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     Henry Percival Greathead was born on 19 August 1867 in Rouxville, Orange Free State, South Africa.^1,2,3 He was the son of William Wright Greathead and Emily Jane Halse. He married Emily Elizabeth Stanton, daughter of John Stanton and Charlotte Whittle, on 19 August 1890 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, Emily had spent most of her life in Ficksburg until her marriage when she and her husband moved to Johannesurg. Two years later they settled on their Barvale farm, near Nelspruit.^1,2 Percy was originally a trooper and joined on 27 September 1899 and was discharged two weeks later. He rejoined as a Lieutennt on 14 April 1900 and served until 31 October 1900.⁴ He was the Manager of Land Company, Johannesburg mines.² He died on 31 October 1930 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, aged 63.²

     William Herbert Montague Greathead was born in 1866 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.^1,2,3,4 He was the son of William Wright Greathead and Emily Jane Halse. William joined up at PMG on 22 September 1899.⁵ He died on 6 January 1900 in Wagon Hill, Ladysmith, Ladysmith, Cape Town, South Africa, Killed in action during the Anglo-Boer War. He was a Lance Corporal in the Imperial Light Horse Regiment in the Natal Field Force.^1,2,6,5,7

     Emily Constance Greathead was born on 7 March 1871 in Rouxville, Orange Free State, South Africa.² She was the daughter of William Wright Greathead and Emily Jane Halse. She married W Wayland.³ She died on 8 December 1938 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, aged 67.²

     Beatrice Eileen Greathead was born in 1873 in Rouxville, Orange Free State, South Africa.³ She was the daughter of William Wright Greathead and Emily Jane Halse. She died in November 1918 in Nairobi, Kenya.^1,3

     Charlotte Mildred Greathead was born on 3 October 1873 in Rouxville, Orange Free State, South Africa.^2,4 She was the daughter of William Wright Greathead and Emily Jane Halse. She married Charles Howard Erskine in 1900 in South Africa.^5,6 She married Jess Barger in 1921.² She died on 1 November 1947 in San Mateo, California, USA, aged 74.^2,4

     Julia Greathead was born on 16 December 1882 in Rouxville, Orange Free State, South Africa.² She was the daughter of William Wright Greathead and Emily Jane Halse. She married Tom White. She died in 1961 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.²

     Tom White was a Senator. He married Julia Greathead, daughter of William Wright Greathead and Emily Jane Halse.

     George Sandison Greathead was born in 1884 in Rouxville, Orange Free State, South Africa.² George was a statistician in the mining industry and was required to continue work on mines as essential to war effort but when the Germans advanced in 1918 he resigned and went to England to join Royal Artillery but died of flu.³ He was the son of William Wright Greathead and Emily Jane Halse. He married Jean Bell. He died on 24 November 1918 in Westminster Hospital, Westminster, London, England, of pneumonia, following malaria contracted on the voyage home.^1,2,4,5

     Jean Bell married George Sandison Greathead, son of William Wright Greathead and Emily Jane Halse.

     Blanche Emily Caldecott Coryndon was born on 22 October 1862 in Queenstown, Cape Town, South Africa.^2,4 She was the daughter of Selby Coryndon and Emily Caldecott. She married James Henry Greathead, son of James Henry Greathead and Eliza Julia Wright, on 10 July 1884 in St Matthews, Bayswater, London, England, aftre the banns had been read. The ceremony was witnessed by Walter H Greathead, Robert White, Nora Jane Spackman and Annie May Eykyn. James was a civil engineer living in 126 Warwick Street and Blanche lived as 18 Porchester Gardens.^5,1,2,6,7,8 In the census of 5 April 1891 in Ravenscraig, Leigham Court Road, Streatham Hill, London, England, she was listed as the wife of James Henry Greathead.⁹ She was buried on 24 October 1896 in West Norwood Cemetary, Norwood Road, Norwood, London, England, in Grave 27,103, Square 83 She is buried with her husband James who died earlier in 1896.^1,2,10,11 Blanche's husband James died on 21 October 1896. She received probate in London on 29 December 1896 with Basil Mott a civil engineer.¹² Blanche was listed as head of household in the census of 31 March 1901 at Ravenscraig, Leigham Court Road, Streatham Hill, London, England, Blanche a widow living on her own means.⁴ She died on 22 July 1912 in Ospedale, Mauriziano, Aosta, Italy, aged 49 her body was brought back to 37 Thurlow Square.^1,2,12,11 She was buried on 29 July 1912 in Norwood Cemetery, Norwood, London, England.¹¹ The will of Blanche was proved on 6 November 1912 in London to Walter Harding a Gentleman and Basil Mott a civil engineer. Her effects were valued at £21208 14s 6d. Her husband John had died in 1896.¹²

     Came to the Cape about 25 years before his death. Started career in Graaf Reinet in 1862 and moved to Queenstown and later Kimberley.¹ Selby Coryndon married Emily Caldecott, daughter of Charles Henry Caldecott and Martha Wright, in 1862. He was a Solicitor to London and South Africa Exploration Company. He died in 1886. He was buried in Dutoitspan Cemetery, Kimberley, Cape Town, South Africa.¹

     Robert was one of the Rhodes' Twelve Apostles' served in N Rhodesia, S Rhodesia, Swaziland, Basutoland, Uganda and Kenya as Govenor. Big game hunter.¹ Robert Thorne Coryndon was born on 2 April 1870 in Queenstown, Cape Town, South Africa.^1,2 He was the son of Selby Coryndon and Emily Caldecott. In the census of 31 March 1901 in Ravenscraig, Leigham Court Road, Streatham Hill, London, England, he was listed as the brother of Blanche Emily Caldecott Coryndon Robert worked in the Administration of the Rhodesian Civil Service.² He married Phyllis Worthington. He was the Colonial administrator, KCMG. He died on 22 July 1917 in Nairobi, Kenya, aged 47.³

     John Coryndon Greathead was born on 9 May 1885 in Richmond, Yorkshire, England.^1,2,3,4 He was the son of James Henry Greathead and Blanche Emily Caldecott Coryndon. He died in 1885 in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, aged 5 months.^1,2,5,6

     James Henry Greathead was born on 5 May 1887 in Birchwood, St Marys Grove, Barnes, London, England.^1,2,3,4,5 He was the son of James Henry Greathead and Blanche Emily Caldecott Coryndon. In the census of 5 April 1891 in Ravenscraig, Leigham Court Road, Streatham Hill, London, England, he was listed as the son of James Henry Greathead.⁶ James attended Marlborough College as a pupil from September 1900 until July 1905. He played for the College 1st XI Cricket Team in 1905 and went on to Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a BA.⁷ In the census of 31 March 1901 in Ravenscraig, Leigham Court Road, Streatham Hill, London, England, he was listed as the son of Blanche Emily Caldecott Coryndon.⁸ In the census of 2 April 1911 in 10 Arkwright Road, Hampstead, London, England, he was listed as the visitor of Sir Basil Mott he was listed as a civil engineer. James daughter Mary and Basil's son Mark married in 1915.^9,10 James sailed from London to Port Said in Egypt on 17 October 1914 aboard SS Malwa of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co whose Master was A Thompson. James was described as a Civil Engineer and sailed with 496 passengers. The ship was finally bound for Australia.¹¹ He married Violet Florence Wren, daughter of Thomas Johnson Wren and Rhoda Kate Pratt, on 22 February 1924 in Mansura, Egypt.^1,2,3 James, Violet and their five month old son left Liverpool on 29 October 1926 aboard SS Leicestershire bound for Colombo, Sri Lanka, Ceylon. The left the ship at Port Said in Egypt. The Master of the Bibby Line ship was G E English and there were 123 passengers travelling.

James was in the irrigation Department of the Ministry of Public Works Mansura Egypt 2nd engineer in charge on the Aswan Dam. He returned to England to retired. Started modern chicken farm at Northam, Devon, forced out by cheap imports. He was the Secretary of the golf club near Tilford, Surrey. He was the Garrison Engineer during war building camps in SE. He also ran a nursing home in Chalfont St Peter with Molly Mott until her death. James then moved to Rochester had stamp shop and lived in a houseboat on the River Medway.^3,11 James and Violet travelled with their son James aboard the ship Malwa they got on in Marseilles and off in Plymouth. They gave their address in UK as Mayfield, Westward Ho, N Devon.¹² His wife Violet died on 10 January 1944 in Glebeside, Henham, Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, her death appeared in The Times newspaper of 12 January 1944.^1,2,3,13 Mary and her brother James ran a nursing home at Chalfont St Peter.³ He died on 20 November 1974 in Carlin House, Gordon Crescent, Camberley, Surrey, England, aged 87.^1,2,3,14,15 His body was cremated in Easthampstead Park, Berkshire, England.³ The will of James was proved on 7 March 1975 in Ipswich. His effects were valued at £9,534.¹⁵

     Nancy Greathead was born on 15 May 1889 in Richmond, Yorkshire, England.^1,2,3,4,5,6 She was the daughter of James Henry Greathead and Blanche Emily Caldecott Coryndon. In the census of 5 April 1891 in Ravenscraig, Leigham Court Road, Streatham Hill, London, England, he was listed as the son of James Henry Greathead.⁷ In the census of 31 March 1901 in Ravenscraig, Leigham Court Road, Streatham Hill, London, England, she was listed as the daughter of Blanche Emily Caldecott Coryndon.⁸ She married Leonard Shattock on 12 January 1914 in Swaziland, South Africa.^1,2,9 She died in 1952 in Eton, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹⁰

     Mary Coryndon Greathead was born on 19 March 1895 in Streatham, London, England.^1,2,3,4,5 She was the daughter of James Henry Greathead and Blanche Emily Caldecott Coryndon. She was baptised on 25 April 1895 in St Peter, Streatham, London, England, The family were living at Ravenscraig, Leigham Court Road.⁶ In the census of 31 March 1901 in Ravenscraig, Leigham Court Road, Streatham Hill, London, England, she was listed as the daughter of Blanche Emily Caldecott Coryndon.⁴ She married Mark Dobell Mott, son of Sir Basil Mott and Florence Harmar Parker, on 4 April 1916 in St Peters, Cranley Gardens, Kensington, London, England, after the banns had been read. The ceremony was witnessed by Basil Mott, EAE Harelock, AM Aythum and Rosa Dick-Excader. Mark was a Lieutenant in the RFA and gave his address as 10 Arkwright Road, Hampstead. Mary gave her address as 15 Selwood Place, Onslow Gardens. Both their fathers had been engineers.^7,8,9 Mary and her brother James ran a nursing home at Chalfont St Peter.² Mary lived with Mark and his new wife until she died in a house in their grounds She had qualified as a doctor of medicine, no mean achievement for a lady in those days.⁸ She died on 28 December 1950 in Appletree Cottage, Hets Loo, Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire, England, aged 55 from cancer. This house is long demolished and developed now as Hets Park.^8,10,11

     Mark Dobell Mott was born on 15 July 1892 in Lambeth, London, England.^2,3 He was the son of Sir Basil Mott and Florence Harmar Parker.¹ In the census of 31 March 1901 in St Augustine, 51 Blackwater Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, England, he was listed as the boarder of Anne C Hoste who was the school mistress. Mark was one of seve pupils in the school.⁴ Mark was listed as head of household in the census of 2 April 1911 in Drayton, St Leonard, Walliford, Berkshire, England, Mark was an engineering student living in his home of nine roomed home. He had a fellow student staying with him called Noel Mellor and one servant looking after them.⁵ He married Mary Coryndon Greathead, daughter of James Henry Greathead and Blanche Emily Caldecott Coryndon, on 4 April 1916 in St Peters, Cranley Gardens, Kensington, London, England, after the banns had been read. The ceremony was witnessed by Basil Mott, EAE Harelock, AM Aythum and Rosa Dick-Excader. Mark was a Lieutenant in the RFA and gave his address as 10 Arkwright Road, Hampstead. Mary gave her address as 15 Selwood Place, Onslow Gardens. Both their fathers had been engineers.^6,7,8 Mark was wounded and disabled on the Somme within months of his marriage.⁹ He married Martha Lewis Willis in 1936 in Kensington, London, England.¹⁰ He died in 1975 in Lancashire, England.¹¹

     Frances Eliza Halse was born on 29 August 1846.² She was the daughter of Henry James Halse and Ann Lydia Poultney. She married Herbert Harding Greathead, son of James Henry Greathead and Eliza Julia Wright, on 15 April 1871 in Herschel, Cape Town, South Africa, (or 1876).^1,2 She died in 1895 in South Africa.²

     James Henry Horatio Greathead was born on 31 January 1877 in Grahamstown, Cape Town, South Africa.^1,2,3 He was the son of Herbert Harding Greathead and Frances Eliza Halse. James was always called Horace.³ Horace attended St Andrews College in Grahamstown and then went on to study for a medical career, however he had to give up his studies because of damage to his eye sight. He then went into the mining industry in Johannesburg as a Compound Manager.³ He married Helen Douglas Huntly, daughter of Hugh Campbell Huntly and Maria Louisa Pohl, on 16 June 1906 in Cape Province, South Africa.^2,3 In 1913 Helen had a very bad attack of pneumonia and Horace was advised to go to a warmer climate and so in 1914 the family moved to Southern Rhodesia where Horace went onto a mine outside Bindura as Cyanide Manager where he worked until 1916. After leaving the mine Horace went into partnership in the purchase of a farm, with a Mr Hagelthorne, a Bank Manager. Horace was to manage the farm called Hereford. There were no buildings on the farm so while Horace was building the brick house Helen together with Phyllis, Eileen and baby Guy stayed with Helen's brother Norman on his farm near Bindura. Her elder son stayed with Horace on the farm in a couple of temporary huts until in 1917 when the brick house was ready and all the family moved onto "Hereford".³ While Horace worked on the mine schooling for his children was not easy. They had a Governess Myrtle Holmes who later married their Mother's brother Norman.

When the family moved to Hereford there was first Mrs Gough and later Miss Austen for a short time, after that Phyllis and Eileen went to High School in Salisbury and Ken during 1922-23 attended Prince Edwards School. As the farm was five miles from the railway siding where they caught the train to Salisbury, Horace took the girls in the pony trap and Ken rode his horse "Baron"

After the flax crash Ken went to Mrs Norval's private school as a weekly boarder and the girls stayed at the High School where they finnished their education. Ken stayed at Mrs Norvals for a year and then went to Matopa's Agricultural College near Bullewayo in 1924, leaving in June 1925 when he was fourteen years old much against his mother's wishes.³ During the flax boom of 1919-21 Horace invested, like so many, in a venture in Kenya which was a disaster and he lost most of his money. He was forced to sell "Hereford" in 1922 and go back to mining.

Unfortunately Horace was involved in an accident on the mine but he never fully recovered following an operation in Salisbury from which he never recovered.³ He died on 20 September 1924 in South Africa aged 47 Horace’s tragic, untimely death made life very difficult for the family, especially Helen and young Ken who left school early as a 14 year old in order to work to ease the family’s financial burden.^1,2,3

     Herbert William Harding Greathead was born in June 1878.¹ He was the son of Herbert Harding Greathead and Frances Eliza Halse. He died on 20 September 1882 in Grahamstown, Cape Town, South Africa, aged 4 his death appeared in the Grahamstown Journal 20 Sep 1882 p2 col 5.¹

     Arthur Clifton Robinson Greathead married Susan Johnson. He was born on 6 December 1880 in Aliwal North, Cape Town, South Africa.^1,2,3 He was the son of Herbert Harding Greathead and Frances Eliza Halse. He died on 25 January 1949 in Scottburgh, Transvaal, South Africa, aged 68.^3,1

     Susan Johnson married Arthur Clifton Robinson Greathead, son of Herbert Harding Greathead and Frances Eliza Halse.

     Cecil Arthur Greathead married Thelma Cross. He was born on 8 July 1916.³ He was the son of Arthur Clifton Robinson Greathead and Susan Johnson.

     Muriel Gwendoline Millar Greathead was the daughter of Cecil Arthur Greathead and Thelma Cross.