John Paul Downing

…Enslin — left issue of 6 minor children." Resolved The Enslin marriage and its children are Mary Elizabeth's, not Margaretha's . The tree has attached one sister's family to the other. Disputed → One thing it does not give: her parents, entered only as "Both dead" . The tree's John Paul Downing and Mary P King are therefore not corroborated here. The grave at Burgersdorp The monument, inside its cast-iron enclosure, Burgersdorp Old Cemetery. The inscription. SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / GEORGE AUGUSTUS KOLBE , / BORN IN LONDON 7 DECEMBER 1802, / AND DIED AT HIS FARM WURTHEMBURG , / DIVISION OF ALBERT, 1 DECEMBER 1844.…

…The one child is named on that notice: “George Augustus Kolbe. Minderjarig, geboren 2 Julie 1914”. Their mutual will of 30 May 1914, in the same file, was signed five weeks before the boy was born and provides for them dying childless. What Was Searched George Augustus Kolbe of 1914 b. 2 Jul 1914 John Paul Downing 1 the family tree Margaret's father ON THE TREE AND IN NO DOCUMENT. Carried as «doc» — a record read — until 13 October 2026, when the person was regraded to testimony and this relationship was left behind: her 1868 death notice enters her parents as «Both dead» and names neither, and the 1819 marriage allegation gives her no father.…

…Mary Larman (1768–1814) → George Augustus Kolbe (1802–1844) Larman: Thomas Hall Larman (c. 1740 – c. 1800). Downing — and three Devon surnames Edward Downing (1700–1792) m. Mary Heard (b. 1702) John Trick (b. 1683) m. Margaret Hooper (1691–1741) → Thomas Downing (1736–1801) m. Mary Trick (b. 1731) → John Paul Downing (1769–1839) m. Mary P King (1768–1834) → Margaret Georgina Elizabeth Downing (1803–1867) Trick , Heard and Hooper are distinctively Devon surnames. Untested — and note that Margaret's own 1867 death notice records her parents only as "Both dead" , naming neither. Seven moves in seven generations The whole route, end to end.…

…Joined by marriage: Nuno Fernando Lerena & Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen Name Born Died Cheryl Anne Lerena living — David Defranceski living — Nuno Fernando Lerena 1924 1971 Held on 2 family tree · 1 a record read here. Downing 2 people Joined by marriage: George Augustus Kolbe & Margaret Downing Name Born Died John Paul Downing — — Margaret Downing 23 Feb 1803, London 25 Nov 1867, Burgersdorp Held on 1 family tree · 1 a record read here. McCabe 1 people Joined by marriage: Jan Hendrik Kolbe & Rose Maria McCabe Name Born Died Rose Maria McCabe c. 1855 — Held on 1 a record read here. Three of them are not ordinary 8 July 1901 A wedding under martial law Pretorius and Barry married "in woonhuis D.…

…Her 1902 death notice The 1892 marriage The Women What Was Taken Back Jacob Dormehl Documented — — Named as her father on the 1902 death notice. Her mother is entered UNKNOWN — the seventh parent this archive's documents fail to name. Her 1902 death notice Open Questions John Paul Downing Testimony — — Margaret's father ON THE TREE, AND IN NO DOCUMENT THIS ARCHIVE HAS READ.…

…Graded «documented» here until 11 October 2026, which this archive’s own pages contradict in two places: the 1868 death notice enters Margaret’s parents only as “Both dead” and names neither, and the documents page says in terms that “the tree’s John Paul Downing and Mary P King are therefore not corroborated here”.…

…A photocopy of the certificate has been sitting in Grahamstown since before 1992. The same entry gives her dates as “(1803–1867)”, WHICH IS WHAT THE BURGERSDORP STONE SAYS, from a source that had not read the stone this way. Parent John Paul Downing family tree Margaret Downing 23 Feb 1803 – 25 Nov 1867 Downing married George Augustus Kolbe 7 Dec 1802 – 1 Dec 1844 record 10 children with George Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth Mary Kolbe 1826 – 2 Aug 1912 direct line Mary Elizabeth Kolbe d. bef.…

…High Court, 1822-1990 John Everard Downing Probate South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1990 John Evered Downing Probate 1905 Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa record ↗ South Africa, Cape, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1822-1990 John Paul Downing reconstructed — no public link reconstructed by this archive John Sayer Downing Baptism 27 Nov 1955 St. John, Virgin Islands | Birth 8 Aug 1955 · with: George Nicholson Downing · Elizabeth Mary Hopwood Downing record ↗ South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004 John Thomas Downing with: John Downing · Annie Downing · Margot Downing record ↗ South Africa, Wes…

…Mountjoy 1819 – 1863 Willem Hermanus Booyzen 1851 – 1905 John Barry, died 1853 — no birth, no arrival, no burial John Barry — – 1853 John Augustus Barry I 1819 – 1903 Johan Gottlieb Kolbe 1765 – 1845 George Augustus Kolbe 1802 – 1844 John Paul Downing — – — Margaret Downing 23 Feb 1803 – 25 Nov 1867 Margaretha W. E. M. Kolbe 1826 – 1912 Catherine M. S. “Kathleen” Barry 1859 – 1940 George Downing M. Booyzen 1901 – 1947 Petrus Jacobus Pretorius 1878 – 1941 Hendrik Nicholaas Barry 1857 – 1931 Ruben Schoeman — – — Magdalena Johanna Botha — – — Anna Johanna M. Schoeman — – — Margarietha W. E. Barry 1880 – 1961 Anna Johanna M.…