Husband: Alec Woodford SOLOMON   (Maternal Uncle)        Wife:  Christine DELANEY (Maternal Aunt)

Name:	Alec Woodford SOLOMON
Sex:	Male
Nickname:	Bokkie
Father:	Alec Viner Pilkington SOLOMON (1879-1942)
Mother:	Blanche BUYSKES ( abt 1887 - abt 1967 )
Birth	Jan 1920 (app)	South Africa
Occupation		Lieutenant, S.A. Navy & Accountant/Finance Administrator - SA Govt.; Cape Town, South Africa
Religion		Church of England
Death	11 Oct 1985 (age 65)	Fishoek, Cape Prov. S.Africa
Burial	1985 (age 64-65)	Cremation, Fishoek, Cape Prov. S.Africa
Spouse	Christine DELANEY
Birth	7 December 1922	Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Marriage	8 January 1946	All Saints Church, Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa

 

Ancestors of Alex Woodford Solomon:                                         Click for Pilkington Family Connection
 

 First Generation

1. Nathaniel SOLOMON was born in 1754 (approx.) in of Kent, England.  He married Phoebe de Mitz of Leyden, HOLLAND in 1776 (approx.). He died in 1816 (approx.). 

Nathaniel and Phoebe had 21 children [see biographical note of Brown Family Papers]. 

Phoebe de Mitz of Leyden, HOLLAND was born in 1761 (approx.) in Holland. 

Phoebe de Mitz was part of a Dutch Jewish family some of whom settled in London. (Her sister Matilda de Metz married Levy Salomons and they are the parents of Philip Salomons and Sir David Salomons). Phoebe de Metz married Nathaniel Solomon at the age of 15 and apparently was left a widow at 40 and lived to a ripe old age in comfortable circumstances in London.

Phoebe de Mitz of Leyden, HOLLAND and Nathaniel SOLOMON had the following children:  

+2  Saul SOLOMON (1776-1852)

+3  Joseph SOLOMON ( - )

+4  Benjamin SOLOMON (1785- )

+5  Lewis SOLOMON ( - )

+6  Charles SOLOMON ( - )

 Second Generation

2. Saul SOLOMON, son of Nathaniel SOLOMON and Phoebe de Mitz of Leyden, HOLLAND, was born on 25 December 1776 in Possibly Margate, Kent.  He was a Merchant and Agent and famous in St. Helena.  He married Margaret LEE before 1800.  After Margaret’s death, he married Mary CHAMBERLAIN in 1815 in Saint Helena, Atlantic Islands.  He then married Harriet BRYAN on 29 May 1824 in Saint Helena.  Saul died of softening of the brain, paralysis, apoplexy, 9 months certified on 6 December 1852 in 'Eastwood' in Portishead, Bristol, England. 

Saul Solomon's life history is fairly well documented and there is an excellent online article "IN SEARCH OF SAUL SOLOMON OF ST HELENA
1776 – 1852” contributed by Trevor W. Hearl that can be viewed by visiting http://www.archeion.talktalk.net/sthelena/saulsolomon.htm

In St.James' Church north wall, St. Helena is the following gravestone inscription: 

"Sacred to the Memory of S.Solomon, Esq.

who died in England on the Sixth of December 1852 Aged 76 years"

Historical Note:

The Jewish Library in Cape Town holds a Prayer Book belonging to S.Solomon in which the following family names are inscribed:

"4th July 1808.

S. Solomon, born 25th December 1776

Margaret Solomon, born 1st October 1782

Births:

Benjamin Solomon, born 23rd June 1801

Phoebe Solomon, born 20th May 1804

Henry Rob Solomon, born 28th July 1806

Miriam Solomon, born 8th July 1808

John Blenham Solomon, born 2nd December 1810

The above were born at St. Helena.

Margaret Sarah Solomon, born 5th January 1813 at 3 a.m. in London, West Square

Lee Solomon, born 29th March 1815 at S. Helena

It pleased the Almighty to take from me my dear wife, Margaret Solomon, the 14th June 1815 at 2 o'clock p.m."

Margaret LEE was born on 1 October 1782.  She died on 14 June 1815.  She and Saul SOLOMON had the following children: 

+7    Henry Rob SOLOMON (1806-1847)

+8    Phoebe SOLOMON (1804- )

+9    Benjamin SOLOMON (1801- )

+10  Miriam SOLOMON (1808- )

+11  John Blenham SOLOMON (1810- )

+12  Margaret Sarah SOLOMON (1813- )

+13  Lee SOLOMON (1815- )

 

3. Joseph SOLOMON, son of Nathaniel SOLOMON and Phoebe de Mitz of Leyden, HOLLAND, was born in of Kent, England.  He was an Innkeeper in St. Helena, S.Atlantic & Foreign Merchant.  He married Hannah MOSS in 1814.  He left St. Helena for Cape Town in 1830. 

Joseph's family went about 1830, leading to the rise of their son, Saul (1817-92) - the famous "member for Cape Town" and founder of The Cape Argus - whose memorial is in St.James' Church. 

Hannah MOSS and Joseph SOLOMON had the following children:  

+14 Nathaniel SOLOMON (1815- )

+15 Henry SOLOMON (1816-1900)
+16 Saul SOLOMON (1817-1892)
+17 Rev. Edward SOLOMON (1820-1886)
+18 Benjamin SOLOMON (1825- )
+19 Isabella SOLOMON (1826- )

4. Benjamin SOLOMON, son of Nathaniel SOLOMON and Phoebe de Mitz of Leyden, HOLLAND, was born in 1785 in Margate, Kent, England.  He was a Merchant in St. Helena, S.Atlantic.  He married Johanna Petronella du PLESSIS on 11 October 1807 in Cape Town, South Africa.

 Johanna Petronella du PLESSIS was born on 8 March 1789 in Paarl, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.  She and Benjamin SOLOMON had the following child: 

+20 Charles Benjamin SOLOMON (1808- )

5. Lewis SOLOMON, son of Nathaniel SOLOMON and Phoebe de Mitz of Leyden, HOLLAND, was a Merchant, Jeweller & Notary Public in St. Helena.  He married Julia MAGNUS in 1818. 

6. Charles SOLOMON was the son of Nathaniel SOLOMON and Phoebe de Mitz of Leyden, HOLLAND.Charles married in 1798.

 Third Generation

7. Henry Rob SOLOMON, son of Saul SOLOMON and Margaret LEE, was born on 8 July 1806 in St. Helena, S.Atlantic.  He was a Colonial Surgeon and Health Officer, St. Helena, S.Atlantic.  He died in 1847. 

8. Phoebe SOLOMON, daughter of Saul SOLOMON and Margaret LEE, was born on 20 May 1804 in St. Helena.  She married [unnamed person] in 1823 in St. Helena. 

9. Benjamin SOLOMON, son of Saul SOLOMON and Margaret LEE, was born on 23 June 1801 in St. Helena. 

10. Miriam SOLOMON, daughter of Saul SOLOMON and Margaret LEE, was born on 8 July 1808 in St. Helena. 

11. John Blenham SOLOMON, son of Saul SOLOMON and Margaret LEE, was born on 2 December 1810 in St. Helena. 

12. Margaret Sarah SOLOMON, daughter of Saul SOLOMON and Margaret LEE, was born on 5 January 1813 in West Square, London, England. 

13. Lee SOLOMON, son of Saul SOLOMON and Margaret LEE, was born on 29 March 1815 in St. Helena. 

14. Nathaniel SOLOMON, son of Joseph SOLOMON and Hannah MOSS, was born in 1815 in Saint Helena, Atlantic Islands. 

15. Henry SOLOMON, son of Joseph SOLOMON and Hannah MOSS, was born in 1816 in Saint Helena, South Atlantic.  He was a Printer/Stationer & Part Owner of Cape Argus.  He married Julia MIDDLETON in 1840.  He died in 1900 in Cape Town, South Africa. 

In 1844 Henry Solomon lived at the foot of Queens Road, Sea Point, and for 56 years he lived at Sea Point Cottage, just above the beach, where Albenor flats now stand.  All his eleven children were born at Sea Point Cottage.  Henry, he died there in 1900.   With one of his brothers, Saul, Henry Solomon was sent to England for his early education.

Both boys developed rheumatic fever as children which left them crippled and dwarfed in stature, especially Saul.

In 1831 the Solomon parents, with their children, left St Helena and settled in Cape Town  Henry became an accountant and in 1840 he married Miss Julia Middleton, of Rondebosch and in 1844 the moved to Sea Point Cottage. 

Henry with his brother Saul started printing the Cape Argus in 1858. 

Appears in Voters list of Western Cape for 1878 giving his residence as 49 & 50 St. George's Street.  Also owned Sea Point Cottage,
Sea Point , Cape Town and appears in Voters list of Western Cape for 1882 giving his residence as 42 St. George's Street, Cape Town. 

Julia MIDDLETON and Henry SOLOMON had the following children:  

+21 Mary SOLOMON (1847-1935)

+22 Alfred Viner SOLOMON (1854-1896)

+23 Ellen SOLOMON ( - )

+24 Henry SOLOMON ( - )

+25 Julia Sophia SOLOMON (frm1857-1929?)

16. Saul SOLOMON, son of Joseph SOLOMON and Hannah MOSS, was born on 25 May 1817 in Saint Helena.  Saul became an extremely successful speculator and businesman He was also a leading and prominent policitian.  Indeed, he served as a Member of Parliament in Cape Town  for many years [1854 to 1883] and was leader of the Liberal Party. On several occasions it is said that he refused the offer of the "Premiership".

He was a Printer/Stationer/Publisher & Part Owner of Cape Argus which he started with his brother Henry in 1868.  In 1865 he bought and lived in Clarensville, Sea Point, Cape Province. 

He married Georgiana Margaret THOMSON [born 18 Aug 1844, Haymount, Makerstoun, Roxburgh, Scotland, dtr of George Thomson, a farmer and Margaret Stuart Scott]  in 1873.  Georgiana originally went to Cape town as Principal of the Good Hope Seminary.  She was renowned for hosting famous dinners to which she invited extremely important and prominent politicians from around the world.  Georgiana died in 1933 in Easbourne, Sussex, England.

After Saul's death she lived in London and became a prominent member of the Women's Suffrage Movement. 

More information may be read online regarding Saul Solomon and his family by visiting: http://ancestry24.com/saul-solomon-portrait-of-a-liberal/

In 1883 Saul retired from public life as a result of ill health and travelled to England.  When his health had improved, he returned to South Africa in 1885 only to find that his businesses, which were being managed by relatives, were almost bankrupt.   In 1888 Saul's health again deteriorated, and with his family, he returned to England.

During the census taken on 5 April 1891  we find the Solomon family living at 59 Bromham Road, St. Paul, Bedford as follows:

John S. Bloomfield, age 32, Servant, b. Old Kent Rd. London
Isabel Fraser, age 41, Visitor, b. Scotland
Bessie Mills, age 25, Servant
Daisy D Solomon, Dtr. age 9, b. Colonsay, Cambridgeshire, England
Georgina M. Solomon, Wife age 46, b. Scotland
Saul Solomon, Head, age 73, St. Helena, Atlantic Islands
Saul Solomon, Son, age 15, b. Colonsay, Cambridgeshire, England
William E.G. Solomon, Son, age 11, b. Colonsay, Cambridgeshire, England

Saul, at the age of 55, died from Chronic tubular nephritis, at 5.55 am on 16 October 1892 at Windsor,  Kilcreggan, Dumbarton, Scotland with Georgiana at his bedside. 

In 1901 Georgiana was living at Foots Cray, St. John's, Kent with her son William E.G. Solomon.   Georgiana died  at the age of 88 on 24 June 1933 in Eastbourne, Sussex.

Georgiana Margaret THOMSON and Saul SOLOMON had the following children:  

+26 Margaret SOLOMON ( - )

+27 George SOLOMON ( - )

+28 Saul SOLOMON (1876- )

+29 W.E. Gladstone SOLOMON (1880- )

+30 Daisy Dorothea SOLOMON (1881-aft1972)

 17. Rev. Edward SOLOMON, son of Joseph SOLOMON and Hannah MOSS, was born in 1820.  He died in 1886.  He married Jessie MATTHEWS. 

Jessie MATTHEWS and Rev. Edward SOLOMON had the following children:  

+31 Sir Edward SOLOMON ( - )

+32 Sir Richard Stuart SOLOMON ( - )

+33 Sir William Henry SOLOMON K.C.M.G., K.C.S.I., M.A. (1852-1930)

+34 Emilie Jane SOLOMON ( - )

 18. Benjamin SOLOMON, son of Joseph SOLOMON and Hannah MOSS, was born in 1825 in South Africa. 

19. Isabella SOLOMON, daughter of Joseph SOLOMON and Hannah MOSS, was born in 1826 in Saint Helena. 

20. Charles Benjamin SOLOMON, son of Benjamin SOLOMON and Johanna Petronella du PLESSIS, was born on 11 February 1808 in South Africa.  He married Elizabeth Jacoba LUYT. 

Fourth Generation

21. Mary SOLOMON, daughter of Henry SOLOMON and Julia MIDDLETON, was born in 1847 in Cape Town, South Africa.  She died in 1935 in Cape Town.  She married Dr. John BROWN of Fraserburg. 

Geographical Note:

Fraserburg is situated on a plateau to the north of the Nuweveld Mountains at a height of 1 260 m above sea level. The nearest Railway station is Leeu Gamka on the N1 between Cape Town and Beaufort West. 

Dr. John BROWN, son of John Croumbie BROWN ( - ) and Erskine BROWN (1806- ), was a Dist.Surgeon, Fraserburg 1865-1876/later Edinburgh & Burnley, Lancs.  He died in 1829.  He was born on 21 July 1842. 

Refer to the Brown Family Papers at University of Cape Town Libraries. 

Dr. John BROWN and Mary SOLOMON had the following children:  

+35 Rachel BROWN ( - )

+36 Julia Mary BROWN ( - )

22. Alfred Viner SOLOMON, son of Henry SOLOMON and Julia MIDDLETON, was born on 26 September 1854 in Cape Town.  He was a Clerk in 1878 in his father's business then an Accountant.  He was educated "1868 to 1871" in South African College, Cape Town.  He died on 13 August 1896 in Cape Town.  He was buried in 1896 in Plot No : 318b, : St. Peters Cemetery Observatory, Cape Town.  He married Minnie PILKINGTON. 

VOTERS' LIST FOR 1878 SHOWS:

 Source = Voters List. Western Cape 1878. Cape Colony Publication Vol 11\1\7

Source Location = Cape Town Archives Repository

Notes: Civil Commissioner's Office: Cape Town

 

Surname:   Solomon

First Names:          Alfred Viner

Residence:             49, and 50 St. Georges-street

Occupation:           Clerk

Qualification:        Salary

Voters No:            496

Provincial District:            Western Cape

Electoral Division:            Cape Town

District No:           3

Municipality:         Green Point.

Minnie PILKINGTON was the daughter of George William PILKINGTON (1822-1908) and Mary BERRY (1822?-1863).  She and Alfred Viner SOLOMON had the following children: 

 +37 Alec Viner Pilkington SOLOMON (1879-1942)
+38 Minnie Winifred SOLOMON (1884-1938)
+39 Frank Middleton SOLOMON (1890- )

23. Ellen SOLOMON was the daughter of Henry SOLOMON and Julia MIDDLETON. 

24. Henry SOLOMON, son of Henry SOLOMON and Julia MIDDLETON, was a Clerk in his father's business. 

Appears in 1878 Voters list for Western Cape giving his residence as 49 and 50 St. George's St., Cape Town and is listed as a salaried Clerk. 

25. Julia Sophia SOLOMON, daughter of Henry SOLOMON and Julia MIDDLETON, was born from 1857 to 1858 in Cape Town.  She died in 1929 ("after") in Cape Town.  She married Charles Arthur PILKINGTON. 

Charles Arthur PILKINGTON, son of George William PILKINGTON (1822-1908) and Mary BERRY (1822?-1863), was born in 1850 (approx.) in Rosebank, Cape Town, South Africa.  He was a Storekeeper [as at 1884].  He died in 1901 in O'Kiep, Namaqualand, Cape. Sth Africa.  He was buried in 1901 in O'Kiep Cemetery, Namaqualand, Cape. Sth Africa.  He and Julia Sophia SOLOMON had the following children: 

+40 George William PILKINGTON (1879-1958)

+41 Charles Arthur PILKINGTON (1881- )

+42 Ethel Mary PILKINGTON (1884- )

+43 Henry Lionel Gordon PILKINGTON (1886-1968)

+44 Enid Isabel PILKINGTON (1889- )

+45 Marjorie Doris PILKINGTON (1893- )

 26. Margaret SOLOMON was the daughter of Saul SOLOMON and Georgiana Margaret THOMSON. 

27. George SOLOMON was the son of Saul SOLOMON and Georgiana Margaret THOMSON. 

28. Saul SOLOMON, son of Saul SOLOMON and Georgiana Margaret THOMSON, was born in 1876 in Cambridgeshire, England.  He was a Judge of the Transvaal Supreme Court. 

29. W.E. Gladstone SOLOMON, son of Saul SOLOMON and Georgiana Margaret THOMSON, was born in 1880 in Cambridgeshire.  He was an Indian Civil Service/Cape Landscape and Portrait Painter.  W.E. Gladstone Solomon wrote his father's biography.

30. Daisy Dorothea SOLOMON, daughter of Saul SOLOMON and Georgiana Margaret THOMSON, was born on 21 October 1881 in Cambridgeshire.  She appeared in the census on 31 March 1901 in Hamilton Terrace, Marylebone, London.  She died after December 1972. 

Daisy was still alive in December 1972 [age 92].  She remained unmarried.
In 1947 she is registered in the London Telephone Directory living at 7 Helenslea Avenue, Speedwell, London NW11. 

31. Sir Edward SOLOMON was the son of Rev. Edward SOLOMON and Jessie MATTHEWS. 

32. Sir Richard Stuart SOLOMON, son of Rev. Edward SOLOMON and Jessie MATTHEWS, was a Merchant Navy with the Union Line. 

33. Sir William Henry SOLOMON K.C.M.G., K.C.S.I., M.A., son of Rev. Edward SOLOMON and Jessie MATTHEWS, was born in 1852 in Phillipolis, Orange Free State, South Africa.  He was a Chief Justice of South Africa, Judge of the High Court of the Transvaal.  He married Maud Elizabeth CHRISTIAN on 9 September 1920.  He died on 14 June 1930.   

Maud Elizabeth CHRISTIAN, daughter of Henry Bailey CHRISTIAN ( - ) and Mary Ann SMITH ( - ), died in 1859.  She and Sir William Henry SOLOMON K.C.M.G., K.C.S.I., M.A. did not have children.

34. Emilie Jane SOLOMON was the daughter of Rev. Edward SOLOMON and Jessie MATTHEWS.

 Fifth Generation

35. Rachel BROWN, daughter of Dr. John BROWN of Fraserburgh, Scotland and Mary SOLOMON, married James DICK in 1902. 

James DICK and Rachel BROWN had the following children: 

+47 Molly Graham DICK ( - )

  36. Julia Mary BROWN, daughter of Dr. John BROWN and Mary SOLOMON, married Pieter Hugo NAUDE in 1915. 

Pieter Hugo NAUDE was born in 1869 in Worcester, S.Africa.  He was an Artist/Oil Painter.  He died in 1941. 

Biographical Snippet:

Born on the farm, 'Aan-de-Doorns'; his second name, by which he is known to the public, was his mother's family-name. After schooling at Over Hex and Worcester, Pieter Hugo Naudé returned to the farm; his talent was recognized and encouraged, notably by Olive Schreiner.

1889: Pieter Hugo Naudé went with her to Europe; she provided an introduction to Havelock Ellis, who recommended the Slade School. Following his studies in London and Europe, Pieter Hugo Naudé worked for a short while in Italy.

1896: Pieter Hugo Naudé returned to South Africa, painted on the farm, mainly portraiture; travelled by caravan to Namaqualand, Drakensberg and as far as the Victoria Falls; completed numerous silverpoint drawings.

1902: Pieter Hugo Naudé joined the South African Society of Artists and exhibited with the Society.

1904-13: moved to Worcester where he built his home and studio (preserved as Hugo Naude House); became known as "Artist Naude".

1913: Pieter Hugo Naudé journeyed via the East Coast to Jerusalem; a further year of study in London and in Munich.

1915: Pieter Hugo Naudé married Julia Brown of Cape Town. 

37. Alec Viner Pilkington SOLOMON, son of Alfred Viner SOLOMON and Minnie PILKINGTON, was born on 27 January 1879 in Sea Point, Cape Province.  He was an Accountant and Auditer.  He married Blanche BUYSKES in 1908.  He died in 1942 in Cape Town, South Africa.

     WHOSE WHO FOR 1929 IN CAPE TOWN SHOWS:

Surname:               Solomon

First Names:          Alec Viner

Occupation:           Accountant

Source:                  Who's Who 1908

Surname:               Solomon

First Names:          Alec Viner

Date Of Birth:       27 January 1879

Place Of Birth:      Sea Point, Cape Province

Occupation:           Accountant and Auditer

Fathers Surname: Solomon

Fathers First Names: Alfred Vimer

Spouse Surname:   Buyskes

Spouse First Names:         Blanche

Marriage Date:      1908

Other Iinformation:  6 Children

Source:                Who's Who 1929

 

 

DECEASED ESTATES INDEX SHOWS:

Surname:           Solomon

First Names:      Alec Viner Pilkington

Year:                   1942

Volume:              6/9/8507

Reference:          77119

Source:              Master's Office / Orphan Chamber, Cape Town (MOOC)

Source Location:   Cape Town Archives Repository.

 

Blanche BUYSKES was born in 1887 (approx.).  She died in 1967 (approx.) in Wynberg or Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa.

 

Following found in National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT     KAB                                                                   

SR/SN     000/00                                                               

SOURCE    AGR                                                                  

TYPE      LEER                                                                 

VOLUME_NO 641                                                                  

SYSTEM    01                                                                   

REFERENCE U196                                                                 

PART      1                                                                    

DESCRIPTION          STAFF: MRS BLANCHE L SOLOMON, NEE BUYSKES.                           

STARTING  1904                                                                  

ENDING    1908. 

Blanche BUYSKES and Alec Viner Pilkington SOLOMON had the following children:  

+48 Margaret Minnie SOLOMON (1908-2008)

+49 Joan SOLOMON ( - )

+50 Avice Viner SOLOMON ( - )

+51 Alec Woodford SOLOMON (1920?-1985)

+52 Shirley SOLOMON ( - )

+53 Beth SOLOMON ( - )

 38. Minnie Winifred SOLOMON, daughter of Alfred Viner SOLOMON and Minnie PILKINGTON, was born in 1884 in Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa.  She married Norman Campbell LEITH in Plumstead.  She died in 1938.

Norman Campbell LEITH was born in 1880 in Somerset East, Cape Province, South Africa.  He died in 1972 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, Eastern Cape, South Africa.  He and Minnie Winifred SOLOMON had the following children: 

+54 Winifred Pilkington LEITH ( - )

39. Frank Middleton SOLOMON, son of Alfred Viner SOLOMON and Minnie PILKINGTON, was born on 4 August 1890.  He was christened on 13 November 1890 in St. Johns Anglican Church, Wynberg.

     St Johns Anglican Church Wynberg Baptisms

Solomon,               Frank

Surname:               Solomon

Childs Firstname: Frank

Childs Second Name:  Middleton

Gender:     Male

Birth Date:            04 August 1890

Baptism Date:       13 November 1890

Fathers First Name:           Alfred

Fathers Second Name:      Viner?

Mothers First Name:         Minnie

Suburb 1:   Wynberg

Fathers Occupation 2:       No Profession

Sponsor 1:             PILKINGTON, Charles E

Sponsor 2:             PEANEY?, Richard

Sponsor 3:             PILKINGTON, Julia

Officiant 2:           DOYLE, Ralph

Entry Number:      3002

Vol No:     0

Pg No:       245

Source:      St. Johns Anglican Church Wynberg.

Info retrieved from National Archives of South Africa =
DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    CSC 
TYPE      LEER 
VOLUME_NO 2/6/1/302
SYSTEM    01            REFERENCE 77           PART      1 
DESCRIPTION MOTION. APPLICATION FOR PAYMENT OF THE INHERITANCES OF SHIRLEY M  SOLOMON AND FRANK M SOLOMON FROM ESTATE LATE HENRY SOLOMON.      
STARTING  1907      ENDING    1907

The Henry mentioned is Henry Solomon b. 1816 St. Helena and part owner of Cape Argus.   Henry was Frank's grandfather. 

40. George William PILKINGTON, son of Charles Arthur PILKINGTON and Julia Sophia SOLOMON, was born in 1879.  He was a Fine Art Painter.  He died in 1958 in St. James, Cape Town, South Africa. 

41. Charles Arthur PILKINGTON, son of Charles Arthur PILKINGTON and Julia Sophia SOLOMON, was born on 14 September 1881 in Port Nolloth Namaqualand, Nrth West Coast of S.Africa.  He was christened on 9 October 1881 in St Andrews Church, Port Nolloth, Namaqualand, Nrth West Coast of S.Africa. 

42. Ethel Mary PILKINGTON, daughter of Charles Arthur PILKINGTON and Julia Sophia SOLOMON, was born on 18 February 1884 in Port Nolloth Namaqualand.  She was christened on 13 April 1884 in St Andrews Church, Port Nolloth, Namaqualand 

43. Henry Lionel Gordon PILKINGTON, son of Charles Arthur PILKINGTON and Julia Sophia SOLOMON, was born in 1886 in Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa.  He was christened in 1886 in St Andrews Church, Port Nolloth, Namaqualand  He died in 1968.  He married Greeva PRICE.

      Greeva PRICE was born in 1892 (approx.).  She and Henry Lionel Gordon PILKINGTON had the following children:  

+55 B PILKINGTON (1917?- )

+56 V PILKINGTON (1922?- )

 44. Enid Isabel PILKINGTON, daughter of Charles Arthur PILKINGTON and Julia Sophia SOLOMON, was born in 1889 in Port Nolloth Namaqualand.  She was christened in 1889 in St Andrews Church, Port Nolloth, Namaqualand 

45. Marjorie Doris PILKINGTON, daughter of Charles Arthur PILKINGTON and Julia Sophia SOLOMON, was born in 1893 in Port Nolloth Namaqualand.  She was christened in 1893 in St Andrews Church, Port Nolloth, Namaqualand 

 Sixth Generation

47. Molly Graham DICK, daughter of James DICK and Rachel BROWN, married Mr. Earle. 

This name is mentioned in the Brown Manuscripts held by Cape Town University Libraries. 

48. Margaret Minnie SOLOMON, daughter of Alec Viner Pilkington SOLOMON and Blanche BUYSKES, was born in October 1908 in South Africa.  She died in March 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa.  She married William Guy FAWCETT. 

William Guy FAWCETT, son of Charles John FAWCETT (1859- ), was born on 19 November 1904 in Cape Town.  He was christened on 11 February 1905 in St. Johns Anglican Church Wynberg.  He died in 1947 in Cape Town.

Cape Town archives shows the following in the 1939 Directory

Surname:  Fawcett,

First Names:  W Guy

Address: Spinney Finsbury Avenue Newlands

Telephone Number 1:  6-4386

Source:  1939 Cape Telephone Directory.

    49. Joan SOLOMON, daughter of Alec Viner Pilkington SOLOMON and Blanche BUYSKES, was born "abt 1910" in South Africa.  She married  
            James [Jimmy] LAWRENCE and then married Dennis WATSON.

       James [Jimmy] LAWRENCE and Joan SOLOMON had a child Yvonne Lawrence

50. Avice Viner SOLOMON, daughter of Alec Viner Pilkington SOLOMON and Blanche BUYSKES, was born in South Africa.  She married Neville Alan WHILEY and were then divorced in 1945.  She then married Eric BENNETTS.  Avice died in Cape Town.

      Neville Alan WHILEY and Avice Viner SOLOMON had a child, Shirley Whiley

 Eric BENNETTS and Avice Viner SOLOMON had a child, Susan Bennetts, half sister to Shirley Whiley. 

51. ALEC WOODFORD (BOKKIE) SOLOMON (uncle by marriage) was born about January 1920, in South Africa, to A.V Solomon and Blanche ?Woodford. See family tree chart 83. Alec became known as ‘Bokkie’. He was a Lieutenant, S.A. Navy & Accountant/Finance Administrator - SA Govt. in Cape Town, South Africa. Bokkie died (Diabetes and Heart Disease) on 11 October 1985, aged about 65, in Fishoek, Cape Prov. S.Africa. He was cremated in 1985 in Cremation, Fishoek, Cape Prov. S.Africa.
The following information is also recorded for Bokkie. Religion: Church of England.

CHRISTINE MAXWELL DELANEY (aunt) was born on 7 December 1922, in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, to Cornelius Maxwell Delaney and Annie Mcarthur Cruickshank, as shown in family tree chart 156. Christine became known as ‘Chris’. Chris was educated (Gallowflat Street School, Rutherglen). She became a Comptometer Operator and taught Comptometry from her home in Plumstead, Cape Province, S.Africa.. In January 1944 she joined the Women's Royal Naval Service during WW2 and was drafted to HMS Forth before being sent to Cape Province, South Africa, where she met her future husband Alex Solomon, an Officer with the South African Royal Navy. She was demobed from the Royal Navy in April 1946, having been married to Alex for a few months.
The following information is also recorded for Chris. Religion: Church of Scotland; Marriages: Two.  Chris is an extremely accomplished water paint artist as well as being a short story writer.

After the death of her first husband [Alec Solomon] in 1985, she married John Johnson, 1993 at Croydon Registry Office, Croydon, Surrey.  She and John lived for a while in Beckenham, Kent, England;  after only 2 short years of marriage, John died and Chris moved back to South Africa to be with her children.
Christine married twice. She was married to Alec Woodford (Bokkie) Solomon and John Johnson.

Christine Maxwell DELANEY and Alec Woodford SOLOMON had three children - Carol, Jane Ann and Alexia Patricia Solomon.

52. Shirley SOLOMON, daughter of Alec Viner Pilkington SOLOMON and Blanche BUYSKES, was born in Cape Town.  She married Clive [Bunny] SIMPSON.

Clive [Bunny] SIMPSON and Shirley SOLOMON had two children, Lesley and Michael Simpson 

53. Beth SOLOMON, daughter of Alec Viner Pilkington SOLOMON and Blanche BUYSKES, was born in Cape Town.  She married Harry WOOD.  She died "abt 2005" in Cape Town.

 Harry WOOD was born in England.  He appeared in the census.  He was a Chief Electrician for Cape Town Council.  He died in Cape Town.  He and Beth SOLOMON had two children, Judy and David Wood.

54. Winifred Pilkington LEITH, daughter of Norman Campbell LEITH and Minnie Winifred SOLOMON, married Claude Edward WIMBLE.  She then married Lewis Cavalier SHERWIN, thirdly, married Stewart Galloway CROMBIE. 

Stewart Galloway CROMBIE, son of Alexander CROMBIE ( - ) and Isabella Hutcheson DAVIDSON ( - ), was born on 19 April 1896 in Ashbourne, Lenzie, Renfrewshire, Wester District of Cadder.  He died in 1968 in Greytown, Natal, South Africa. 

55. B PILKINGTON, child of Henry Lionel Gordon PILKINGTON and Greeva PRICE, was born in 1917 (approx.). 

56. V PILKINGTON, child of Henry Lionel Gordon PILKINGTON and Greeva PRICE, was born in 1922 (approx.).