Dear all,
I am trying to find information about my g-g-grandmother. Any facts would
be very welcome!
I have looked through the passenger lists of German arrivals and English
arrivals of the period but have not found any information about her. There
is just the slightest chance that the surname might be Holland rather than
Bolland (looks like Bolland on the certificate but you never know!)
I have not been able to find a death notice for her on NAAIRS. Civil deaths
on Familysearch start after her death.
*Christine Bolland*
Born 1827 (according to the St Katherine's, Uitenhage, burial record she
was 50 at the time of her death)
Married on 18 Aug 1857 in Stutterheim to Ernst Frederick Carl Pfingsten
(who had arrived on 10 Feb 1857 in East London as a soldier of the British
German Legion).
Died in Uitenhage on 27 Nov 1877.
Christine and Ernst moved to Uitenhage when he left the Army in 1860 and he
is described as a shopkeeper on his death notice. He married for a second
time after Christine's death and had a son from that second marriage.
Christine and Ernst had, as far as I have been able to find, 5 daughters
Augusta Caroline Pfingsten (1857-1931) who married John Rutherford Smith
Johanna Sophia Christina Pfingsten (1859-1949) who married Frederick Edward
Thompson
Sarah Hermina Fredricka Christina Pfingsten (1860-1946) who married
Tunbridge Wells
Victoria Margaret Pfingsten (1862-1952) who married Hugh Brady
Emma Eliza Charlotte Pfingsten (1867-1938) who married William Peter Gleeson
Thanks
Selma
