Stannard - Rose Family History
The information on this site is the result of several years of research
into the history of the families below, all of whom have connections
to South Africa. Their stories span the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries, when members of these families made their way
to South Africa from England, Australia and Sweden.
Dorothy P Saunders & Robert N Stannard
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STANNARD: originally from Long Stratton, Norfolk, who arrived in South Africa via Victoria, Australia, when Robert James STANNARD and his wife, Mary PHILLIPS, both born in Australia, immigrated to South Africa in the early 1900s. |
Herbert E Saunders, Louis Saunders, Dorothy P Saunders,
Jack Saunders & Elizabeth Ings
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SAUNDERS: from the Salisbury area of Wiltshire. The family came to South Africa when Herbert Ethey SAUNDERS and his wife, Elizabeth INGS, immigrated from England. They married in Cape Town in 1893, before settling in Vryheid ahead of the Anglo-Boer War. |
Ethel D Hermanson & Alfred W H Rose
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ROSE: from the Frome area of Somerset. The family arrived in South Africa when Alfred William Henry ROSE immigrated from England in 1925 in search of a better life. He met and married Ethel Dorothy HERMANSON in South Africa in 1930. |
Walfrid T J Herrman & Ethel M Seller
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HERMANSON: originally from Sweden, with roots in the Stockholm area. The family came to South Africa when Walfrid Theodor HERMANSON (born Walfrid Theodor Johansson HERRMAN) left Sweden for South Africa in 1896. He met and married Ethel Maud SELLER in South Africa in 1901. |
The family trees of these four families have also led to research into a number of associated families. For a full list of surnames included in this family history, please visit the TribalPages surname index.
For fun, the table below shows the ten most frequently occurring direct ancestral surnames in this tree. It will be updated periodically. Last updated: November 2026.
| Name | Occurrences | Date Range |
|---|---|---|
| PHILLIPS | 131 | 1600 - 1932 |
| STANNARD | 127 | 1644 - 2003 |
| VINCENT | 122 | 1640 - 1896 |
| ROSE | 78 | 1670 - 1996 |
| MERCER | 70 | 1600 - 1920 |
| ABBOTT | 68 | 1685 - 1925 |
| SPARGO | 46 | 1655 - 1808 |
| FUSSELL | 33 | 1670 - 1815 |
| INGS | 31 | 1747 - 1891 |
| TUCKER | 23 | 1657 - 1793 |