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Title: Need some help with SA research
Post by: Jane Masri on Monday 09 February 15 09:05 GMT (UK)
I'm trying to find out what happened to my grandfathers sister.  She was born, Winifred Bessie England, 1895, Chiswick Middlesex.  She married, Frederick C.V. Du Peneau, 1917 Croydon, Surrey.  Frederick's full name was, Vincente Vassa Du Peneau (French in origin?) They had two daughters who seem to have stayed & married in England.  The next piece of information is a passenger list entry for Winifred travelling from England to Durban SA in 1956.  Her country of residence is SA.
I can't find her original passage to SA nor her possible death in SA or that of her husband, Frederick.  With such a surname it's wide open for spelling mistakes & not knowing exactly in SA she lived is proving a problem.  Can anyone help?

Jane
Title: Re: Need some help with SA research
Post by: ShaunJ on Monday 09 February 15 09:19 GMT (UK)
Have you seen this marriage in Croydon RD in 2Q 1940 (2a 2407)?

EDIT forget it, that's one of the daughters!
Title: Re: Need some help with SA research
Post by: Jane Masri on Monday 09 February 15 14:42 GMT (UK)
Thanks for your reply Shaun.  I've explored all of the family members looking for clues, to no avail.  The answer, I feel, lies in SA.

Jane
Title: Re: Need some help with SA research
Post by: nanny jan on Monday 09 February 15 19:12 GMT (UK)
Hi Jane,

Have you tried FamilySearch?

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927115


Nanny Jan
Title: Re: Need some help with SA research
Post by: ShaunJ on Monday 09 February 15 20:21 GMT (UK)
I can't believe there is so little trace of this family. Why is nothing showing on NAAIRS ?
Title: Re: Need some help with SA research
Post by: Jane Masri on Tuesday 10 February 15 10:23 GMT (UK)
Yes, Nanny Jan, tried FamilySearch.
My thoughts exactly, Shaun...where were they?  Maybe they upped stakes & went somewhere else  :-\

Jane