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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Ronald McFarlane/McLean Bio-parents
« on: Sunday 07 April 19 11:19 BST (UK)  »
Hello jorose,

He was baptised as RONALD MORGAN, but his child welfare files states his name as WILLIAM MORGAN. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6PZC-Y5?i=131&cc=1468076
Weirdly the witnesses are the lady, who adopted him and her son from her first marriage. She then married JOHN MCFARLANE.

I have contacted St Mary's in Johannesburg and enquired if there was any baptisms around 1903 & 1905 with parents of the name Elizabeth/Lizzie & James/William Morgan. They unfortunately came back with a negative.


Also from the Child Welfare File, we know that ELIZABETH/LIZZIE was a cook for a Mrs McGregor in Parktown, Johannesburg but then went to MIDDLEBURGH.

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Family History Beginners Board / Ronald McFarlane/McLean Bio-parents
« on: Friday 05 April 19 10:23 BST (UK)  »
I have discovered that my grandfather, who we knew as Ronald McFarlane and brought up by Annie van Blerk & John McFarlane (from Forres) was baptised as WILLIAM MORGAN in 1914, Johannesburg South Africa.
I have managed to find his Child Welfare file but it only states his bio-parents as Lizzie & James MORGAN (which is odd as on his baptism, his father's name is WILLIAM).

We also know, from this Welfare file, that there was also a brother (born around 1903) and a sister (born around 1905), all in Johannesburg, South Africa.

As adoption wasn't official in South Africa until 1922, I'm finding it rather a challenge to get further than this.
 
Any assistance, would be greatly appreciated  :)

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