Are there any census info in South Africa??

[Hackstaple]

There is a death record for a Caleb Irving age 54.
Greenwich Jan-Mar 1903 vol.1d. For some reason I cannot see the page number.

[serchin]

I bought that death cert 15 years ago from Greenwich Register Office He was my great uncle Caleb Irving who died in jan 1903. It is his son Caleb Edwin Jesse Irving born 1871 who emigrated to South Africa in 1889 I have been looking for. I have found him on a ship passenger list docking at the Port Of London in 1908. But it seems a sad story cos Mrs Heather MacAlister has just sent me an email telling me he was i9n an institution down as a Lunatic from 1909 untill 1912. Never mind I suppose he came back home to Greenwich and either to see his mum cos he knew he was ill and wanted to say farewell mother. Or the Greenwich Union Workhouse sent him packing again back to the Cape. It is a bit of a mystery. God bless the poor man. But at least now I know what happened to him.

[serchin]

I am pleased to have found this website. I have had many replies in just two days since joining two days ago. Thank you all for your replies Best Wishes John Dedman (Greenwich London England)

[maggimot]

 I am searching for a family named Silva and wonder if anyone can help me locate them. In 1918 Reginald Eric Silva married my grandmother in St Pancras London. Max Silva (the father) attended the wedding and was residing at 175 Park Avenue. In 1919 a child - Melville Eric Silva de Shepstone- was born. Since then none of the male members of this group can be located in the UK. I don't know if there is a link with SA but Silva de Shepstone suggests there may be.
Maggimott

[Gramler]

You can try here:

http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300dl

There are only "abstracts" of the actual items on file, but often this is insightful.

M

[maggimot]

Thank you very much for this link Gramler I will certainly follow it through. Maggimott

[pampoen]

Where did you get the SA from? SA could also stand for south australia? Derek.

[maggimot]

Hi Pampoen,
The SA came about because of the name Silva da Shepstone given to my maternal grandmother's first child. In Italian 'da' means 'from' as in Leonardo da Vinci (from the village of Vinci). We couldn't find any relatives with that name in the UK and the only place called Shepstone is in South Africa. At least that was our starting point. 
Thank you for the alternative suggestion though as South Africa turned out to be a red herring!!
Maggimot