Kwazulu-Natal, DURBAN, Isipingo, St James Anglican Church, Dick King graveyard

Cemetery information:- Album completeness unknown. eGGSA captions by: James Anderson, Alex van Niekerk, Wilna Eygelaar & Sue van der Berg. Information also available on the GGSA Cemetery DVD:- Cemetery ID: 2175 No of names: 50 Google Earth Project Information:- GPSID: 2552 GPS: -29 59.316, 30 55.484 Cemetery ID: 5341 No of names: 197 (in the Register) Google Earth Project Information:- GPSID: 6375 This Register listing of the graves of the one time St James's Churchyard, Isipingo is a compilation of separate records held by Dr. Shelagh Spencer and Mrs Gail Brink. Dr Spencer's record was compiled in the 1960s. In 1999, Dr Spencer revised her list incorporating Mrs Brink's record and the records of the St James's Church held at the Killie Campbell Museum. I have added information I have gathered concerning the Macks of Isipingo and the Mack link to the Byrne Valley. The eGSSA website has some photos of the Mack graves at Isipingo and all the graves at the St Mary Magdelene's Churchyard Byrne. This listing does not distinguish between burial sites / graves and memorial plaques where cremation has taken place. As far as is known no memorial wall existed. The implementation of the Group Areas Act was partly responsible for the decision to demolish the 92 year old St. James's Church in 1964. This sealed the fate of the graveyard. The old St James's Churchyard is now no longer. Having been neglected it would appear it was totally vandalised. The fate of the graves, most of them listed in this record , is unknown but more than likely it is beyond recovery which makes this listing such an important record. This listing was obtained by me from the Killie Campbell Museum in 1999 and is hereby acknowledged. Gerald Buttigieg. (Byrne, March 2015.)