When Arthur Clifton Armstrong was born on 9 September 1885, in Cape Province, South Africa, his father, Robert John Armstrong, was 45 and his mother, Louisa Banks, was 38. He married Ina Lily Randall on 10 July 1913, in Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa. He died on 9 June 1961, in his hometown, at the age of 75, and was buried in Bathurst, Bathurst, Cape Province, South Africa.
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Gold discovered at Witwatersrand. Johannesburg established.
Part of Zululand incorporated into British colony of Natal. King Solomon ka Dinizulu exiled.
Last Zulu uprising against British.
English and Scottish (mainly Northumberland and the Scottish Borders): nickname from Middle English arm + strang, for someone who was ‘strong in the arm’.
Irish (Ulster): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Labhradha Tréan ‘strong O'Lavery’ or Mac Thréinfhir, literally ‘son of the strong man’.
History: This surname was brought to PA, NJ, and NH in the 18th century by several different families of northern Irish and northern English Protestants. One such was James Armstrong, who emigrated from Fermanagh to Cumberland County, PA, in 1745; another was John Armstrong (1720–95), who settled in Carlisle, PA, c. 1748.
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