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Help with a South African ancestor please

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Gerry

Gerry Report 13 Mar 2014 17:02

Ray Verduna Powell was born 15/3/1916 in Pretoria, South Africa. She married Wilfred Harry Brewer in 1941 in Maidstone Kent.

I am hoping to find information about her ancestors

Gerry :-))

Gee

Gee Report 13 Mar 2014 17:11

Hi Gerry

Have you got the marriage certificate to check her fathers name and any witnesses?



England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005

Name:Ray V Powell

Spouse Surname:Brewer

Date of Registration:Apr-May-Jun 1941

Registration district:Maidstone

Inferred County:Kent

Volume Number:2a

Page Number:3408

Researching:

Gerry

Gerry Report 13 Mar 2014 17:14

Hi Gins

No I haven't yet

Gee

Gee Report 13 Mar 2014 17:35

You can order the marriage certificate using the details above

Here is the link

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/default.asp

£9.25 incl P&P

Researching:

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 13 Mar 2014 20:29

???

Maybe?

Name: Ray Powell
Birth Date: abt 1917
Age: 5
Port of Departure: Beira, Mozambique
Arrival Date: 11 Apr 1922
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Natal
[Port Elizabeth]
[Cape Town]
Ship Name: Dunluce Castle
Search Ship Database: View the 'Dunluce Castle' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd
Official Number: 118490


Travelling to The Elms, Sketry (?) Nr. Swansea

Travelling with

Edgar Powell, 39, Clerk
Alice Maud Powell, 33, Wife
Dorothy Powell, 12, Daughter
Vida (could be Nida) Powell, 8, Daughter
Reginald Powell, 3, Son

Researching:

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 13 Mar 2014 21:15

that would be Sketty, Swansea

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 13 Mar 2014 22:54

Thank you Ann. I was hoping that someone with local knowledge would be able to identify the correct place. That is just another plus for family research, it sure helps improve out geography of other countries even within the UK. :-)

Researching:

Gerry

Gerry Report 14 Mar 2014 00:38

thank you Rootgatherer and Ann. A distinct possibility

Gerry :-)

BeverleyW

BeverleyW Report 14 Mar 2014 07:32

FamilySearch has a lot of South African baptisms, but they are images and you have to browse through them - and there are a LOT. Also there are several churches in the Transvaal / Pretoria, which doesn't help

Researching:
Weedon - Australia, Hertfordshire; Paterson - Scotland; Elmer - Huntingdon; Ball, Lloyd, Warren - Birmingham; Branson - Bucks;

Gerry

Gerry Report 14 Mar 2014 17:28

Thank you Beverley.

I am trudging thru them now. Will be up all nite!!

:-)