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Captain
Alexander Logie was a member
of the 72nd Highland regiment. His parents were Alexander and Agnes
Clunie
Logie, tenant farmers at Redhall,
a part of the Duke of Gordon's property
adjoining Fochabers
Village, on the banks of the Spey River, in the County of
Morayshire, Scotland. In 1805 the regiment was ordered to Cork. Other
regiments
arrived and a large fleet of ships under the command of Sir Howe
Popham, with
6654 troops under Major General Sir David Baird set sail. After 6
months, the
fleet arrived at the Cape (South Africa) which at that stage was
administered by
the Batavian Republic as a Dutch possession. The Highland brigade
consisted of
the 71st, 72nd, and 93rd Regiments, under the command of Brigadier
General
Fergensen and was part of the force that landed at Milnerton about 16
miles from
Capetown. The local military surrendered within 2 days. This
episode was
known as the 2nd British Occupation of the Cape. Alexander served in
the
regiment for a number of years at the Cape and retired from the Army in
about
1835 and then decide to remain there. He persuaded his younger brother,
Robert
Clunie Logie to do the same. At that time Scotland was in a very bad
state
financially, with no prospects.
Robert Clunie arrived in South Africa in 1818. Alexander did not live
to a ripe
old age. he married a local girl, a Huguenot descendant, named
Henriette-du-Toit.
They did not have any children of their own, but adopted a lad, who was
christened Alexander Logie-du-Toit. The latter married Anna Logie (1844
- 1931)
daughter of Robert Clunie Logie on 4 May 1875. They had 5 children.
When Robert Clunie Logie arrived in 1818, he was only 19 years old. He
was
married twice. His first wife was Miss Stadler, who died after a short
marriage.
The only son from this marriage was thrown from a horse and killed
when still a young man. He then married Catherine Francina Preller,
(born 1805).
He entered business on his own, and did well. He was the first man to
import a
sewing machine, which was demonstrated by his younger daughter
Anna.
He became a director of a local bank. He was fond of music and became
an
organist in one of the churches. Robert and Catherine raised 8
children, one of
which was John Frederick Logie.
See the Logie Ancestry for the exact position of these Logie's in the family tree.