Kobus I have a Farrell family from OFS starting from a Christopher Farrell, 1822-1894 . That was a Catholic family. Other names, Charlotte, James John and Mary Ann Probbly not yours though. Just thought in case? Patricia Frykberg -------------------------------------------------- From: "Kobus Farrell" <kobusfarrell@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 6:37 AM To: <SOUTH-AFRICA@rootsweb.com> Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] FARRELL FAMILY RESEARCH > Dear whoever > > On 07-12-1833 the ship "Bolton" landed in Algoa Bay. On board to arrive in > Grahamstown on the 22-12-1833 was J. Farrell amongst several other boys > placed out as apprentices to so called Masters. Placed with Mr. Matthews, > a schoolmaster in Grahamstown was my young lad as a servant (thought > slavery was abanded earlier ) It is known that many so called street > children were send out from Britain (always a leader in solving social > problems) to S.A. by the Children's Friend Society. (Can you beat this > name? ) In 1839 an investigation into the well being of these children > took place in Cape Town. A certain James Farrell was then instructed to be > interviewed by the Commission -silly little scary fool- but absconded, > leaving me to sort out where he slots into the picture. My question is, > would this be one and the same person to be placed with Mr.Matthews, or > are we dealing with two completely separate individuals ? Any > recommendations will be highly appreciated to resolve this ! > matter ones and for all. > > Kobus Farrell > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3895 - Release Date: 09/13/11 >