SIXTH GENERATION


51. Philip William BOARDMAN (1)(1) (2) (3) (photo) was born on 25 Nov 1834 in South Africa, Cape Colony, Grahamstown. He was christened on 18 Sep 1873 in South Africa, Cape Colony, New England, "Sandham". He died on 3 Aug 1921 in South Africa, Cape Province, Dist. Albert, Spionkop. (5)

He was married to Mary Augusta BOARDMAN (daughter of William John BOARDMAN and Mary Anne Jane CALDECOTT) on 30 Jun 1857 in South Africa, Cape Colony, Middelburg. Mary Augusta BOARDMAN(1) was born on 16 Apr 1837 in South Africa, Cape Colony, Grahamstown. She died on 24 Apr 1858 in South Africa, Cape Colony, Middelburg. She was christened. She has reference number 9.2. Baptised by the Rev. W.J. Shrewsbury in the Wesleyan Chapel, Grahamstown. Philip William BOARDMAN and Mary Augusta BOARDMAN had the following children:

child112 i. James BOARDMAN(1) was born on 27 Mar 1858 in South Africa, Cape Colony, Middelburg. He died on 8 Dec 1879 in South Africa, Cape Colony, Dordrecht. Killed in a wagon accident near Dordrecht.

He was married to Caroline Frances THOMAS (daughter of Humphrey THOMAS and Jane Sophia HOLDER) on 22 Aug 1861 in South Africa, Cape Colony, District Albert, "Spionkop". Caroline Frances THOMAS(3) (6) was born on 26 Nov 1841 in South Africa, Cape Province, Grahamstown. She died on 19 Jul 1919 in South Africa, OFS, Bloemfontein. (7) Second daughter of Humphrey Thomas of Speogeon Kop, Albert. Second daughter of Humphrey Thomas of Speogeon Kop, Albert.

Died at 4 Ella St., Bloemfontein. Death Notice signed at Bloemforntein on 27 October 1919. Philip William BOARDMAN and Caroline Frances THOMAS had the following children:

child+113 i. Jane Sophia Holder BOARDMAN.
child+114 ii. Ebenezer Cecil BOARDMAN.
child115 iii. Philip Dixie BOARDMAN(8) (photo) was born on 15 Jul 1866 in South Africa, Cape Colony, District Albert, Speogeon Kop. He died in 1950 in Rhodesia, Bulawayo. Born at 2.00 p.m Sunday 15 Jul 1864. Death date uncertain. Survived a bullet through the head in the Boer War.

Trooper 22756 C-in-C bodyguard. Boer War medal has bars for Transvaal, OFS, Relief of Mafeking, Rhodesia
child116 iv. Edith Letitia BOARDMAN(8) was born on 13 Aug 1868 in South Africa, Cape Colony, Barkly East, "Holbrook". She died on 5 Nov 1885 in South Africa, Cape Colony, Barkly East. "Born at Holbrooke, New England, on the Thursday of the 13th August 1868 at 1O to 5 o'clock in the evening. The first of my children born in my own home."(Family Bible)
child+117 v. Clement Hamilton Crause BOARDMAN Mr.
child+118 vi. William Thomas BOARDMAN Lieutenant.
child119 vii. Lilian Maude BOARDMAN Miss(1) (photo) was born on 7 Aug 1873 in South Africa, Cape Colony, Lady Grey. (8) She was christened on 18 Sep 1873 in South Africa, Cape Colony, New England, "Sandham". She died in 1962 in South Africa, Transvaal, Pretoria. She was buried in South Africa, Transvaal, Pretoria. "Lilian Maude. Born at Lady Grey, on the evening of the 7th August 1873, and baptized on the same day as her Father, 18th September 1873 at Sandham, New England."(Family Bible)
child+120 viii. Emma Caroline Louisa BOARDMAN.
child121 ix. Holbrooke Ashton BOARDMAN(1) (photo) was born on 8 Aug 1877 in South Africa, Cape Colony, Barkly East, "Holbrook".(8) He died on 1 Aug 1929 in South Africa.(9) Holbrooke Ashton. Born 8th August 1877 at a 1/4 to 5 p.m. Born at Holbrooke, baptized at Aliwal North by the REV. W. ROSSITOR." (Family Bible)

Boer War medal : Corporal H.A. Boardman New England M.P. Bars: Transvaal, OFS, Cape Colony
child+122 x. James BOARDMAN Mr.
child123 xi. Neville Garfield Hope BOARDMAN Mr(1) (photo) was born on 8 Dec 1881 in South Africa, Cape Province, Barkly East.(8) He died on 1 Mar 1902 in South Africa, Cape Colony, Cradock. (8) "Neville Garfield Hope. Born in Barkly on the 8th December 1881. By a stroke of strange coincidence `or rather the guidance of an overruling and Gracious Providence' the exact hour and date. Viz, 4 o'clock in the morning of the 8th December, just two years after my lost son JAMES who was killed on that day and hour, on the 8th December 1879."

"Departed this life on March the 1st 1902. Aged 20 years 2 months 12 days. After a severe and fatal attack of Enteric Fever, caught when in service with distinction all through the Anglo Boer War 1889 to 1902. Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal." (Extract from the Bible of Philip William Boardman).

Died of enteric fever contracted while on active service as Corporal in the New England Mounted Rifles.
child+124 xii. Caroline Elizabeth BOARDMAN.

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