A friend in Honiton, Devon has sent me the information below obo a neighbour, Geoffrey E. Laws. Would anyone on the List know of this family? If so, please contact Margaret Lewis at su3681@eclipse.co.uk with cc to myself. Thank you! Ivy Trott. Subject :- Attempt to trace the following person or persons. (1) John Austin McEwan. Date of Birth 18th February 1925, and (2) Thomas McEwan, brother of above--slightly younger OR (3) their descendants. The following information is known-- The father of above (Jack McEwan) was employed by a British firm called Reyrolles of Hebburn as an electrical engineer, and in approximately 1930 was sent to Natal for the purpose of electrifying the railway, and eventually settled in South Africa. He was a married man and had two sons who will be full cousins of myself if they are still alive. His wife Mrs McEwan died on the 27th May 1936 at Sea Point, Capetown, and is buried at Plumstead Cemetary, Capetown. The following information is known re (1) above John served with the Royal Naval Reserve in the latter part of WW2 as a sub Lt, and a relative of ours met him in Ceylon (now Shri-lanka) in 1945. Around this time it seems that John married a Dorothy Klucknow, whose mother lived at the following address 3 Montreux Flats, Mazoe Street, Salisbury, (now Harare) I have sent correspondence to this address in May of this year, but have not received any reply. I have contacted the Naval authorities in the UK, who confirm he was in the RNR, but have no further information. Is it possible that you might be able to help me in tracing the above, or can you direct me to other sources that may be able to help. Thank you for reading this Geoffrey E Laws Honiton. Devon England

Hello Geoffrey and Ivy I browsed the National Archives database and came up with the following which might be connected. The first is filed in Cape Town and the other in Pietermaritzberg. Seeing that Jack McEwan was sent to Natal this seems a positive hit. You will have to find someone who is willing to do the lookup for you. Regards Sharon Warr National Archives of South Africa (NASA) Database: All Archives Repositories and National Registers of non-public records NAAIRS - Result Details Frames -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Print Document -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Result Summary -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saved Queries -------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Query -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Refine Query -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change Database -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Document 1 of 3 DEPOT KAB SOURCE CSC TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 2/1/1/1514 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 1446 PART 1 DESCRIPTION ILLIQUID CASE. PURCHASE PRICE. JACK ALEXANDER MCEWAN VERSUS JAKOBUS PETRUS PEPLER. STARTING 19450000 ENDING 19450000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Document 2 of 3 DEPOT NAB SOURCE MSCE TYPE LEER SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 5048/1968 PART 1 DESCRIPTION POTTER, ETHEL DOROTHY. (FORMERLY MCEWAN, FORMERLY MACPHAIL). (BORN STEVENS). BORN IN DURBAN, NATAL. S SP POTTER, PAUL ELDON. PRSP MACPHAIL, LACHLAN ROSE. NO TRACE. PRSP MCEWAN, JACK. NO TRACE. DECEASED ESTATE. STARTING 19680000 ENDING 19770000 South African Genealogy - Lots of links, passenger lists, Immigrants and more - www.sagenealogy.co.za Scribes Publishing - South African historical resources on CD www.sagenealogy.co.za/scribes.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ivy Trott" <ivytrott@telkomsa.net> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 2:58 PM Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Search for McEwan >A friend in Honiton, Devon has sent me the information below obo a >neighbour, Geoffrey E. Laws. Would anyone on the List know of this family? >If so, please contact Margaret Lewis at su3681@eclipse.co.uk with cc to >myself. > > Thank you! Ivy Trott. > > Subject :- Attempt to trace the following > person or persons. > > (1) John Austin McEwan. Date of Birth 18th > February 1925, and > > (2) Thomas McEwan, brother of above--slightly > younger OR > > (3) their descendants. > > The following information is known-- The father > of above (Jack McEwan) was employed by a British firm called Reyrolles of > Hebburn as an electrical engineer, and in approximately 1930 was sent to > Natal for the purpose of electrifying the railway, and eventually settled > in > South Africa. He was a married man and had two sons who will be full > cousins of myself if they are still alive. His wife Mrs McEwan died on > the > 27th May 1936 at Sea Point, Capetown, and is buried at Plumstead Cemetary, > Capetown. > > The following information is known re (1) above > John served with the Royal Naval Reserve in the latter part of WW2 as a > sub > Lt, and a relative of ours met him in Ceylon (now Shri-lanka) in 1945. > Around this time it seems that John married a Dorothy Klucknow, whose > mother > lived at the following address > 3 Montreux Flats, Mazoe Street, Salisbury, (now Harare) I have sent > correspondence to this address in May of this year, but have not received > any reply. > I have contacted the Naval authorities in the > UK, who confirm he was in the RNR, but have no further information. > Is it possible that you might be able to help > me > in tracing the above, or can you direct me to other sources > that may be able to help. > Thank you for reading this Geoffrey E Laws > > Honiton. Devon England > > > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== > South African Passenger Lists, Genealogy links, CDs and books > www.sagenealogy.co.za > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > >