarah Jane

Surname: Sephton

Married name: Sarah Jane Giddy

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Birth	calculated September 27, 1823 Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p444
Birth of a daughter #1	Alice Mary Ethel Giddy Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p445, b16.
Birth of a son #2	John Frank Lawrence Giddy Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p445, b17.
Economic Event	1825 (Age 15 months) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1825_in_South_Africa Note: Rix dollar Dutch: Rijsksdaalder is converted into the British sterling
Historical Event	1835 (Age 11 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835_in_South_Africa Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony
Town founded	1844 (Age 20 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1844_in_South_Africa Note: Settlement of Victoria West is established
Marriage	Richard Giddy — View this family May 1, 1845 (Age 21 years) Lesotho Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p444
Birth of a daughter #3	Eleanore Isabella Giddy July 9, 1846 (Age 22 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p445, b8.
Death of a daughter	Eleanore Isabella Giddy July 9, 1846 (Age 22 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p445, b8.
Birth of a son #4	Orlando Sephton Giddy September 6, 1847 (Age 23 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p445, b9.
Baptism of a son	Orlando Sephton Giddy October 4, 1847 (Age 24 years) Platberg, Dist. Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: South Africa, Methodist Parish Registers, 1822-1996 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Baptism: Orlando GIDDY (1847), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XCDS-Q2T?cc=1463648&wc=MFVW-4NP%3A1029190301%2C1029191801%2C1029194801%2C1029194802 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Platberg > Baptisms 1840-1851 > image 35 of 68; Methodist Church of Southern Africa, Grahamstown : accessed 15 Apr 2020 Baptism: Orlando GIDDY (1847)
Birth of a daughter #5	Fanny Elizabeth Alice Giddy July 24, 1849 (Age 25 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p444, b10.
Birth of a son #6	Henry Richard Giddy February 15, 1852 (Age 28 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p444, b11.
Birth of a daughter #7	Agnes Helen Giddy March 17, 1854 (Age 30 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p444, b12.
Birth of a daughter #8	Gertrud Elizabeth Giddy October 10, 1856 (Age 33 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p444, b13.
Birth of a son #9	Wesley Clement Giddy February 17, 1859 (Age 35 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p444, b14.
Epidemic	from 1857 to 1859 (Age 33 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://goo.gl/XVwD6F Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza
Birth of a son #10	Edward William Prynn Giddy July 16, 1862 (Age 38 years) Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p445 Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Edward William Prynne GIDDY (1929), MOOC 6/9/3626 #24530/1929, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-HSY3-5?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-9BT%3A1598062330 : 28 September 2018), 007735897 > image 1088 of 1527; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 21 Nov 2018
Death of a daughter	Fanny Elizabeth Alice Giddy December 8, 1862 (Age 39 years) Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p444, b10.
War	from April 1861 to May 1865 (Age 37 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
Death of a husband	Richard Giddy February 6, 1881 (Age 57 years) Age: 74 years Bamboeskloof, Dist. Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p444 Source: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 Publication: database with images, FamilySearch Citation details: Death notice: Ricard GIDDY (1881), MOOC 6/9/179 #1659/1881, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSS3-B3KD-X?cc=2521616&wc=Q64T-V5W%3A1590123753 : 7 November 2016), 007810150 > image 749 of 2106; National Archives of South Africa, Cape Town Archives Repository, Cape Town : accessed 18 Nov 2018 Death notice: Ricard GIDDY (1881)
War	from December 20, 1880 to March 23, 1881 (Age 57 years) Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Boer_War Note: First Boer War
Historical Event	from 1852 to 1902 (Age 28 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.
Historical Event	from 1854 to 1902 (Age 30 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
Economic Event	1865 (Age 41 years) South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_in_South_Africa Note: Economic depression
Economic Event	1867 (Age 43 years) Hopetown, Northern Cape, South Africa 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
Economic Event	September 1873 (Age 49 years) Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumulanga, South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim%27s_Rest,_Mpumalanga Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field
Economic Event	1881 (Age 57 years) Barberton, Mpumulanga, South Africa 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
Economic Event	1886 (Age 62 years) Langlaagte, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Source: Wikipedia Citation details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_industry_of_South_Africa Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all.
Death	July 20, 1893 (Age 69 years) Age: 69 years 9 months 23 days East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 2 Publication: Vol. 2, D-G (1989) ISBN: - Citation details: Giddy, p444

Generation 1
1. Sarah Jane Sephton was born calculated September 27, 1823 and died on July 20, 1893 in East London, Eastern Cape. She married Richard Giddy, son of Richard Giddy and Catherine Eastcott, on May 1, 1845 in Lesotho. He was born on October 10, 1806 in Devonshire, England and died on February 6, 1881 in Bamboeskloof, Dist. Lady Grey, Eastern Cape at the age of 74.
  Children of Sarah Jane Sephton and Richard Giddy:
  1. Eleanore Isabella Giddy (1846–1846)
  2. Orlando Sephton Giddy (1847–1893)
  3. Fanny Elizabeth Alice Giddy (1849–1862)
  4. Henry Richard Giddy (1852–1931)
  5. Agnes Helen Giddy (1854–)
  6. Gertrud Elizabeth Giddy (1856–)
  7. Wesley Clement Giddy (1859–)
  8. Edward William Prynn Giddy (1862–1929)
  9. Alice Mary Ethel Giddy
  10. John Frank Lawrence Giddy
Generation 2back to top
1. Edward William Prynn Giddy, sheep farmer (before 1929), son of Richard Giddy and Sarah Jane Sephton, was born on July 16, 1862 in Colesberg, Northern Cape and died on October 22, 1929 in Barkly East, Eastern Cape at the age of 67. He married Martha Magdelene Church.
  Children of Edward William Prynn Giddy and Martha Magdelene Church:
  1. Private
  2. Orlando Richard Church “Lan” Giddy (1893–1965)
  3. Cecil Charles Giddy (1895–)
  4. Private
  5. Private
  6. Private
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Generation 3back to top
1. Orlando Richard Church “Lan” Giddy, son of Edward William Prynn Giddy and Martha Magdelene Church, was born on October 12, 1893 in Eaglescraig, Barkly East, Eastern Cape and died on May 6, 1965 in Kelvin Grove, Barkly East, Eastern Cape at the age of 71. He married Sarah Ann “Violet” Emms.
  Children of Orlando Richard Church “Lan” Giddy and Sarah Ann “Violet” Emms:
  1. Edward Noël “Ted” Giddy (1931–1998)
  2. Private
  3. Private

Family with Richard Giddy
husband Parents Richard Giddy Catherine Eastcott	Richard Giddy 1806–1881
herself Parents (unknown)	Sarah Jane Sephton 1823–1893
daughter Family (none)	Eleanore Isabella Giddy 1846–1846
son Family (none)	Orlando Sephton Giddy 1847–1893
daughter Family (none)	Fanny Elizabeth Alice Giddy 1849–1862
son Family (none)	Henry Richard Giddy 1852–1931
daughter Family (none)	Agnes Helen Giddy 1854–
daughter Family (none)	Gertrud Elizabeth Giddy 1856–
son Family (none)	Wesley Clement Giddy 1859–
son Family Martha Magdelene Church Private Orlando Richard Church “Lan” Giddy Cecil Charles Giddy Private Private Private Private	Edward William Prynn Giddy 1862–1929
daughter Family (none)	Alice Mary Ethel Giddy –
son Family (none)	John Frank Lawrence Giddy –
Richard Giddy + Mary Ann Currelly
husband Parents Richard Giddy Catherine Eastcott	Richard Giddy 1806–1881
husband’s wife Parents (unknown)	Mary Ann Currelly 1803–1844
step-daughter Family (none)	Catherine Eliza Giddy 1829–1832
step-daughter Family (none)	Sarah Amelia Giddy 1831–1872
step-son Family (none)	Richard William Hoskins Giddy 1833–1886
step-son Family (none)	Thomas Hoskin Giddy 1836–1880
step-daughter Family (none)	Catherine Anne Giddy 1837–
step-son Family (none)	William Shaw Giddy 1839–1872
step-daughter Family (none)	Elizabeth Fanny Giddy –

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