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James Edward McCarthy

1825–74

South African surgeon. Son of James McCarthy, chemist, and his wife Charlotte, of Romford, Essex. Surgeon at Katberg Convict Station, Cape Colony.

Sources

British 1820 settlers to South Africa, 1820settlers.com/genealogy/index.php (accessed 9 September 2019)

Cape of Good Hope general directory.

Census returns of England and Wales 1841 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/336/1/39/7), 1851 (HO107/1772/76/5)>

Grahamstown Journal, 9 June 1865 (eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/grahamstown-journal/1205-grahamstown-journal-1865-2-april-to-june, accessed 9 September 2019)

South Africa, Cape Province, probate records of the Master of the High Court, 1834–1989 (Familysearch.org, accessed 3 October 2022)

Bibliography

Cape of Good Hope general directory: The Cape of Good Hope commercial directory and general business guide. General directory and guide-book to the Cape of Good Hope and its dependencies. Cape Town, South Africa: Saul Solomon & Co. 1868–87.

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