Herbert VIGNE

1821 - 1895  (73 years)

• Name	Herbert VIGNE
  Born	17 Sep 1821	Tottenham, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Feb 1895	Greyton.
  Person ID	I2263	Families of the Overberg
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Henry VIGNE,   d. London.
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Anna * VIGNE
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F25786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth BELSHAW,   b. 30 Oct 1847, Liverpool, England ,   d. 28 Jun 1895, Greyton.  (Age 47 years)
  Married	Abt 1868
  Children	1. Herbert VIGNE,   b. 13 Sep 1869, Greyton ,   d. 2 Nov 1918, Greyton.  (Age 49 years)  [natural]   2. Emma Elizabeth VIGNE,   b. 19 Jul 1871, Caledon ,   d. 1954, Sea Point.  (Age 82 years)  [natural]   3. Henry Robert VIGNE,   b. 2 Dec 1872, Caledon ,   d. Abt 1872, Caledon  [natural]   4. Mary VIGNE,   b. 7 May 1874, Caledon  [natural]   5. Henry Albert James VIGNE,   b. 25 Nov 1876, Caledon  [natural]   6. Felix Austen VIGNE,   b. 12 Dec 1878, Caledon  [natural]   7. Violet VIGNE,   b. 26 Apr 1880, Caledon  [natural]   8. John Felix VIGNE,   b. 9 Dec 1884, Caledon  [natural]   9. Robert Austin VIGNE,   c. 20 Jan 1888  [natural]
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F25787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Amelia * VIGNE
  Children	1. Frederick Joseph VIGNE,   c. 9 Mar 1862  [natural]   2. George Henry VIGNE,   b. 7 Mar 1864, Greyton  [natural]
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F25789	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Jane Louisa * VIGNE
  Children	1. Mary Elizabeth VIGNE,   b. 6 Jul 1856, Genadendal?  [natural]
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F25790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1. He arrived at the Cape with his brother's family in 1844 and entered in to a partnership with Henry to purchase Tyger Hoek shortly afterwards. Fol lowing disagreements between the brothers he left Tyger Hoek and purchas ed Weltevreden on 21 12 1846. 2. The Genadendal mission superintendent wrote to the Governor that Vig ne was an unsuitable candidate for the position of magistrate on groun ds of "unsatisfactory moral character and conduct, namely that he had an i llegimate family by a woman of the Institute and his cohabiting with h er is publicly known". 3. The reasons are not recorded but in 1856 Herbert was appointed a magist rate in British Kaffraria. He then became the Commissioner of the Crown Re serve but fell from grace through his polygamous relationships with Chi ef Phato's granddaughter and the daughter of another chief and he was prom ptly retired. 4. In 1854 he had divided part of Weltevreden into 120 long plots for cult ivation. This settlement becamre the village of Greyton where he liv ed on his property "The Bush" for the next forty years. 5. Most of his progeny moved to the Kimberley area. 6. Extracted from Overberg Odyssey by Edmund H Burrows 7. Grave CA2 L0120 8. Estate 6/9/337 F416