10 September 1863, baptised with 2 siblings 18 October St Augustine's Namaqualand, son of John Townsend and Jeannette Townsend. [1]
Marriage
April 29 1890, St John's, Wynberg, Cape Town, 26 y/o farmer, Ida De Morny, 17 [2]
Sources
↑ "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSH-FTJS : 8 August 2017), John Townsend in entry for Richard Townsend, 18 Oct 1863; citing Baptism, St Augustine, Namaqualand, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, p. 5, William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg. Baxter-5479 2018