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I am searching for living children and/or grandchildren of Charles Edward Benson born 1908 in Arkesden, Essex. He emigrated to South Africa in 1930, destination port Cape and eventually became a mining engineer. His wife's name was Dorothy G. They had two daughters I know of - Bettswy born 1938 and Rosemary J. born in 1939 in South Africa. Charles made visits back to England until 1948. Dorothy visited here with her daughter Rosemary in 1956. The two sisters Bettswy and Rosemary visited England in 1958. Researching on behalf of my husband, the nephew of Charles Edward Benson

Put 'South Africa' in your title

Look for the names etc in 'search all member trees' - under the 'search' button

Put your tree on here, so that it can be picked up by anyone else researching the names - taking care, of course, not to include details of anyone who may be living

there are a couple of references to that name in documents in the South African National Archives

http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300qi?

select 'All Archives Repositories and National Registers of non-public records'

http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300gi?2014020523095287B1CD63%26DB%3DRSAE


http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm30ddf0?20140205224929F8312D63&DN=00000002

DEPOT SAB
SOURCE NTS
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 5799
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 33/313M(1)(4)
PART 1
DESCRIPTION VEREENIGING APPLICATION IN TERMS OF SECTION 9 (3) BIS (A). CHARLES EDWARD BENSON ON FARM SKRIKFONTEIN OOR VLAKFONTEIN.
STARTING 0000 [i.e. no date shown]
ENDING 0000
REMARKS LEER LEEG.

http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm30ddf0?20140205224929F8312D63&DN=00000003

DEPOT TAB
SOURCE WLD
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 2281/1957
PART 1
DESCRIPTION ILLIQUID CASE. DAMAGES. CHARLES EDWARD BENSON VERSUS WHS LIEBENBERG.
STARTING 19570000
ENDING 19570000

the second was some sort of civil action; Dr WHS Liebenberg was a surgeon in Johannesburg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vereeniging
"Vereeniging is a city in Gauteng province, South Africa."

Vlakfontein is about 20 miles north of Vereeniging.

you can obtain copies of documents from the SA archives, and possibly one of those would tell you something you could use to look further

Many thanks for the valuable information in the South African National Archives. As I am in the UK will I have to find a researcher to obtain copies of these files?

Dealing with SA archives can be a bit of a tangle; it all depends on which one you need. I have had one site mail me copies of a document free of charge, and another tell me that I need to hire a local researcher to get copies.

You have depots TAB and SAB there. ... I cannot remember from one time to the next how to find contact info at that site ...

http://www.national.archives.gov.za/aboutnasa.html
then Contact us electronically
http://www.national.archives.gov.za/aboutnasa.html
then Acronyms and Names Used to Identify Archival Repositories (Depots) and Contact Details.
http://www.national.archives.gov.za/aboutnasa.html

in case you have to go looking for it again, that is the trail to follow.

SAB:
National Archives Repository (Public Records of Central Government since 1910)
Postal address: Private Bag X236, PRETORIA 0001
Street address: 24 Hamilton Street, Arcadia, PRETORIA.
Tel: (012) 441 3200. Fax: (012) 323 5287.
Email: [email protected]

TAB
National Archives Repository (Records of the former Transvaal Province and its predecessors as well as of magistrates and local authorities)
Postal address: Private Bag X236, PRETORIA 0001.
Street address: 24 Hamilton Street, Arcadia, PRETORIA.
Tel: (012) 441 3200. Fax: (012) 323 5287
Email: [email protected]

right, same contact details anyway

if you email them they will tell you how to proceed, and that site has a list of recommended researchers as well

http://www.national.archives.gov.za/NARS%20DMLIB%208372%20March%202012.pdf

good luck :-D

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:vdvvRQRyVgAJ:stannes.africamediaonline.com/user/download_watermark_image%3Fbranded_id%3DITEM195512.pdf%26media_id%3D1079_365+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

1955 ANNE'S DIOCESAN COLLEGE MAGAZINE

BETTSWY BENSON has started nursing at the General Hospital in Johannesburg

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lOKX_Yz33BMJ:stannes.africamediaonline.com/user/download_watermark_image%3Fbranded_id%3DITEM1982.pdf%26media_id%3D1019_319+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

Page 1
ST ANNE'S
DIOCESAN COLLEGE MAGAZINE FOR 1982

Mrs Bettswy Tarboton


BENSON (Mrs Peter Tarboton) Bettwsy-Anne recently returned to Pieterma
ritzburg from Salisbury, Rhodesia. Now happily settled at Cedara, she
works for her husband who has a medical practice in Pietermaritzburg.
She now has a daughter, Gina, at St Anne's. Her one son is second year
Medical School at Wits, the other son is at Michaelhouse
.

CORRECT LADY .. SISTER ROSEMARY MUM & DAD ETC


GOOGLE Bettwsy-Anne Tarboton <<<<<< LOTS OF CONTACT METHODS

http://www.geni.com/people/BETTWSY-ANNE-TARBOTON/6000000019666065606

SKYPTE

http://www.search-im-info.com/chat-with-bettwsy-anne-tarboton-1385104.htm


FACEBOOK

https://www.facebook.com/bettwsyanne.tarboton

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Thank you so much for all the information. I am sure I can now make good progress and perhaps make contact. It certainly does seem to be the Bettwsy I am looking for.

Have now made contact with Bettwsy so a big thank you again for everyone's hints and helpful information.