Great!! Good Luck Luis K W Lisboa-Portugal ---------- > From: Marcia & Roland <roland1@wol.co.za> > To: prt-madeira@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PT-MADEIRA] Serena > Date: Segunda-feira, 18 de Setembro de 2006 17:39 > > Dear List > > > > I am so excited with the little bit of information which I found today that > I just had to share it with you. > > > > I found out from my mom where my great-grandparents are buried. They are > indeed buried in a Family Plot at Stellawood Cemetery in Durban, South > Africa. > > > > I telephoned Stellawood Cemetery this morning and spoke to a very nice > gentleman who gave me all the information I needed. > > > > I finally have this information from the Cemetery's records:- > > > > Lawrence Serena - +/- 6 months old, male, buried on 8 December 1943 - he > therefore probably would have been born around June/July 1943; > > > > Marie Loudres Serena - 17 years old, female, buried on 8 March 1948 - she > would have been born around 1931; > > > > Marcial Serena (my great-grandfather) - 58 years old, male, buried on 1 > April 1959; > > > > Maria Clara Serena (my great-grandmother) - 79 years old, female, buried on > 7 January 1985. I know that Luis mentioned that the "Calderia" was perhaps > mis-spelt on my great-grandfather's Death Notice which was written in my > great-grandmother's own hand but now this casts a slightly different light > on her second name because in the Burial Register her name is recorded as > "Clara" - so now, I think that there is a possibility that her maiden name > was "Caldeira"!!!! Only time will tell. > > > > The spellings are all according to the Burial Register that the cemetery > holds. > > > > My search is now on for my great-grandparents' Marriage Certificate and > their Death Certificates as well as Lawrence's Birth and Death Certificates > and Marie Loudres Birth and Death Certificates, which will all be here in > South Africa (Birth Certificates will probably only be found in Portugal - > as I have already mentioned before). > > > > So, I sent someone to the Department of Home Affairs which is near me at my > place of employment. They informed me that I need identity numbers (this is > absolutely ridiculous) - but I don't think that my great-grandparents would > have had identity numbers if they never naturalized in South Africa, and > Lawrence and Marie were probably far too young to have identity numbers. > > > > In any event, I e-mailed quite a few people at the Head Office of the > Department of Home Affairs in Pretoria and requested their assistance - > surely somehow these Certificates can be traced through the SURNAME. > > > > I await responses from them. I hope I won't hit a dead end again. I will > NOT give up. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Marcia Bezuidenhout > > South Africa > > Researching: Serena, Vieira, De'Abreu, Caldeira > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRT-MADEIRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >