Looking for father

I'm Sinclair Leander Cook,born in Gwanda,Zimbabwe on 22 February 1980,mother is Lillian Priscilla Cook,believe my father was a Rhodesian soldier working in Matebeleland South region,believe he went to South Africa soon after Zimbabwean Independence...anyone with information can contact me on +263 773 486 593... Sinclair leander Cook [cooksinclair@gmail.com]

HIRST family

Hi there
I am trying to trace my HIRST family whom I suspect some of them moved to Zimbabwe in the first half of 20th century

I think it was "John" Guise/Guyse Alexander HIRST as there was a listing of him initially working at Turk Mine in Bulawayo & suspect he moved to Harare & may have worked for the prison authorities

Any info is greatly appreciated on his descendants

I understand that some KINSMAN family members also emigrated there

I have included the link for my site which I would appreciate included on your site
https://sites.google.com/site/hirstkinsmanfamily/family-history

Rgds
Peppa

Hi there
I am trying to trace my HIRST family whom I suspect some of them moved to Zimbabwe in the first half of 20th century

I think it was "John" Guise/Guyse Alexander HIRST as there was a listing of him initially working at Turk Mine in Bulawayo & suspect he moved to Harare & may have worked for the prison authorities

Any info is greatly appreciated on his descendants

I understand that some KINSMAN family members also emigrated there

I have included the link for my site which I would appreciate included on your site
https://sites.google.com/site/hirstkinsmanfamily/family-history

Rgds
Peppa  Peppa [peppamac@gmail.com]

the Ncube's and the Khambule

I have read your blog about the Ncube's and the Khambule as one,but now what buffers me is the Ncube's from Zimbabwe as they don't use the same totems as those from Natal they say they are a Banana clan and when one look at their totems do speak of the banana clan. Then the other thing is the story around the first bantu settlers in Zimbabwe who traded with other tribes making war weapons how they traveled to South Africa and I find again such similarity with the amacube tribe in Natal , which history is being rewritten between the two. n.sicelo@yahoo.com

Bryce and Daryll Ward

Hi I wonder if you could help me in advising how I could trace my cousins Bryce and Daryll Ward who were born and lived in Bullawayo. Their mother and father were Anne and Geoff Ward. We lost touch with the family after their father, Geoff ( my Uncle) died in the late 1990's ( I think). He was living in Bullawayo at the time of his death. Bryce and Darryl would be in their mid 50's to mid 60's now. Any help or advice you can give me would be much appreciated.

Kindest regards

Lois Bagshaw  Lois Bagshaw [bagshawlois5@gmail.com]

Black., Clarke and Rosen

My name is Shadreck danga ,I am descendant from  early settlers in plumtree ,the Clarke's and Black's  as somehow related to Rosen something point me in the right direction. Email. Shad.danga@gmail.com

Mawele Mafunda

Please help me : my name is Mawele Mafunda originated in Matatiele but now based at Estcourt kzn .I would like to know the origins of my surname under the Ncube clan . Thanking you in advance  Mawele Mafunda [mawelemafunda1@hotmail.com]

origin of the surname Nyanto

Hey,I'm trying to find the origin of the surname Nyanto,some say its from zambia,malawi or mozambique   browntanks@mtn.blackberry.com

Tracing birth parentd

I trace birth parents in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Harare, Bullawyo, Namibia etc.

My website address:  www.adoptedchild.co.za

My email address:  info@adoptedchild.co.za

Regards

Leonie Erasmus

Finding a friend

Hi, I am trying to trace Margaret an orphan at St Clair's in Bulawayo. She was sponsored by Jim Goodwin. I do not remember her surname, but know she married in Bulawayo. I believe the dates she was at the orphanage was around 1935 to about 1960.

It would be great if you could help me to locate anything about her. Thanks for your help Gayle Gayle Whyte [whytemrdg@gmail.com]

Help needed

 

We think for various reasons that it’s possible that Joey might have assumed another person’s identity in the form of a birth certificate (there was never any evidence that she had an I.D and as a result never did anything formal like open a bank account in her name), when she was in her mid twenties, but this was after she had married O’Connell in around 1969.  

 

What will prove everything is her first marriage certificate to an O’Connell. This marriage certificate has never been found. We are certain of the O’Connell part and there are indications that his first names were Daniel Charles.  The most likely year for the marriage would have been 1969, but could have been up to two years either side.  We suspect Joey’s name would be either Johanna or Joana or Joanne.

 

Our request is: Would it be possible to search all O’Connell marriages from say 1966 to 1970?  If we can get the truth from that then the rest of the information becomes easier.

 

Thank-you for your help,

 

James Duguid.

Can anyone help?

My wife Charmaine Duguid (nee Ferriera) has been trying to find information about her mother’s family for many years.  Her mother (Johanna Ferreira) died last week and for some reason never disclosed information about her birth family.  At the very end when she was very frail (with advanced pneumonia) she wanted us to notify all her family.  We don’t know what her reasons were for being estranged from her family and we don’t really care, we would just like to get in touch with them and to notify them of her passing and would be really grateful if you could help. We have the death notice from the doctor if you should need a copy. The details we have are as follows:

 

1)      Full Name: Johanna Christina Gertruida Ferreira (Maiden name: Pieterse) AKA “Joey”.

Born: 19^th December 1947 to father David Jacobus Pieterse (who was born in SA) and Mother: Maria Dorothea Botha, (also born in SA).

Birth Place: 5 Porter Cement Homes, Arcadia, Salisbury.

Birth certificate Entry Number: SBY/1162/47. Date of Reg: 06^th December 1947.

 

Further info: James Duguid [zamgeobo@zol.co.zw]

 

2)      Joey married Daniel. C. O’Connell in around 1969 and had two children by him, Ryan (born 23^rd August 1969) and Magdalina (born 9th April 1971). She then got divorced around 1973.  She then gave birth to Rodney on 14^th April 1974. (the birth certificate claims the father was “unknown”).

3)      Joey then got re-married to Andries Hendrik Ferreira on 23^rd January 1976, whom she was married to until his death on the 3^rd January 2000. She had to children with Andries, Charmaine (born 1976) and Adrian (born 1978).

 

What we are seeking is any information pertaining to Joey’s parents and her brothers and sisters.  We are not certain of any names for her siblings but would desperately want to find out their names and get in touch with them.  They were likely also born in the then Salisbury.  

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

 

Regards,

 

James Duguid.

 

Looking for father

My name is Estelle Bateman and I am looking for my biological father whom I was told is called Anthony Edward Innes, I do not know his date of birth all I do know is his name and that he had a farm in Beatrice Zimbabwe.

My mothers name is Ayanah Bateman and my step dad is Nick Bateman. Anthony knows about me and communication stopped when my mom married nick.

I am reaching out to him because I am curious to know him and see the kind of man he is.

I was born in 1990 September 21 in harare and I now live in bulawayo.
Estelle Bateman <estelle2bateman@gmail.com>

Looking for friends

Good day .

my name is terence tshabangu ,i used to stay in byo, i am looking for lost contact of my friends who ,migrated to europe ,london or so long time ago they used to stay at no 1 marimba road matsheumhlophe ,bulawayo zimbabwe.the husbands name is keith williams and maureen williams ,had two son neil and mack  if iam correct.my mother used to work for them her name is cecilia moyo (tshabangu).

The father of keith used to own a supermarket in byo, opposite city hall , which is Hopleys  supermarkert. i am now based south africa but my mother is still in Zim

please help .

warm regards Terence .T

tobias sibanda <tsibanda74@gmail.com>

Bernard Levine

I'm trying to locate my great, great grandfather (Bernard Levine)

who died around 1900 in the whereabouts of what is modern day Harare/Zimbabwe.  I'm told he is buried in a local cemetery.  I've got very little information to provide other than that he was from England and died in either a boat or train accident around 1900 or thereabout.  It's assumed that he was in the import/export business... possibly as an independent contractor in the mining industry.  He was believed to be Jewish and of Lithuanian descent.

 

In my search, I came across the Zimbabwe, Death Registers, 1890-1977; Index to Death Register, 1892-1977 via Family Search (https://familysearch.org/image/viewer#uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/collection/1837900/waypoints).    I've located a Bernard Levine in the Death Indexes via Surnames KE-L on page 34 of 48 (near top, left).  His death record is noted as: D.R. 1794/72.  When looking in the death registers there isn't a Volume 1794 to locate him on page 72 as noted.  I've searched most of the early volumes (1900+/-) but I don't see him listed anywhere?  Do you have any suggestions on how I could locate his record?  I've searched most of the local graveyards, as well, without any success.  Thanks in advance for any help in solving a mystery that has eluded our family for over a century.

 

Respectfully,

C M R Lee

Matt Lee <cmrlee@gmail.com>

Covington, Louisiana, USA

Interesting info to help you find records

re yr query on William Charles Hoaten, here: http://www.lind.org.zw/genweb/surnames.htm

I found his Death Record, D.R.811/55, here:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-14684-76233-16?cc=1837900&wc=M6LS-D38:163032901,163244001

 

The index for that I found here:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-14686-45641-9?cc=1837900&wc=M6LS-9M7:163032501,163031602

 

The repository for the Zimbabwe Death Records is here:

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Zimbabwe_Civil_Registration_%28FamilySearch_Historical_Records%29

from that root page address (above) you’ll find links to two sets of ledgers.

#1 Zimbabwe, Death notices, 1904-1976 holds the doctor’s Death Notices, and those are arranged by district and year.
Those have details about how the person died, age, and so on, but won’t have dependents details. 
If you know where and when someone died you might find their Death Notice by browsing the images in those place/date folders.
They were not all filed in strict chronological order, and some death notices were filed even a year after the event, so it’s worthwhile to keep looking long after the event date.

#2 Zimbabwe, Death Registers, 1890-1977; Index to Death Register, 1892-1977 is more useful as a starting point, because that has an index (or three of them, to be more precise), and these usually have information about the person and dependents.
For example, names starting with H could be in the index ‘H’ folders, could be in the index ‘A-Z’, and could be in the index titled ‘Death Indexes Open files’.
In addition, the early volumes have also have an individual index on the first 25-30 pages.
Having found the name in the index, you’ll have a reference, something like D.R. 20/100, which then that means you’ll find the image in Volume 20, numbered as #100.
(Those you’ll find in the folder titled ‘Death Registers’ –it’s at the bottom of the page that has the alphabetical folders.)
In 1953 they changed the filing system so that the reference is year/number not volume/number. This means that a D.R with index number D.R. 55/100 could be in #100 volume 55 or in year 1955 – you just have to look,if it’s not the one, it will be the other.

So given that you want to find D.R.20/100 you go to volume 20, and you’ll see that the volume contains say 350 pages. Type in page 125 (to jump past the volume index pages to get close to the number you want), then page or jump forward/back from there until you find the D.R that you want.
Some of the index references can’t be found in any of the online volumes, ie. three-number references like D.R. 20/100/29 just points to a list ‘Master Estate’ list, and you won’t find any files online  with the index MISC, ADM, or LW.

 

regards,

 

Barry
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Looking for friends

my name is terence tshabangu ,i used to stay in byo, i am looking for lost contact of my friends who ,migrated to europe ,london or so long time ago they used to stay at no 1 marimba road matsheumhlophe ,bulawayo zimbabwe.the husbands name is keith williams and maureen williams ,had two son neil and mack  if iam correct.my mother used to work for them her name is cecilia moyo (tshabangu).

The father of keith used to own a supermarket in byo, opposite city hall , which is Hopleys  supermarkert.

please help .

warm regards Terence .T

Margaret Gabaraane

My aunt’s birth name is Margaret Gabaraane.  I understand that when she got to Zim, she changed her name to Dolly Ngwenya.

 

My mother once told us that my aunt resided in Gweru.

 

She left behind one daughter whose names are Akofang  Roba Gabaraane.

 

She also left behind, her mother Selina Mosarwa “aka” mmaLikanyeng Gabaraane

Her three brothers, Patrick Likanyeng Boikanyo Gabaraane, Mothibi Bokhane Gabaraane, William Mpopelang Gabaraane and her sister who happens to my late mother

Annah Kesego “aka” Mogatsamogare Gabaraane.

 

They hail from Molepolole Village.

 

Kindly find attached her photo which she took at Kambuzuma Studio in 1973.

 

I hope the information will be helpful.

 

Regards,

 

Bonolo Gaerobale

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