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Lorand
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Hi TertiusB and Danchaslyn,
Thanks to both of you for all the effort you have put into this. Just to recap....
My parents marriage was on 20 October 1945 at the Mayfair Presbyterian Church, JHB.
My mom ..... Janet Gilmour MCCALL b 3 May 1922 in Fife Scotland
MY dad ........Johannes Jacobus Christoffel BOTES b 22 Nov 1921 in Kimberely
I have just got info on a Jacomia Maria BECKLEY married to Johannes Saaiman BECKLEY lived in Free State in 1960s. This could be my dad's sister, nicknamed Miems. My dad's names could be in a different order as well. He was always only ever known as Chris.
Regards ... Lorraine
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Danchaslyn
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Hello TertiusB and Lorand
Tertius that is great that you may be able to get the details of Lorand's parents' marriage. What a step forward that will be! 
And, Lorand, congratulations on finding "Miems"!
Aaaaah no, let's hope that your Dad, Chris' names aren't reversed, or transposed, or whatever, then the permutations could be endless! 
Lorand, I also have a dear friend in Fife, which town/village were your Mom's family from, please?
Cheers
Danchaslyn
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MOE, Norway, Swaziland, and Zululand, South Africa
JORGENSON, Hole, Ringerike, Buskurud, Norway
AITKEN, Scotland, England, India, Island of St Helena, South Africa
LOBB, India and London
WALSH, India and England
SHORT, Yorkshire, England, Island of St Helena
BATEMAN, Island of St Helena, U.S.A.
YUILL, U.S.A.
FIRTH, Yorkshire, Engand
LIPTROT, various counties of England
SMITH, various counties of England
LYNCH, Yorkshire, England, Rhodesia and South Africa
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Lorand
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Posts: 122
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Hello to you both again,
I can't wait to see if Tertius can get a marriage cert. It would be like finding the golden key which would unlock all the mystery and I would be able to go from there with the correct names.
Danchaslyn, my mother was born in Cluny, Auchterderran, Fife. It was just a small village in those days and has probably grown a lot. The house she was born in was Denside Cottage, which is still there and I would love a photo of it, if someone nearby could take one for me
The direct location is easy to get off Google Maps ... just key in Denside Cottage, Cluny, Fife.
Thank you
Lorraine
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Danchaslyn
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Hello
Yesterday I visited my old lady Rhodie, in-law rellie, whose own mother was on one of the "Moodie Treks" from SA, to Rhodesia and asked her, and her daughter, everything I could, about your questions. 
Of course they remember businesses and places in Salisbury, which you mentioned to me, but unfortunately, not the people. They had no idea how to trace names of folk on the treks, and instead asked me to find their rellies on the treks, "Stols", and "Steyns"! 
They also asked me to trace other rellies of theirs, two of whom, survived one of the Viscount aircraft crashes, after it had been shot down by terrorists! 
Lorand, with Tertius's great offer, and all his expert Botes knowledge, and I've still to ask my rellies near Bloem, about Free State Farmers, once we have the surname, we'll all get there in the end.
Cheers
Danchaslyn
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MOE, Norway, Swaziland, and Zululand, South Africa
JORGENSON, Hole, Ringerike, Buskurud, Norway
AITKEN, Scotland, England, India, Island of St Helena, South Africa
LOBB, India and London
WALSH, India and England
SHORT, Yorkshire, England, Island of St Helena
BATEMAN, Island of St Helena, U.S.A.
YUILL, U.S.A.
FIRTH, Yorkshire, Engand
LIPTROT, various counties of England
SMITH, various counties of England
LYNCH, Yorkshire, England, Rhodesia and South Africa
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