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Re: 1851 census coventry
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 16 November 13 06:19 GMT (UK) »
My copy of the will of Edward Pickering (1839-1906) is hard to read so I transcribed it today.  Two points that I noted:

What follows is the second page (character limit of 5500):


To my daughter EDITH MERCY HENDERSON aforesaid or to her children if any should she have predeceased me, I give one half of my property on Manning Road described as Subdivision W of Lot A and B Block C Town Lands of Durban.  And the other half of said property I give to my youngest son JOHN ETHELBERT or to his children if any, should he have predeceased me, the division to to be the party wall of the two semi-detached houses my daughter to take her choice, the transfer is made to them free and discharged from any mortgage existing upon the property at my decease which mortgage if any shall be paid out of the business funds of the Co-partnership as the same was passed for the benefit of the businesses.

And I further will and direct that the Mortgage Bond for the sum of Eight Hundred Pounds Sterling passed by me upon the property described as Lot (?) Block P Durban shall like be paid out of the business funds of the Co-partnership as the bond was passed for the benefit of the partnership.
 
I give to the Baptist Church, Bulwer Road, Berea, Durban the sum of One Hundred Pounds Sterling to be devoted by the trustees of the said Church towards the Building Fund or paying off debt on the Building and I give to said Church the sum of Fifteen Pounds Sterling per Annum for Five Years towards the support of the Church and Pastor at Bulwer Road.

I give to the SALVATION ARMY, Durban, the sum of Ten Guineas (L10:10:0) Sterling. 

I give to the Durban Branch of the SOUTH AFRICAN GENERAL MISSION of which the Reverend W. Spencer Walton is the present head the sum of Ten Guineas (L10:10:0) Sterling.

I give to the BAPTIST UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA the sum of Ten Guineas (L10:10:0) Sterling.

I give to my wife's sister ELIZABETH HAYNES wife of the Reverend John Bailey Haynes of Brighton, England, the sum of Fifty Pounds Sterling or to her children if deceased.

I direct the last Five mentioned bequests shall be paid to the respective recipients thereof within twelve months of my decease.

I direct my Executors to pay my wife's sister MARY HAINES, widow of the late Peachy Haynes of Durban the sum of Five Pounds Sterling per month towards her maintenance and support and also if necessary to pay her funeral expenses.

I further declare my Will to be that the Executors of this my Will and Administrators of my Estate shall have full power and authority at their discretion to sell and convert into money all my real and personal Estate not herein disposed of and after payment of all my personal liabilities (not connected with my business) also the payment of all bequests herein as well as funeral and Testamentary expenses and making due provisions for the annuition hereinbefore mentioned to divide and apportion all the rest and residue of my Estate equally between my three sons EDWARD HENRY, BENJAMIN ALFRED, and JOHN ETHELBERT and my daughter EDITH MERCY HENDERSON for their own use and benefit absolutely or their lawful issue if deceased. 

Reserving to myself the power from time to time and at all times hereafter to make all such alterations in or additions to this my Will as I shall think fit either by a separate act or at the (foot ?) hereof desiring that all such alterations or additions so made under my signature shall be held as valid and effectual as if they had been inserted herein, I declare that this contains my last Will and Testament and desire that it may have effect as such or as a Codicil or otherwise in such manner as may be found to consent with Law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and subscribed my name at Durban aforesaid on this Fourth day of December in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Five in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

--Edw.Pickering

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Re: 1851 census coventry
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 16 November 13 18:54 GMT (UK) »
Thank you so much... I have not done much research on this family for a while but I do know that Margaret Raybould was a widow when marrying Ed Acton Pickering, previously she was a Jones!!!! So finding parents was a bit difficult.
Ruth
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« Reply #11 on: Saturday 16 November 13 20:06 GMT (UK) »
Since I haven't seen any information on Edward Acton Pickering's ancestry in this discussion, I will add what I have in my notes (some of them collected by my father, William A. Farrand).

Marriage (from poor copy of marriage certificate in my possession, hand noted "serial #06486-3"):

Marriage solemnized in the Parish of Edgbaston in the County of Warwick in the Year 1832
Edward Acton Pickering of this Parish, Bachelor and
Margaret Raybould of this Parish, Widow
Were married in this Church by (Banns?) this Twenty Second Day of November 1832
By me (?name unreadable?)
This Marriage was solemnized between us
Edward Acton Pickering and Margaret Raybould (?unrecognizable?)
In the presence of Margaret (?unrecognizable?)

From the IGI:

Edward Acton Pickering christened 7 Aug. 1801 Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England
His father- George Pickering
His mother- Anne
His siblings- Thomas (christened 14 Aug 1795), Anne (christened Feb 1797), George (christened 9 Feb 1799), Esther (christened 15 Dec 1803)

From the IGI:

George Pickering christened 2 Feb 1763 Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England
His father- George Pickering
His mother- Anne

(yes, I know this parentage is suspicious, but it is the information I have)


       

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« Reply #12 on: Sunday 15 June 14 02:08 BST (UK) »
Thank you so much... I have not done much research on this family for a while but I do know that Margaret Raybould was a widow when marrying Ed Acton Pickering, previously she was a Jones!!!! So finding parents was a bit difficult.
Ruth

Hi,

My grandmother was Edith Pickering. She went to St.Annes and lived at High Flats (Ixopo area). She married William Ramsay and lived at Balgowan (near Nottingham Road), Natal for many years. She lived in Byrne and then Richmond (Natal) with her brother (Don) and sister (Eva) after her husband died. I know that she is a descendant of Edward Pickering (mayor of Durban). I was told he was her father but I somehow doubt that because the timelines don't match. I have quite limited records on my grandmother but have estimated that she lived from about 1910-1986. Considering that Edward (the mayor of Durban) died in 1906, she must have been his grand daughter.

I'm hoping for any information that could fill the genealogy between my grandmother and Edward Pickering. I also have no information on who Edith Pickering's mother was. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Regards, Bruce Ramsay


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« Reply #13 on: Sunday 15 June 14 18:51 BST (UK) »
I am also a descendant of Edward Pickering (1839-1906), twice mayor of Durban. 

The misinformation that your grandmother was his daughter is likely due to the fact that he did have a daughter named "Edith Mercy Pickering."  However, she was born on 1 August 1872 "at the Berea" in South Africa.  She married William Moyse Henderson. 

If your Edith Pickering was a descendant of Edward Pickering (1839-1906) she must have been a daughter or granddaughter of one of his sons.  I do not have all of Edward's grandchildren and great grandchildren in my files, however, I am interested in these lines of descent.  Edward married Harriet Camp on 1 July 1859 in Brighton, England.  They soon sailed for Durban where all his children were born.  There he practiced his trade as a cooper, then merchant, and finally owner of a department store on what became known as Pickering Street.

His 5 known sons, identified in their father's will and a newspaper death notice, were:

1) Benjamin Alfred Pickering

2) Edward Henry Pickering

3) John Ethelbert Pickering

4) Joseph Thomas Pickering

5) Albert Edgar Pickering (b. Jun 1864, d. 15 Jan 1876) 

I have no information on the other sons, but my great grandfather Joseph Thomas Pickering married twice, first to Blanche Gertrude Pickering and, after her death in 1905, next to Kathleen (birth surname unknown, first husband's surname was "Mitchell").  My grandmother Blanche Gladys lived in Canada and the US.  Kathleen had two children with Joseph, Fred born 5 Mar 1911 and daughter (?) Pat born about 1912.  Kathleen was a widow with two daughters, Ivy Mitchell and Kathleen Mitchell.  So Joseph Thomas Pickering is not your ancestor.

One minor difficulty is that the death notice for Albert identifies him as the sixth son of Edward Pickering. The one stillborn child known was identified as a daughter.  This may have been an error or acknowledgement of another minor son's death.

If you want copies of printed information about Edward, I have a full transcriptions of his will and his death notice, as well as a pdf of a biography (and photograph) published in a Milwaukee Temperance magazine in 1897.  Just ask.
 

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Re: 1851 census coventry
« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 17 June 14 07:52 BST (UK) »
Hi,

Thanks for the information and yes I would be very interested in the biography and anything else about Edward Pickering. I have since found other information that I think is very strong evidence that my grandmother was the daughter of Benjamin Alfred Pickering.

My grandmother attended St. Annes school in Pietermaritzburg. St.Annes documents posted on the internet list her as from Holmdene Highflats (which is near Ixopo).

Also in the EGSSA website there is a transcript of the Friday, Feb 11, 1927 “The Daily Representative” (which I presume was a newspaper of some sort) that had this entry:

Marriage
SHAW-PICKERING.-  At the Congregational  Church, Pietermaritzburg, on the 10th inst., Alfred D.N. SHAW, of “Marshlands,” Mooi River, Natal, second son of Mr. Edgar SHAW, Queenstown, to Gertrude Sylvia, eldest daughter of Mr. And Mrs. B.A. PICKERING, “Holmdene,” Highflats and Durban.

In the year (1927) my grandmother (Edith) would have been about 17 and so if Gertrude Sylvia was the oldest then should would have definitely ready for marriage in 1927. That coupled with the Holmdene reference here and in the St Annes documents, I’m sure Edith Pickering was the daughter of Benjamin Alfred and then Benjamin Alfred is mentioned in the will of Edward Pickering (the Durban mayor) as his son.

In the 1912 Natal Directory it lists BA Pickering as being of Hillcrest and a “merchant (of E Pickering & Sons)”. So it seems BA Pickering inherited from his father in 1906, was still involved in the business in 1912 and sometime between 1912 and 1927 moved to Highflats.

My mother (not a blood relative of the Pickerings) confirms that the Pickerings had relatives by the name of Shaw but she doesn't recall anything else of material significance.

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« Reply #15 on: Wednesday 05 November 14 06:13 GMT (UK) »
I am a descendent of Benjamin Alfred Pickering, he was my grandfather.

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« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 05 November 14 06:59 GMT (UK) »
I am a descendent of Benjamin Alfred Pickering, he was my grandfather.

Hi, I tried to send a personal email to you but it said your Inbox was full  :(

I would really like to compare notes, especially concerning the family of Benjamin Alfred's wife. Do you know anything of Benjamin Alfred's wife and her ancestry?

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« Reply #17 on: Wednesday 05 November 14 15:22 GMT (UK) »
I have no information on his wife other than her name, Anne Strachau.  That is not a common name, so there is hope.

It apparently is a region in Germany, but the name has been found in England for generations.  "Strachau" may also be a variant on "Strachan" (or vice versa).

In the late 1800's there was someone named "Strachau" in commerce in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.  Since Benjamin's younger brother went to England to find a wife, Benjamin may have done the same.

Interesting, the 1896 South African Medical Journal mentions a panel discussion with a Dr. Strachau participating. That is another possibility for her family connections.

I can probably do more digging, but I don't have in hand any more information.  Good luck in your search.

--Brady Farrand