[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Vezi. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1900 or early 1901, probably in Ladysmith.]
Violet Elise Marie Louise Stapleton (Lady Beaumont)
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA , 2017, using The Complete Peerage by George Edward Cokayne; the St Mary's Slindon website (www.stmarysslindon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Beaumont-Lady-Violet.doc); and the Slindon Village website, 2017: Violet Elise Marie Louise Stapleton (neé Isaacson), also known as Lady Beaumont, was the daughter of MP for Stepney, Frederick Wootton Isaacson, and Elizabeth Isaacson, well-known milliner who operated under the trade-name 'Madame Elise'. Violet Isaacson married Henry Stapleton, Lord Beaumont, in 1888. Lord Beaumont died in 1892. Lady Beaumont then moved to Slindon with her brother, Frederick F. J. Wootton Isaacson, living in Slindon House. In 1917, Slindon House became a Convalescent Hospital, overseen by Lady Beaumont. Post war the house was cleared, and Lady Beaumont and Wootton Isaacson were able to resume normal life. Lady Beaumont donated material collected by her brother to the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. This material was accessioned in 1948.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using Tim Keegan's "Colonial South Africa:Origins Racial Order" : Reverend William C. Holden was a Methodist who arrived in Port Natal in 1847 to serve as a 'settler scribe' to J. C. Chase. He published "The History of the Colony of Natal" in 1855.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Weli kaNsangwana. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1914.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2018, using information provided by Gavin Whitelaw: Wendy E. Cubbin wrote the paper 'A physical reconstruction of Mgungundlovu, Dingane's umuzi circa 1837, based on eye witness accounts and supported by authoritative studies' for the Pietermaritzburg Girls' High School Natal Senior Certificate in 1983. This was later published in ‘Yesterday and Today’ journal number 15, April 1988. At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate any further biographical information about Wendy Cubbin.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using www.librarything.com: Willem Johannes (W. J.) De Kock was a South African historian and author who wrote "History of South Africa" and the "Dictionary of South African Biography".]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about William Crofts. They appear to have been a publisher in the nineteenth century.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using an extract from Dictionary South African Biography Vol 5: William Wood was a Zulu interpreter, ivory trader and hunter, born in the Cape Colony in 1824. In 1836 he began to attend the Rev. G. Champion's school at the Umlazi mission. He worked as an interpreter for the Reverend F. Owen at uMgungundlovu where he witnessed the murder of Piet Retief.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Wondi was of Zuma isibongo, which was a part of the Basuto race. He lived at Byrnetown. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1907 in Pietermaritzburg.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Lazarus Xaba arrived in Natal from Swaziland with Reverend Albert Allison in 1846. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1910 in Pietermaritzburg. He was 72 years old when he was interviewed by Stuart.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Xubu kaLuduzo was a member of the Radeba people. He was one of Someswu's messengers - Soweswu was Theophilus Shepstone. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1912.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Zibokwana kaNyamayenja. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1899.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Zibokwana kaNyamayenja. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1899.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Zulu lived near Marwaqa, then near Stuartstown, then in the Eshowe District. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1898. He was roughly 34 years old when he was interviewed by Stuart.]
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Zwayi kaMbombo. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1910.]