Alexander Forbes (1750) and Jane Williams (1760), their baptism and marriage certificates or registry and their parents. I have married 30/09/1780, Templemichael, Longford
Child 1: Alexander Forbes - Just the date of death and a picture of his death notice
He married Jane Thomas (1805) first married Alexander Forbes - Then married Simes
Alexander and Jane had Maria Forbes (My Forbes) (apparently he was married before he left to Elizabeth Clarke and they had a Son John - Some say they died before he left Ireland and others say there is no record of them?)
Maria Forbes (05/05/1827) married William Henry Holder (Leader of the 1820 Holders Party)
They had Sarah Ann Holder (17/10/1849) - Married Edward James Sterley (Sturley)
They had Harold Henry Sterley (26/07/1885) - Married Joanna de Wet
They had Harold James Sterley (26/07/1885) Only one I have all records for sadly
Eventually several Generations this will lead to me
That is what I am trying to determine what is on record that we can retrieve. As a lot of what I was finding is repetitive and finding baptismal records, birth records etc has proven to be a challenge or may not even exist.
But Civil registration of births began 1837 in England & Wales, 1855 Scotland and 1864 Ireland. South African Birth records (certificates) were introduced officially in the late 1800S and was not compulsory until 1905. These are the official dates of when it started in the various provinces:
Cape: 1895 - Natal: 1868 - Transvaal: 1901 - Orange Free State: 1903
