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William Pringle in S Africa
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Sheila | Report | 9 Jul 2014 15:19 |
William was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in c1885. He was a miner. I know he married and had children - not sure if this was here in UK or in S Africa. Anyone who can solve the puzzle of my missing relative please? |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 9 Jul 2014 17:20 |
Welcome to the boards, Sheila. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 9 Jul 2014 17:43 |
Name: William Pringle |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 9 Jul 2014 17:44 |
Name: William Pringle |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 9 Jul 2014 22:24 |
According to a tree on Ancestry (unsourced) there was a William Pringle b 1885 Newcastle who married a Mrs Elizabeth Jane Oldridge. Had children Stanley, birth date not given, died 1984 Klerksdorp, North West South Africa. Also Walter Pringle born 1922 Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, died 2004 Adelaide, South Australia. |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 9 Jul 2014 22:28 |
The William Pringle I mention above had siblings Walter and Stanley (children named for siblings?) but is the one who became a market gardener as AG posted above. |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 9 Jul 2014 22:36 |
South African National Archives records aren't the easiest to follow: |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 10 Jul 2014 10:42 |
message sent to poster advising there is info on here for her |
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Sheila | Report | 10 Jul 2014 21:26 |
I do have some information regarding the Pringle family - yes indeed they were market gardeners in Newcastle upon Tyne: |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 10 Jul 2014 22:11 |
Sheila, in your opening post you state he was a miner, but now he's a market gardener? |
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alviegal | Report | 10 Jul 2014 22:19 |
1911 for the family. |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 10 Jul 2014 22:25 |
I've just looked at the 1911 census and the Pringles were at East Farm, Killingworth - I used to buy eggs there (not in 1911 before anyone makes any cheeky comments). |
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Sheila | Report | 11 Jul 2014 06:32 |
Father William was known to spend all the money earned selling produce from the market at the pub on the way home. It got so bad that Mother would go to meet him before he got to the pub and take all the money off him!! Although she died in 1903 - so I guess the drinking carried on after her death as the article in the Morpeth Herald was dated 1905. |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 11 Jul 2014 09:53 |
Sheila, from what Alviegal posted on that passenger list she said "his last permanent residence was 'Other Part of the British Empire' ie not the UK." so that fits with a possible return visit but, having said that, there are other William Pringles back and forth between the UK and South Africa so mightn't be him. |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 11 Jul 2014 10:13 |
Don't know if this is the correct girl who married William Pringle but thought worth following up: |
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alviegal | Report | 11 Jul 2014 10:22 |
That may not be him returning to SA but how many families of Pringles lived at East Farm? I think it is a pretty big coincidence if another family of Pringles moved in there and had a W Pringle, born 1885 visiting from SA. |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 11 Jul 2014 10:29 |
Sorry Alviegal, I completely missed the "East Farm" bit - of course it's him |
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Sheila | Report | 11 Jul 2014 16:36 |
Thank you all so much for the information - there are obviously a few links here for me to follow up - should keep me out of mischief ! - Sheila |
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Carolyn | Report | 15 Jul 2014 19:20 |
Two daughters of Joseph Pringle (son of William Pringle of East Farm) have just died in October 2013 - Betty Bradford Pringle who married Aubrey Stothard, and the youngest Audrey Pringle. The middle daughter Joan (Joey) Pringle married Stanley Porter. The son William (Billy) died in 1954 |