Joseph
Ralph
Born in Wiltshire, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Curtis) Ralph
— married
26 Dec 1814 in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Husband of
Carolina Margaretha (Pieterse) Ralph
— married
22 Dec 1834 in Somerset East, Cape Colony, South Africa
Descendants 
Father of
Rhoda (Ralph) Knott and Hannah (Palmer Ralph) Jubber
Died
at age 81
in Queenstown, Cape Colony, South Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 10 May 2023
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Biography
Joseph Ralph was born in Wiltshire, England.
Joseph Ralph South African 1820 Settler and Descendants
Joseph was born in 1792 in Crockerton, Wiltshire, England.
He married Elizabeth Curtis:[1]
- Name: Joseph Ralphs
- Sex: Male
- Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Curtis
- Spouse's Sex: Female
- Event Type: Marriage
- Event Date: 26 Dec 1814
- Event Place: Longbridge Deverill with Crockerton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
The family were members of Ford's Party of 1820 Settlers:
- RALPH, Joseph 27. Labourer and naval pensioner. w Elizabeth 28. c Joseph 3, Mary (died at sea).
They sailed on the Weymouth which left Portsmouth on 7 January 1820, arriving in Table Bay on 26 April and then reached Algoa Bay on 15 May. After being located, Ford's party was moved twice before finally being assigned land on the right bank of the Lynedoch River.
They had more children in the Colony:
- John Ralph
- Rhoda Ralph
- Jemima Ralph
Elizabeth died in 1833; the widower married Carolina Margaretha Pietersen:[2]
- Name Joseph Ralph
- Sex: Male
- Spouse's Name: Carolina Margaretha Pietersen
- Spouse's Sex: Female
- Event Type: Marriage
- Event Date: 22 December 1834
- Event Place: Somerset East, Cape Province, South Africa
They had the following children:
- Hannah Ralph
- Samuel Ralph
- Benjamin Ralph
- Peter Ralph
- James Ralph
- William Walker Ralph
Joseph was 81 years old when he passed away at Kogel Hout's Kop, Queenstown on 25 January 1874.[3][4]
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Sources
- ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKQX-WXN : 24 February 2022), Joseph Ralphs, 1814
- ↑ "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6J71-BYZV : Sun Mar 10 20:51:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Joseph Ralph and Carolina Margaretha Pietersen, 22 Dec 1834
- ↑ "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHQ-JRQJ : Sun Mar 10 10:36:20 UTC 2024), Entry for Joseph Ralph, from 1873 to 1874
- ↑ Added by Des Lynch on 28 April 2024
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