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South Africa / Re: Winburg orphanage in OFS
« on: Saturday 22 November 25 07:10 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Kinsy on Saturday 22 November 25 01:56 GMT (UK)
The official register of graves at the Winburg Camp is on FamilySearch
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKK-K97Z-6?cat=543580&i=7&lang=en

Thanks for the information, but the person I am looking for wasn't a POW (or what they should be called) but an orphan child.

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South Africa / Re: Winburg orphanage in OFS
« on: Thursday 13 November 25 13:21 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: pampoen on Thursday 13 November 25 10:19 GMT (UK)
I doubt there are any records from that time. Do you have a name,of a person who was in there? It was established in 1902 near the end of the Boer War as a concentration camp for Boers.

Yes I have it, and because she is a very close relative I prefer not to share it publicly but send you a private message.

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South Africa / Winburg orphanage in OFS
« on: Thursday 13 November 25 08:29 GMT (UK)  »
I found (in a family study):

”Winburg is a classic Free State town. [- - -] orphanage (estab.1902)
[- - -] are built along tree-lined roads which radiate from the town square.”

So Winburg orphanage was established in 1902.

Is it possible to find out who were placed there in the 1900's and 1910's? Are there any records still existing..?

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South Africa / Re: Alexander Brown b. 1883 Scotland
« on: Thursday 27 March 25 12:09 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: softly softly on Thursday 27 March 25 08:45 GMT (UK)
Quote from: jjcale on Wednesday 26 March 25 13:47 GMT (UK)
I have been looking for the parents for my orphan grandmother. This guy looked a promising candidate.

I have no information of his life in Scotland. If he is the right guy, he should have immigrated before 1904.

Would you be willing to share what details you have of your orphaned grandmother, her place & date of birth, marriage etc.

SS

As she is quite a close relative, I prefer not to share her closer details in public, but I can do it in private.

I will send you a private message.

If others are interested, please contact me.

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South Africa / Re: Alexander Brown b. 1883 Scotland
« on: Thursday 27 March 25 06:22 GMT (UK)  »
Well, once again a wrong Brown. Thanks for you help.

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South Africa / Re: Alexander Brown b. 1883 Scotland
« on: Wednesday 26 March 25 14:10 GMT (UK)  »
I don't know have a subscription...

It is my ethnicity estimation which contains both Irish and Scottish, so that lineage is the one.

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South Africa / Re: Alexander Brown b. 1883 Scotland
« on: Wednesday 26 March 25 13:58 GMT (UK)  »
Could you give the link to those matches?

Yes, he should have been an Irishman or a Scot. Also: her both parents shoud have been died before 1922.

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South Africa / Re: Alexander Brown b. 1883 Scotland
« on: Wednesday 26 March 25 13:47 GMT (UK)  »
I have been looking for the parents for my orphan grandmother. This guy looked a promising candidate.

I have no information of his life in Scotland. If he is the right guy, he should have immigrated before 1904.

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South Africa / Alexander Brown b. 1883 Scotland
« on: Wednesday 26 March 25 13:05 GMT (UK)  »
Born in Glasgow, Scotland (1883), and died in Bloemfontein in 1920 of ”extent fever”.

Is it possible to get the following information?

– Year of immigration

– Who was his spouse

– Did he have any children

The death notice states that was married, so probably he could have children, but as the spouse is unknown it is difficult to say if she lived at the time of his death.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7VLZ-CH6Z

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