Genealogical Society of South Africa
Durban and Coastal Branch
Volume 24 Issue 1/2008
The Committee would
like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and hope that 2008 will prove to be a
successful one for you in the research that lies ahead!!
Message from the
Treasurer
NOTICE: Members will no doubt be aware that fees
have been increased from January this year. The basic payments are as follows :
- to receive a
printed copy only of the “Familia” the
cost is R120
- to receive an electronic
copy only of “Familia” the cost is R100
- to register on
eGGSA the cost is R30 (in addition to one of the above)
The cost of
additional publications can be ascertained on the Renewal Form, or by enquiry
to the Treasurer.
Please
note that subscription fees may be deposited in ANY branch of Nedbank in South
Africa – our banking details are :
Account
Name : The Genealogical Society of South
Africa
Bank
: Nedbank
Account
No. : 2144 092 346 (BROADWAY)
NB : Members banking via INTERNET must quote the
Code No. 114405 as well as our account number.
Please notify the Treasurer
of your renewal either by post, telephone (evenings) or by e-mail.
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Annual
General Meeting
held on Saturday 19 January 2008
The
branch AGM was held on Saturday 19 January at the Family History Centre and was
well attended.
The Chairman, Jaq Benadie, reported on the financial situation of the branch and advised that there were 3 resignations and 8 new members who joined in 2007. He thanked the FHC Resources Indexing Project Working Group who completed their project in July and all those who have volunteered to help out with the Natal Marriage Indexing Project.
He reported on the events which took place in 2007 and encouraged members to communicate their preferences to the committee regarding speakers and outings for 2008, and reiterated that the committee was there to serve the needs of its members.
The
nomination of committee members took place, and it was unanimously agreed that
the present committee should serve for another year.
Jaq ended the meeting by thanking members for their
contributions to the newsletters and to the discussions held at the conclusion
of the meeting.
The minutes of the AGM will be circulated under
separate cover.
Questionnaire : Family Name Database
Thank you to all who returned their questionnaires,
twenty-two were completed and returned to us.
These are in the process of being added to the original database
compiled by the previous committee and will be available to members within the
next couple of months.
On the questionnaire we also asked you to record
your “brick walls” – there were quite a few of these!! If you can assist with information please
contact the member direct.
¨
Antonie Johannes de Beer : “I have no dates for his birth or baptism but
know that he died in 1925 somewhere in the Transvaal”.
Joy Bjornivik : bokarlb@telkomsa.net
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Richard Donoghue : “I am looking for any information prior to his
arrival from Cork to the Cape with the Inneskillin Regiment”.
Larry O’Donoghue : lodonoghue@gfp.co.za
¨
Edwin Ross : “The parents of Edwin Ross who was christened in
Southward, London in 1815 are given as Robert and Anne Ross. This is all I know of them and can’t go back
any further”.
John Ross Yelland : jsrgy@intekom.co.za
¨
Capt. Arthur Knight : “I am seeking information on the parents and ancestors
of Capt. Arthur Knight who died in 1846 in Grahamstown”.
Prof Kenneth Knight : profken@iafrica.com
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Mary Dyble : “(c. 1796, (?)daughter of Mark and Ann Dyball)
married Robert Gibbon (1795-1869) producing 7 children most of whom lived in
Colesberg and Fauresmith. I have no
mid-1840s arrival date, nor any reference to Mary in South Africa. She was presumably buried in the 1850s on
his farm “Basham, Griqualand” per his 1861 Will.”
Don Porter : jsrgy@intekom.co.za
¨
Maud Emily Garvie (nee
Hill) : “I seek further
information on Maud Emily Garvie of Garvies Beach, Bluff. She was born in 1883 in Grahamstown and died
10 June 1955”.
Colin Garvie : garvie@iafrica.com
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Jacobus Petrus Van
Niekerk : “I cannot find
confirmation that Jacobus Petrus van Niekerk born 7 July 1877, place
unknown, married AMS Strydom in Somerset East on 5 May 1902. He died on 19 August 1952 in Coega, CP”.
Matthys van Niekerk : Matthysv@iafrica.com
¨
John Clark Kitchen : “Looking for the names of his parents and his
birthplace – he was born on 12 August 1875 and married Dorothy Walker in Durban
in 1903”.
Neville Kitchin : kitchin@iafrica.com
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Arthur Herbert Cress : “Looking for the date, (?) 12 August
1879, and birthplace in India of Arthur Herbert Cress. He married Mabel Godwin Foley in 1903 in
Durban. His parents were Charles Cress
and Rachael Cress (nee ?) who lived at
53 Aberdeen Road, Highbury London N. on 2 September 1903”.
Adrienne Kitchin : kitchin@iafrica.com
More “brick-walls” will be published in the 2nd
quarter newsletter.
Please remember it is still not too late to send in
your family names if you have not done so already; this is an ongoing
project! Please email them to
kdee@mweb.co.za
Bulletin Board
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The Cape Archives camera
restriction policy
I am sure
that everybody who has any interest in South African Genealogy by now knows
about the ban on the use of digital cameras at the Western Cape Archives. This was imposed on all members of the
public (including genealogical researchers) by the Deputy Director of the Western
Cape Archives, Mr NM Tshirado. Various
reasons for this ban are given, but the consistent underlying reason given is
that of preservation. The staff at the particular archive feels that it cannot
control the public to ensure responsible handling of documents.
After
discussions with the Western Cape Archives it was suggested that the GSSA
lodges a formal appeal to the Archives to present the requirements of members
of the GSSA, with possible suggestions on how the needs of our members could be
accommodated. The Executive Committee
of GSSA has now started with this process and is in constant contact with the
Cape Archives. We will keep you
informed on any developments.
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Family Bibles on eGGSA
eGGSA has now created a
new section in their photo-downloads area for digital photos of Family
Bibles. Your contribution to this new
section will be one way of preserving your precious Family Bible - and if you
can provide transcriptions of the photos, it would be even better! The Family Bibles and Register section can
be accessed on http://www.eggsa.org/library
Should you wish to
contribute to this section, please contact webmaster Richard on richard@eggsa.org
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GSSA Cemetery Recording
Project
Congratulations to Peter Moss and the Cemetery
Recording Project team in completing CD.6 of their project. The final count was 269 233 names in 2 757
cemeteries, which is an increase of 17 549 names in 113 cemeteries – what a
great achievement that is for only one year.
Thank you to the team – we appreciate your dedication and hard work!
Here are but a few of the new entries :
·
Farm cemeteries in the
following districts : Harrismith, Reitz, Ladismith, Calitzdorp, Jeffreys
Bay, to name but a few,
·
Sections of the old
Parys Cemetery,
·
The Methodist Cemetery
in Beaufort West, Cape,
·
Wittenberg Cemetery
near Piet Retief,
·
The Dutch Reform Church
graveyard at Robertson,
·
St Agnes Anglican
Church and St Peter’s Catholic Church at Swartkops, P.E, and Hoejie Kop,Saldana
The cost of the CD6 is R80,00 for a first-time
buyer and R50,00 for members who have purchased previous issues.
Should you require a copy please contact Andre
Heydenrych at aheydenr@mweb.co.za or
contact one of the committee members.
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CD – Liebbrandt/SA
Interest
We have received some great comments about this CD
which was put together by Jaq : Here is
a comment received from Don Porter :
“I’ve found the Ansella story marvellous – in the same
league as that of Groote Catrijn, the Snyman family’s stam-moeder, who was
baptised with her friend & fellow-slave Mooij Ansela in 1668. I obtained the fascinating story sub-titled
‘Earliest Recorded Female Bandiet at the Cape of Good Hope - A Study in
Upward Mobility’ from the Museum at Franschhoek – the Introduction states,
‘Only by rendering thoroughly the available archival records has it become
possible to reconstruct more about this formidable woman…”
The CD is still available for those who missed out. Please contact Jaq direct.
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Genealogy World
Don’t forget to visit
the Genealogy World website (www.genealogyworld.net)
- they have a host of new transcriptions.
Amongst them you can now find -
- A new List
of Passengers in the Natal Shipping section: BALMORAL CASTLE, arrived at Cape
Town from England, via Madeira 3 July 1880,
- Marriages
performed by the resident magistrate of King Williams Town 1903-1916 - Western
Cape Archives 1/KWT 8/2/1/5,
- A
list of men, retired to pension (as opposed to dead or dishonourably
discharged), who elected to remain at the Cape, from 1818 to 1826, whose names
are listed in WO 23/147 at the National Archives, Kew.
- Look
ups available for the English Church, Cape Town, later St. George's Cathedral -
Christenings for the year 1806 to 1811,
- 1820
Settlers : Extract from the 1834 South African Commercial Advertiser
transcribed from the National Archives, Kew.
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Family Name Database
Please remember it is
still not too late to send in the family names which you are researching; this
is an ongoing project! Please email to kdee@mweb.co.za
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Royal Norfolk Regiment
During the year we received a number of requests
for information and look-ups from international researchers. Amongst them was one received from Lynn
Burling, the editor of the Anglo-German Society in the UK, who was looking for
information on the Royal Norfolk Regiment.
I seeked help from our in-house “expert” on military matters, John
Yelland, who forwarded me the following information which I forwarde to Lynn
and which I am sure would be of interest to those researching military history
:
“Lynn’s easiest course would be to go to Kew (TNA)
and look up the Medal Rolls for the Boer War. These used to be kept in the main
reception and you could consult them while you were waiting for your requests
to be delivered. Once she has that, she must look for the clasps that were
attached to any medals awarded as they were given for specific actions.
The 2nd Battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment
was part of the 14th Brigade under Gen. Sir HC Chermside. It arrived in Southern Africa somewhere
between 1st Jan 1900 and 13th Feb 1900. This Brigade was part of the 7th
Division under Gen Tucker which formed part of the force that relieved
Kimberley. Any members thereof would have been entitled to the Queen's
Medal. Any action fought at that stage
would have had a clasp awarded as well.
The actions that were fought at that stage were the Relief of Kimberley
and Paardeberg. Thereafter they would
have fought in the OFS. The clasps
would have read: "Cape Colony", "Relief of Kimberley",
"Paardeberg", "Driefontein" and "Orange Free
State".
The Royal Norfolk Regiment fought alongside the
Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and both regiments were subsequently combined into
the Royal Anglian Regiment. The Royal Norfolk Regiment had their base at the
Britannia Barracks in Norwich and I understand there is a museum now in what
was the original Barrack Hospital.
There may also be information on their Anglo-Boer
War actions with the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment. Their records are kept in the
Museum of Lincolnshire Life which is housed in the Old Yeomanry Barracks,
Burton Road, Lincoln.
The fact that her father stayed on in Southern
Africa after the War was over probably means that his regiment took part in the
guerrilla war after the captures of Bloemfontein and Pretoria. There were no
set battles after that and, also at that stage, Queen Victoria died and King Edward
took the throne. The Norfolks were stationed at Zuurfontein in the Transvaal at
this stage and came under attack from a commando led by Gen Beyers.
The medals that were awarded in this phase of the
War would be covered by the King's South Africa medal and any clasps would have
had "1901" or "Transvaal" or "Orange Free State"
on them. There were no set battles other than Bergendal in that period - only
skirmishes.
The enlistment and service records of the members
in the Royal Norfolk Regiment should be held at Kew, but it involves ploughing
or trolling through thousands of records.
I don't envy her task!
The Queen's South Africa and King's South
Africa Medal Rolls are held at Kew (TNA) under WO100/120 -130. (WO stands for
War Office). Also under WO100/356 and WO100/357. These are searched by surname
and give regiment in which the person enlisted.
Discharge Papers for 1882-1900 and 1900-1913 are
held under WO97. They can also be
searched by surname.”
I’m sure this information will be of great
assistance to those doing a military search, especially those who will be
visiting Kew in the near future. Thank
you John!
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“Thank You”
Thank
you to Nigel McFerran for his generous donation of a number of genealogy DVD’s
which he has so kindly donated to our library.
These DVD’s are available to any interested members.
Also
a special ‘thank you’ to Jaq who has photographed a large number of plaques and
gravestones in Stellawood Cemetery – these now appear on the eGGSA website.
Alphabetical list of Scottish names
associated
with clans and families
by George Way of Plean
(Past secretary to the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs)
Following on from our previous newsletter here are
a few more surnames which might assist with your research. Please note that there are also endless
variations of Scottish surnames and the list below is neither comprehensive nor
definitive but is intended solely as a guide to the possible connections a name
may have to a recognised clan or family featured in detail elsewhere.
Clan Davidson
Davie, Davis, Dawson, Dow, Kay, Macdade, Macdaid, MacDavid.
Clan Drummond
Grewar, Gruer, Maccrouther, Macgrewar,
Macgrowther, Macgruder, Macgruther, MacRobbie.
Barrie, Brebner, Christie,
Coates, Coutts, Farquhar, Findlay, Findlayson, Finlay, Finlayson, Gracie,
Greusach, Hardie, Hardy, Kellas, Lyon, MacCaig, MacCardney, Macartney,
MacCuaig, MacEarachar, MacFarquhar, Machardie, Machardy, MacKerchar,
MacKerracher, Mackindlay, Mackinlay, Paterson, Reoch, Riach, Tawse.
Clan Ferguson
Fergus, Ferries, Hardie, MacAdie, MacFergus,
MacKerras, MacKersey.
Clan Forbes
Bannerman, Fordyce, Michie.
Clan Forrester
Forrester, Forester, Foristar, Forrister,
Forrest, Forest, Forster, Forstar, Foster, Fostar, Corstorphine, Carstarphen
Bisset,
Brewster, Cowie, Frew, Frissell, Frizell, Macgruer, Macimmey, MacKim,
MacKimmie, MacShimes, MacSimon, MacSymon, MacTavish, Oliver, Sim, Sime, Simon,
Simpson, Sims, Simson, Syme, Symon, Twaddle, Tweedie.
Adam, Adamson, Addie, Adie,
Addison, Aiken, Aitchison, Atkin, Atkins, Atkinson, Badenoch, Barrie, Connor,
Connon, Craig, Cromb, Crombie, Cullen, Culane, Darg, Darge, Dorward, Duff,
Durward, Eadie, Eddie, Edie, Edison, Esslemont, Garden, Gardiner, Gardner,
Garioch, Garrick, Garroick, Geddes, Gerrie, Huntley, Huntly, Jessiman, Jopp, Jupp, Laing, Lang,
Laurie, Lawrie, Leng, Ling, MacAdam, Mallett, Manteach, Marr, Maver, Meldrum,
Mill, Mills, Milles, Miln, Milne, Milner, More, Morrice, Muir, Mylne, Steel,
Teal, Tod, Todd, Troup.
Airth , Allardice, Allardyce, Bonar, Bonnar, Bontein,
Bontine, Buntain, Bunten, Buntine, Bunting, Graeme, Grahame, Grahym, Grim,
Grymn, Hadden, Haldane, Macgibbon, Macgilvernock, Macgrime, Maharg, Menteith,
Monteith, Pitcairn, Pye, Pyott.
Clan Grant
Allan, Allen, Bisset, Bissett, Bowie, Buie,
Gilroy, MacAllan, Macgilroy, MacIlroy, MacKerran, MacKiaran, MacKessock, Pratt
and Suttie.
Clan Hall
Halle, Haule, Haul, Hal, De Aula, Hale, Haw, Collingwood, Crispin, Fitz
William, MacHall.
Clan Innes
Dinnes, Ennis, Innie, McRob, McTary, Marnoch, Mavor, Middleton,
Mitchell, Reidfuird, Thain, Wilson.
Achindachy, Astine,
Aston, Austen, Austie, Austin, Cate, Dick, Dickson, Dickison, Dicson, Dixon,
Dixson, Falconer, Falconor, Faulkner, Harvie, Harvey, Harvie, Hervey, Haxton,
Hurrie, Hurry, Keath, Keech, Keeth, Kite, Lumgain, Lumgaine, Lumgair, MacDick,
MacDicken(s), MacDickin(s), MacDickie, MacDicky, MacDickson, MacGeath,
MacKeetch, MacKeeth, MacKeith, MacKeithan, MacKeth, Mackett, MacNeithan,
Marshall, Urrie, Urry
Clan Kinnaird
Kinnard, Kynnard, Kennard, Kynharde, Kinzerd,
Kinnart, Kynnart, Kynarde, Culbin
Black, Brown, Bourdon, Burdon, Lamb, Lambie, Lammie, Lamondson, Landers,
Lemond, Limond, Limont, Lucas, Luke, Lyon, Macalduie, MacClymont, MacGilledow,
MacGillegowie, Macilzegowie, Macilwhom, MacLamond, MacLucas, MacLymont,
MacPatrick, MacPhorich, MacSorley, Meikleham, Patrick, Sorley, Toward, Towart,
Turner, White.
Clan Leslie
Abernethy, Bartholomew,
More.
Clan Lindsay
Crawford, Deuchar
Clan MacAllister
Alexander
Clan MacAulay
MacPhedron, MacPheidiran
Clan MacArthur
Arthur, MacCartair,
MacCarter.
Clan MacBean
Bean, MacBeath, MacBeth,
Macilvain, MacVean
To be continued………
Diary Dates : 2008
09 February Personal Research
08 March “Illustration of Early English
Script” by Dave Honour
22 March Visit to Ikes Bookshop
12 April “Sharing” Workshop / Viewing
of Family Name Database
10 May Personal Research
14 June Stellawood Cemetery photographing of Headstones/Registers
12 July Personal Research
09 August Visit to Pietermaritzburg Archives
30 August Stellawood Cemetery photographing of Headstones/Registers
13 September Personal Research
11 October Speaker : t.b.a.
08 November Personal Research
06 December Ancestral Tea + Speaker
We
will advise you of any changes of events, or forthcoming outings which do not
fall on the second Saturday of the month, as arrangements are made.
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Committee Members 2008 - 2009
Chairman
Jacques Benadie, P. O. Box 2337 Pinetown, 3600.
Phone: 031-708-3746 E-Mail: jaqb@telkomsa.net
Treasurer/Membership
Shirley Richardson
Phone:
031-266 1753 E-Mail : therichardsons@telkomsa.net
Secretary/Newsletter
Judy Letard, P O Box 1000, Mount Edgecombe
4300
Phone: 031-508 7304 (w) Cell: 072-146-7922
E-Mail: kdee@mweb.co.za
Librarian
Paul Bower, P O
Box 1156, Hillcrest 3650
Phone : 031-765
6512 Cell: 082 973 0221
E-Mail: anzan@mweb.co.za
Octogenarian
Annelise Peters - Ph: 031-208-2910
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Our Venue for Meetings
Family History Centre,
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints,
144 Silverton Road.
Entrance in Montgomery
Road
Phone: (031) 202 3024
Our meetings are held at 2.30 on the 2nd Saturday of every month. Our AGM is held on the 3rd Saturday in
January.
For the record, the F.H.C.
is also open at the following times:
Tuesday 10 am – 12 noon.
Wednesday 1 pm – 4 pm
Thursday 9 am – 12 noon and 6.30 pm – 9 pm
Last Saturday of every month from 10 am – 4 pm
Or by appointment phone –
cell 083 661 4457
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