A.J. Ellis <[email protected]> asks; > I am stuck at the proginiter, in South Africa, of my line of ELLISes, one Patrick (Henry?) ELLIS. It appears that he married a Margaretha Magdalena JOUBERT on 14 August 1803. His death certificate is very unclear, but it gives the following information: > > Name of Deceased: Patrick Hendrik ELS (I suspect that it should be Henry. The surname is definitely wrong here as all other references are ELLIS. I suspect that the clerk who completed the record got the sound of the name wrong). > Birth Place of Deceased: Dublin. > Names of parents of the Deceased: ELS (Again this is wrong). > Age of the Deceased: seventy five years (This is unclear and only by elimination I conclude the second word to be "five"). > Condition in Life: Blacksmith. > Day of decease: Seventh August 1850. > Place: Very unclear but may be Louws Berg (the "berg" is clear but the fist word not). > All my searches on Patrick ELLIS brought up nothing. Neither here nor any place in Ireland - primarily because so many of their records were destroyed. > > I hope to find shipping records of the time to trace his route back to his origins in the hope that some info will come up. Hi..In the Townland Index of 1851 there is only one townland that might come close to 'Louws Berg' but it is Louisburg in Co.Mayo...across the nation from Co.Dublin. Also, In the Griffith's Index, taken in Co.Dublin in 1848-54, there were 35 households headed by an ELLIS....In Co.Mayo there were 4, but none in Louisburg or the parish of Kilgeever (where Louisburg is located). Sometimes genealogy research consists of 'closing doors'...Wish the news had been better...JJ. May God Bless You and Keep You [email protected]