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Re: Trying to obtain information on my grandmother.
« Reply #18 on: Friday 24 March 17 12:21 GMT (UK) »
I'm not sure that this is our girl.

She seems to marry (as Nellie Curtis) in Waterloo Ontario in 1918 to an Arthur Crossman.
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Re: Trying to obtain information on my grandmother.
« Reply #19 on: Friday 24 March 17 12:31 GMT (UK) »
Yes, I seem to agree with you. No our 'girl'.

 I have now vaguely established from my 90 year old mother that my Grandmother Ellen Elisabeth Curtis) came to SA with her 2 brothers, one named John.

Whew, so difficult without a reliable source of information on my side.

The marriage certificate is authentic as my mother instantly recognised her handwriting and signature etc.

If only we could obtain a birth certificate but this remains is the big mystery........

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Re: Trying to obtain information on my grandmother.
« Reply #20 on: Friday 24 March 17 12:32 GMT (UK) »
At least that has eliminated her Carol   :)   I could not see her going from Canada to South Africa.
This confirms that marriage
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-LBLC-B2S?mode=g&i=1272&cc=1784216

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Re: Trying to obtain information on my grandmother.
« Reply #21 on: Friday 24 March 17 12:36 GMT (UK) »
No, it certainly wasnt her. The first marriage certificate to John David Hoy recieved from you was absolutely correct.

Hopefully we can work back from there to try and establish her birth place and bith certificate.

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Re: Trying to obtain information on my grandmother.
« Reply #22 on: Friday 24 March 17 12:37 GMT (UK) »
What a shame that SA marriage certs don't have more info on them,like father's name for example!
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Re: Trying to obtain information on my grandmother.
« Reply #23 on: Friday 24 March 17 12:43 GMT (UK) »
What can your mother tell you about her brothers
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« Reply #24 on: Friday 24 March 17 12:48 GMT (UK) »
Just a thought - do you have copies of your grandparents' death notices and/or estate papers?  From the South African ones that I have seen, there is often a lot of information.
Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
Remember - "They'll be found when they want to be found" !!!
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Re: Trying to obtain information on my grandmother.
« Reply #25 on: Friday 24 March 17 12:51 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: BumbleB on Friday 24 March 17 11:14 GMT (UK)
Still nothing to coincide with a birthday of 18 June.

March quarter 1893 - Ellen Elizabeth - Hackney
March quarter 1897 - Ellen Elizabeth - Portsea

We can eliminate the Portsea one
Deaths Jun 1900 
Curtis    Ellen Elizabeth    age 3   
Portsea    2b   307
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Re: Trying to obtain information on my grandmother.
« Reply #26 on: Friday 24 March 17 13:08 GMT (UK) »
Just chatted again with my Mother and sadly no useful information or documentation i.e. death certificats etc. on my grandmother or her brothers except that John Curtis (one brother) lived in Pietrmatitzburg for many years and died there.

My grandmother also died in Pietermaritzburg. Not sure of the date though.
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