John (Dr) ATHERSTONE

1791 - 1855  (64 years)

• Name	John (Dr) ATHERSTONE
  Born	25 Jan 1791	Nottingham
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 May 1855	Grahamstown
  Person ID	I30159	Families of the Overberg
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Hugh ATHERSTONE,   b. 1743, England ,   d. 1819, England  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ann GREEN,   b. UNKNOWN, England ,   d. UNKNOWN, England
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth DAMANT,   b. 1783, England
  Married	1 Jan 1811	St John's Westminster
  Children	1. John Cradock ATHERSTONE,   b. Cape Town  [natural]   2. Walter ATHERSTONE,   b. Grahamstown  [natural]   3. William Guybon (Dr) ATHERSTONE,   b. 29 May 1814, Englend ,   d. 26 Jun 1898, Grahamstown  (Age 84 years)  [natural]   4. Catherine Damant ATHERSTONE,   b. 10 Oct 1815, England ,   d. 7 Sep 1890, Beaconsfield, Kimberley  (Age 74 years)  [natural]   5. Elizabeth ATHERSTONE,   b. 1817, England ,   d. 7 Sep 1890  (Age 73 years)  [natural]   6. Emily ATHERSTONE,   b. 1818, Stowey, Somerset, England ,   d. 1900, Grahamstown  (Age 82 years)  [natural]   7. Caroline ATHERSTONE,   b. 14 Jul 1820, Uitenhage ,   d. 12 Mar 1908, Johannesburg  (Age 87 years)  [natural]   8. John Frederick Korsten ATHERSTONE,   b. 1 Oct 1821, Uitenhage ,   d. 8 May 1894, Grahamstown  (Age 72 years)  [natural]   9. Bliss Ann ATHERSTONE,   b. 1829, Cape Town ,   d. 1906, Grahamstown  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F3354	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Anna Grant DAMANT,   b. 1805,   d. 1880  (Age 75 years)
  Children	1. Edwin (Dr) ATHERSTONE,   b. 1841, Albany ,   d. 29 Sep 1898, Grahamstown  (Age 57 years)  [natural]   2. Walter ATHERSTONE,   b. 1842  [natural]   3. Fanny ATHERSTONE,   b. 1843,   d. 21 Sep 1882, Cradock  (Age 39 years)  [natural]   4. Harry ATHERSTONE,   b. 1844,   d. Abt 1844  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   5. Charles Sancroft Damant ATHERSTONE,   b. 1848  [natural]
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F3917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In SA Genealogies his birth is given as 1793 which appears incorrect. He decided to come to the Cape on the advice of his brother-in-law Capt Jo hn Sancroft Damant and sailed in 1817 aboard the Uitenhague Packet which w as so unstable that the family landed at Deal. They again sailed from Lon don in December 1819 aboard the Ocean as a member of Edward Damant's (anot her brother-in-law) party of 57 individuals. They arrived in Table B ay in March 1820 and reached Algoa Bay in April. He was appointed district surgeon in Uitenhage but moved to Cape Town in 1 821 and lived in Wale Street. In 1828 he accepted a position as district s urgeon for Albany with a house provided and an annual salary of 150 pound s. He was allowed to have private patients and in September 1835 he purcha sed what was to become the Albany General Hospital. After serving in the Seventh Frontier War (1846-7) he went into semi-retir ement on Table Farm and became a member of the Legislative Council in 184 8. He died after being injured in a cart accident. Estate MOOC 6/9/70 R3181 where Death Notice is signed by Anna Grant Athers tone