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Elizabeth Maria Molteno
1852 - 1927 (74 years)
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Name Elizabeth Maria Molteno Nickname Betty Birth 24 Sep 1852 South Africa 
Gender Female Death 25 Aug 1927 London Age at Death: 74 Death 25 Aug 1927 South Africa Probate Date 13 Apr 1928 London Notes - The eldest of John Charles Molteno’s children. When her mother, Elizabeth Maria Jarvis, died in 1874, Betty took responsibility for bringing up several of her younger brothers. Only when she was in her mid thirties, did she begin teaching. During the 1890s, she was headmistress of The Collegiate School for Girls in Port Elizabeth, which is where she met her lifelong partner, Alice Greene.
Betty is perhaps the most remarkable of John Charles’s children. She took up many causes, including opposition to Britain’s war against the Boer Republics. She was active in support of the rights of Indian South Africans (she was a friend of Gandhi and spoke at many of his public meetings).
She also supported Black South Africans’ early struggles over land and political rights, and lived for a time in a cottage built for her at the Ohlange Institute (next door to Gandhi’s Phoenix Settlement) which was founded by John Dube, first President General of the African National Congress. She was a particular friend of Sol Plaatje. Betty was also a feminist and demanded the franchise for women.
- Read more about Betty Molteno at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Maria_Molteno
Person ID I371 Gibbs Family Tree Last Modified 21 Jan 2018
Father John Charles Molteno, Sir, b. 5 Jun 1814, London d. 1 Sep 1886, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 72 years) Mother Elizabeth Maria Jarvis, b. 20 Jan 1831, Western Cape, South Africa d. 8 Apr 1874, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 43 years) Marriage 20 Oct 1851 Family ID F140 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Alice M Greene, b. 1859 d. Mar 1920, Cornwall (Age 61 years) Last Modified 9 Jul 2017 Family ID F1435 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- The eldest of John Charles Molteno’s children. When her mother, Elizabeth Maria Jarvis, died in 1874, Betty took responsibility for bringing up several of her younger brothers. Only when she was in her mid thirties, did she begin teaching. During the 1890s, she was headmistress of The Collegiate School for Girls in Port Elizabeth, which is where she met her lifelong partner, Alice Greene.
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Birth - 24 Sep 1852 - South Africa 
Death - Age at Death: 74 - 25 Aug 1927 - London Death - 25 Aug 1927 - South Africa Probate Date - 13 Apr 1928 - London = Link to Google Earth
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