KZN: A Photographic Historical Record

Cemeteries & Graveyards

This album has the cemetery adjacent to the St Johns Presbyterian Church established in 1885. The land on which it stands was a portion of the farm Gowrie and was donated by James King, whose grave can be found in the cemetery along with many of the founding families of Nottingham Road. The wood and iron church opened in February 1885costing 232 Pounds. Many names are found in the cemetery like Jaffray, a Byrne settler, and the oldest being that of Bessie Stanley who died in 1885. The next oldest was Mary Fly who died in childbirth on 9 June 1888 aged 56. The Jaffray tombstone indicates the challenges of the early years when one looks at the ages of many of the children born to this family.

KZN: A Photographic Historical Record