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mrs griff
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« on: Saturday 14 April 07 20:46 BST (UK) »

Please , i need help found this entry on Genealogy World , its taken from the Natal Passenger list .Dept June 11th 1886 Courland CSS London . Rendall .East Coast Ports , there is no arrival for this Ship , am i right in thinking this ship sailed from England ? If so anyone know what port it sailed from. there is a passenger on it named John Roberts who could be my G-grandfather , he was killed in a mining accident,dont know where . where were the Gold Mines at that time if he arrived at Natal .
Hope some knowledgeable Roots person can help

Kind Regards Mrs Griff


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Glamorgan, Merioneth,Caernavon
Roberts, Williams.
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« Reply #1 on: Saturday 14 April 07 21:35 BST (UK) »

Hi Mrs Griff

I saw on one of your other postings that you think he may have been killed between 1879 -1881. have you tried searching the South African National Archives? http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300dl

I see one death notice in the Free State Archive in 1879 and a Will in the Cape Town Archive in 1880 (obviously not the same person)'.

How sure of the date period are you because there are Death Notices in 1883 (1) & 1884 (1) in the Cape Archive and in 1884 there is an application for Employment from one John Roberts in the Pietermatitzburg (Natal) Archive.

Sorry, no knowledge of the passenger records you were looking at. Sad

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Moira


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« Reply #2 on: Saturday 14 April 07 22:33 BST (UK) »

Thanks Moria for you quick reply , i have narrowed the dates down to between 1884- 1889 , 1884 being the year of the last child being born and his wife remarring in 1889 saying she his a widow, i dont know if you can help anymore , his D O B was 1850 his wife was Jane ,and he came from Caernavon Wales , and was giong to work in the Gold Mines,

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Roberts, Williams.
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EmPea
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« Reply #3 on: Saturday 14 April 07 23:06 BST (UK) »

Hi Mrs Griff

There is only the one reference between those dates and it is in the Cape Town Archive. The problem with this is that there are no gold mines in the Cape! The other possibility is that he went to the diamond mines - which are in the Cape. The third possibility is that this is not his file at all and he may not have had an estate file registered. The only way to tell is to get a copy of the Death Notice and see if it is him. If you chose to do this, I recommend that you do it as suggested in the topic under "Obtaining copies of documents from the National Archives" http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,211554.0.html

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Moira


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« Reply #4 on: Saturday 14 April 07 23:09 BST (UK) »

I forgot to give you the reference in the Archive:

DEPOT KAB
SOURCE MOOC
VOLUME_NO 6/9/205
REFERENCE 8020
DESCRIPTION ROBERTS, JOHN. DEATH NOTICE.
STARTING 18840000
ENDING 18840000


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mrs griff
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« Reply #5 on: Saturday 14 April 07 23:39 BST (UK) »

Many Thanks Moria,
I will take on board everything you said , and contact you again if i need your expert advice . i'am sure i will .

Kind Regards Mrs Griff


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Roberts, Williams.
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