Hello Keith I suggest you obtain the deceased estate papers Lauriston Kneller which is in the Pretoria Archives. This document will provide you with details of when and where he was born, his marital status, date and place of birth as well as parentage. There is also a Florence Kneller here and looks like it could be a relative. A very interesting case however is the return of a diamond ring to Isaak Kneller? Sounds fascinating SELECT SOURCE VOLUME NO REFERENCE DESCRIPTION BEGIN DATE END DATE LD 1647 AG2473/08 CIVIL ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST MR. E ST. JOHN KNELLER, LOUIS TRICHARDT. 1908 1908 SP 122 SPR10242/96 1E PUBLIEKE AANKLAGER JOHANNESBURG. KNELLER AND CO VRAAGEN OF ZIJ 1896 1896 MHG 0 25926 KNELLER, FLORENCE MARY. (BORN COX). 1915 1915 MHG 0 32634 ST JOHN KNELLER, LAURISTON WILLIAM. 1917 1917 WLD 0 25/1909 ILLIQUID CASE PAYMENT KNELLER AND PALMER VERSUS THE NEW PRIMROSE 1909 1909 TPD 5/919 861/1950 ILLIQUID CASE. RETURN OF DIAMOND RING. ISAAK KNELLER VERSUS NICOLAAS 1950 1950 WLD 0 1208/1957 OPPOSED APPLICATION. MOVSHON (PTY.) LTD. VERSUS FLORA KNELLER 1957 1957 Description: This is an index of documents in the National Archives in Pretoria from 1855 up until 1976. To obtain copies of these documents you need to either go in personally to the archives, pay a private researcher or write directly to the archives. National Archives Repository The Head Postal address: Private Bag X236, PRETORIA 0001 Street address: 24 Hamilton Street, Arcadia, PRETORIA Tel: (012) 441 3200. Fax: (012) 323 5287 Fax to e-mail: 086 529 6414 E-mail [email protected] hope this helps Heather Heather MacAlister Channel Manager Tel:021 468 8957 Fax:+27 (0)86 581 0390 www.ancestry24.co.za Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ancestry24 Skype: Ancestry24 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of Keith Kneller Sent: Mon 02/08/2010 03:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Edward Clayton St John Kneller Edward came to Africa having been born in England circa 1860 the grandson of Viscount Bolinbroke. It appears to have married Florence Jane Coote Field circa 1890. She may have previously married a Mr Harvey. The Natal birth briefs show a daughter being born in the early 1890s and a son Lauriston Willyams St John Kneller who served in the 4th South African Infantry and died in ww1 a young man of 23 in 1917. I would grateful to make contact with any living relative of Edward or knowledge of what became of his heirs. I believe that Florence after the death of her father John Coote Field provided 400 acres of her inheritance for the use of St Marys school for Girls in a district now known as Kloof. Yours faithfully Mr K Newman Kneller ------------------------------- 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 message