52.6 Maternal Cousins of Eliza Brittain (née Meaden)

James and Margaret Waddilove had ten children in London. There is a possibility that two families are conflated here, but the records do not seem to support this. Their children were Edward Brittain's siblings and first cousins.

• 40.2.1 - James Rinaldo Waddilove (1808) m Elizabeth Ewer (1811-1872)
• James Ewer Waddilove (1831-1900)
• Married Elizabeth Chidzay (1831-1896) at St Luke, Chelsea in 1860

St Luke, Chelsea (credit)

• James was a professed cook (i.e. learned fine cooking through apprenticeship), and they lived at Salamanca Terrace [Upper Old Church Street?], Chelsea in 1861; 80 Church Street in 1871; and 24 Eustace Road, Fulham in 1881: "Chef de Cuisine (cook)"!
• Children:
• Elizabeth Charlotte Waddilove (1868)
• Married Sarah Kibblewhite (1832-1903) at All Saints, Fulham in 1897

• Harriet Maria Waddilove (1835-1881)
• Staying with brother James in 1861; no later record found.

• 40.2.2 - Eliza Margaret Waddilove (1810, Bethnal Green)
• See Chapter 40

• 40.2.3 - Joseph G Waddilove (1812-1875)
• No known children

• 40.2.4 - Alfred John Waddilove (1812)
• No known children

• 40.2.5 - Ann Taylor Waddilove (1814-1889) m William Whiting (1806)
• Amelia Rosetta Whiting (1835-1904)
• Married William Henry Simpson (1828-1905) in Pietermaritzburg, [KwaZula-] Natal, South Africa in 1853. He was from Worcester (but born in Naples, Italy), and he was son of the late James Melan Millan Simpson, merchant, St Swithins Alley, Cornhill.

Naples (my photo)

• Pietermaritzburg (aka umGungundlovu) was founded by the Voortrekkers (refugees), following the Battle of Blood River. 

Battle of Blood River (credit)

• Britain took over Pietermaritzburg in 1843 (only ten years before Amelia's marriage) and it became the seat of the Natal Colony's administration.

Natal Stamp (my collection - thanks, Mum!)

• Children:
• William James Simpson (1854)
• Charles Whiting Simpson (1857)
• Alfred Robert Simpson (1859)
• Frederick Simpson (1861)
• Rosetta Ann Mary Simpson (1863)
• Clara Amelia Simpson (1866)
• Ann Taylor Simpson (1868)
• James Lemont Miller Simpson (1871)
• Jessie Simpson (1874)
• Margaret Simpson (1874)
• Henry Simpson (1876)
• Died in Orange River Colony

• Margaret Annie Whiting (1837-1896)
• 1851: House servant, High Road, Tottenham
• Married John Gibson (1830-1905) in Pietermaritzburg in 1856
• John was from Stirlingshire, Scotland. He was a merchant, and may have run a store.
• Children:
• Annie Mary Gibson (1857)
• John Gibson (1858)
• Jessie Harvey Gibson (1862)
• Margaret Gibson (1863)
• Jeanie Graham Gibson (1865)
• William James Gibson (1870)
• Alexander Gibson (1882)
• Charles Graham Gibson (1884)
• Died in Standerton

• 40.2.6 - Amelia Waddilove (1814)
• No known children

• 40.2.7 - Henry William Waddilove (1816)
• No known children

• 40.2.8 - Richard Taylor Waddilove (1818-1863)
• No known children

• 40.2.9 - Frederick Waddilove (1823-1866)
• No known children

• 40.2.10 - John Waddilove (1826-1894)
• No known children

More information on these individuals in Chapter 58.

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