Looking for Ian Young

To Whom It May Concern:

In the course of researching my family tree, I have learned that one member, and her husband, lived in Zimbabwe.  I have reason to believe members of the family still live in or near Bulawayo.

The relatives in question are Annie Georgina (nee Holmes) and her husband Charles Newton Dodd.  Both of these people were born in Yorkshire, England. As early as 1912, I believe they emigrated to South Africa.  Sometime after that, they came to live in Bulawayo, where Charles worked as a grocer. He died there in January of 1941. According to his death certificate, he had a will, registered as #7115.  Annie Georgina died in Umtali in 1953. Her will is #13219. 

The Dodds had a daughter named Alice May.  Between 1941 and 1953, she married Ian Young.  They had a son, but I do not know his name.

I know there is not much information to work with, I would like to know if there are any resources available that might help me learn more about them, the nature of their business, or anything about their family:  city directories, phone books, or such like.

With thanks,
David G. Lamb bmalgd@hotmail.com
Tempe (Phoenix), Arizona, USA

Hi Odette,

I recently found out that thousands of Death Notices / Death Registers are available on the Internet for viewing. The years covered are 1890 to 1977. I’m sure you are aware of this: they can be found at www.familysearch.com

There are several other records available on the same web site, while some records appear to be indexes only.

Actually, it is from this web site that I found the link to your web site (located within the “Help” pages).

Now to my queries:

Imagine my surprise when going through the file called “Death Indexes Open Files” to find my own name there!! There is a code and a number against (my name) in the index – L.W. 2641 – and I was wondering if you could tell me what the code LW means?

There is also another Index file showing records with the abbreviation DRB or D.R.B. Any idea what that is? I understand DR or D.R. to be “Death Register”. For the most part I can locate the Death Register (certificates) for all my relatives for which I have a D.R. numbers, but I could not locate certificates for the names with DRB / D.R.B. Neither can I find the L.W one (against my name).

BTW, the “Help” files only refer to the abbreviations: ADM, D.R. and W (Administrations, Death Register and Will).

 

Regards,

Gerold Whittaker gerold@intekom.co.za

Zikhali clan

Please I need to know more about Zikhali clan, our totems and all. Please help as this is very important to me.

VIRGINIA <dicafurniture@hotmail.co.za> 

Regards,

Virginia

Joshua Humphrey Sigauke

I'm trying to use the search page and have failed. I'm trying to find information on Joshua Humphrey Sigauke who died in New York in June 2010. Any one who knew him can contact me.
Dr Sitali Chibumba
sitalich@gmail.com

Antonie Janjetich/Yanjetich.

My great grandfather was Antonie Janjetich/Yanjetich.

I have no information on him apart from his name.

I would love to know where he was born (some say it was in Austria) and his date of birth and his date of death.

 

I don't know who my great-grandmother was either. I only know her first name was Johanna. I would love to know her dates of birth & death and where she was born and her maiden name.

 

 My grandmother was Mary Janjetich and she married Casper van Zyl. They had 2 daughters Helen Marion van Zyl and Agnes Edna Martha van Zyl (my mother) born 3 April 1926. Sadly Mary passed away in around 1928 and my mother & her sister were removed from the Janjetich Family Farm and placed in Emerald Hill Children's Home in Salisbury.

 I would love to know Mary's full names, her dates of birth & death as well. I think she was born in South Africa. 

 

The only real info I have received from a family member is included here.

 

Janjetich the name on the deed for the Good Luck Farm; Filabusi;
Insiza district in 1928 transferred in favor of Government of Southern
Rhodesia on 18-5-1935. Married Johanna ? born Transvaal died 13-9-1942
in Bulawayo aged 74;

Antonie Yanjetick was on the deed of sale. Antoni Janjetich was on the
death certificate. They had Mary (van Zyl), Martha Helling nee Kennedy; Anne; Antonette Kutchen and John.

My great grandfather :Antonie Yanjetick born in Austria 1860 died
31-3-1934 aged 74.

 

Then I would appreciate it IF you could find out about my grandfather Casper van Zyl. Who were his parents? Where did they come from and any other relevant information. I know he had 2 brothers Willem van Zyl and Kornels(sp?) van Zyl.and a sister Elizabeth van Zyl. If there were any other siblings, I am not sure. I know his parents died and he and his siblings grew up with the Terblanche family near Bulawayo. Casper was a member of the British South Africa Mounted Police in the mid to late 1920's. He was away when Mary died and only returned quite a while later to discover she had passed away. He then took his 2 very young daughters away and they never saw their grandparents again.

He died in about 1956 in Bulawayo and I remember he lived with his 2nd wife Molly and their children in Queens Park East Bulawayo

 

Odette, I have been searching for years now. I can't believe that the descendants of Janjetich and van Zyls  know nothing about their ancestors. I know more than they do and as my mother was removed from the Janjetich Family, I should be the one who knows even less! The same goes for the van Zyl descendants.

 

If you could assist me in finding out this information, I would be eternally grateful.

 

Thanks and kind regards

Jeanette Bergoff

East Rand, South Africa

Jeanette Bergoff <thebergoffsare@gmail.com>

 

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Jeanette & Jimmy Bergoff

I would like to search for my birthparents. I live in RSA but was born in Zimbabwe. Unfortunately I do not have a lot of information about my birth but I would still like to try though. Would you be able to assist me?

I was adopted by birth, born 03/08/1981 in Bulawayo, Registered as Magdalena Elizabeth Cloete. Apparently I was born at a nun-clinic. Social welfare handled the adoption.
Magda Smit <dmsmit@yahoo.com>

John Pierce.

From A.Johnstone       aj.designs@tiscali.co.uk

 

PIERCE             My late father’s cousin lived at 3 Beale Crescent Umtali in 1973. His name was John Pierce. I know this as I discovered that his mother, a widow called Florence Maud Pierce had died that year and as her relative his address had been written on the death notice. I know that John was born in UK 1917 and served in the forces during WW2 marrying a girl from what was then called Rhodesia. They had a daughter but that is all I know and wonder if anyone would have information on the family such as when John died, who was his wife, what was his occupation and what happened to his daughter?

It would be lovely if anyone has anything of interest for me.

Kind regards,

Ann