BMD records for Cradock, E Cape, South Africa

[Nookie]

There is a book out in which a number of children were interviewed.  Not sure whether he was one of them.  Possibly it is available from your library.  Have you looked into the records of the courts i.e. Old Bailey?  Some of the children were sent out as a result of a court sentence.

"The Children's Friend Society - Juvenile Emigrants to Western Australia, South Africa and Canada 1834 - 1842 by Geoff Blackburn. This book can be obtained from Access Press, P.O. Box 132, Northbridge, Western Australia."

[assam]

Yes thanks - I've looked at various books and documents at the British Library - I live in London; unfortunately he wasn't one of the children interviewed.  I'll try criminal records; some were orphans or from very poor families.

[3sillydogs]

Hi

This in the archives in Cape Town

DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MOOC                                                                 
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 7/1/418                                                               
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 96                                                                   
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          ANLEY, JOHN JAMES. WILL.                                             
STARTING  18700000                                                             
ENDING    18700000                                                             
REMARKS   FILED 1881.                 


DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MOOC                                                                 
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 6/9/692                                                               
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 1506                                                                 
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          ANLEY, JOHN JAMES. DEATH NOTICE.                                     
STARTING  19120000                                                             
ENDING    19120000   



                DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MOOC                                                                 
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 13/1/2149                                                             
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 238                                                                   
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          ANLEY, JOHN JAMES. LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT.             
STARTING  19130000                                                             
ENDING    19130000     

The will seems to have been filed in 1870 and he died 1912 with it finally being wound up in 1913.  Not sure if this is your John.                               

[assam]

Hi - This is is brilliant - the 1870 one could well be the John Anley I am looking for - son John James Anley did die in 1912 - I have that death record but not the record for liquidation and distributation 1913.  I got the death record through Ancestor za as it was listed on their website.  Any suggestions for getting copies of the other 2 records?  Do you know of a researcher in Cape Town?

Thanks very much for finding this for me.

[Nookie]

You can order the estate file directly from the National Archives in Cape Town.  If you send me a PM I will forward the required forms as well as their contact details.