Anderson, Ebenezer Thomas ^{2 3 4 5}

  Death:

Death Notice Transcription

KAB MOOC 6/9/1922/495 filed 5th March 1921.

Name of Deceased: Ebenezer Thomas ANDERSON
Birthplace: Dysselsdorp, Cape Province
Nationality: European
Father of deceased: Ebenezer Bartholomew ANDERSON (deceased)
Mother of Deceased: Janet Susan MELVILL (deceased)
Age of Deceased: 69 years and 1 month
Occupation: Civil Servant (retired)
Ordinary place of Residence: Uitenhage
Condition in Life: Married out of Community of Property.
Surviving Spouse: Fanny ANDERSON
Pre-deceased Spouse and date of decease:
Place of Last Marriage: Port Elizabeth
Date of Death: June 29th 1921
Place of Death: Grahamstown Hospital, Albany
Children of the Deceased:

Frank Melville ANDERSON
Berthold Kayser ANDERSON
William Wardlaw ANDERSON
Gladys Elliott ANDERSON
Harold Ashton ANDERSON
Helen Mary ANDERSON
Henrietta Eileen ANDERSON
Violet Alice ANDERSON
Movable Property: Yes
Immovable Property: Yes
Estate exceeds £300: Yes
Deceased left a Will: Yes
Dated at: Uitenhage on 28th February 1921
Signed by: F. ANDERSON - wife of deceased, present at death.

  Events:

• Will: Transcription of Bequeasts, 14 Oct 1899, Prince Albert, Cape Colony, Southern Africa. ¹ Ebenezer bequeathed the following:-

To Frank Melville ANDERSON, £50, my watch and chain.

To the Congregational Church Hall Fund Treasurer 2 amount of subscriptions of £4 should such be outstanding at the time of my death.

To Barrack Street Day School £10 for improvements.

I hereby nominate Fanny ANDERSON born KAYSER sole and universal heir to my Estate and effects.

I appoint my aforementioned wife and my brother Dr. George Elliott Caldwell ANDERSON as Executrix and Executor and guardians of my minor children.

Codicil:-

As my brother George Elliott Caldwell ANDERSON has pre-deceased me I nominate Frank Melville ANDERSON along with my wife as Executrix and Executor.
Signed at Beaufort West on 23rd September 1904.

• Alt Birth, May 1852, Dysseldorp, Oudtshoorn District, Cape Colony, Southern Africa.

• Appointment. ⁶ He served as Chairman of the Congregational Union of South Africa, and worked outstandingly as a magistrate in the Cape for 38 years. (Beaufort West and Uitenhague
According to I.F. Du Preez, He became chairman of the Congregational Union in 1915, and a brother Charles in 1930.

• Historical, 19 Apr 1913, Pacaltsdorp South Africa. ⁷ He was invited to unveil the commemorative plaque at the Centenary of Pacaltsdorp

• Appointment. ⁸ Acc0rding to this source he was appointed as Magistrate in Beaufort West on the 13 Aug 1904

Ebenezer married Frances Kayser, daughter of Rev. Henry Christopher Kayser and Naomi Geard, in Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, Southern Africa.¹ (Frances Kayser was born on 7 Apr 1859 ⁴ and died on 1 Feb 1954.)