Hi. My mother grew up in Queenstown and she says to try the Presbyterian Home up near the Frontier Hospital. They should be able to help you. Good luck! On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:01 AM, <[email protected] > wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Maclachlan / Queenstown (Storm O'Neill) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:22:54 +0200 > From: "Storm O'Neill" <[email protected]> > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Maclachlan / Queenstown > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Searching for any info on a Charles Maclachlan, apparently he had about 9 > wives through his life. > > My great grandmother was a Windsor (not sure of her name) she had 4 > children and died giving birth to her last. All four children were sent to > an orphanage in Queenstown. All I know is that my gran once told my mom that > it was a church orphanage and that she used to sneak out of the window and > go into the orchards to steal food to feed her sisters and brother. Their > names were Winifred, Charles, Evelyn (my grandmother) and Gwendalyn. Their > father was Charles Maclachlan and for whatever reason he did not take the > children, they were sent to an orphanage when Granny Windsor died giving > birth to Gwendalyn. Does anyone know which orphanage it may have been? > > Regards > Storm O'Neill > > This message is private and confidential. If you are not the intended > recipient, please notify the sender and delete the said message. > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN mailing list, send an email > to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 192 > ****************************************************** >