--part1_1d5.6682033.2bbad0b6_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_1d5.6682033.2bbad0b6_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <Pmc248@cs.com> From: Pmc248@cs.com Full-name: Pmc248 Message-ID: <19f.12ccdbae.2bbacf85@cs.com> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 06:18:29 EST Subject: A real problem, HELP !!! To: SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH-L@rootsweb.com, SOUTH-AFRICA-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: CompuServe 2000 32-bit sub 107 Hoping some-one can steer me in the correct direction. In 1908 my Father, Charles Frederick RENNEY, who was living at Germiston, Old Transvaaal, after going to South Africa from England, with the South African Constabulary, and his wife, Margaret GLOVER ROSS, who was born near Pietermaritzburg, [spelling ?] and over 8 months pregnant at the time, travelled to England to visit his family for 6 weeks? On the trip over she gave birth to twin boys on the ship. Do not know the name of the ship. While in the UK they stayed at Middlesbrough, N. Yorks. where the twins births were registered, which seemed odd to me as his family was at Stranton,West Hartlepool, although these two places are not far apart I wonder why he stayed there. Also, when they left to return to South Africa , they took a little boy with them, am told that after they arrived at their home at Germiston, the boy lived with them as one of the family and my Father had the child's surname changed to RENNEY. Am trying to discover who this boy was, his surname after it was changed was Arthur RENNEY, but have no idea what it was before. Arthur RENNEY lived the rest of his life in South Africa, married, raised a family, and died there. My Father's first wife in the UK had died at age 19years, [she was from Middlesbrough,N. Yorks], before he joined the South African Constabulary. Had originally thought the boy may have been a child he had with her and she had died in childbirth, but now have discovered she died of TB. 5 months after their marriage. What I am asking is, are there any records in South Africa that would show the previous surname of a child whose surname had been changed to RENNEY. It seems the purpose of the trip was to pick up the child, which must have been important, otherwise why would he take a woman who was ready to deliver on such a trip. Have racked my brain over this, but the people who could give me answers are all dead. Hoping there may be some type of record in South Africa re. the name change. Feel he may have been a half-brother to me. Any help gratefully received, Pam [RENNEY] McKinley in Arizona. --part1_1d5.6682033.2bbad0b6_boundary--