Robert Scotland Hart

Robert was born on October 9th, 1837 in 'Block Drift', Alice, Eastern Cape. Robert's father was Lt James Hart and his mother was Maria Susanna van Aardt (Willemina). His paternal grandparents were Robert Hart and Hannah May Tamplin. He had a brother and two sisters, named William, Hanna and Maria. He was the youngest of the four children. He had seven half-brothers and a half-sister, named James, Hendrik, Andrew, Christiaan, Johan, Richard, Willem and Martha. He died at the age of 45 on March 29th, 1883 in Thomas River, Cathcart District,.