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Name: GARVIE, Ebenezer George 'George'
Nee: son of Lawrence (1845-1918) and Johanna Garvie, bro of Donald Sutherland Garvie and John Sutherland Garvie
Birth Date: 18 Jan 1886 Knysna, S. Africa
Death Date: 27 Feb 1962 Durban
First Date: c. 1909
Last Date: c. 1912
Profession: Farmer, left Kenya in about 1912 due to an eye illness of his son Arthur. Road construction, farming
Married: In Johannesburg 19 June 1907 Rosa Eliza Magdalena Heuer b.10 Mar 1882 Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, d. 21 Feb 1951 Ladysmith, Natal (sister of Charles Nangle Botha Fordyth Garvie's wife)
Children: Reginald Ebenezer 'Reggie' (8 May 1909 Johannesburg-1996); Arthur George (16 Nov 1910 Johannesburg-1977); Rosa Magdalena (5 Jan 1913 Johannesburg-1996); Percy Charles (6 May 1915 Johannesburg-1973); Emilie Maria (6 Oct 1917 Joburg-1986); Louisa (22 May 1920 Heidelberg, Transvaal-1926)
Book Reference: Web, Land, Colin Garvie, Drumkey
General Information:
Web - Garvie Family Album - George Garvie also born in Knysna 1886 was a farmer with his brothers in Kenya and in South Africa. He operated various Singer Sewing Machine shops.
Colin Garvie - took an interest in British Israelism. 'Gun Tax Receipt' was issued to George Garvie on 30-5-1911 in Mombasa for Nandi.
Land - 1911 - E.G. Garvie - Grazing and agricultural, 3060 acres - Nandi District - 2/3/04 - Leasehold for 99 years from 1/10/10 - Registered 16/3/11
Colin Garvie - Ebenezer George Garvie was born in Knysna in 1886 and baptized on the 12th March, 1886 in the Dutch Reformed Church of Knysna. George, as he was generally known, spent his infant years in Knysna. He could hardly have been two when the family moved to Kimberley. Here he spent almost ten years. He was not even a teenager when the family moved to Johannesburg. During the Anglo-Boer War George slipped out of the Transvaal with his parents and spent these years in Durban and Newcastle. The Garvies had a home at Albert Park in Durban. In Durban George rode dispatches for the military on bicycle. George and Rose together with Reggie and Arthur, Oupa and Ouma Heuer and their children Otto and Gertie left Johannesburg for Kenya. At first George was engaged in road construction in the Naivasha region when he acquired land on the Western Highlands of Kenya. In Nairobi he "played" the pianola at his brother, Donald's, bioscope. He did so at funerals too. Once, by mistake, he played a military march at the funeral! George's home was some 26 miles from John and Lilly Garvie farm in Nandi. Rosa passed away at the age of 69 on the 21st February, 1951 in the Klip River district of Natal. George died on the 27th February, 1962 in Durban at the age of 76.
Drumkey 1909 has E.S. Garvie - Nairobi
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