Baptist church in SA Archives

[Danchaslyn]

 

Hi

Can someone please advise if the Baptist Church in South Africa keep archives, and if so, whom, and where, and how would I contact?  Preferably by email?   

Cheers

Danchaslyn
 

[Danchaslyn]

 

Hi Bowes and All

Seem to remember that the Rev Thomas Aitken, ex-St Helena Island, formerly of West Linton, nr Edinburgh, Scotland, died in 1935, Kingswilliamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, used to be a Baptist Minister in Wynberg, Cape.

Could someone please tell me if Wynberg, Cape, is near Zonnebloem, Gardens, Cape?   

Also, would someone have info of his being a Baptist Minister in Germiston, Wynberg and Kingswilliamstown, and elsewhere?   

Any info much appreciated..........

Cheers

Danchaslyn
 

[Danchaslyn]

 

Hello

For anyone needing to find relatives with connections to the Baptist Church in the United Kingdom, it has taken me six weeks to discover that you can contact the Baptist Church, in England, through their website,  the Baptist Union of Great Britain.

     www.baptist.org.uk

Cheers

Danchaslyn

 

[Danchaslyn]

 

Hello

To help anyone trying to trace a relative who was a Baptist Missionary around the world try logging on to:

           www.BMS World Mission.org uk

Cheers

Danchaslyn

 

[Danchaslyn]

 

Hello

For anyone wishing to trace someone who was a Baptist Minister in Scotland, the following www details apply:

    Baptist Union of Scotland

Neither the Baptist Union of Great Britain, nor the BMS World Mission will be able to help with details, if the Minister was based in Scotland.

Cheers

Danchaslyn

 

[Danchaslyn]

 

Hello

As Rev Thomas Aitken emigrated from Scotland, to the Island of St Helena as a Baptist Minister, where he was the Prison Chaplain, from roughly 1898 - 1905??     and then on to South Africa, where he again was a Baptist Minister and later, the General Secretary of the Baptist Union of SA, ................. the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the BMS World Mission claim they have no record of him.

The Baptist Union of Scotland claim they have no record of him, but have put me in touch with the Peebles Baptist Church, formed in 1889, which may have been Rev Thomas Aitken's local place of worship, prior to his emigration to the Island of St Helena.

I'm still trying to discover where, and how it was, that Thomas Aitken, became a Baptist Minister?

Cheers

Danchaslyn

 

[Danchaslyn]

 

Hello

To help trace a relative, in South Africa, with connections to the Baptist Church, the following may help:

   http://baptistunion.org.za/Department/tabid/ST/Default.aspc

I have contacted them seeking any information on Rev Thomas Aitken, and await their reply.   

Any other help and any other details on the Rev Thomas Aitken and family will be happily received.     

Cheers

Danchaslyn

 

[Danchaslyn]

 

Hello

Can someone please help me with a lookup as to how and when, Rev Thomas Aitken, travelled, presumably, from Scotland, mid-1896?   

I've traced him to St Vincent, one of the Cape Verde Islands, where he arrived September, 1896, departed for South Africa, March, 1897.

But have no passage details and would appreciate those and help with any info on him, as a missionary at St Vincent please?   

Cheers

Danchaslyn

 

[bhunter]

National Archives fo SA has this info

DEPOT     KAB
SOURCE    MOOC                                                                 
TYPE     
LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 6/9/4534                                                             
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 44284                                                                 
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          AITKEN, THOMAS. ESTATE PAPERS.                                        STARTING  19350000                                                             
ENDING    19350000     

I'm sure that Church LDS will have a copy of this death notice.

Let me know if this is the right person and I will try and go to LDS and get a copy of the death notice.

B