Georgina (Graham) Balneavis (1788 - 1854)

Born 11 Apr 1788 in Valkenburg, South Holland, Netherlands

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Balneavis II CMG, KH — married 27 Mar 1817 in Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

Descendants

Died 1 Jul 1854 at age 66 in Valletta, Malta

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Biography

Governor and Commandant of Malta's wife, of Valleta, Malta.

Background

Georgina Graham was the 2nd surviving daughter of Maria Magdalena de Jenatsch and Lt-Colonel Colin Dundas Graham, Governor of St Mawes, who was made Knight of the Royal Order of King William I of the Netherlands in 1818. She was born on 11 April 1788 at Valkenburg, Netherlands

Baptism

Her baptism was recorded at Valkenburg "Georgine, daughter of Heer Colin Dundas Graham and Maria Magdalena Jenatsch."

Marriage and family

In 1817 she married Lt-General Sir Henry Balneavis, later Governor and Commandant of Malta, with issue four sons and one daughter.

"Mrs Balneavis, the wife of Lieut- Colonel Balneavis, gave birth to a son [Michael George]." Unknown publication c14 Mar 1832.

Death and burial

She died on 1 July 1854 in Malta, aged 66. Her widower survived her by three years and died on 16 July 1857. They were buried in Msida Bastion Cemetery (now known as the Msida Bastion Historic Garden, located in a sunken garden on St Philip's Bastion in Floriana), Valletta.[1]

Obituary

"Georgina Balneavis, died 1st July 1854, aged 64 years [sic]. Wife of Lieut-General Balneavis." Unknown publication.

Sources

Graeme of Inchbrakie, the Graemes and Grahams in Jamaica, by Louisa Grace Graeme (1902), Inchbrakie Ltd © 2015.[2]

Valkenburg Baptisms 1652-1798, Limburg's Yearbook (1904).