wife's grandmother maiden name

[bmur]

I am trying to obtain the maiden name of my wife's grandmother & establish if she was born in the UK (Coventry?) She married a mr grevenstein & lived in Barkley East(cape province south africa) her children's names were harriet, maggie, josie, levenia albertina & a son.Levenia married c w smit & harriet married robert thomas james thank you, regards bmur.

[3sillydogs]

Can you give me Mr Grevensteins first name and hers?  You have listed her children. And is that the correct spelling.

[bmur]

Hi I believe the grandmother's name was eliza unfortunately don't know her husband's name ( surname could be spelt grevensteyn). Daughter levenia Albertina date of birth could be 12-3-1908 death 12-5-2000. Sorry being so vague & even the spelling is suspect. Thank you for the prompt reply

[Nookie]

Here are Gert Petrus Johannes Greyvenstein's estate papers showing that Eliza Lavinia (Lavenia) surname was Dicks.

On familysearch there is a baptism of Maggie Aletta which shows she was born on 9 December 1914. 

DEPOT     VAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MHG                                                                   
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 0                                                                     
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE G1550                                                                 
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          GREYVENSTEIN, GERT PETRUS JOHANNES. EGGENOTE ELISA LEVINA (GEBORE     
           DICKS).                                                             
STARTING  19190000                                                             
ENDING    19190000 

[Nookie]

I found the following baptism record of Eliza at the Methodist Church Barkley East.  It gives her parent's names.

Entry #29
 Child: Eliza Lavinia DICKS
 Parents: Jonah and Lavinia Albertina of Willoughleigh
 Born: 6/28/1884
 Baptized: 11/3/1884

Hope this helps

[bmur]

Good morning Nookie , thank you for the information its exactly what's required , you wouldn't by any chance know where willoughleigh is . Can't find it in S.A. Regards bmur

[Nookie]

I think that it was probably a farm in the area.  Is this your wife's grandmother? If you are looking for details on the other members of the family I will carry on looking.

[bmur]

Thank you so much Nookie, but you have achieved what we were looking for . I.Agree that it is a farm in the aera. Will be in touch with you guys shortly still seeking info regarding my grandfather. Regards bmur & thanks again !

[Nookie]

Always a pleasure being able to clarify bits in the endless search for family members!