William Anderson family
William Anderson of Torryburn, Fifeshire, Scotland was born in 1790, the son of Robert an Isobel. He got a job as estate manager with the Earl of Caledon, County Tyrone Ireland where he met and married Elizabeth Smith. In total William and Elizabeth had thirteen children the first three of whom were born in Caldon, whilst the rest in various parts of Scotland. By 1848 the railway boom in Scotland and ceased and poverty and unemployment was rife, a good reason for anyone wanting a better life!
The first of the Anderson’s to emigrate was Janet Murray (Andrew Murray), twin sister Esther and brother Robert Shand. They arrived in Durban, aboard the “Ina”, in March 1850 and settled in Pinetown. Favourable tales of their life in Natal were sent back to the rest of the Anderson family who, sailing on a 212 ton Brig called “Isle of Wight”, arrived in 1851. There were eleven passengers in all including a John Allison who would later marry Christina Anderson. William’s first job was as Poundmaster in Pinetown and in 1852 he is reported in the Mercury newspaper as an horticulturalist.
William and Elizabeth’s thirteen were Isabella, Harriet, Twins Esther and Janet Margaret, Elizabeth, Christina, Robert Shand, Catherine, Mary Ann, Martha, William Smith and Archibald Murray. A great many of the Ladysmith families of long standing are descended from them, Newton, Carbutt, Jones, Wright(George) and others.
Esther married Edwin Tinley, Janet Margaret married Archibald Keir Murray. Elizabeth married David Newton of Drie Hoek, Of their ten children, one married Trevellian Hyde, son of Dr. Hyde of Ladysmith, another George Coventry, yet another daughter married William Leathern (Wild Bill) of Clydesdale and a granddaughter married Charles Carbutt.
Christina, married to John Allison, was the first Anderson to set foot on Ladysmith early in 1853, however, before the year was over, William and his family had also moved there. William’s daughter Elizabeth, who had remained behind in Scotland, married David Newton in 1851 and they emigrated in 1857, settling just outside Ladysmith. For whatever reason, William and Elizabeth decided to move to Pietermaritzburg and by 1861 were again in Pinetown.
Catherine Anderson married Capt. Struben, Magistrate of Ladysmith in 1850. He later was one of the first people to find gold on the Rand, however he left Ladysmith under a cloud of suspicion about missing Municipal funds.
Mary Ann married Humphrey Evans Knight who was a member of the Legislative Council of Natal in 1856. He was a transport rider and owned a shop in Ladysmith. They lived at Anderson Manor, which is now the farm of Mr. Mitchell-Innes at Elandslaagte.
Martha married William Field.
William Smith was initially a Transport Rider but later settled in the Transvaal and married Maria Charlotte Johnstone.
Archibald Murray moved to Ladysmith, staying with his brother-in-laws, John Allison, Humphrey Evans Knight or David Newton where he learnt to shoot. After two years he moved back to Pinetown where he joined the Pinetown Troop of the Royal Durban Rangers, was part of this force during the Ceteswayo scare and later was a member of a bodyguard to escort Prince Alfred to Durban. Like his brother he was a Transport Rider, driving his brother Robert’s wagons all over the northern regions. On one of these trips to the free State, he met Adriana Johanna von Malitz and they were married in Harrismith. Archibald and Adriana farmed in Heilbron on land given to Adriana as a wedding present by her father.
Robert Shand Anderson was the eldest son of William and Elizabeth, born after his parents had had seven daughters. He was named after his paternal grandfather and Shand after his maternal grandmother. Soon after arriving in Natal, he took up transport riding, in the days before the railway, making frequent trips to the
Transvaal and Free State. Robert Shands’s is the family from whom the present farming family of Andersons are
descended. He married Frances Wright, daughter of Leonard and Elizabeth Wright, who came to Natal as a small child with her parents in 1849. Robert and Frances had a family of five sons and one daughter, Gertrude.
After Robert’s death Elizabeth married George Frederick Tatham and they had six children. William Wright, a farmer of Sandford Bergville, remained a bachelor, Leonard Wright went to New Zealand, Archibald Adrian, another farmer at Sandford, died at the Grand National Hotel in Johannesburg, Gertrude, their only daughter, was drowned age 9 years in 1875, in the Klip River in 1875 along with her Streuben cousin, only a bracelet was found.
Humphrey Evans Knight Anderson, the eldest, was named after his uncle Humphrey Evans Knight. HEK married Sarah Edith (Saidie) Turner and was a Solicitor in Ladysmith from 1900 and, in 1924. He was selected as a Member of Parliament for Klip River. They lived in an old stone house in Hunter Road. Their sons Danby and Dudley farmed in the Elandslaagte area. Danby married Aileen Johnstone and was the father of Brian Anderson and three daughters and Dudley married Joan Niland and they were the parents of Bruce and Craig Anderson.
Humphrey Danby Anderson was born in Ladysmith, the elder son of Humphrey Evans Knight. Danby married Aileen Mary Johnston of Bloemfontein, daughter of J. A. Johnson, a postmaster of Ladysmith, originally from Dublin, Ireland. Danby and Aileen had four children: Wendy Mauren, Jenifer Ann, Patricia Aileen and Colleen Dorothy.
Danby Anderson farmed the farms “Wembley” and “Noordehoek”, Klip River District, from 1919 to 1964, when his son Brian took over the farming operations. Danby and Aileen retired to Ladysmith where Danby died.
The first of the Anderson’s to emigrate was Janet Murray (Andrew Murray), twin sister Esther and brother Robert Shand. They arrived in Durban, aboard the “Ina”, in March 1850 and settled in Pinetown. Favourable tales of their life in Natal were sent back to the rest of the Anderson family who, sailing on a 212 ton Brig called “Isle of Wight”, arrived in 1851. There were eleven passengers in all including a John Allison who would later marry Christina Anderson. William’s first job was as Poundmaster in Pinetown and in 1852 he is reported in the Mercury newspaper as an horticulturalist.
William and Elizabeth’s thirteen were Isabella, Harriet, Twins Esther and Janet Margaret, Elizabeth, Christina, Robert Shand, Catherine, Mary Ann, Martha, William Smith and Archibald Murray. A great many of the Ladysmith families of long standing are descended from them, Newton, Carbutt, Jones, Wright(George) and others.
Esther married Edwin Tinley, Janet Margaret married Archibald Keir Murray. Elizabeth married David Newton of Drie Hoek, Of their ten children, one married Trevellian Hyde, son of Dr. Hyde of Ladysmith, another George Coventry, yet another daughter married William Leathern (Wild Bill) of Clydesdale and a granddaughter married Charles Carbutt.
Christina, married to John Allison, was the first Anderson to set foot on Ladysmith early in 1853, however, before the year was over, William and his family had also moved there. William’s daughter Elizabeth, who had remained behind in Scotland, married David Newton in 1851 and they emigrated in 1857, settling just outside Ladysmith. For whatever reason, William and Elizabeth decided to move to Pietermaritzburg and by 1861 were again in Pinetown.
Catherine Anderson married Capt. Struben, Magistrate of Ladysmith in 1850. He later was one of the first people to find gold on the Rand, however he left Ladysmith under a cloud of suspicion about missing Municipal funds.
Mary Ann married Humphrey Evans Knight who was a member of the Legislative Council of Natal in 1856. He was a transport rider and owned a shop in Ladysmith. They lived at Anderson Manor, which is now the farm of Mr. Mitchell-Innes at Elandslaagte.
Martha married William Field.
William Smith was initially a Transport Rider but later settled in the Transvaal and married Maria Charlotte Johnstone.
Archibald Murray moved to Ladysmith, staying with his brother-in-laws, John Allison, Humphrey Evans Knight or David Newton where he learnt to shoot. After two years he moved back to Pinetown where he joined the Pinetown Troop of the Royal Durban Rangers, was part of this force during the Ceteswayo scare and later was a member of a bodyguard to escort Prince Alfred to Durban. Like his brother he was a Transport Rider, driving his brother Robert’s wagons all over the northern regions. On one of these trips to the free State, he met Adriana Johanna von Malitz and they were married in Harrismith. Archibald and Adriana farmed in Heilbron on land given to Adriana as a wedding present by her father.
Robert Shand Anderson was the eldest son of William and Elizabeth, born after his parents had had seven daughters. He was named after his paternal grandfather and Shand after his maternal grandmother. Soon after arriving in Natal, he took up transport riding, in the days before the railway, making frequent trips to the
Transvaal and Free State. Robert Shands’s is the family from whom the present farming family of Andersons are
descended. He married Frances Wright, daughter of Leonard and Elizabeth Wright, who came to Natal as a small child with her parents in 1849. Robert and Frances had a family of five sons and one daughter, Gertrude.
After Robert’s death Elizabeth married George Frederick Tatham and they had six children. William Wright, a farmer of Sandford Bergville, remained a bachelor, Leonard Wright went to New Zealand, Archibald Adrian, another farmer at Sandford, died at the Grand National Hotel in Johannesburg, Gertrude, their only daughter, was drowned age 9 years in 1875, in the Klip River in 1875 along with her Streuben cousin, only a bracelet was found.
Humphrey Evans Knight Anderson, the eldest, was named after his uncle Humphrey Evans Knight. HEK married Sarah Edith (Saidie) Turner and was a Solicitor in Ladysmith from 1900 and, in 1924. He was selected as a Member of Parliament for Klip River. They lived in an old stone house in Hunter Road. Their sons Danby and Dudley farmed in the Elandslaagte area. Danby married Aileen Johnstone and was the father of Brian Anderson and three daughters and Dudley married Joan Niland and they were the parents of Bruce and Craig Anderson.
Humphrey Danby Anderson was born in Ladysmith, the elder son of Humphrey Evans Knight. Danby married Aileen Mary Johnston of Bloemfontein, daughter of J. A. Johnson, a postmaster of Ladysmith, originally from Dublin, Ireland. Danby and Aileen had four children: Wendy Mauren, Jenifer Ann, Patricia Aileen and Colleen Dorothy.
Danby Anderson farmed the farms “Wembley” and “Noordehoek”, Klip River District, from 1919 to 1964, when his son Brian took over the farming operations. Danby and Aileen retired to Ladysmith where Danby died.
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