The collection of South African gravestone photographs has now topped 350,000. That is over 80,000 pictures added so far this year - all pictures contributed, captioned and indexed by volunteers: http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=43 Cheers, Richard -- Richard Ball, Norfolk, England http://www.eggsa.org

The first part of the Genealogical Society of South Africa's new web site to go live are two picture collections: Funeral programs: http://www.genealogy.org.za/biblio/ Church photographs: http://www.genza.org.za/bonus/main.php?g2_itemId=12 Contributions will be gladly received by the co-ordinator of both projects: Hobbie Stoffberg bbggsa@gmail.com ------- Cheers, Richard -- Richard Ball, Norfolk, England http://www.eggsa.org

Thank you, Richard, for the link to this resource. There's one gravestone that especially interests me ... William John Hattam at St John's Anglican Church, Mooi River, Kwazulu-Natal. He was born 22 March 1870 in St Just in Penwith, Cornwall, married Janie Hocking 10 Feb 1892 in St Just, and died 7 May 1905 at Mooi River. Their children (that I know of) Loveday Jane ... 1892 St Just Florence May ... 1995 Fordsburg, Johannesburg Annie ... 1897 St Just Miriam Emmeline ... ?? Iris ... 1904 (also on the same gravestone died 1905 aged 12 months) What I'm curious about is the third person on the gravestone ... Mabel Pearl Cato 1879-1971 I can't see a HATTAM-CATO marriage, nor a HOCKING connection either. (Janie went on to marry Richard Penberthy and later Sigismund Rudolph James Maynard.) I can see Christopher Alfred Cato marrying Elizabeth Jane Badger, Elizabeth Jane Cato (1843-1892) is buried in the same churchyard. They had apparently two daughters, Florence Hilda (who later married Alfred Charles Burger) & Mabel Pearl ... based on interpreting results from the South African National Archives site. But I'm still failing to find a connection between HATTAM and CATO ... apart from the inscription on the gravestone. Does anyone have any insight? Mark Hattam -- On 18 Sep 2011, at 09:22, Richard Ball wrote: > The collection of South African gravestone photographs has now topped > 350,000. That is over 80,000 pictures added so far this year - > all pictures contributed, captioned and indexed by volunteers: > > http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=43 > > > Cheers, > > Richard > -- > Richard Ball, > Norfolk, England

Hi Mark, According to Shelagh O'Byrne Spencer in British Settlers in Natal, Volume 4, Christopher Alfred CATO was married first to Elizabeth Jane BADGER on 12 March 1875, and second to Ellen Sarah BROOMHEAD (widow) on 30 April 1898. She says his first wife died in 1882, as a result of her night-dress catching fire. She does not mention any of his children. Regards, Ellen Stanton -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mark Hattam Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 4:38 PM To: south-africa@rootsweb.com Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] HATTAM - CATO Thank you, Richard, for the link to this resource. There's one gravestone that especially interests me ... William John Hattam at St John's Anglican Church, Mooi River, Kwazulu-Natal. What I'm curious about is the third person on the gravestone ... Mabel Pearl Cato 1879-1971 I can see Christopher Alfred Cato marrying Elizabeth Jane Badger, Elizabeth Jane Cato (1843-1892) is buried in the same churchyard. They had apparently two daughters, Florence Hilda (who later married Alfred Charles Burger) & Mabel Pearl ... based on interpreting results from the South African National Archives site. But I'm still failing to find a connection between HATTAM and CATO ... apart from the inscription on the gravestone. Does anyone have any insight? Mark Hattam --