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South Africa / Re: Campbell in Natal (Capetown?) and McIlwaine in Rhodesia
« on: Sunday 04 June 17 17:56 BST (UK) »Zara then married Samuel Reid Campbell, a doctor; they met and married in South Africa but I'm not sure why they were there.
Meant to say I know Zara travelled to South Africa several times with her mother Jeanette (presumably to visit her Aunt Sophia McIlwaine, though Jeannette also had a brother named George Boyle Hanna who was with the Indian Medial Corps). Jeanette lists her address as being the Presbyterian 'huts' at Ballykinler in one of the passenger lists. I'm assuming it may have some kind of connection to the Hanna family being so prominent in the Presbyterian Church. Her elder brother Robert Kennedy Hanna was a Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, following in the footsteps of his ggg-grandfather Samuel Hanna who was the first Moderator of the Reformed church. Do you know if Zara met Samuel at home or away?
Hello! I just stumbled across this site whilst carrying out some family history research and George Boyle Hanna is my great grand father so it's very exciting to find some relatives here! Robert Kennedy Hanna is my great great uncle and my great uncle was named after him. My grand mother, Eileen Moore, née Hanna, his sister, was very fond of him and my Dad has some photos I could send / upload if anyone is interested.
I'm quite new to genealogy so any help / advice would be much appreciated. Oh and please feel free to access my family tree info in case it might help any of you fill in any gaps you might have
I'd love to connect with you all on Ancestry.co.uk and I've just done the DNA test (currently awaiting my results) so that might help us trace our ancestors back even further! Robert Hanna b. 1742 d. 1810 and his wife Jane Macrory b. 1751 d. 1810 is as far as I've been able to go with the Hannas so if anyone has gone back any further than that I'd love to hear from you.Kind regards,
Laura