Abt 1830 - 1908 (78 years)
Birth |
Abt 1830 |
Manchester, Lancashire, England |
Died |
29 Apr 1908 |
Dronk Vlei, Ixopo, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa |
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Father |
Solomon Sykes |
Mother |
Eliza Gregson |
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Family |
John Houston |
Married |
12 Dec 1849 |
Gretna Green, Scotland |
Children |
+ | 1. John Solomon Houston, b. Abt 1847, Scotland |
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Abt 1847 - 1921 (74 years)
Birth |
Abt 1847 |
Scotland |
Died |
11 Aug 1921 |
Ashley Vale, Ixopo, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa |
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Father |
John Houston |
Mother |
Sarah Ann Sykes, b. Abt 1830, Manchester, Lancashire, England |
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Family |
Dorothy Fynn |
Married |
12 Oct 1874 |
Alfred County, Port Shepstone, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa |
Children |
| 1. Richard Gregson Houston |
| 2. Charles Houston |
| 3. Thomas Newton Houston |
| 4. Gilbert North Houston |
| 5. Sarah Ann Houston |
| 6. Martha Houston |
+ | 7. Henry Houston, b. 2 Sep 1878, Alfred County, Port Shepstone, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa |
| 8. Ernest Frank Houston |
+ | 9. John Edward Houston, b. Abt 1882 |
+ | 10. Louisa Jane Ada Houston, b. 13 Dec 1883, Umzimkulu, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| 11. Lily Houston |
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Name |
John Houston [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Name |
John Houston McMillan |
Name |
John McMillan |
Person ID |
I152175 |
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Last Modified |
30 Oct 2017 |
Family |
Sarah Ann Sykes, b. Abt 1830, Manchester, Lancashire, England d. 29 Apr 1908, Dronk Vlei, Ixopo, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (Age 78 years) |
Marriage |
12 Dec 1849 |
Gretna Green, Scotland [2] |
Children |
+ | 1. John Solomon Houston, b. Abt 1847, Scotland d. 11 Aug 1921, Ashley Vale, Ixopo, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (Age 74 years) |
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Family ID |
F53976 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Last Modified |
30 Oct 2017 |
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Event Map |
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| Marriage - 12 Dec 1849 - Gretna Green, Scotland |
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Notes |
- John McMillan was born at Cardyhouse Dunoon, Scotland in 1822. John grew up in Dunoon and on 12th December 1849 married Sarah Ann Sykes at Gretna Green and arrived in Natal some time in the middle of 1850. The family surname is a source of some confusion. John was born a McMillan, but by the time the family arrived in Natal they were calling themselves Houston. It is not clear why this was so. There are a number of colourful family legends explaining the reasons why John changed his name; one being that he did so to escape Britain after killing or badly wounding a man in a duel. He could also have changed his name when he and Sarah ran away to be married at Gretna Green. By the last three decades of the nineteenth century various branches of the family had begun to incorporate McMillan with Houston. John was generally known by his Zulu name Mashibana. Mashibana refers to a man with a piercing and sharp tongue like the horns of a male bushbuck known as the Nkonka Mshiba. This probably refers to John's legendary bad temper.
Another story which was told is that he was involved in piracy of some kind and had to escape the law, it is doubtful if his father a blacksmith could have given him sufficient money to buy a farm/farms in South Africa, so maybe the money did come from something shady like piracy?
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