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From: MICHAEL O'CONNOR<michael.o' >
Subject: Re: Irons family in Natal
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 20:55:04 +0200 (GMT)


Verulam is a town just north of Durban and inland. It was associated with
the Wesleyan settlers under the Byrne immigration scheme (1849-51) and
Moreland was Byrne's agent in South Africa. There is a book written about
him and the scheme and Irons' name is listed in the index. The book is
called "Natal Settler-Agent" by Dr John Clark ISBN 0 86961 019 8. There are
passenger lists in the book.
Regards
Mike O'Connor
>In Ancestor, the quarterly journal of the Genealogical Society of
>Victoria, Australia, Vol. 23, No. 6, winter 1997, I found an article
>about the early history of the Irons family in Natal.
>
>In 1849 William Irons of the Natal Christian Colonisation Society led a
>party of some 400 emigrants. About 150 of them settled in Verulam, the
>town created by the Society, and many settled in Durban. There is a list
>in the article of the emigrants who arrived from October 12, 1849 on the
>'King William' to May 3, 1851.
>
>Sonia van Heerden
>Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>
>
Michael O'Connor
Orchid Grower and Genealogist
Researching the names O'Connor/Connor/Connors
Pietermaritzburg
South Africa

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