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Research in Other Countries => South Africa => Topic started by: pcoups on Wednesday 27 September 06 08:20 BST (UK)
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Can anyone help me with info regarding the Byrne settlers. I'm hoping that perhaps somewhere there would be letters of application to join the settlers or something like that.
How did people qualify to join the Byrne settlers?
I have WOOD family aboard the King William that landed in Port Natal 1850 and would like more info on them.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Regards
Lynn
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In the meantime read this:
http://www.shelaghspencer.co.za/settlers/byrne_settlers.htm
Ruth
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Done.
And also checked her names of folks she is still compiling biography's on. I think she's published till H .... seven volumes of her work are published.
Long way to W. The names I'm looking at are on her to do list.
What I was hoping for are perhaps like ...can't think now.....letters as those being transcribed now that the possible 1820 settlers wrote when applying.
Surely folks had to send the names, ages, qualifications etc to some-one who then decided who went who stayed.
Regards
Lynn
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Hello Lynn,
The settlers who arrived on the Haidee in 1850 had to complete emigration forms which were counter-signed by, say, the local minister. The forms were submitted to the Land Commission who then approved (or not) the application. I know that the Haidee Settler emigration forms are lodged with the Deeds Office in Pietermaritzburg. As I recall, tracking down the forms was not an easy task (i.e. not solved by sending an email to the Deeds Office). I recommend you contact Shelagh O'Byrne Spencer and ask her whether your Wood family completed such a form. If so, then you would need to engage the services of a researcher and ask them to visit the Deeds Office.
Regards,
Pat
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This site might help you
http://www.genealogyworld.net/rose/byrne.html
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Izabel.................Thank you very much.
Pat...............Thank you too.
I think you and I are on the same page. This is the sort of info I'm wanting. The Names are on Shelagh's 'to do' as I've said so she definitely has something on them but what I don't know. I also haven't a contact address for her. I've checked her site backwards, forewards. up and down and can't find contact details. Would you by any chance have it?
The deed office ...... would they perhaps be in the UK archives?
Regards
Lynn
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Hello Lynn,
I spoke with Shelagh this morning and have sent you an e-mail "off list".
The Deeds Office records will be in Pietermaritzburg. I found references on the Net to John Medley Wood at http://www.durban.gov.za/eThekwini/Services/parks/dbn_botanic_gardens/History
Regards,
Pat
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Sorry to revive this old topic but I've recently realised that my ancester who arrived in 1849 to Durban was likely to be a Byrne Settler so hoping to find out if this is correct. Does anyone know if Shelagh Spencer has a list of settlers?
Thanks
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I have a list of Byrne Settlers. Let me know who you are looking for and I will check the list.
Kind regards,
Pat
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Mole's Genealogy Blog is a good place for Natal research here a link, just scroll down until you find the settlers to Natal
http://molegenealogy.blogspot.co.za/search?q=byrne+settlers
http://molegenealogy.blogspot.co.za/search/label/Natal%20Passenger%20Lists
If you post more info on the Woods you are looking for perhaps they can be tracked down for you.. ;)
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Howzit, that is good news, Looking for William Henry Savory - arrived Durban 1849.
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Possibly your guy William Henry marriage to Jane Elinor
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDCK-6B4
there are also births for children. Just type his name into the search Family Search and limit the search to South Africa
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Thanks 3sillydogs, we know he married Jane Elinor Heslington and had 3 sons and a daughter. We can trace him back to 1725. It is just the reason for emigrating and possible link to the Byrne group that we want to establish.
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Ok, just in case you don't have his Estate File here is the link
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LS-RTRC?i=294&cat=229462
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Did not have that - thank you.
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William Henry Savory is not listed on the Byrne Settlers lists. He is listed on the British Settlers in Natal list by Shelagh O'Byrne Spencer but the name of the ship on which he travelled is, unfortunately, not mentioned.
Kind regards,
Pat
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Thank you very much for your effort - appreciated.
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Not sure if you have this either,
Obit for William's son Samuel
http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/south-african-magazine/312-south-africa-1899-2-april-june
Marriage announcement for Samuel Henry
http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/south-african-magazine/291-domestic-announcements-1891-1-january-march
Just scroll down the page until you find Savory....
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Thanks. Much appreciated.
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If you want to have a good idea of the hardships, etc. of the Byrne Settlers, then get hold of a copy of Dear Louisa - letters between sister's, one a Byrne settler, the other in London. It is a wonderful insight into early Settler life. I visited Byrne in February, and saw Ellen McLeod's grave.
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A lot of Byrne settlers lived in York Natal. I took video footage of what is left of the town and the cemetery in December. This can be seen on the Natal Midlands group on FB. My Smith family came from Bedale in England on the Haidee.