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Looking for information when Wilhelm Kufal (the above) arrived in South Africa. He was born in Prussia and died in Pretoria South Africa. He married Alice Rushworth in Bradford England in 1863 and had Victor 1864 Yokshire,Constance 1866 Yorkshire,Charlotte 1868 Yorkshire Arthur 1870 France and Albert 1872 in Tyronne Ireland. He was a professor of languages at the Staat Gymnasium when he died. There is no mention of Alice when he died so don't know what became of her and only two children listed as being alive, Albert and Charlotte. What became of the others? Can anyone help please.
Robyn

Marriages Sep 1863 (>99%)
BRADFORD Mary Ellen Bradford Yk 9b 221
Holmes John Bradford, Yk 9b 221
KUHFAHL William Bradford Yk 9b 221
RUSHWORTH Alice Bradford Yk 9b 221

Nothing on FMP re: emigration to SA

1871


Name: Alice Kuhfahl
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Relation: Sister-in-law
Gender: Female
Where born: Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Civil parish: Liversedge
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
Town: Mill Bridge
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Registration district: Dewsbury
Sub-registration district: Liversedge
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Household schedule number: 64
Piece: 4592
Folio: 64
Page Number: 13
Household Members:
Name Age
George Johnson 27
Marie Johnson 24
George Wm Johnson 1
Alice Kuhfahl 29
Charlotte Kuhfahl 3
Arthur Kuhfahl 1

Was her middle name Lillian as a maybe death

Alice Lillian Kufal died June quarter 1924 age 82 Hampstead 1a 609

From my previous reasearch SA was not a good place to be after your husband died and the wife and remaining family often returned to the UK

Births Jun 1864 (>99%)
KUHFAHL Victor Ernest Hubert Hugo Bradford Yk 9b 94

Births Mar 1866 (>99%)
Kuhfahl Constance Bradford, York 9b 117

Wonder where they are in 1871?

Name: Charlotte Ellen Kuhfahl
Gender: Female
Birth Date: abt 1868
Christening Date: 18 Mar 1868
Christening Place: Pocklington, Yorkshire, England
Father's Name: William Kuhfahl
Mother's name: Allice

Name: Charlotte Helena Kufal
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1887
Registration district: Brackley
Inferred County: Northamptonshire
Volume Number: 3b
Page Number: 3

1891


Name: Charlotte Richter
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Willibald Richter
Gender: Female
Where born: Pocklington, Yorkshire, England
Civil parish: St Mary
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England


Registration district: Leicester
Sub-registration district: West Leicester
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2536
Folio: 78
Page Number: 27
Household Members:
Name Age
Willibald Richter 31
Charlotte Richter 22
Snigfried Richter 2
Thusnelda Richter 1
Margarete Richter 6/12
Thusnelda Kugas 16***************Sister in law, born GERMANY
Elizabeth Brown 20
Elizabeth Weston 16
Gertrude Webb 18

jolee...........

No middle name on marriage reg'n.............although that may not necessarily be significant

On the 1871, it shows Arthur as born in France?

Victor in 1881

Name: Hugo Kufal
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Civil parish: Heaton Norris
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address: Stanley House

Occupation: Scholar
Registration district: Stockport
Sub-registration district: Heaton Norris
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3474
Folio: 64
Page Number: 21

There is an Alice Kufal born Bradford on 1901 and 1911 censuses.........in each case she gives her birth year as c1856, but, as she was a widow - and a servant - it isn't beyond the realms of possibility for her to be the one you seek

Robyn stated that Arthur was born France in his original post

From FMP emigration

RICHTER Charlotte H 1868 F 1933 Liverpool Peru Callao (Lima) VIEW VIEW

Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
about Albert Otto Kuhfahl
Name: Albert Otto Kuhfahl
Date of Registration: 1872
Registration district: Dungannon
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 1
Page: 664
FHL Film Number: 101049



Missied the French connection!

UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960

Name: Albert O Kufal <<Solicitor
Birth Date: abt 1872
Age: 51
Port of Departure: Durban, South Africa
Arrival Date: 29 Oct 1923
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ports of Voyage: Cape Town
Ship Name: Saxon
Search Ship Database: View the 'Saxon' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Union Castle Mail Steamship Company
Official Number: 112713

Going to Hotel Victoria - London

Name: Albert O Kufal
Birth Date: abt 1872
Age: 51
Port of Departure: Durban, South Africa
Arrival Date: 29 Oct 1923
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ports of Voyage: Cape Town
Ship Name: Saxon
Search Ship Database: View the 'Saxon' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Union Castle Mail Steamship Company
Official Number: 112713

Travelling alone. Occ: Solicitor

Address in UK: Hotel Victoria, London

Another child?


Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
about Friedrick W Arthur Kuhfahl
Name: Friedrick W Arthur Kuhfahl
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Date of Registration: 1872
Death Age: 2
Registration district: Dungannon
Death Country: Ireland
Volume: 1
Page: 504
FHL Film Number: 101586

I only saw the ref to France at the second attempt!

Purely for info and interest....all incoming Kufals from SA

Mr R L Kufal 3 Apr 1909 Durban, South Africa Southampton, England
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Miss T Kufal 7 Oct 1890 Durban, South Africa Southampton, England
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Albert O Kufal 51 abt 1872 29 Oct 1923 Durban, South Africa Southampton, England
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Nina M V Kufal 49 abt 1901 8 Apr 1950 Durban, South Africa Southampton, England
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Nina Kufal 49 abt 1902 26 Jan 1951 Durban, South Africa Southampton, England
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Miss Lilian Mary Kufal 18 abt 1907 28 Dec 1925 Durban, South Africa Southampton, England

Marriage for NINA - from above incomings


Marriages Mar 1951 (>99%)

KUFAL Nina M V VINCENT-LAMBERT Westminster 5c 1037
LAMBERT Bernard V KUFAL Westminster 5c 1037
VINCENT-LAMBERT Bernard KUFAL Westminster 5c 1037