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Other Countries / Re: INDIA - Reynolds - help PLEASE!
« on: Saturday 18 September 10 12:33 BST (UK)  »
Hi Adri

I found some info in the IGI on GAR2's children in India the other day. Just posting it here for the benefit of others. George Alexander Reynolds II married Maria Josina Petersen on 23rd March 1839 at the Cape and they had the following children:

1. George Alexander Reynolds III b. 13 Oct 1841 in Madras, India
2. Frederick Jacob b. 19 Oct 1843 in Mysore District, Madras m1. Isabella
3. Charles Eaton b. 28 Jun 1846 in Madras, India m. Aimce Maud Lamoung
4. Caroline Harriet c. 8 Aug 1854 in Bangalore, Madras, India m. Louis Clerk
5. James George Wellington c. 13 Apr 1858 in Madras m. Jane Atkinson
6. Margaret Mary b. 10 Jul 1860 in Bangalore, Madras, India
7. Andrew von Bratt Reynolds d. 4 Sep 1854 in Madras
8. Maria Wilhelmina b. 1838

Many of the names were new for me. From family papers I knew of the existence of only Fred, George, Charlie and Maria. The source of the the above info is the new beta Family search pilot record search. (See the India Births and Baptisms, collection 1786-1947 on http://beta.familysearch.org/s/search/index/record-search#searchType=records&collectionId=1584960&advanced=false&fed=true&page=1&givenName=George+Alexander&surname=Reynolds&birthYear=&birthLocation=&deathYear=&deathLocation=&filtered=true )


Dom


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Can't decipher name on Scottish marraige record
« on: Wednesday 08 September 10 22:51 BST (UK)  »
Have just downloaded the image for Maria's birth. How great to have actual signatures! Am tracing John's mark now. Thanks for all the help you two, I think we can consider the case closed.

Dom

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Can't decipher name on Scottish marraige record
« on: Wednesday 08 September 10 21:53 BST (UK)  »
Hi Dom, IGI has a birth for a Maria McKenzie 1856 Edin. Parish, Edinburgh Parents JOHN and MATILDA BLOCKSON(ext)
          Val

Thanks Val. I've now found the following IGI record that lists both John and Elizabeth's births in Ireland. (See: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/IGI/family_group_record.asp?familyid=284240699&indi_id=100239060125&lds=1&region=2&frompage=99 ) From the place names we can at least trace their steps a bit. The IGI reckons a marriage date of 1835 for the couple, so perhaps the kids are all John's and he just moved around a lot on account of active service. Perhaps I have the luck of the Irish on my side after all. Can't wait to get the pot of gold at the end of this mystery ...

Dom

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Can't decipher name on Scottish marraige record
« on: Wednesday 08 September 10 21:20 BST (UK)  »
Hi Again,  '51 Census Edinburgh Castle

McKenzie John 40 Soldier b Morayshire
     "        Matilda 36  b Dublin
     "        John 13 b Co Down Newry
     "        Elizabeth 6 b Kings Co Birr
     "        Jessie 2 b Perth Perth

Thanks Val. Looking into this now ...

Dom

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Can't decipher name on Scottish marraige record
« on: Wednesday 08 September 10 21:15 BST (UK)  »
Dom, hopefully this will help.

On Scotland's People, if you search for a death for Jessie Fraser, other name McKenzie, in 1916 you will be able to see her death certificate.  Reference is 685/03 0221, and the registration district is Edinburgh City/Midlothian.

You may need to post that certificate on the deciphering board as well, because I could swear her mother's maiden name is given as Dooling!   It is your Jessie though, she is widowed and it gives her husband's details as well as her parents

Thanks for the reference Maggie. Here is the actual image of the death notice for others. I too see Dooling listed as Matilda's maiden name. Do you think she may have remarried?

Dom


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Can't decipher name on Scottish marraige record
« on: Wednesday 08 September 10 10:56 BST (UK)  »
Dom, what else do you have on Jessie?    Searching Scotland census for 1861 and 1851 there are an awful lot to choose from, and you probably already have the records.     
It's not that I think her mother's maiden name is magically going to pop up on a census return, but the more we have about the family the better chance there is that something might turn up


Hi Maggie,

According to my sources, Jessie Helen McKenzie was born circa 1849 in Perth, Scotland. I don't have the birth registration info otherwise I would naturally order a birth certificate and hope the mom's maiden name reflected on that. The LDS vital record of Jessie's marriage (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=recordimage&c=fs:1771074&r=r_695271771&pn=p1) doesn't unfortunately list the parents. Interestingly Matilda did turn up on a census return when she was visiting Jessie and her husband in 1871. She is listed as Matilda B. McKenzie born circa 1821 in Ireland. This is my only clue as her origins at the moment.

I actually suspected that the Matilda's maiden name could be Black as one of her grandsons has the name Alexander Black Fraser. But then I came across the marriage certificate and saw that it obviously wasn't. Jessie's father in law, John Fraser, was however the blacksmith of Aberdeen before the family moved Edinburgh. 'Black' could then be a reference to the profession of Alex's grandfather. James was of course a brass molder and later became a Master brass caster. And his children plumbers and artisans with even a few engineers in the family even today. Then again, perhaps the x we are all seeing on the record is really a c, in which case Matilda's surname could be Blackburn rather than Bloxburn or Bloxham. What do you think?

Dom

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Can't decipher name on Scottish marraige record
« on: Tuesday 07 September 10 17:07 BST (UK)  »
I am needing some help in transcribing the names on this record. The bride and groom and his parents are easy enough. But the bride's mothers maiden name is unreadable. Looks like Bloxhaum to me ... Any other ideas? According to a census return Matilda B. McKay was born in Ireland circa 1821.

Dom

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Other Countries / Re: INDIA - Reynolds - help PLEASE!
« on: Monday 20 July 09 18:45 BST (UK)  »
Hi Adri,

Great to hear from you. I'm actually an almost direct descendant of G.A.R1 (my mom's maiden name was Reynolds) which is why I have a lot of the related documents, pedigrees, photographs and so forth in my possession. My 2nd great grand father is Louisa's half-brother Louis George von Bratt Reynolds ( the son of G.A.R1 and Anna Carolina von Bratt). Because G.A.R 1 is your 6th great grand father, this makes us at least 4th cousins 3 times removed. I say at least because my 5th great grandmother was a Kruger and I see that you also have Kruger ancestors, so there might be a parallel relationship somewhere there. I do intend to look into the Kruger ancestors too at some stage, right now though the Reynolds' have my full attention.

At the moment I am preparing to make a pilgrimage towards the end of the month to the Reynolds family farm 'Grantham' near Beaufort West. (Named such due to being G.A.R1's possible place of birth) The SA National Parks board  recently restored the farm and opened it to the public as an educational center in September last year. They also seem interested in the history of the farm, which has been in the family for over 4 generations, so there is a prospect of setting up some kind of exhibit dedicated to the Reynolds family there. So other than research for the book on the origin of G.A.R1, I'm also quite busy at scanning in and restoring old photographs related to Grantham for use in collages or a photographic essay of some kind.  After that who knows, perhaps I'll have to put up a website or something to keep track of all the relatives I seem to be finding these days. After hearing from you, the next big surprise would be to hear from a descendant of Baron Carl von Ludwig who married Brietta Carolina - Louisa's half sister. Who knows - anything is possible with the internet these days. Hope to see you in the RootsChat chat room sometime.  :)

Kind Regards,
Dominic


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Other Countries / Re: INDIA - Reynolds - help PLEASE!
« on: Sunday 19 July 09 00:52 BST (UK)  »
Hi Adri,

Not sure if you've already seen this LDS record: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/IGI/family_group_record.asp?familyid=18369162&indi_id=100033856763&lds=1&region=1&frompage=99

It concerns a Louisa Elizabeth Reynolds born on 10 NOV 1802 at Fort St George, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India to parents George R and Eliza. Given the above, she must have been around two years old when her mom died en route to England from India and around 4 years old when she came to the Cape with her dad.

It looks like quite a few Louisa Reynolds' have been born in India since then too. Good to know that there are Reynolds' somewhere in India contributing to the world population. Once we get back into contact with the family in India - through the DNA tests - I'm sure we will add a whole new section to the family tree. Who knows, perhaps we have even seen a 4th or 5th cousin acting Bollywood film before - maybe as an extra :)

Regards,

Dominic

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