William Robert Eales (1794 - 1869)

Born Apr 1794 in Hurst or Coraby, Berkshire, England

Husband of Rachel Sarah Maria (Moore) Eales — married 5 Oct 1819 in Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 22 Oct 1869 at age 75 in Queenstown, Cape Colony [South Africa]

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Biography

• When William Robert Eales was born on 14 April 1793, in Hurst, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Eales, was 33 and his mother, Dinah Webb, was 29. He married Rachel Moore on 5 October 1819, in Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. In 1819, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died on 22 October 1868, in Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa, at the age of 75, and was buried in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
• Eales Death in South Africa, Settlers Index, 1820-1920^[1]

Birth

Date: APR 1794

Place: Hurst or Coraby, Berkshire, England

Death

Date: 22 OCT 1869

Place: Queenstown, Cape Colony, South Africa

Immigration

Place: Wilson's Party

Burial

Burial:

Record ID Number: MH:IF14773

Place: Queenstown main cemetery

Occupation

Occupation: Farmer

Note

Note: William and Rachel were members of the Willson's Party of Settlers. They departed aboard the La Belle Alliance from Downs on the 12th of February 1820 after being icebound in the River Thames for a month. They arrived at Table Bay on the 2nd of May and Simon's Bay on the 5th May and Algoa Bay at the end of May 1820.

Sources

• WikiTree profile Eales-17 created through the import of THE YELDS - 08052010.ged on Dec 8, 2012 by Lynette Oosthuizen.
• Source: S20 Record ID Number: MH:S20 User ID: 08C6E0DC-6919-4349-ABB9-A0EACF241752 Author: Dianne McNaughton Title: McNaughton Text: MyHeritage.com family tree CONT Family site: McNaughton CONT Family tree: McNaughton Family Tree Media: 77106251-1 Type: Smart Matching Page: William Robert Eales Event: Smart Matching Role: 1000324 Data: Date: 18 NOV 2010 Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
• Source: S6 Record ID Number: MH:S6 User ID: 921EFEC9-97CF-4F46-9569-1A7555190D16 Author: Jennifer Davidson Title: Eales - Swemmer Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family tree CONT Family site: Eales - Swemmer Web Site CONT Family tree: Robert John Eales Media: 57056771-1 Type: Smart Matching Page: William Robert Eales Event: Smart Matching Role: 1000035 Data: Date: 19 APR 2009 Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
• <Death Notice of William Eales, {https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-6VJV?i=199&cc=2517051}, "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-6VJV?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S84%3A1598092303 : 28 September 2018), 007844961 > image 200 of 2038; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. [Botha-5861, 24 July 2021]>

1. ↑ "South Africa, Settlers Index, 1820-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZL2-624H : 19 May 2021), Eales, 1869.