Samuel Nathaniel Sayers Wiggill

Brief Life History of Samuel Nathaniel Sayers

When Samuel Nathaniel Sayers Wiggill was born on 24 August 1867, in Berlin, Buffalo City, Eastern Cape, South Africa, his father, William Aaron Wiggill, was 35 and his mother, Charlotte Laeticia Brown, was 31. He married Matilda Lucy Hart on 14 August 1895, in South Africa. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 27 March 1945, in East London, East London, Cape Province, South Africa, at the age of 77, and was buried in East London, East London, Cape Province, South Africa.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Nathaniel Sayers Wiggill
1867–1945
Matilda Lucy Hart
1874–1951
Marriage: 14 August 1895
Arthur Garnard Wiggill
1896–1979
Joseph William Wiggill
1898–1950
Florence Myrtle Wiggill
1900–1901
Dorothy Ethel Wiggill
1902–1999
George Sayers
1906–1977
George Sayers Wiggill
1906–1977
Gertrude Olive Wiggill
1908–1999
Tertia Wiggill
1912–1996
Mary Eileen Wiggill
1914–1981

Sources (10)

  • Samuel Nathaniel Sayers Wiggill, "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973"
  • Samuel Nathaniel Sayers Wiggill, "South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972"
  • Samuel Nathaniel Sayers Wiggill, "South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1990"

World Events (8)

1872

Introduction of pass laws to control labor force in Kimberley diamond mines.

1878

Britain claims Walvis Bay.

1897

Part of Zululand incorporated into British colony of Natal. King Solomon ka Dinizulu exiled.

Name Meaning

English: locative name from Wiggold in Ampney Crucis (Gloucs), recorded as Wiggewald’, 1109, Wigolde, 1609, Wygall, 1669, and Wighill, 1777 in Place-Names of Gloucs .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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