 Abt 1814 - 1892 (78 years)
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| Name |
Richard FURMIDGE |
| Birth |
Abt 1814 |
Newport, Hampshire, England  [1] |
| Baptism |
17 May 1815 |
Newport, Hampshire, England [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Between 1829 and 1842 [3, 4] |
| Gunsmith |
| Reference Number |
P1815-002 |
| _MILT |
Between 1842 and 1864 |
South Africa [1] |
| Armourer Sergeant: Cape Mounted Riflemen |
| Death |
Jun 1892 |
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa [5] |
| Burial |
15 Jun 1892 |
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa [5] |
| Person ID |
I1036 |
Furmedge |
| Last Modified |
25 Mar 2026 |
| Father |
James FURMIDGE, b. Abt 1790 d. Jun 1841, Wootton Bridge, Hampshire, England (Age 51 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Ann SIBLEY, b. Abt 1793 d. 1848, Wootton Bridge, Hampshire, England (Age 55 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
10 Aug 1812 |
Alverstoke, Hampshire, England [6] |
| Family ID |
F384 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Jane LAURENCE, b. Abt 1810 d. Dec 1894, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
12 Dec 1836 |
Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England [7] |
| Children |
| | 1. Richard James FURMIDGE, b. 21 Nov 1838, London, England d. Nov 1858, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 19 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Walter Henry FURMIDGE, b. 5 Oct 1842, Odiham, Hampshire, England d. Feb 1858, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 15 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 3. Samuel FURMIDGE, b. Abt 1848 d. 3 May 1915, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa (Age 67 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| > | 4. Anne Elizabeth FURMIDGE, b. 11 Nov 1849, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 16 Jun 1903, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 53 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| > | 5. Ellen Sarah Jane FURMIDGE, b. 27 Aug 1852, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 13 May 1931, Hammersmith, Middlesex, England (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 6. Albert Perry FURMIDGE, b. 3 Feb 1855, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 4 Jan 1893, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 37 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 7. Walter Henry FURMIDGE, b. 18 Jun 1858, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 9 Sep 1909 (Age 51 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F448 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
25 Mar 2026 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - Abt 1814 - Newport, Hampshire, England |
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| Baptism - 17 May 1815 - Newport, Hampshire, England |
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 | Marriage - 12 Dec 1836 - Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England |
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 | _MILT - Armourer Sergeant: Cape Mounted Riflemen - Between 1842 and 1864 - South Africa |
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 | Death - Jun 1892 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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| Burial - 15 Jun 1892 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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| Pin Legend |
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| Sources |
- [S115] British Army Service Records, Richard Furmidge: War Office, Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records, WO97, Box: 1699, No.: 129; digital images accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk.
- [S413] Newport Bishops' Transcripts (Newport, Hampshire), Richard Furmidge, Baptism Register Entry, 1815, Reference: 21M65/F8/332/2; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: Hampshire Archives and Local Studies.
- [S414] Apprenticeship Records, Richard Furmidge, baptised 17 May 1815, son of James Furmidge of Wootton apprenticed to Isaac Nobbs of Newport, gunsmith, 24 February 1829; record summary (transcript) The National Archives; original data: Isle of Wight Record Office Reference NBC/3/550.
- [S13] 1841 Census of England, Wales & Scotland; Online Archives, Furmidge Household, West Street Moscow, Portsea, Hampshire, England: Reference: Class: HO107, Piece: 414, Folio: 33, Page: 23, original data: The National Archives.
- [S404] St Michael & St George (Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa), Parish Register, Richard Furmidge, 1892, Burial Register Entry: 590, Page: 69; digital image accessed on www.familysearch.org; original data: William Cullen Library, University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa).
- [S318] Pallot, "Marriage Index", James Furmidge, 1812; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original paper slip index owned by The Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies.
- [S402] St Bartholomew (Edgbaston, Warwickshire), Parish Register, Richard Furmidge, 1836, Marriage Entry, Reference: DRO 53, Archive Roll: M144; Digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: Library of Birmingham.
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