Annie Metcalfe ALLDERMAN

Annie married John Henry Alexander BUSSELL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1. Farmed at Malmesbury

Bernard married Jane (Metcalfe) METCALF on 11 Apr 1883 in Caledon. Jane (daughter of George (Metcalfe) METCALF and Jane BELL) was born in Sep 1851 in Caledon; died on 10 Aug 1938 in Port Elizabeth.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1. Born at Matjesdrift
2. Estate 6/9/5153 F60964

Notes:

1. He elected to change the spelling of his surname to Metcalfe which vers ion has been retained by this branch of the family
2. Farmer
3. Grave CA2 R0312
4. Estate 6/9/387 F984

George married Jane BELL on 29 Mar 1847 in Caledon. Jane (daughter of John BELL and Jane COLLISON) was born in Dec 1827 in Leeds, England; died on 10 Sep 1892 in Caledon.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1. Died at Diep River
2. Grave CA2 R0311
3. Estate 6/9/308 F2051

Other Events:

• Reference Number: Arr 1841.

Notes:

1. Joshua followed his father into the spinning industry and was select ed to visit the European countries to market their products. In St Petersb urg in Russia he met a young English lady, Elizabeth Beadle, who was lady- in-waiting to the Tzarina. He decided it would be more convenient to resi de on the continent and then purchased the Schuttenhof estate on the outsk irts of Antwerp in Belgium.
He married Miss Beadle in St Petersburg in 1808 but, as she had no passpor t, he had to smuggle her in a load of hay to cross the Russian border. Th ey resided at Schuttenhof for nearly thirty years and all their six childr en were born there and educated on the Continent. His sons were due for en rolment in the Belgian army for compulsory training and in 1837 Joshua dec ided to sell his estate and return to England.
2. He next decided that his sons would be better off in South Africa. Thr ee of them, John, Frederick and George, and John who was the son of his br other David, arrived late in 1841. Some months later they were joined by t heir parents and the two younger children. (One daughter had died in Belgi um). After a short stay in the Somerset West area, the family crossed t he mountains to settle on various farms in the Caledon area.
3. Joshua returned to Somerset West but became estranged from his wife a nd moved to Stellenbosch in 1851. He eventually moved to Greyton with h is daughter Sarah. Both died there and were buried in Caledon.
4. Grave CA2 L0303
5. Estate 6/9/101 F10031

Sources:
Cape Archives
Overberg Odyssey. Edmund H Burrows 1994
The Metcalfes of Caledon. Joseph Metcalf (Unpublished)

Joshua married Elizabeth BEADLE in 1808. Elizabeth was born in 1782; died on 12 Oct 1856 in Somerset West.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried in the old cemetery

John married Jane COLLISON about 1827. Jane was born on 29 Jan 1804 in Leeds, England; died on 3 Nov 1862 in Caledon. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1. She had befriended John Metcalf and in an attempt to end the relationsh ip his parents encouraged him to leave for SA with his uncle's family. T he scheme failed as she and her four daughters eventually also arriv ed at the Cape and the couple were later married.
2. She died in Dunston Cottage
3. Grave CA2 L0225
4. Estate 6/9/101 R10001