Was your ancestor a descendant of the Rev. John Brown of Haddington, Scotland? He was born in 1722. Do you know the parents of David Brown who married Margaret McIntosh in Tibbermore, Perth, Scotland in 1810? Are you able to help find the mother of Mary Ann Williams who lived in Rogerstone, Newport, Monmouthshire, England? She was the wife of John Rodway. She was probably born about 1815. Her father was John Williams. Does anyone know the parentage of Philip Fisher who was born about 1804 at Usk, Monmouthshire, England? He was married to Jerusa Llewellyn whose parents (probably from Glamorganshire, Wales) were Onesimus and Ann Llewellyn. Philip and Jerusa married in 1825 and lived in Rogerstone. I am researching the twenty soldiers who were killed in the First World War and whose names appear on the Port Alfred War Memorial. One of them is Bernard David Olyott - he was fostered by John and Alice Olyott. On his death notice Alice Olyott states that his real father was Patric O'Neil. I can find no information on the Olyott family (save that they came from Ireland) and would like to know when they came to SA, where they lived, who was Alice, what children John and Alice had, who was Patric O'Neil, why the Olyotts adopted Bernard and so on. The Olyotts lived in Port Alfred but I cannot find an estate file for either John or Alice. Bernard's is in the Cape Archives. Any suggestions? ... Kathie Can you tell me something of the family of George and Rebecca (born Adams) BULL who lived in Durban, South Africa from approximately 1880? George had a saddlery business at Umgeni (near Durban) in the early nineteen hundreds... Gladys Evans Maureen Hindson is desperately seeking her father who absconded just after the war (WW2). His name was Alexander Hindson. The last time he sent his whereabouts to the family he said he was in Malaya and was "heading North". He was in the Coldstream Guards at some point. He is probably deceased by now. He might have eventually gone to England but this is an unknown... Janet Lloyd Dennis or Desmond CLARKE c. about 1922 (12 at the time of his mother's declaration dated 13/3/1934 in his parents' divorce papers). First name uncertain. It appears that he joined the RAF during the Second World War and was missing presumed dead - as far as his family was concerned. There is no record of him on the Commonwealth War Graves website or on NAAIRS. Does anyone have any knowledge of him? ... Terence Paterson I'm looking for a family of COOPERS who were in the Cape (probably Cape Town) in the late 1800's. I think the parents were George and Emma, and the children (born from 1889 onwards) were Reginald, Frederick, Mary, Charles, William, Lilian Rita, Walter and Violet. I know about William (my grandfather) and a bit about his sister Lilian Rita. But I can't find George and Emma! Any voters rolls or street directories of the period could help. Thanks! ... Bev Nelson WILSON - hoping to find ancestry of George William WILSON and wife Cornelia, who lived in Uitenhage c. 1900. Large family of about 12 children, mostly sons. No idea how they came to be in S.A. except for a small hint that they might have come from Yorkshire. All WILSON researchers please contact me! ... Marielle Ford I'm looking for Michael and Mary BROOKER - British. They had a son Joseph BROOKER born about 1852 Wynberg, Cape. Any help as to other family and where they originally came from, etc. would be appreciated ... Lynn Couperthwaite Looking for the wayward WOODWARDs! Richard Blake and John Deverell Stewart WOODWARD were missionary ornithologists who were in Natal from 1870 to 1905. While I have much information on both these men, their dates and places of death are my brick wall. The brothers were born in England late 1840s; their parents were Richard and Mary Ann (nee STEWART) WOODWARD. Richard senior was a retired Major, Indian Army, born in Connaught Ireland. Anyone researching the WOODWARD surname, please check your family trees for any sign of a link to the elusive brothers. They wrote "Natal Birds" published PMB 1899, travelled extensively in SA - but where did they die?! Thanks ... Rosemary Dixon-Smith Shamley Family .. unable to find anything, believed arrived 1820 settlers??? Geoffrey Shamley b 19-5-1958 father Vernon d ? Mother Valerie. That is all I know. Help, where can I start? ... Kathy Colyn I am doing research on behalf of a friend. We are trying to locate ANY Information on Samuel (also known as Solomon) Asher LAVENTHAL. We do know that Sam was married to Emma Constance HOLLAND whom he later divorced. ... Adele I am trying to link William James Calverley (11-08-1864 - 01-01-1935), born in Amanzimtoti, Natal to the 1820 Settlers, William and Jane Calverley. I believe that he could well be the son of Jane Jones (nee Calverley) (born c1838 - 23-10-1904), who married John William Jones on 07-08-1861 in Pinetown, Natal. Jane was the daughter of James Calverley (son of 1820 William) and Susannah Logenberg. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks ... Sandi Calverley 1. Looking for information on Martin BARRY and Catherine O'NEIL (my Great Grand-parents). Mum was a BARRY before marriage. Martin BARRY was born c.1829 in County Clare, Ireland. Catherine O'NEIL was born c.1834 in County Clare, Ireland. Martin & Catherine married 10 Aug 1850 in Parish of Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland. They had 3 children (Bridget Ann, 1851; David, 1855-1855 & Ellen, 1856-1905) in County Clare and then sometime between 1856 and 1864 they came to Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. In 1864 they show up in Ballarat, Victoria when Catherine gave birth to a Catherine and she died the same year. They then went on to have 6 more children in Ballarat (Margaret, 1865; David, 1867-1867; Mary Ann, 1868-1871; Catherine, 1870-1916; Martin, 1871 & John, 1874-1940). Does anyone know who the parents of Martin BARRY and/or Catherine O'NEIL were? Names that I currently know that connect to this BARRY family are - DOWNES, FALSEY, FRANK, HORGAN, JONES, MAHER, PATTISON, PIERCE, SLATTERY, SWEETLAND, TRIGAR and WHITE. 2. My 2 x Great Grand-father was John GRAINGER b. 30 Jul 1826 in Cupar, Fife, Scotland. John GRAINGER married Isabella BOWIE (b. 23 Jul 1824 and d. 14 Jul 1893 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland) on 22 Jan 1850 in St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. John & Isabella had 7 children born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - John, 1849; Mary Davidina Brown (my Line [named after the Rev. David BROWN who baptised her in St Bernard's Church], 1852-1912 and came to Victoria Australia); John, 1854-1942; Elizabeth, 1856; Catherine Smith, 1858-1858; Isabella, 1859 & Christina, 1862-1929. Does anyone know who the parents of John GRAINGER were? Names that I currently know that connect to this GRAINGER family are - CONNACHER, MARSHALL, SCOTT and WHITE. 3. My 2 x Great Grand-father was James Henry BUTTERWORTH b. 20 Oct 1810 (according to the 1841 Census in Wiltshire, England); d. 4 Jul 1841 in Melksham, Wiltshire, England. James Henry BUTTERWORTH married Ann SIDNELL (b. 1798 and d. 27 May 1893 in Melksham, Wiltshire, England). James and Ann only had the one child, Henry George BUTTERWORTH b. 1835 in Melksham. Henry George married Ann Ellen VINCENT (1835-1899) on 13 Jan 1858 in Melksham, Wiltshire, England. The BUTTERWORTH and SIDNELL families were at various times shown as non-conformist and James Henry BUTTERWORTH's will was witnessed by 2 Quakers and also administered by known Quakers so it is also possible that he was at some stage a Quaker (not that I have found any evidence of this to date). I cannot identify the parents of James Henry BUTTERWORTH but there were only a few BUTTERWORTH families in Wiltshire in the late 1700's and early 1800's. Does anyone know who the parents of James Henry BUTTERWORTH were? Does anyone have a connection to any BUTTERWORTH who was born, married or died in Wiltshire in the late 1700's and early 1800's? I would love to hear from anyone who connects to the families (in the above three queries) in anyway or who can add any information about the families, has photos or any other information. Thanks. . . . Ian BUTTERWORTH Hello and thank you for this opportunity. Does anyone have any information on Mauritian settlement in Natal from approx 1860/70 onwards? Many thanks ... Renee Lucas I am trying to find out information about Griqualand West. Is anyone familiar with this area and able to help me with details? Thank you ... Pamela Kirkham Hi, I am looking for information on my great-grand-parents. GGFather was GEORGE PORTER CROSSON born in America in Feb. 1880 of Irish American descent. He married my GGmother, Edith Anne born HOPKINS and previously WHITE in 1914 in Pietermaritzburg Natal Province, in South Africa. He died on 21/11/1942 in Pietermaritzburg. Edith's date of birth is unknown. Her father, George S. Hopkins arrived in South Africa from Wales in the early 1800's. Edith was born on board the ship to S.A. Does anyone have any info at all on my ggparents and their parents especially. Regards ... Merlynn Marion Does anyone know a Barbara DIXON or CARRIE who was born about 1832 in Scotland?, went to CT SA, married a James STEWART also from Scotland. Barbara had at least two children, Jessie and Louisa and died Nov 2 1866, James died January 1867. ... Bob IVY KATHLEEN DUNNE was my Grandmother ... she was born in 1885 and married my Grandfather HORACE EGERTON CHICK ... I think Ivy was born in Durban and had a brother Stanley Dunne who married MAUD CHICK the sister of HORACE. I have no details of the parents of Ivy and Stanley and need to update my Family tree for DNA purposes ... Any help, partially or in full will be highly appreciated. Thank you ... Cuyril Chick I am seeking the marriage of my Great Grandmother and father, and the birth of my grandmother, which all point to being in South Africa. My great Grandfather was a soldier in the Boer War. He had the unusual name of Louis Joseph Victor Ernest Ruelens, born 1870 in The Strand, Middlesex, London. My great grandmother Ellen Eliza Johncock(s) was born 1882, Plumstead, Kent. Ellen Eliza is on the 1901 UK census, still as unmarried with her maiden name. Louis is on the UK census until 1881, I can't find him from then on. My Grandmother was born Edith Ellen Josephine Ruelens. Her death certificate age makes her birth about 1903. It is not registered in the UK. However in 1905, the second child of Louis and Ellen was born in Kent, England, as was their third child, in 1907. Louis died in 1908 age 37. Ellen was engaged to one of Louis collegues, this man was killed and Louis began writing to Ellen to send personal effects etc. .. Ellen wrote back and suddenly uprooted herself from England and ended up marrying Louis. ... Anna Rowe I am looking for my GGGrandfather's Father Jack John MOSS and his wife. The only information I have is word of mouth from my Nan and Grandad. Jack was a mounted Police sergeant and was killed when his horse reared. According to my Nan Jack's house burnt down but we are not sure where. As far as we know he had 4 children: George, John, Henry and Ginny/Jinny. George is my GGrandfather. He was born in 1893 in East London, South Africa. His religion was C of E. I have all his old war papers. After his father Jack died I think they all went to live with their brother John in East London, 30 Tennyson St. This is George's NOK on his war papers. Ginny/Jinny went on to marry a TREDOUX according to my Nan and lived in Johannesburg. This is where I'm stuck, I cannot get hold of any of the children's birth certificates to find out who their mother was. ... Paul Smith, UK My grandmother Dorothy Kate HENDERSON was born in Port Elizabeth 5 Aug 1895. I am trying to find out more about her parents. Her father was George William HENDERSON born 1863 in Brigg, Lincolnshire, UK. Her mother was Julia Moore PARKINSON born 1866 in Poplar, Middlesex, UK. On the 1891 British Census George is single and living in Cheltenham and Julia is single living with her parents in Poplar. So it seems between 1891 and 1895 they married and moved to South Africa. I can't find any Marriage Certificate in the UK. Family stories say George was a silk merchant and Julia died when Dorothy was 3, so about 1898, but no Death Certificate found yet. George and Julia are said to have had a son who died in infancy. Dorothy was their only surviving child. In the 1901 British Census she is with her grandparents in Brigg and never returned to South Africa. George carried on travelling in South Africa as I have postcards he sent to Dorothy. These show he was still alive in 1909 but is thought to have died when Dorothy was still a child. I have not found a Death Certificate in the UK and so far have not traced any Death Notice in South Africa. Any advice welcome on how to progress with this research. ... Sam The hospital records of my great great grandfather, Thomas HENLEY, show that he was "in the Cape" from 1824-1832. Any pointers towards possible sources for information about about this period of his life - e.g. passenger lists into SA for 1824 or out for 1832, or newspaper or court reports which might suggest a reason for his departure would be gratefully received. ... John Henley I have been searching for months, can anyone tell me if they know of a vessel bringing Swedish Migrants to South Africa in the late 1800's. I am trying to track down Bror Emil Hjalmar Enstrom and Hilda Kanjela Enstrom (nee Von Breda) who migrated from Sweden. I understand that some of the Enstroms worked on the whaling vessels but this is as much as I know. Any information would be much appreciated. Bror Emil Hjalmar Enstrom lived in Natal after migration. ... Rosalie Enstrom My husband's grandfather WILLIAM MILNE LEE went to South Africa sometime between 1874-1884. He was a Tailor and made uniforms for the troops (presumably British troops taking part in the Zulu war). His wife-to-be travelled out sometime around 1881/2 and they married the day after her arrival in Feb 1882 in Mossel Bay. Their first child Mary Susan was born in Dec 1882. They eventually had to return to Britain (1883/4)due to the ill health of either the child or the mother (unsure which). Does anyone have any ideas of, (a) where to obtain passenger lists of ships travelling to South Africa around that time; and (b) civilian workers who supported the troops. A relative, now deceased, had a gold medallion which was presented to William and inscribed : L.W.D. Club (the date is worn) won by William Milne Lee - then another inscription now worn and a name G.T. Addison. It has a South African gold mark. Unfortunately I have never seen this medallion, but wondered if anyone had a clue what the L.W.D. Club might have been. Regards ... Sandra Lee I am researching my family history and have hit a brick wall as far as my great grandfather is concerned. As far as I know his name was Francis Boyles and apparently he was born in the U.K. in 1847 the Norfolk Broads have been mentioned but I have had no luck in finding any birth details. Apparently when he was 2 or 3 years old he went to South Africa with his family but the only record I can find in passenger lists is for a George Boiles, wife Lydia and children Mary, Robert, Francis and Sara on the ship Emily which sailed from London/Plymouth on 31 July 1850. I think this may be my Francis as the age would be about right. I have not been able to find anything else in South Africa as yet. I have been checking the passenger lists for departures from South Africa for Australia as Francis was married in Tasmania, Australia in 1875 , but as yet have had no luck. The only other information that I have is that Francis Boyles had won a silver cup for Rifle Shooting in Victoria County South Africa in 1864. If there is anybody at all that can help with any information I would really appreciate it. Thank you. ... Pat Moody (nee Boyles) John Nelson ... Looking for anyone looking into the name of John Nelson who would have left South Africa before May 1917 for England. Nothing else known. ... John Nelson I am trying to locate my cousin Denise Ellen Lake born in Bradford, England in 1945 and/or her father, Walter Miles Lake, whose last known address was in Benoni in 1973. Walter Lake was employed by Sappi, Johannesburg, at that time and any information that might help me trace either of them would be much appreciated. ... Geoff Ledden Seeking Yvonne Mary ESPINASSE (nee WOOLSTON) born Kimberley S. Africa 1925 or any descendants thereof. Her father, Leonard WOOLSTON emigrated from England to S Africa and married a S African lady, Joyce Elizabeth Siege Truter. Yvonne was their only child. Leonard became a Managing Director for Reunerts. ... Janice Hawkins I am trying to track down an Annie Murray who emigrated to Cape Town around about 1924-6. She died in 1982. ... David I am trying to get infomation on the following: my ggf Thomas Rae who was born in Scotland in 1851 and married Mary Kilgour Hutcheon in 1879 in Potchefstroom . Also looking for information on Alfred Green who came from Lincolnshire and married Kate Smith (d of Thomas Hancorn Smith) in S.Africa. Finally information on my ggf AA Wanblad a Swede who farmed at Charlestown Natal in the late 1800s. Many Thanks ... John Green I am looking for information on the following families: C.R.C Acutt, Daniel Petrus Boshoff, Jan and Stoffel Boshoff, William Hendrick Boshoff,William (Bill) Baillie and John Bannatyne. These men were from the Midlands area. I would appreciate any help ... Jacqueline Yallup Looking for the parents of both Adolph William MEYER * Natal 1879 + Escombe 5/5/1954 x Ethel Elizabeth HARDMAN. Unfortunately his parents were indicated as 'deceased' on the death notice! The couple had two children: Clifford Frederik * 22/5/1903 x Ellen Gertrude EATON and Pearl Elizabeth x Charles SWABY. Thank you. ... Alta Griffiths We are researching the Koekemoers in South Africa, any snippets of info or anecdotes would be gratefully received as I want to compile a Family History Book for my grandchildren. We now live in New Zealand and I am afraid they will lose their history. ... Patricia Koekemoer I'm trying to trace the movements of my great grandparents William Henry (real second name Robert) and Ellen/Nellie WALLER. They were in England in 1881, but by 1883 my grandmother Kate Laura was born in South Africa (not sure where). Her brother William was born in 1885, but by 1889 Ellen and the children are back in England where Ellen remarries, calling herself a widow. Any references to Williams death I found in NAAIRS were not him. Ellen disappears from England in 1903/4 ... did she return to South Africa? Her daughter Kate leaves her family in England in 1918 ... did she too return to South Africa. She would have been Kate Laura Nicholson by then. Please get in touch if anything about this story seems vaguely familiar to you! Thank you. ... Linda Martin, Ontario, Canada Trying to find out what became of my great uncle, Carl/Karl Sorensen Nylund, or Carl/Karl Sorensen. He was born in Mandal, Norway on September 16 1874, then left for Port Natal, South Africa in 1897 ... we do not know what became of him. Any help is appreciated. ... The Ryersen family My great grandmother Ellen BROWN born 1870 Cape Colony (of Scots descent) married 17.3.1894 to Johannes D SLABBERT possibly in the Graaff-Reinet area as this is where their children (Henry *1895 and Maria Magdalena *1897) were born. Does anyone have any knowledge of this family? Trying to find parents of Ellen Brown. ... Yvonne I am searching for information of any kind on my great-uncle, Henry W.G. (William George?) FRYER, born in Southampton, England in 1855. He was the son of Henry George FRYER (1832 to 1905) who was a mariner and worked for the P & O Company, spending part of his professional life in China. The family story indicates that Henry travelled to South Africa as part of the gold rush, but there is no record of him having been back in England. I now wonder if he stayed in South Africa and made a new life there. Any information would be most welcome. Thanks ... Paul Fryer Could anyone help me with any information on the Surname FOLKUS/FOLKENS. Hendrik FOLKENS died on 8 August 1895 in Lichtenburg district and was married to Margaretha Johanna Sophia VAN WYNGAARD. I can't find anything on the ancestors of this family except for the names of his parents on the Death Notice. His father was Jan Johannes and mother Johanna Margrita. Regards ... Annamarie SEE Page 2