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South Africa / Re: John Bartlett
« on: Friday 16 March 12 12:16 GMT (UK)  »
I always assumed the Bartletts would be Church of England.  Just shows,  never "assume".

The London Missionary Society worked very closely with the Ministers and infrastructure of the Dutch Reformed Church.  Many of the early LMS registers are archived in the the DRC archives. 

It could also be the case that her mother had some Afrikaans roots.

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South Africa / Re: John Bartlett
« on: Thursday 15 March 12 19:42 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there,

I have found the baptism for your grandmother in the Dutch Reformed Church Registers for Britstown. 

Her father was John Henry BARTLETT and mother Martha Magdalena BAYLY

The original register can be found at www.familysearch.org > Africa> South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1690-2007 > 1889-1914 > Baptisms > B

It is image nr : 95 of 288

Yay for the internet!
best wishes
Leanne

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Thank for such detailed and thoughtful responses!   Incredibly helpful!

I'll pass the info along.
much appreciated.
Leanne

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Hi folks,

I'm needing help find an approximate decade for this family photograph for a friend of mine.  It is supposed that it was taken in the Orange Free State colony (before the Boer war) of an Afrikaner family (JOUBERT).

Any ideas most welcome,
Thanks.

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Surrey Lookup Requests / Re: Croydon 1920 - 1950 directory lookup
« on: Wednesday 23 February 11 08:00 GMT (UK)  »
Hi again Georgina,

My aunt's father is Reginald Robert LEACH.  He died some time ago and we're trying to trace any other family. 
Do you happen to know whether any of your seconds cousins (Baldi, Collins or Leach family) are still around?
They would have also have been Reg's nieces and nephews and my aunt's cousins.

Looking at the information I've collected it seems that only your grandfather and Reg had sons to carry down the Leach name.  It looks like the other brothers had daughters.

best wishes from a chilly Holland!
Leanne

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Surrey Lookup Requests / Re: Croydon 1920 - 1950 directory lookup
« on: Saturday 19 February 11 20:20 GMT (UK)  »
Oh my word Georgina! 
How nice to get a message from a possible family connection.

Would your dad happen to remember an uncle Reginald/Raginald who moved to South Africa? 
He would have been 2 years younger than your granddad George (who, if my info from findmypast.co.uk is correct was born around 1906?)

best wishes
Leanne

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South Africa / Re: Ronald Jackson
« on: Saturday 29 January 11 16:20 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Ellen and Claire,

The SA online archive index offers up a reference to the following estate file, housed in Pretoria at the archives there.  It might be worth your while getting hold of a copy of the Death Notice from this file, and also a will or other relevant genea docs. www.eggsa.org offers a photo service at very reasonable rates :

TAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MHG
REFERENCE 7483/75                                                               
DESCRIPTION          JACKSON, JOYCE EDNA. (BORN WALSH).                                   
STARTING  19750000   ENDING    19750000                                                             
REMARKS   PREDECEASED SPOUSE RAH JACKSON.

The file reference indicates that Joyce died in the Transvaal in 1975 and her husband died before her.  I have not been able to find his file reference on NAAIRS, but it might well be written on her death notice.


kind regards,
Leanne
in the Netherlands

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Australia Lookups completed / Re: Marriage in Victoria - possibly Melbourne?
« on: Thursday 27 January 11 11:01 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Julie and Paul,

I think I might have stumbled upon an answer to why the children of John Thomas might have changed their names and/or been raised somewhere other than at home.  The newspaper archives offer up a couple of articles about a John Thomas Edmonds being accused of :

An alleged assult in 1903, reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, 1 dec 1903
and the The Advertiser, Adelaide reports on the 14 July 1932 that a John Thomas Edmonds is found guilty of "Relief by false pretences", I guess that would be known as welfare fraud today.

No way of knowing exactly if this refers to the same man, but it does offer an explantion for the children not knowing a whole lot about him.  Might there be an Adelaide death for him?

I'm happy to post the clippings here, or alternatively email them to you if you message me your email addresses.

best wishes
Leanne

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Australia Lookups completed / Re: Marriage in Victoria - possibly Melbourne?
« on: Thursday 06 January 11 09:42 GMT (UK)  »
  He married Mary Isabel Golby and they had a number of children born in sydney, one of them being by grandfather Albert Leslie Edmonds. 

I was interested to compare your info to what I've collected and see that i've got John's wife down as being Ida Mary Logan and having 8 children between 1892 and 1906.  I'll check later today at what my sources were, unfortunatley saved on my home desktop pc.

cheers
Leanne

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