Albert Perry FURMIDGE b. 3 Feb 1855 Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 4 Jan 1893 Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa: Our Family History

1855 - 1893 (37 years)

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Name	Albert Perry FURMIDGE
Birth	3 Feb 1855	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa [1]
Baptism	27 May 1855	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa [1]
Gender	Male
Occupation	1893 [2]
	Gunsmith
Reference Number	P1855-ZA004
Death	4 Jan 1893	Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa [2]
Person ID	I1042	Furmedge
Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

Father	Richard FURMIDGE, b. Abt 1814, Newport, Hampshire, England d. Jun 1892, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 78 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Jane LAURENCE, b. Abt 1810 d. Dec 1894, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 84 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	12 Dec 1836	Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England [3]
Family ID	F448	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Binfield EDKINS, b. 7 May 1852, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 17 Jan 1921, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 68 years)

Marriage Bef 1879

Children

>	1. Sinclair Albert Richard FURMIDGE, b. 27 Jun 1879, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 17 Feb 1943, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 63 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
>	2. Norman Lawrence FURMIDGE, b. 17 Feb 1882, South Africa d. 9 Sep 1958, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Harold Douglas FURMIDGE, b. 7 Dec 1888, South Africa d. Bef 1998 (Age < 109 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F451 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 25 Jun 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 3 Feb 1855 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
	Baptism - 27 May 1855 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
	Death - 4 Jan 1893 - Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Notes

A marriage record has not been located for Albert Perry Furmidge and Mary Binfield Edkins. Their eldest child was born in 1879 and, assuming a marriage occurred, an approximate marriage date of “before 1879” has been assigned.

Sources

[S404] St Michael & St George (Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa), Parish Register, Albert Perry Furmidge, 1855, Baptism Register Entry: 507, Page: 51; digital image accessed on www.familysearch.org; original data: William Cullen Library, University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa).
[S434] South Africa, Cape, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1822-1990, Albert Perry Furmidge, 1893, Death Notice; original data: Pietermaritzburg Archives (Cape Archives Depot, Cape Town), South Africa.
[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.