Eastern Cape, VICTORIA EAST district, Rural (farm cemeteries) / Eastern Cape, VICTORIA EAST district, Douglas Vale 96, Douglasdale, Chumie (Gwali) Mission / (9 of 9 images)
Cemetery / Memorials information:- Chumie was established in 1820 by Reverend John Brownlee, as a station of for the Glasgow Missionary Society. The village which grew up about it was subsequently named Emgwali, takes its name from the Gwali River, a tributary of the Tyumie River. Also known as Tyumie Post and Chumie Mission. In 1827 two missionaries and two 'mechanics' (to teach manual work) were sent out to the station. The missionaries were James McLACHLAN & William CHALMERS while the mechanics were James WEIR and Alexander McDIARMID. Three of the men brought their wives, while James WEIR was accompanied by his mother Janet. Album complete at the time of photographing. eGGSA captions by: Fern Swales The GGSA Cemetery DVD/ Cemetery Transcript Project only has information on the cemetery location. Cemetery ID: 7584 Google Earth Cemetery Initiative Information:- GPSID: 9129 GPS: -32 40.925, 26 51.070
WEIR Janet
WEIR Janet nee PETTIGREW married to James WEIR
(source: https://www.geni.com/people/Janet-Weir/6000000022439858081)
Janet, a nursing sister and a strong character, arrived at Port Elizabeth from Scotland in 1827 and travelled to Lovedale, where James (her son, born 1798) took up an appointment as missionary craftsman.
After her son married Margaret Wilson, she felt that she should not be a burden on the young couple and decided to move to Grahamstown. But, she had become so endeared to the (natives) locals through her work as a nursing sister that they were loath to let her go - so much so that they removed the wheels from all the wagons and hid them in the bush. Only some two weeks later were they persuaded to produce the wheels. At this time, she was living with her son and daughter-in-law in the Woburn area of the Alice district where James was stationed.
contributed by: Robert Speirs
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