Down Rabbit Holes and Up Family Trees

 1.  Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841; Class: HO107; Piece: 343; Book: 16; Civil Parish: Witham; County: Essex; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 20; Page: 11; Line: 15; GSU roll: 241379. LINK ◄

 2.  Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851; Class: HO107; Piece: 1557; Folio: 62; Page: 29; GSU roll: 174790. LINK ◄

 3.  Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851; Class: HO107; Piece: 1783; Folio: 205; Page: 18; GSU roll: 207432. LINK ◄

 4.  Board of Guardian Records, 1834-1906 and Church of England Parish Registers, 1754-1906. London Metropolitan Archives, London; London Metropolitan Archives, Newington Holy Trinity, Register of Baptism, p92/tri, Item 007. LINK ◄

 5.  An examination of the Walford and Partridge names. LINK ◄

 6.  Old Feldstedian database search. Click on link and search for “stevens”. LINK ◄

 7.  The Feldstedian archive. LINK ◄

 8.  NAB Pietermaritzburg Archives, Land and Immigration Board, Natal, Register of Immigrants Arrived, Vol 66a, page 74. GGSA. Follow link and search for “Stevens”. LINK ◄

 9.  The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.: 1860-1954), Monday 27 January 1879, Page 3. Dateline: Cooktown, January 23. LINK ◄

 10.  Natal Mounted Police Establishment Register, National Archives of South Africa’s Pietermaritzburg Repository. Photographs provided by Cam Simpson. Also Family Search LINK ◄

 11.  Escapes from Isandula, A Terrible Narrative, Aberdeen Journal, 10 March 1879; The Zulu War, Essex Standard, 15 March 1879; Evening Post Vol XVII Issue 506, 10 May 1879. ◄

12.  An Essex Man in Zululand, Essex Standard, 19 April 1879. ◄

13.  Zulu names have a structure similar to Russian names, namely Personal Name/Patronymic/Family Name. Sihayo Ngobese was Xongo’s son. ◄

14.  Zulu terminology: Language: isiZulu; People: amaZulu; Country/Land: KwaZulu; Chief: inkhosi; Adviser/Counsellor: induna pl. izinduna: Regiment: ibutho pl. amabutho. ◄

15.  Sotho terminology: Language: Sesotho or SeSotho; People: Basotho/BaSotho; Person: Mosotho; Country/Land: Lesotho; Chief: Morena. ◄

16.  Publications referencing Richard Walford’s description include: Adrian Greaves, Isandlwana, Cassell & Co London 2001, ISBN 0-304-35700-6, 147. Ron Lock and Peter Quantrill, Zulu Victory, Greenhill Books London 2002, ISBN 1-85367-505-9, 191. Ian Knight, Zulu Rising – The Epic Story of iSandlwana and Rorke’s Drift, MacMillan 2010, ISBN 978-1-405-09185-5, 442, 452. Frank Emery, The Red Soldier, Jonathan Hall Paperbacks, Johannesburg,1983, ISBN 0 86850 075 5, 91. ◄

17.  Daily Telegraph and Courier (London), Monday 18 August 1879. LINK ◄

18.  Natal Witness, 16 September 1879, 3. LINK ◄

19.  Natal Witness, 16 December 1879, 3. LINK ◄

20.  Natal Witness, 16 December 1879, 3. LINK ◄

21.  Natal Witness, 18 November 1880, 5. LINK ◄

22.  The names of NMP troopers in the picture are:
Back left to right
Pennefather, Evans, Lochner, Pearse, Eardley-Wilmot, Corporal W.J.Clarke, Sergeant Faddy
Middlerow left to right
Russ, Browne, Corporal Burgoyne, Cooper, Green, W.D.Campbell.
Front left to right
Bethold, Ford, Ravencroft, Hutton, Langfield, Stevens. LINK ◄

23.  STEVENS, RICHARD WALFORD. INSOLVENTE BOEDEL en FIRMA STEVENS & GREEN, National Archives of South Africa, VAB MHG_1/3/1/57_BS54_1, 1883. ◄

24.  Library and Museum of Freemasonry; London, England; Freemasonry Membership Registers; Description: Register of Contributions: Country and Foreign Lodges, 1954-2101. Ancestry.com. England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. LINK ◄

25.  South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973. database, FamilySearch (21 September 2022), Richard Walford Stevens, 1888. LINK ◄

26.  Die Doop Register der Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Gemeente in Brittish Kaffraria 1859-1882. LINK ◄

27.  “South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 “, database with images, FamilySearch (13 January 2022), Catharine Selina Norton, 1883. LINK ◄

28.  “South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004,” database with images, FamilySearch (23 February 2021), Arthur Partridge, 02 Sep 1889; citing Baptism, Transvaal, South Africa, p. 81, William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg. LINK ◄

29.  Library and Museum of Freemasonry; London, England; Freemasonry Membership Registers; Description: Membership Registers: Colonial and Foreign M 2277-2461 to Colonial and Foreign N 2465-2643; Reel Number: 29. Ancestry.com. England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. LINK ◄

30.  CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION (WITWATERSRAND AREA). LETITIA MARIA NORTON. National Archives of South Africa: TAB RAD_184_4773_1, 1903. ◄

31.  CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION BRITISH SUBJECTS TRANSVAAL. HEIDELBERG. JOSHUA ABRAHAM NORTON. National Archives of South Africa: TAB CJC 17_CJC267, 1903. ◄

32.  STEVENS, RICHARD WALFORD. INSOLVENT LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT. National Archives of South Africa: KAB MOIB_2/3230_770_1, 1909. ◄

33.  Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 23 December 2022), May 1909, trial of STEVENS, Charles Richard (58, solicitor) SUMNER, Frank Holme (45, merchant) (t19090518-57). LINK ◄

34.  NORTON, ALETTHA MARIA, (BORN MULLER). National Archives of South Africa: TAB MHG 16680_1, 1910. ◄

35.  Library and Museum of Freemasonry; London, England; Freemasonry Membership Registers; Description: Membership Registers: Country I 2315-2498 to Country J 2503-2646; Reel Number: 64. Ancestry.com. England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. LINK ◄

36.  Roberts’ Heights was the supreme headquarters of the Union of South Africa Defence Forces just outside Pretoria. ◄

37.  CRIMINAL CASE. REX VERSUS RICHARD WALFORD STEVENS. National Archives of South Africa: TAB WLD_#_428/25_1, 1925. ◄

38.  Natal Mercury 15 July 1929. Photograph provided on 1879zuluwar.com by John Young and on Ian Knight’s Anglo Zulu War Facebook group by Andy Cherry. ◄

39.  Copy of Nonqai provided by Cam Simpson. ◄

40.  The photograph was posted to Ian Knight’s Anglo Zulu War Facebook group without attribution. ◄

41.  Transcription provided by Cam Simpson. ◄

42.  “South Africa, Orange Free State, Civil Death Registration, 1902-1954″, database, FamilySearch (4 October 2020), Richard Walford Stevens, 1942. LINK ◄

43.  Copy provided by Ian Knight. ◄

44.  “South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954,” database, FamilySearch (30 October 2019), Kathleen Louise Norton Stevens, 19 Sep 1946; citing Death, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, Department of the Interior. Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Transvaal. LINK ◄

45.  The National Archives. War Office: Campaign Medal and Award Rolls – South Africa. 1877-1879. WO 100/49. File 3. Page 64. LINK ◄