Decifering Records

[Duncan Bennie]

Hi all, you have all been of invaluable help in the last week or so, so I am going to call on your services once again, I am having great trouble deciphering a marriage record:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12115-149824-3?cc=2063749

I cannot work out his occupation, both their places of residence and the initials of the du Preez witness.

The other problem record is Godfrey Charles and his brother's baptism they are the second and third one on the right hand page. I cannot make out their fathers occupation or their place of residence. I think it is Kroomdraai but am not certain.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23578-37017-32?cc=1468076

Also does anyone know anything about the Railway Mission Districts in the Diocese of Pretoria.

Kind regards,

Duncan

[Duncan Bennie]

There is the earlier baptism of Godfrey's brother and sister that might help

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23578-42976-11?cc=1468076

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23578-59177-14?cc=1468076

[Hackstaple]

Hi all, you have all been of invaluable help in the last week or so, so I am going to call on your services once again, I am having great trouble deciphering a marriage record:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12115-149824-3?cc=2063749

I cannot work out his occupation, both their places of residence and the initials of the du Preez witness.

The other problem record is Godfrey Charles and his brother's baptism they are the second and third one on the right hand page. I cannot make out their fathers occupation or their place of residence. I think it is Kroomdraai but am not certain.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23578-37017-32?cc=1468076

Also does anyone know anything about the Railway Mission Districts in the Diocese of Pretoria.

Kind regards,

Duncan

He is a ganger on the railways. Place of birth Martizburg [Pietermaritzburg]. She is born Burgess Hill, Cape.

The witness is EK du Preez

[Hackstaple]

Their father is also a ganger. The place of birth is Kromdraai, now in KwaZulu Natal.
Cot 274 would be railway cottage 274.

[Duncan Bennie]

He is a ganger on the railways. Place of birth Martizburg [Pietermaritzburg]. She is born Burgess Hill, Cape.

The witness is EK du Preez

Thank you so much Hackstaple, does anyone know where Burgess Hill would be in the Cape?
The E. K. du Preez is the bride, the witness is in the bottom left corner.

Their father is also a ganger. The place of birth is Kromdraai, now in KwaZulu Natal.
Cot 274 would be railway cottage 274.

I am not sure about Kromdraai in Natal, would it have still fallen under the Diocese of Pretoria. His brother's marriage record specifically states him being born in the Transvaal, Natal had annexed those areas after the war so they would not be considered the Transvaal.

[Hackstaple]

There is a small village in the Transvaal also called Kromdraai. It is the site of the first Transvaal gold mine. It also holds a cave with some of the earliest hominid fossils. The mine closed in 1914.

That name? CJ Boor or CJ Boot. Neither of them common spellings. Could even be GJ.

[Duncan Bennie]

There is a small village in the Transvaal also called Kromdraai. It is the site of the first Transvaal gold mine. It also holds a cave with some of the earliest hominid fossils. The mine closed in 1914.

That name? CJ Boor or CJ Boot. Neither of them common spellings. Could even be GJ.

Mmm that Kromdraai seems to be plausible. Thank you 

I am more interested in the initials of the du Preez under CJ Boor as that du Preez is highly likely a relative of the bride.

[Hackstaple]

The other witness MJ de Preez is most likely a sibling as the writing is so similar that they may have learned at the same school. Marthinus Johanus or Maria Johanna.

[Duncan Bennie]

Thank you Now I just need to figure out where the hell Burgess Hill is in the Cape and I am sorted Thank you so much for you help Hackstaple, appreciate it.