Hi again, Following the lengthy story of my Great Uncle, Maudslay BAYNES in my last message I am now getting to the vague lead. Maudslay's younger sister, Evangel Amy BAYNES was born in Upper Class London in 1882, daughter of Herbert Morton Walker BAYNES & Isabel JACKSON. Nothing is known of Evangel's childhood and she was mentioned as being "A rather rebellious child", family gossip has left me with classic leads... "There might have been a child, It was adopted." "She was removed to Capetown when she was about 16 years old, to a relative who took her in hand." "Her younger sister visited her once and found that she had married a much older, wealthy gentleman in Capetown." Yep, thems is really good leads, hey???? No names, no definite dates, no record of any marriage, birth or death kept by the remaining family. My grandmother never saw her sister again and neither did her parents. To be banished forever to a distant country at the age of 16 must have been hard to handle but to be totally cut off from your family, never to be forgiven must have left a few emotional scars I am sure. I am hoping that I can locate the marriage and any subsequent children, I wonder what story has been handed down the generations about the their grandmother causing such a family scandal and the bitter result? The only possible relative that Evangel could have been 'sent to' was the then Bishop of Natal, Right Rev.Joseph Ash Baynes. His family however have no knowledge of either Maudslay or Evangel. They were certainly of the correct standing to take in rebellious relatives, moneyed and highly religious with good social standing. Datewise I guess she must have arrived c.1898, what shipping records are available from London to South Africa? I don't even want to hazard a guess as to the possible date of marriage, she could have been 17-27, who knows? Was there a British Consul in Capetown around the turn of the century? If he was wealthy as suggested, where would they have been likely to marry? Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I could turn in my search??? Seeya, Michelle <kahler@hypermax.net.au> from Ipswich, QLD, Australia. If you need a look-up for anything in South East Qld, give me a yell. Eng/Ire: Baynes/Coldstream/Francom/Helton/Maudsl*y/Memor(e)y/Soames. CON: Andrew/Baragwanath/Barkla/Barnicoat/Blackellar/Bosanco/Bosswasack/Caddy/Carn bellack/Cocke/Coombes/Coome/Curnow/Debell/Drew/Edmond/Gay/George/Harris/Heeg oe/Horsford/James/Jenken/Jennings/Jose/Lawr*nce/Maundison/Mildren/Mi(t)chell /Olivey/Painter/Paskowe/Philips/Polleow/Porter/Prous/Quick/Rayle/Reale/Reyno lds/Richards/Roberts/Rosewall/Roskilly/Skinner/Tbd/Tooker/Tremayne/Trengrous e/Trewhella/Tuckett/Watty/Wearne/Webb/Wills. CFHS #6392; QFHS #M2705; Woolwich&DFHS #1023.