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     Edith Florine Phil(l)ips was born about 1863 in Cape Colony, South Africa.³ She married Octavius Ernest Greathead, son of James Henry Greathead and Eliza Julia Wright, on 23 February 1884 in Aliwal North, Cape Town, South Africa.^1,4 In the census of 31 March 1901 in Vellore, St Mary Church, Torquay, Devon, England, she was listed as a widow staying as a visitor with Elinor Harding and her sister Lucy. All living on their own means.⁵

     Patricia Joan Roberts was born on 30 June 1936.² She was the daughter of Clifford Stilwell Roberts and Kathleen Joan Mallett. She married James Graham Robinson Greathead, son of Walter Robinson Greathead and Joan Eagle, on 5 December 1956 in Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.¹ Patricia died on 24 November 2011 aged 75.³

     Gerald Ernest Greathead was born on 6 May 1887 in South Africa he was a British Subject.^2,1,3 He was the son of Octavius Ernest Greathead and Edith Florine Phil(l)ips. He was baptised on 11 June 1887 in Grahamstown, Cape Town, South Africa, by M Norton. The ceremony was witnessed by D C R Greathead, S S Phillips adn E S Phillips.⁴ In the census of 31 March 1901 in Kings College, Taunton, Somerset, England, he was listed as a pupil boarder.⁵ He married Johanna Ewildena Brandt.^6,7 He was on the mines at Boksburg in the Transvaal.²

     Johanna Ewildena Brandt married Gerald Ernest Greathead, son of Octavius Ernest Greathead and Edith Florine Phil(l)ips.^5,6

     Winifred May Greathead was born on 7 June 1888 in South Africa.^1,2,3 She was the daughter of Octavius Ernest Greathead and Edith Florine Phil(l)ips. In the census of 31 March 1901 in 2 Greenback Terrace, Plymouth, Devon, England, she was listed as the boarder student together with her sister Edith. Alice, the wife of the head of the household was aschoolmistress.³ Winifred died in 1904 in Woking, Surrey, England.^1,2,4,3

     George Alfred Greathead was born on 1 September 1861 in Norfolk Villas, London, England.^1,2,3,4,5 He was the son of James Henry Greathead and Eliza Julia Wright. He was baptised on 20 September 1861 in St Peter, Cranley Gardens, Kensington, London, England, his address was 11 Norfolk Villas and his father described as a Merchant.⁵ He married Florence Plewman, daughter of Charles Plewman and Mary Bowler, in 1890 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, 2nd husband.^6,1 He was a Colonial in the Civil Service and a land Surveyor, having an extensive practice at Rustenburg.^1,7 In the census of 5 April 1891 in Upland Tavern, Crystal Palace Road, Camberwell, London, England, he was listed as the servant and barman.⁸ George died on 31 May 1928 in Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa, aged 66.^1,9

     Florence Plewman was the daughter of Charles Plewman and Mary Bowler. She married Walter Schoch 1st husband. She married George Alfred Greathead, son of James Henry Greathead and Eliza Julia Wright, in 1890 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, 2nd husband.^3,1

     Rosa Greathead was born in 1904.¹ She was the daughter of George Alfred Greathead and Florence Plewman. She married Eric Anton Melzer on 18 February 1933 in St Andrew Presbyterian Church, Pretoria, South Africa.²

     Henry George Greathead was born on 26 January 1906.¹ He was the son of George Alfred Greathead and Florence Plewman. He was a Mining Overseer.

     Olive Schoch Greathead was the daughter of George Alfred Greathead and Florence Plewman. She married A Phillips.

     A Phillips was Standard Bank, Kroonstadt. He married Olive Schoch Greathead, daughter of George Alfred Greathead and Florence Plewman.

     Sophie Alice Rundle was born in 1863.¹ She married George Henry Robinson, son of Daniel George Robinson and Jane Amelia Graham, on 9 August 1881 in Monghyr, Bengal, India, 2nd wife.¹ Sophie died in 1905.¹

     Alice Marion Robinson was born about 1884 in India.^1,2 She was the daughter of George Henry Robinson and Sophie Alice Rundle. She was baptised on 4 February 1884 in Kapoorthala, India.²

     Emily was the second daughter and seventh child. Her earliest memory was of watching the funeral courtage of her brother Herbert (1st child) born 1857 died 1872 with her mother, as women did not go to burials in those days. Herbert was kicked in the head by a horse in 1867 he had a silver plate screwed over the hole. In 1872 he was kicked again in the head and died.³ Emily Elizabeth Stanton was born on 24 August 1870 in King Williams Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Emily was brought into the world by her father in an ox wagon. The black midwife arrived late, this was known as Kafreria.

When she ws two months old, herparents after wrapping her in blankets, fled with her when plundering tribesmen set fire to their farmhouse.^1,2,3 She was the daughter of John Stanton and Charlotte Whittle. She married Henry Percival Greathead, son of William Wright Greathead and Emily Jane Halse, 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 Her husband Henry died on 31 October 1930 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, aged 63 and Emily shouldered the responsibilty of carrying on the farm and rearing the children.² Emily celebrated her 100th birthday with a family party. She was still getting up at 5 o'clock every Friday when she travelled to Nelspruit to visit the morning market and doing her weekly shopping.⁴ She died in August 1975 in Barclays Vale (Barvale), Nelspruit, Transvaal, South Africa, The newspaper article about her death stated she had been in bed with influenza but seem to recovering when she became ill again. She died of pneumonia on the farm near King William's Town.^1,2,5,6

     John Stanton was born in Fort Beaufort, Cape Town, South Africa.² He was a trader and transporter in Basutoland. he traded with Chief Johnathan. He married Charlotte Whittle. John was buried in Heros half acre (50 metres from the main gate), Pretoria, South Africa.² John was descended from 1820 settler. He formed "Stanton Horse" to fight Basutos in the Bashuto War.²

     Charlotte Whittle was born in 1836 in England.³ Charlotte arrived in South Africa in 1844, was carried off the boat on the shoulders of a black man in Port Elizabeth as there was no harbour.³ She married John Stanton. Charlotte died in 1935.³

     Dorothy Charlotte Greathead was born on 25 June 1891 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.^1,2 She was the daughter of Henry Percival Greathead and Emily Elizabeth Stanton. She married James Merriman Greathead, son of Dr John Baldwin Smithson Greathead M.B.Edin.,M.R.C.S., London and Esther Louisa Merriman, on 18 September 1915 in Addo, Cape Town, South Africa, Shortly after his marriage James went off to England to join the engineers in the English Army at Aldershot. He then went to the front and built bridges, for which he won the Military Cross. Dorothy also went to England and became a land girl in Swanley Kent. She also attended a course at the Royal School of Needlework and made a beautiful christening robe in readiness for the family she hoped for.^1,2,4 James and Dorothy sailed on 13 February 1919 from Liverpool aboard SS Kenilworth Castle for Cape, South Africa. James was described as a civil engineer.⁵ Her husband James died on 13 July 1965 in White River, Transvaal, South Africa, aged 80.^1,2,3 Dorothy died on 15 March 1974 in Natal, Durban, South Africa, aged 82.^1,2

     Percival Wright Greathead was born on 30 August 1904 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.^1,2 He was the son of Henry Percival Greathead and Emily Elizabeth Stanton. Percy visited Dallas in USA and was the guest of John T Orr President of Texas Farm Bureau. He spoke about South Africa rapidly developing into a cotton producing country. His visit was recorded in the Dallas Morning News of 1 October 1924. He took back to South Africa ten pounds of two different grades of Texas cotton seed.³ Percival travelled on the ship Tahiti leaving Sydney, Australia, arriving in San Francisco in April 1929 on bound for Nelspruit.⁴ He married Atherlie Beryl Broster, daughter of Athol Gordon Broster and Margaret Keen Gibson, on 7 August 1935 in Knysna, Cape Province, South Africa.⁵ He was a farmer and factory owner. Percival died on 8 March 1982 in Knysna, Cape Province, South Africa, aged 77.⁵ His body was cremated and his ashes scattered in the in Crocodile River, Barclay Vale, Transvaal, South Africa.⁵ Margaret Elizabeth Ogilvie née Greathead wrote: My father PERCIVAL WRIGHT (BUNNY) GREATHEAD was a remarkable man. In spite of the fact that he was dyslexic at a time when no-one even knew the word, and was blind in one eye, due to a childhood accident, his achievements were many and varied. He studied citrus at UCLA in California and was a pioneer of insecticide spraying of citrus in South Africa. At the age of 21 he was appointed as a director of the Citrus Exchange - a post he held for 43 years. In 1943 he was recalled from Egypt by Colonel Denys Reitz in order to produce vegetables for the troops. These did not often reach the ships which had been diverted, so in 1943 he solved the problem by starting a dehydration factory to preserve the
vegetables. In 1954 he started a tomato processing factory at Hoedspruit to supply the fish canners on the West coast with tomato paste. He had an uncanny ability to draw contours without using a Theodolite and was an ingenious designer of machinery, without the benefit of an engineering training. He was the first agri-businessman to promote black people to management positions during the height of the apartheid years. His recognition as a humanitarian was finally acknowledged in the early 1960's when he was inaugurated as a Chief of the area in which we lived by two tribes - the Shangaans and the Swazis. This high honour was endorsed by King Sabuza the Second of Swaziland. In spite of all his amazing abilities, he was a modest man who loved his family and was in turn loved and admired by thousands. He was a keen member of the MOTHS - I quote from the June 1982 edition of "The Natal Link" - "Bunny was a great guy - quiet and unassuming, he had the soul of a giant and a heart almost too big for his body." He retired to Knysna in 1978 after recovering from a severe stroke and died there on 8 March 1982. His body was cremated and his ashes scattered in the Crocodile River. There were about a thousand people present to take their last farewell of their Chief, at a very moving and beautiful ceremony.⁵

     Joyce Greathead was born on 10 August 1909 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.² She was the daughter of Henry Percival Greathead and Emily Elizabeth Stanton. She married Halley Harwin Stott on 4 August 1934 in Natal, Durban, South Africa.^3,4 Joyce died in 2000.³

     William Joseph Wayland was born on 17 February 1868.² He was the son of Edwin Poyntz Wayland and Maria Rorke. William died on 17 November 1944 in Hermanus Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, aged 76.²

     Mildred Wayland was the daughter of William Joseph Wayland and Emily Constance Greathead.

     Charles Howard Erskine was born in 1871.⁴ He married Charlotte Mildred Greathead, daughter of William Wright Greathead and Emily Jane Halse, on 30 July 1901 in Burghersdorp, Cape Town, South Africa.^3,5,6 Charles died in November 1918.¹

     Jess Barger was born in 1905.³ He married Charlotte Mildred Greathead, daughter of William Wright Greathead and Emily Jane Halse, in 1921.² Jess died in 1932.³

     George Erskine's uncle was a Captain in the British Army, he went to Ethiopia in 1918. George ended up as a General and Ambasador. George Erskine was at St Andrews College with PWG. During the 1918 flu (aged 13) he caught a train to Bulawayo and then walked 100 miles through the bush to his family's farm, to find that his father had died a few days earlier.¹ George St Vincent Erskine was born in 1905.¹ He was the son of Charles Howard Erskine and Charlotte Mildred Greathead. He married Ruth Nelson Ruth was George's first wife. He married Hue Thi Do Hue was George's second wife. George died in October 2003.¹