Trying to obtain information on my grandmother.

[3sillydogs]

Hi there

John David Hoy died in South Africa in 1965.

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SOURCE    MHG                                                                   
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 6427/1965                                                             
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          HOY, JOHN DAVID.                                                     
STARTING  19650000                                                             
ENDING    19650000                                                             
REMARKS   SURVIVING SPOUSE EILEEN ELIZABETH HOY (BORN CURTIS).   

Unfortunately what is online only goes as far as 1960 so can't get a look at the estate file.

[3sillydogs]

Do you have John Curtis' full names or was he just John Curtis? Do you have the other brother's name by any chance?

[Kevin hoy]

No sadly I do not have any more information on John Curtis except that he was my grandmothers brother and lived in Pietermaritzburg.

Is there no way we could establish my grandmothers ID number tracing back from her marriage certificate or information at hand to obtain information relating to her birth or death certificates?

It is so important to establish whether she was born in the UK or SA

[3sillydogs]

You wouldn't happen to know which religion she would have been baptised in?  Looking at her marriage certificate it would appear that they married in the magistrates court. It would narrow down the baptism records that need to be searched.

[carol8353]

3 silly dogs,it's so handy having you on board as you know what records there are and where to find them. 

Carol

[3sillydogs]

Not always

Family Search is still the best for South African records and new ones are added all the time. But there are a lot of untranscribed ones as well and they have to be searched image by image so it's easier to try and narrow the search.

Nookie is very good with South African records, I am always amazed at the things she finds.

[Kevin hoy]

Hi 3sillydogs,
Thanks for all your efforts thus far. One question unanswered was her religion....I believe she was Methodist.
I would be very grateful if Nookie could assist as I sent most of Saturday again on all the genealogy sites including Family search, but with not help further.
I really don't know where to go from here in trying to obtain birth information pertaining to Ellen Hoy (Curtis), my grandmother.

[3sillydogs]

Hi,

Thanks, that will give a place to start.

I have also asked a mod to move this to the South African board as your research seems to be centred there at the moment. I'm sure that will get the really clever sleuths on it.

[Kevin hoy]

Thanks a million, I will await a reply from your 'clever sleuths' re her birth place and certificate.