Livingstone Relations. Moffat 2: Mary's Siblings.
compiled by Steve Wilson,
last updated January 22, 2008.
Back to Wilson's Family History.Mary Moffat was the wife of
David Livingstone.
She was one of ten children. Two died in infancy, and one never married.
The families of the other six siblings are listed here.
James Vavasseur & Helen Moffat
- James (b. 1822, London)
- Helen, dau. of Robert Moffat & Mary
Smith
(b. 1829, Kuruman)
- 1847, m. England
- 1849, son James Moffat Vavasseur b. [d. 1851]
- 1850, dau. Helen Vavasseur b. London, Middlesex, England [m. H. Mannhardt
1878]
- 1852, son Ernest Vavasseur b.
- 1855, dau. Gertrude Vavasseur b. Camberwell, Surrey, England
[d. 1928]
- 1857, dau. Edith Vavasseur b. [d. 1878]
- 1863, dau. Clara Vavasseur b. Epsom, Surrey, England
[d. 1940]
- 1865, son Robert Vavasseur b. Knockholt, Kent, England
[d. 1896, Rhodesia]
- 1868, dau. Hilda Vavasseur b. Knockholt, Kent, England [m.
Robert
Moffat 1899]
- 29 Apr. 1902, Helen Vavasseur d. Knockholt, Kent, England
- July 1906, James Vavasseur d. Knockholt, Kent, England
- Census Records:
- 1871, Knockholt, Kent (res. Knockholt House, Bromley, James
Vavasseur 48 silk manufacturer Stepney, Helen 41 Kuruman, Clara 7
Epsom, Robert 5 Knockholt, Hilda 2 Knockholt, servant Eliza Fairborn 50
cook Battersea)
- 1881, Knockholt, Kent (res. Single X Rd., James
Vavasseur 58 silk
manufacturer London, Helen 52 Kuruman, Gertrude 26 Camberwell, servant
Frances Lewis wd 76 Westminster, servant Elizth Haworth 14
domestic Westminster,
visitor Lucy Moor 16 Gallas Africa)
- 1891, Knockholt, Kent (res. Knockholt House, James
Vavasseur mar 68 silk manufacturer London, Gertrude 36 Camberwell, Clara E
24 Epsom, svt Elizabeth W 30 cook Roxburgh, svt Eliza E Gill 19 London,
svt Sarah C Calcott mar 27 charwoman Chelsea)
- 1901, Knockholt, Kent (res. Knockholt House, James
Vavasseur 78 silk merchant Bethnal Green, Helen 72 S Africa, Gertrude 46
Camberwell, svt Rose E Piper 17 cook Great Bardfield, svt Francis C
Berry 16 housemaid Greenwich)
- Unmarried children:
- 1861, Kensington, Middlesex (res. Addison House, Helen M
Vavasseur 10 London, pupil at Hannah Kidd)
- 1881, Oxford St. Giles, Oxford (res. 26 Norham Gardens, Clare E
Vavasseur 17
scholar Epsom, Hilda 12 scholar Knockholt, boarders with Emily O Reynolds)
- 1881, Westminster St. Margaret, London (res. Westminster College, Robert
Vavasseur 15 scholar Knockholt)
James Vavasseur was a merchant in Knockholt. When her father returned to
Africa in 1843, Helen remained in England for school.
(Sources:
AF, C1861E, C1871E, C1881E, C1891E, C1901E, IGI, Northcott, Schapera)
Jean Fredoux & Ann Moffat
- Jean (b. 15 Mar. 1823, France)
- Ann, dau. of Robert Moffat & Mary Smith (b. 1823,
Lattakoo)
- 12 Sep. 1850, m. Kuruman, Bechuanaland (now South Africa)
- 6 Aug. 1851, son Theophilus John Fredoux b. Kuruman, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa) [m. Mary Mason 1907]
- 16 Feb. 1853, son Samuel Robert Fredoux b. Kuruman, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa) [m. Maria Peake 1879]
- 25 Dec. 1854, dau. Marie Anne Fredoux b. Motito, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa)
- 29 Oct. 1856, dau. Elizabeth Jane Fredoux b. Motito, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa)
- 24 July 1858, son Benjamin Adolphe Fredoux b. Motito, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa) [m. Louisa Murray 1893]
- 27 July 1860, son Ernest Andrew Fredoux b. Motito, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa)
- 28 May 1863, dau. Agnes Martha Fredoux b. Motito, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa) [m. George Peake 1896]
- 27 Mar. 1866, Jean Fredoux d. Morokweng, Bechuanaland (now South
Africa)
- 14 Aug. 1893, Ann Fredoux d. Warrington, Cheshire, England
- Census Records:
- 1871, Gravesend, Kent (res. 48 Parrock St., Ann Fridoux
wd 48 Kuruman)
- 1881, Gravesend, Kent (res. 113 Windmill St., Ann
Fredoric wd 58
S Africa, lodger at Emma Shrubsole)
- 1891, Gravesend, Kent (res. 9 Ch Ch Rd, Ann Fredoux
wd 68 Kuruman, Elizabeth J 34 Motito, Benjamin A 32 warehouseman Motito)
- Unmarried children:
- 1871, Woodford, Essex (res. Walthamstow, Theophilus
Fredoux 19 warehouseman S Africa, lodger at Thomas W Swan)
- 1871, Woodford, Essex (res. Boarding School 314, Smiths
Villa, pupil Samuel R Fredout 18 Kuruman)
- 1871, Woodford, Essex (res. Walthamstow, Maria Fredows
16 S Africa, Elizabeth Fredoux 14 S Africa, Agnes 7 S Africa, pupils at
Sarah le Joomer)
- 1871, Lee, Kent (res. Missionary School, West Kent,
Benjamin A Fredoux 12 S Africa, Ernest A E 10 S Africa, pupils at
Edward J Chinnock)
- 1881, Brighton, Sussex (res. 4 Burlington St., Ellen
Unwin 46 Chertsey, boarder Mary
Ann Fredoars 26 school teacher Africa, servant Lucy Smithers
20 servant Cuckfield, lodger Marie E Duhamel 33 Mauritius, lodger Marie
A Jouains 32 Mauritius)
- 1881, Hulme, Lancashire (res. 80 Welcomb St.,
Benjamin Fridoux 22 warehouseman Africa, lodger at Thomas Topping)
- 1881, Edinburgh, Midlothian (res. 4 W. Adam St., Ernest Andre
Fridoux 20
Bechuanaland, with John Wilson)
Jean Fredoux was commended by the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society, and arrived at Motito
(now called Bothithong) in 1845.
(Sources:
AF, C1871E, C1881E, C1881S, C1891E, IGI, MoffatJ, Northcott, Schapera)
Robert Moffat & Ellen Platt
- Robert, son of Robert Moffat & Mary Smith (b.
1827, Kuruman)
- Ellen, dau. of James Platt (b. 5 Sep. 1823, Saddleworth,
Yorkshire)
- 4 June 1851, m. Natal, South Africa
- 23 July 1852, son Robert Moffat b. Kuruman, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa) [d. May 1873, between Bagamoyo and Unyanyembe, East Africa
(now Tanzania)]
- 2 July 1854, son Hamilton Moffat b. Colesburg, Cape Colony, South Africa
- 11 Dec. 1858, dau. Ellen Eisdell Moffat b. Kuruman, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa) [m. Hans George Puttkamer 1900]
- 7 Dec. 1860, dau. Isabella Robertson Moffat b. Kuruman, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa) [d. 1886, Isipingo, Natal]
- 16 Nov. 1862, son Richard Moffat b. Durban, Natal, South Africa [m.
Alice Macleod 1892]
- 6 Aug. 1862, Robert Moffat d. Mangeeri, South Africa
- 5 Sep. 1891, Ellen Moffat d. Isipingo, Natal, South Africa
When his father returned to Africa in 1843, Robert remained at school in
England, and later studied at Glasgow College. He returned to Africa in January, 1848. He was appointed surveyor for the Land Commission in the Orange River Sovereignty in 1848 and 1849. He was at Griquatown by 1850, at Harrismith during the next year, and at Little Namaqualand by 1856.
(Sources: AF, IGI, Long, MoffatJ, Northcott,
Schapera, Seaver)
John Smith Moffat & Emily Unwin
- John, son of Robert Moffat & Mary Smith (b.
1835, Kuruman)
- Emily, dau. of Jonah Unwin (b. 29 June 1831, Brighton)
- 15 Feb. 1858, m. Brighton, Sussex, England
- c. Nov. 1858, son Unwin Moffat b. Beaufort West, Cape Colony, South Africa [d.
c. Mar. 1859, Kuruman]
- 15 Apr. 1860, son Livingstone Moffat b. Inyati, Matabeleland (now
Zimbabwe) [m. Minnie Pringle 1890, m.
Janet
Forbes]
- 2 Feb. 1862, dau. Mary Meta Moffat b. Inyati, Matabeleland (now
Zimbabwe) [m. James Loosley 1897]
- 10 Feb. 1863, son John Bruce Moffat b. Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South
Africa [m. Agnes Pringle 1891]
- 11 Nov. 1864, dau. Emily Ruth Moffat b. Inyati, Matabeleland (now
Zimbabwe) [m. Clarkson Tredgold 1894]
- Apr. 1866, son Robert Unwin Moffat b. Kuruman, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa) [m. Hilda Vavasseur 1899, m.
Alice
Loeffler]
- 1867, dau. Katherine Elizabeth Moffat b.
- 1867, dau. Margaret Jane Moffat b.
- 3 Jan. 1869, son Howard Unwin Moffat b. Kuruman, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa) [m. Marion Meikle 1903]
- 15 Jan. 1870, son Malcolm Moffat b. Kuruman, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa) [m. Maria Jackson 1900]
- 20 May 1871, son Henry Alford Moffat b. Kuruman, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa) [m. Ada Heath 1900]
- 21 July 1902, Emily Moffat d. Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa
- 25 Dec. 1918, John Moffat d. Mowbray, Cape Province, South Africa (bur.
Mowbray)
John Smith Moffat went to school at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1850. He then worked as a missionary, and in 1880 turned to government service. He also was the author of the biography of his parents, titled The Lives of Robert and Mary Moffat.
(Sources: AF, IGI, MoffatJ,
MoffatRU,
Northcott, Schapera, Wallis)
Roger Price & Isabella Slater
- Roger, son of Roger Price & Jane Davies (b. 1834, Merthyr Cynog, Powys)
- Isabella, dau. of Martin Slater & Elizabeth Connaber (b.
7 Apr. 1830, Wootten Bassett, Wiltshire)
- 6 Apr. 1858, m.
Plymouth, Devon, England (Emma Place
Chapel, Stonehouse)
- 30 Sep. 1859, dau. Eliza Price b. Lotlhakana, Bechuanaland
(now Botswana, bap. 27 Nov., Baba's Kraal) [d. 9 Mar. 1860, Linyanti, Makolololand (now in
the Caprivi Strip of Namibia)]
- 5 July 1860, Isabella Price d. Mababe Plain, Kalahari Desert (now
Botswana)
Roger Price & Elizabeth Lees Moffat
- Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Moffat & Mary
Smith (b. 1839, Table Bay)
- 22 Oct. 1861, m. Kuruman, Bechuanaland (now South Africa)
- 30 July 1862, son Moffat Price b. Shoshong, Bechuanaland (now
Botswana) [d. 14 Mar. 1863, Kuruman]
- 29 Aug. 1863, son Evan Moffat Price b. Shoshong, Bechuanaland (now
Botswana) [d. 28 July 1864, Shoshong]
- 23 Dec. 1864, son Roger Price b. Shoshong, Bechuanaland (now
Botswana) [m. Ethel Johnston by 1899]
- 22 Apr. 1866, dau. Isabella Mary Price b. Kuruman, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa) [m. Frank Henson by 1900]
- 21 July 1867, dau. Jean Price b. Molepolole, Bechuanaland (now
Botswana) [d. 1937, Johannesburg, m. John Ashburnham]
- 19 Dec. 1868, dau. Elizabeth Price b. Kuruman, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa) [d. 3 Sep. 1947, Simonstown, South Africa, m. George Beare]
- 9 May 1870, dau. Mary Price b. Molepolole, Bechuanaland (now
Botswana) [d. 10 Feb. 1877, Henley-on-Thames]
- 5 May 1872, dau. Daisy Price b. Molepolole, Bechuanaland (now
Botswana) [d. 30 Aug. 1948, London Colney, St. Albans]
- 20 Mar. 1874, dau. Helen Price b. Kuruman, Bechuanaland (now
South Africa) [d. 29 Oct. 1951, London Colney, St. Albans]
- 4 May 1876, son Thomas Livingstone Price b. Brixton, London, Middlesex, England [d.
8 Dec. 1899, Caracas, Venezuela]
- 5 Sep. 1877, son Slater Price b. Henley-on-Thames, Oxford, England [d.
9 Aug. 1888, Bexhill, Sussex]
- 5 Aug. 1879, dau. Christian Wallace Price b. Molepolole, Bechuanaland (now
Botswana) [d. 29 Dec. 1949, Cape Town]
- 29 July 1881, son James Baldwin Brown Price b. Molepolole, Bechuanaland (now
Botswana) [d. 12 Aug. 1907, Johannesburg]
- 12 Sep. 1883, son Robert Moffat Price b. Molepolole, Bechuanaland (now
Botswana) [d. 18 Jan. 1953, m. Dai Porter]
- 21 Jan. 1900, Roger Price d. Kuruman, Bechuanaland (now South
Africa)
- 9 May 1919, Elizabeth Price d. Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
- Unmarried children:
- 1881, Hastings Holy Trinity, Sussex (res. University
School, Holmesdale Gardens, Roger Price 16 scholar Shoshong, boarder at
John Stewart)
- 1881, Camberwell, Surrey (res. Pelican House School,
Isabella M Price 14 scholar S Africa, Jane 13 scholar S Africa, Bessie
12 scholar S Africa, boarders at Charlotte F Dixie)
Roger Price was a missionary in South Africa. He was one of the survivors of the ill-fated Makololo mission in 1859-60, though he lost his first wife and child. His second wife, Bessie, went to school in England during 1847-54.
(Sources: C1881E, IGI, Long, Northcott,
Slater, Smith2)
Samuel Robert Fredoux & Maria D. Peake
- Samuel, son of Jean Fredoux & Ann Moffat
(b. 1853, Kuruman)
- Maria (b. c. 1842, Burnham, Somerset)
- 1879, m. Liverpool, Lancashire, England
- Census Records:
- 1881, Toxteth Park, Lancashire (res. 100 Warwick
St., Samuel Fredsux 38 ship steward Africa, boarder at Thomas Hudson)
- 1891, Thelwall, Cheshire (res. Waste Lane, Samuel
Fredoux mar 37 salesman S Africa, boarder Daniel Davies 42
shipwright Cardigan)
- 1891, Warrington, Lancashire (res. Giford Cottage, Maria D
Fredoux mar 54 Burnham, visitor at Thomas Corbett)
- 1901, Thelwall, Cheshire (res. Waste Lane, Samuel
Fredoux 48 hawker S Africa, Maria 59 Burnham)
(Sources: C1881E, C1891E, C1901E)
Livingstone Moffat & Minnie Pringle
- Livingstone, son of John Moffat & Emily Unwin (b.
1860, Inyati)
- 15 Oct. 1890, m. Bedford, Cape Colony, South Africa
- dau. Doris Moffat b.
- dau. Winifred Moffat b.
Livingstone Moffat & Janet Forbes
- 1942, Livingstone Moffat d.
Livingstone Moffat was a farmer at Tarkastad in the Cape Province.
(Sources:
AF, IGI, Northcott)
John Bruce Moffat & Agnes Pringle
- John, son of John Moffat & Emily Unwin (b.
1863, Bloemfontein)
- Agnes (b. 1859)
- 16 Apr. 1891, m. Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa
- 6 Mar. 1892, dau. Janet Bruce Moffat b. Cape Town, Cape Colony,
South Africa [d. 1906]
- 9 Apr. 1894, dau. Elspeth Bruce Moffat b. Cape Town, Cape Colony,
South Africa [m. Pieter Oberholster 1931]
- 1903, dau. Lesley Bruce Moffat b. [m. Alec
Ferguson 1932]
- 16 Jan. 1919, John Moffat d.
- 1923, Agnes Moffat d.
John Bruce Moffat entered government service, becoming the Chief Magistrate of Transkei in 1916.
(Sources: AF, IGI, Northcott)
Richard Moffat & Alice Sophia Susannah
Macleod
- Richard, son of Robert Moffat & Ellen Platt (b.
1862, Durban)
- Alice, dau. of Ernest Biddulph & Emma Spicer (b. 25
Dec. 1859, Bathurst, Cape Colony)
- 21 Sep. 1892, m. Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
- 1894, son Robert Moffat b. [m. Alice Wienand]
- 1948, Alice Moffat d.
- 1953, Richard Moffat d.
Richard Moffat became a miner on the Rand in South Africa.
(Sources:
AF, IGI, Northcott)
Benjamin Adolphe Fredoux & Louisa Murray
(Sources: )
Clarkson Henry Tredgold & Emily Ruth Moffat
- Clarkson, son of Clarkson Tredgold (b. 1865)
- Emily, dau. of John Moffat & Emily
Unwin
(b. 1864, Inyati, Matabeleland)
- 3 Dec. 1894, m. Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa
- 21 July 1895, son John Clarkson Tredgold b. Cape Town, Cape
Colony, South Africa [d. 12 Apr. 1917, mem. Arras,
France, 2nd Lt. 3rd Bn. attd. 11th Bn., Royal Scots]
- 28 Sep. 1896, dau. Helen Tredgold b. Cape Town, Cape Colony, South
Africa [m. A. B. Shaw]
- 2 June 1899, son Robert Clarkson Tredgold b. Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now
Zimbabwe) [m. Lorna Kielor 1925]
- 9 Aug. 1902, son Alan Tredgold b. Bulawayo, Rhodesia
[m. Zenith Richardson 1932]
- 1905, dau. Barbara Tredgold b. England
- 1938, Clarkson Tredgold d.
- 1941, Emily Tredgold d. Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Clarkson Tredgold was a lawyer in Cape Town and Bulawayo. He also became an Attorney-General in Rhodesia.
(Sources: AF, CWGC, IGI, Northcott,
Tredgold)
George Henry Peake & Agnes Martha Fredoux
- George, son of Philip Peake & Emilie Scheiterberg (b. 1870, Antananarivo, Madagascar)
- Agnes, dau. of Jean Fredoux & Ann Moffat (b. 1863, Motito, South Africa)
- 20 June 1896, m. Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa
- 16 Dec. 1897, son Bruce Moffat Peake b. Madagascar
- 14 May 1899, dau. Ethelwyn May Peake b. Madagascar
[m. T. Crowley]
- 14 June 1900, dau. Muriel Agnes Peake b. Madagascar
[m. J. Mackay]
- 16 Dec. 1901, son Howard Livingstone Peake b. Suffolk, England
- 29 Nov. 1903, son Frank George Gardiner Peake b. Birmingham,
Warwick, England
- 1950, Agnes Peake d.
George Henry Peake served with the London Missionary Society in 1893, and
served in Madagascar. His father, Philip George Peake, served with the LMS
in Madagascar from 1870 until 1909.
(Sources: AF, Northcott, PeakeA, PRF)
James S. Loosley & Mary Meta Moffat
- James (b. 1863)
- Mary, dau. of John Moffat & Emily
Unwin
(b. 1862, Inyati)
- 18 Mar. 1897, m. Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa
- son Edwin Livingstone Loosley b.
- 1951, James Loosley d.
- 1954, Mary Loosley d.
James Loosley was a Bechuanaland trader. He settled in Mafeking.
(Sources:
AF, IGI, Northcott)
Roger Price & Ethel Johnston
- Roger, son of Roger Price & Elizabeth Moffat (b. 1864,
Shoshong)
- 1899, dau. Hilda Price b. [m. J. Kidger by
1930]
- 1936, Roger Price d. Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
(Sources: Northcott)
Robert Unwin Moffat & Hilda Vavasseur
Robert Unwin Moffat & Alice C. Loeffler
- 1925, m.
- 1947, Robert Moffat d.
Robert Unwin Moffat practiced medicine in Uganda. He also was the author of the biography of his father, titled John Smith Moffat, A Memoir.
(Sources: AF, IGI, MoffatRU, Northcott)
Frank Henson & Isabella Mary Price
- Isabella, dau. of Roger Price & Elizabeth Moffat (b. 1866,
Kuruman)
- 1900, dau. Jane Henson b.
- 1902, son Frank Henson b.
- 1907, Frank Henson d.
- 1945, Isabella Henson d. Ashford, Kent, England
(Sources: Northcott)
Henry Alford Moffat & Ada Heath
- Henry, son of John Moffat & Emily Unwin (b.
1871, Kuruman)
- Ada (b. c. 1879, South Africa)
- 14 May 1900, m. Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
- 1945, Ada Moffat d.
- 1953, Henry Moffat d.
Henry Alford Moffat was a surgeon in Cape Town.
(Sources:
AF, IGI, Northcott)
Malcolm Moffat & Maria Martha Jackson
- Malcolm, son of John Moffat & Emily Unwin (b.
1870, Kuruman)
- Maria (b. 1868)
- 29 Dec. 1900, m. Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa
- 24 Sep. 1901, son Unwin Jackson Moffat b. Mkondowe, Nyasaland
(now
Malawi) [m. Sheila Townsend 1930]
- 1905, son John Smith Moffat b. [m. Margaret
Prentice 1930]
- 1908, son Robert Laws Moffat b. [m. Margaret
Hamilton 1939]
- 1939, Malcolm Moffat d.
- 1953, Maria Moffat d.
Malcolm Moffat was a missionary of the Church of Scotland at Chitambo, in Northern Rhodesia.
(Sources: AF, IGI, Northcott, PRF)
Howard Unwin Moffat & Marion Meikle
- Howard, son of John Moffat & Emily Unwin (b.
1869, Kuruman)
- Marion (b. 1881, Natal)
- 1903, m. Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
- 1904, son Robert Livingstone Moffat b. Ormiston, Rhodesia
[m. Ethel Lyne 1944]
- son Maurice Moffat b.
- 1911, dau. Unity Marion Moffat b. Rhodesia [m.
William Lindsay 1940]
- 1913, dau. Mary Unwin Moffat b. Ormiston, Rhodesia
[m. Maurice Rosen 1946]
- 1940, Marion Moffat d.
- 1951, Howard Moffat d.
Howard Unwin Moffat was a farmer in Rhodesia, and served as Premier and Minister of Native Affairs for Southern Rhodesia from 1927 to 1933. He also wrote a biography of his father.
(Sources: IGI, Northcott)