Bazenville, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

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Last Name:  Kidwell
First Name:  Alexander
Date of Birth:  1781
Place of Birth:  of London, England
Parents – Father:
Parents – Mother:
Spouse:  Phebe Tubb b. 1787
Marriage Date:  9 Oct 1816
Marriage Place:  Christ Church Greyfriars Newgate, London, England
Date of Death:  1844
Place of Death:  Grahamstown, Cape

Notes:  Holder’s party of 1820 settlers.  IGI.  Children: 

Richard Thomas b. 1821 Salem m. Mary, was killed in 1861
Charles James b. 9 Sep 1824 m. Caroline Newhouse Beal
Alexander Josiah b. 28 Jun 1828 m. 1853 Sarah Miller, and d. 31 Oct 1889
Alfred Benjamin b. 5 Feb 1831 m. 1851 Lucy Mary Ann Lydia Hescot Curle.

Grahamstown Journal

Thursday Jun 20 1844

CO53/14 National Archives, Kew, London

Transcribed by Sue Mackay

Died at Graham's Town on Thursday 13th instant of an injury received from a vicious cow two days previous, Mr. Alexander KIDWELL, aged 60 years. Deceased was one of the British settlers of 1820 and formed one of the Committee for the Commemoration services recently held at Graham's Town. He had been for many years a widower, but was to have been re-married on the day of his death. For some years he was engaged in a rather extensive retail business at Graham's Town, under the firm of "STONE & KIDWELL", since which he has had to pass through many trying vicissitudes. He was much esteemed by his friends and maintained an unblemished character for integrity. He belonged to the Baptist Church which, together with his family and acquaintances, now have to deplore the loss of a valuable member of their respective circles.

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Last Name:   Kidwell
First Name:   Thomas Richard
Date of Birth:   1823
Place of Birth:   Bathurst, Albany, Cape
Parents – Father:   Alexander Kidwell
Parents – Mother:  Phebe
Name of Spouse:  not given
Marriage Date:
Marriage Place:
Date of Death:   11 Sep 1859 age 36/37
Place of Death:   murdered near Bedford, Cape  

Notes:  DN 6334/1859 signed by Charles James Kidwell, brother of deceased.  Children:

Alexander James

Amelia Emma

Charles Augustus

Thomas John

Louisa Elizabeth

Emily Jane

Queenstown Free Press - 1863 - 3 - July - September (Written by Sunelia Heath)http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/queenstown-free-press/1276-queenstown-free-press-1863-3-july-september

Tuesday 29 September 1863

MURDER WILL OUT. Confession of one of the murderers of Mr Thomas KIDWELL.

Although it has been known for some weeks past that one of the murderers of the late Mr Thomas KIDWELL had given himself up and made a confession, we refrained from giving publicity to the fact in the hope that his accomplices in the murder might have been apprehended before the confession was made public. Now, however, that we see the subject, noticed by some of our contemporary’s, we think that too much publicity cannot be given to the matter in the hope that the other accused parties, READ and SHEPHERD, may be apprehended and brought to justice. It will be in the recollection of many of our readers that four years ago last month as, Mr. KIDWELL was returning from Bedford (whither he had taken his wife to be confined) to his farm, distant only a few hours ride, he was most  fouly murdered. Mr KIDWELL left a wife and six children. Suspicion at the time rested entirely on the natives of Bedford, who were known to be very restless. It has now come out that the murder was committed by three Europeans named SHEPHERD, READ, and BADRICK. The latter, after keeping the secret four long years, tormented and worried with nigh unto death, has at last made confession of the crime. We hear that some time prior to his giving himself up he was in continued dread of being apprehended. He had engaged himself to a farmer in this district, who on being told his name was John BADRICK, remarked to him it was a very bad name and he did not like his looks. Leaving shortly after for Queen’s Town the prisoner thought he had gone for assistance to apprehend him, and his feelings were so worked up that he confessed soon after his employers return. He was conveyed to Queen’ Town, the District Surgeon giving it as his opinion that he was not in his right mind, but suffering from Delerims, he was kept quiet and attended to until released form medical aid when he made the statement given below. The prisoner has a most forbidding look as though afraid to enter into conversation, large whiskers, sallow complexion, and sunken eyes as if some deep grief had settled upon him. At Queenstown, this 25th day of Sept. 1863, appeared before me, Charles Duncan GRIFFITH Esq., Resident Magistrate for Queenstown, John BADRICK, who after being duly cautioned that he is not obliged to make any statement that may criminate himself, and that what he may say may be used in evidence against him, makes the following statement:-“I have come to surrender myself as being guilty of murder, in having been concerned in the murder of Mr KIDWELL near Bedford, about four years ago. At the time of the murder, I was in Bedford with two other men named “READ” and “SHEPHERD”, we had been drinking togethe rat Mr KITCHEN’s canteen, this was on the same day that Mr KIDWELL was murdered, we all three left Bedford together on the afternoon of that day, and went along the footpath towards Baviaans River, and when we got on to the neck, we all three sat down and had some more brandy to drink, which we had brought with us. Sometime after dark a person came along the footpath on horseback, he spoke to us, and asked us for a light for his pipe, and dismounted from his horse. I think it was SHEPHERD who gave him a light, the other man named READ asked him (KIDWELL) he addressed him by name, if he intended to pay him some money which he owed him. KIDWELL said he was mistaken as he owed no money to him; with that READ struck him a blow on the head with a stick, and we all then commenced to fight one with the other. MR KIDWELL then fell down and I struck him a blow on the head with a stick, and he said “my God you have killed me” he laid quite still for about five minutes, and then we found he was quite dead, we then took his body and carried it some distance from the footpath and laid it down, we then said amongst ourselves that we must get away out of this – we took the road to Dagga Boers Neck, and remained there that night, the next morning I separated from READ and SHEPHERD, they said they would take the road to the Free State, and I took the road to the Tarka, and have been working in the colony ever since. I have not seen or heard of READ or SHEPERD since I parted with them at Dagga Boers’ Neck. I cannot say for certain whether SHEPHERD struck Mr KIDWELL or not, but I am quite certain that READ struck him the first blow. I had never seen Mr KIDWELL before this murder took place, it was not an arranged plan to go to this neck and wait for Mr KIDWELL, not a word was said to me about it by the other two men. I do not recollect ever leaving Bedford, I was so much under influence of drink at the time. The description for SHEPHERD as far as I can recollect is as follows: Rather stout made, with light hair and whiskers, fair complexion, and about 5 feet 7 inches in height. The description for READ was as follows: Also stout made, and rather shorter than SEHPERD, with dark hair and beard, dark complexion, both these men I think were sailors. I think SHEPERD was called Jack and READ Jim, amongst themselves, but I only met them for the first time on the day we committed the murder, I may be mistaken. John BADRICK." Witnesses John HEMMING, Alex PETRIE. Taken before me and in the presence of the above witnesses, at Queenstown,  this 25^th September, 1863. Charles D.GRIFITH, Resident Magistrate.

Paper Maker, born in Kent but worked in Devon.  Whilst the Devon Valley Mill may not have been the actual mill in which he worked, it will be typical of mills in the area.  This one is less than a mile away from his address in 1851 census.

History of Devon Valley Mill at Hele.

In Saxon times, prior to the Domesday Record of England in 1086, Hele had been a small settlement on the River Culm in Devon.  Later it had a Grist Mill, powered by the flow of the river, and in 1762 the new activity of hand paper-making was started in a redundant barn.  It succeeded exceptionally well with the establishment of professional papermakers – culminating in the West Country family of Dewdney, who gained a gold medal for the invention of glazed writing-paper at the Great Exhibition of 1851.  The company was at the fore-front of technical innovation installing turbine power and newly invented paper machines for continuous paper production, and the discovery of deeper sources of water of the high quality necessary for exceptional quality water-marked paper.   This led to them making the paper for bank notes, both at home and for currencies throughout the Empire of that time. From this the Mill continued a highly profitable and renowned business, providing highly specialised papers to the present day.

In 1920 the family-owned mill was purchased to become part of the Wiggins Teape Ltd paper empire. This continued the high valued output of various papers but was bought out by British American Tobacco Co. in 1987 to then become the Devon Valley Mill.  A new No. 5 machine was designed and installed which expanded the range and volume of products, but success was affected by world market conditions.  Several changes of ownership ensued during the rest of the twentieth century until the present owners acquired it early in the twenty-first century.   Cromptons Papers, under the Purico (June 2006) group, has, under its General Manager, Horst Blum, re-defined and refined the business, concentrating on specialised paper for the food industry and laminate surfaces, supplying world markets. 

http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/cape-frontier-times/999-cape-frontier-times-1844-2-april-june - The Cape Frontier Times - Thursday 20 June 1844

Mr. A. KIDWELL, of this Town, met his death last week under painful and melancholy circumstances. He had been engaged for some time past in conducting Mr. FORD's butchering establishment in Bathurst-street, and upon his entering the cattle kraal for the purpose of securing a refractory cow, the animal ran at him and gored him severely in the thigh. The unfortunate man lingered for several days, when mortification of the limb ensued and he died last Thursday, on the day on which he was to have been married.

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Richard Ellis of Buttercrambe and William Ellis of Great Driffield, yeomen (exors. of Francis Ellis of Fort St. George 'in partes beyond the seas' merchant, dec'd.)

Witnesses ar the wedding were John Coles and Eliza Gilbey

Married after Banns by Charles Beckett, Curate

1724

In August 1724, Gervase Scrope was, with John, Lord Tyrconnel,the Honble. Charles and Albemarle Bertie, the Honble. Thomas Saunderson, Sirs William Ellis, John Tyrwhitt, Francis Whichcote, Cecil Wray, and William Monson, Barts., Charles Pelham, Francis Anderson, William Gilby, Joseph Banks, senior and junior, Richard Ellis, John Monson, Thomas Chaplin, Thomas Whichcote, Matthew Boucheret, Edmund Tumor, Thomas Payne, Humphrey Thayer, Robert Viner, Gervase Nevill, and William Ambler,Esquires, a trustee, to whom the Crown granted the office of "Keepers of the Castle of Lincoln, and of the Gaol there," as well as of the house near the Castle called the Shere House, for the use of the County for thirty years at a rent of ten shillings yearly; they being bound to maintain one sufficient and convenient Prisonor Gaol for the safe custody of all prisoners for whom it might be needed.

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U DDMC/108/18 Probate copy. Thomas Ellis of Bridlington Key, ship carpenter. Bequests to children John, James, Francis, Samuel, Hannah, Mary; wife Hannah; and mother Ann: Hornsea: Witn. Thos. Boardman, John Taylor. Probate 31 Jan 1759

Burial
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