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Title: E. C. Harsant married in Durban 1905
Post by: MBM on Thursday 25 March 10 11:06 GMT (UK)
Martha Ellen McKean b1876 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia is said to have married E.C.Harsant in Durban in 1905 but nothing more known of this family. Any clues please? Martha was one of 7 children to Peter McKean and Martha Leigo in Victoria.

Cheers,
Matthew.
Title: Re: E. C. Harsant married in Durban 1905
Post by: Tygerr on Thursday 25 March 10 11:55 GMT (UK)
There are estate records on NAAIRS for them, indicating that they died in the Transvaal:

DEPOT     TAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MHG                                                                   
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 0                                                                     
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 988/42                                                               
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          HARSANT, ERNEST CHARLES.                                             
STARTING  19420000                                                             
ENDING    19420000                                                             
REMARKS   SURVIVING SPOUSE MARTHA HELEN HARSANT (BORN MCKEAN).

DEPOT     TAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MHG                                                                   
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 0                                                                     
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 2355/45                                                               
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          HARSANT, MARTHA HELEN. BORN MCKEAN.                                   
STARTING  19450000                                                             
ENDING    19450000                                                             
REMARKS   PREDECEASED SPOUSE ERNEST CHARLES HARSANT.   


Read the stick here http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,211554.0.html about how to order copies of these documents from eGGSA
Title: Re: E. C. Harsant married in Durban 1905
Post by: Tygerr on Thursday 25 March 10 12:10 GMT (UK)
One other thing I wanted to mention... As you'll see on those estate files, I often find that the name 'Helen' and 'Ellen' get used interchangeably on official documents from various sources.
Title: Re: E. C. Harsant married in Durban 1905
Post by: MBM on Friday 26 March 10 01:41 GMT (UK)
Thank you Tygerr, thats teriffic.
I often find the niddle name evolves over time too.
The last two digits in the reference number, are they the year?

Cheers,
Matthew.
Title: Re: E. C. Harsant married in Durban 1905
Post by: Tygerr on Friday 26 March 10 10:06 GMT (UK)
Yes, that's the year. Also referenced in the 'STARTING' and 'ENDING' entries.

So Ernest most likely died in 1942, and Martha died three years lately in 1945.