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Would any RootChatters be able to point me in the right direction?

In the Old Krugersdorp Cemetery in Krugersdorp, South Africa, my great grandfather is buried.

Very briefly, Donald Alexander Clark served with the Gwelo Volunteers in Rhodesia (on the 1896 medal roll) and he then was involved in the relief of Mafeking where he served with the Protectorate Regiment (Regimental Number 428) between 7th October 1899 and was discharged 20th October 1900. He went down from Rhodesia with Lt Col Hore. What I have never been able to clarify, is his association with the above Regiment, despite his headstone mentioning as much. His headstone reads:

"In Loving Memory of Dad
Donald Alexander Clark
Late Trumpeter
Inneskilling Dragoons
Died 2nd April 1930
Aged 71 years"

Family pass-me-downs reflect that he was The Colonels trumpeter....

Over the years, I have tried the Dragoons museum and in my mind have exhausted all avenues that I am aware of.

Any suggestions please?

AussieGaz

I am trying to find any information whatsoever on the above individuals:

John    (baptised 27th September or 6th December 1858, the entry appears twice),

James       (baptised 21st July 1860).

Many thanks

^(*)'s parents were Richard Yates and Anne Kennedy. Records indicate that Anne passed away around 1948/50 when
^(*) was about 14 years old. Her father was Richard Yates and his father was born in Co. Sligo in Ireland. Richard Yates Snr. had two brothers:

Hubert    Research of the Births register for July, August and September 1895 was found reference to Hubert (born in Haslingden district, Vol 8c, Page 163)

Robert     Research of the Births register for July, August and September 1895 we found reference to Hubert (born in Haslingden district, Vol 8e, Page 134)

It is believed that one son died in the War and the other of TB.

There was also another child – name unknown!!

Richard and Anne Yates had two children:

^(*) Research in the Births Register for October, November and December 1935 we found reference to
^(*) (born in Haslingden district, Vol. 8e, Page 16. Mother Maiden name was Kennedy).
^(*) was born 31st October 1935. Kathleen was born in 9 Pilot Street, Accrington.

^(*) brother. He was born in 9 Pilot Street, Accrington.

Would any one have any knowledge on the Yates family of Accrington?

Yours in sharing of information with fellow RootsChatters

Gaz

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My wife's family have been associated with Accrington and the surrounds for generations.

John (commonly called Jack) Richmond married Ivy Birtwistle in 1928 and had three children:

Pearl born 1929
June born 1933,and
Derek born 1935.

There is quite a lot of information on the Birtwistle's but near to nothing on the Richmond's.

A discussion with family recalls that Jack Richmond lived in 80 Ribbles Dale Avenue, Accrington and worked in the local NORI brickworks which were behind his home.

The 1911 census has records of Edward and Katherine Richmond who lived in Spring Street and had four children Winnifred, Lilian, John and Alfred. John was 6. This is an assumption that this could be one and the same.

John (Jacks) son Derek married Kathleen Yates in 1957 and this is the link to our family.

Would any RootChatters have any information that could shed some light on the Richmond's

Gaz

Relatives of ours who migrated out to South Africa, where they are buried, were married in England.

My mothers maternal grandmother was Dorothy Hanbury Hanbury-King (born Whitehead - confirmed from detail obtained in the 1938 book The South African Woman's Who's Who).  She was born around 1870 in Galton Lodge, Surrey and her father was a John Dunstan Whithead of Barnjet, Kent

She died on 23rd July 1946 in Durban, South Africa aged 76 years. She married Frederick Thomas King.

From the Death Certificates of Frederick and Dorothy, it’s recorded that they were married in England.

Family folk law has it that Frederick Thomas King arrived in South Africa with the surname of only King, but on discovering that there were numerous King’s in the country, he decided to change his name to Hanbury-King. He is still recorded on the 1891 Census as living in Stockton, Wiltshire where he was still a "King". My great grandmother was born in 1901 in South Africa, so I assume that the change might well have happened soon after he got married, whenever that was!! I have not been able to confirm what name he arrived in South Africa as.

According to their death certificates, Frederick Thomas and Dorothy Hanbury-King had 8 children.

Would any Rootschatterer have any knowledge at all on Dorothy Whitehead??

thanks

Gaz