Ian Cambier Molteno Williamson

Family/Spouse: Theresa Anne Ganly. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James Jean Williamson

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1993, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; Radiologist

Notes:

JCMW was educated at Diocesan College, Cape Town, and the University of Cape Town. He completed a MB and BCh at UCT, and then specialised in radiology (most likely graduating MMed). He practiced as Medical Doctor and Radiologist in Cape Town and then moved to Johannesburg in the mid-1960s with offices at Kenridge Hospital and elsewhere. He moved to Tasmania in late 1980s.

Jean married Jean Margaret Talbot in 1956. Jean was born on 13 May 1933; died on 12 May 2022 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 23 Aug 1952, 18 Park Mansions, Camp Ground Rd, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
• Occupation: 1962, Bloemfontein, South Africa; Judge of Appeal

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Arthur was Head Boy at St John's College, Johannesburg. Arthur served in World War 1 in France for 2 years. He started his career as an Advocate in Cape Town and moved to the Johannesburg Bar in 1941. He was appointed a Supreme Court Judge, Transvaal Division in 1953, Judge President of Natal in 1961 and Judge of Appeal in 1962, a post that he held until his death in 1968. He was highly regarded in legal circles. He was always an excellent provider for all his children.
On 17.12.1926, at age 27, Arthur married Caroline Mitchel Molteno, in Claremont, Cape Town. They were divorced in 1935. He married again: In 1935, at age 35, Arthur married Erna JHF Templin (* 21.10.1902). Caroline was pressed by her powerful uncles to divorce Arthur after his infidelity (with Erna) during her extended trip to Europe alone in the early 1930s. She never remarried.

Arthur married Caroline Molteno on 17 Dec 1926 in St Saviours Church, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, and was divorced in 1935. Caroline (daughter of John Charles Molteno and Lucy Lindley Mitchell) was born on 6 Oct 1901 in Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa; died on 19 Nov 1989 in Mowbray, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Arrival: 6 Jun 1932, Plymouth, Devon
• Residence: 23 Aug 1952, 18 Park Mansions, Camp Ground Rd, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
• Arrival: 18 Mar 1955, Southampton, Hampshire

Notes:

Carol Williamson (nee Molteno) wrote recollections of her life when she was already in her mid eighties. A copy of these is available on the Molteno family website at:

https://www.moltenofamily.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Carol-Williamson-Reminiscences-pdf.pdf

Notes:

Married:
Reception at Sandown, Rondebosch. Carol was given away be her Uncle Admiral Barclay Molteno

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• Residence: 1881, Kensington, London; Age: 12; Relationship to Head: Son
• Residence: 31 Aug 1901, Alpine Villa, Constantia Road, Plumstead, Cape, South Africa

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He grew up in Melbourne, Australia and came to South Africa in 1897. He registered with the Eastern Transvaal Society of Accountants in 1905 and became President of the Society in 1909. He was the first auditor of Transvaal Cricket Union and the first auditor of United Building Society in 1906. In 1917 in partnership with Stewart and later Steyn he became Auditor of the Johannesburg Municipality.
He retired in 1925 to Cape Town where he became Manager of the Colonial Orphan Chamber.

Alfred married Wilhelmina Frances Faure on 21 Apr 1898 in St John's Church, Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa. Wilhelmina (daughter of Jan Gysbertus Reynier Cambier Faure and Johanna Catharina Paulina Deneys) was born on 30 Sep 1875 in Caledon, Free State, South Africa; died on 14 Jan 1919 in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Jan 1919 in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Wilhelmina Frances Faure
• Residence: 31 Aug 1901, Alpine Villa, Constantia Road, Plumstead, Cape, South Africa

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• Birth: 4 Mar 1860, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
• Residence: 21 May 1899, Kenilworth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Residence: 17 Jun 1908, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa

Notes:

Eldest son of John Charles Molteno. At a very young age, Charlie became his father, Sir John Charles Molteno’s, secretary. In this role, he not only assisted him in his political duties as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, but also increasingly looked after his diverse business interests. Following his father’s death in 1886, Charlie managed the main family farm at Nelspoort for many years in association with his cousin, H. A. Jackson. He decided to enter politics on his own account in 1894 and was elected to the Tembuland constituency in the Transkei. He continued as an M.P., with one short break, up to the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910.

He married in 1897 an American, Lucy Mitchell, whose family had close South African connections, and he and Lucy settled into their new home of Sandown in Rondebosch, about four miles from the centre of Cape Town, in 1899. They lived there for the rest of their lives together. Charlie died of pneumonia following a routine operation in 1924. His political contributions included opposition to the Boer War, and a growing recognition of the overriding importance of African South Africans playing a full role in Cape politics. On his death, Ons Land described him as ‘a man of firm principles and of earnest convictions. He was a man of character and a strong personality.’


For more about John Charles Molteno see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Charles_Molteno

John married Lucy Lindley Mitchell on 23 Dec 1897 in Lakewood, New Jersey, USA. Lucy (daughter of Clarence Green Mitchell and Sarah Adams Lindley) was born on 4 Jun 1874 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; died on 16 Oct 1969 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: South Africa
• Residence: 1880, Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, USA
• Departure: 25 Aug 1928, Liverpool, Lancashire; Age: 54
• Arrival: 3 Sep 1928, New York, USA

Notes:

Lucy Lindley Mitchell Molteno note her memoirs, with the help of her grand daughter, at the age 83. These go back to the American Civil War and on to South Africa.

A copy of these is available on the Molteno Family website at https://www.moltenofamily.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Lucy-Molteno-What-a-Strange-Thing-is-Memory-pdf.pdf