Hello, My name is Shelley and I live in the USA. Bit far from Cape Town! I am researching a person named JOHN ECCLESTON from Lancashire County, England. I don't know when he was born but it was probably between 1800 and 1820 as he had a son named THOMAS born 1841/1844 period in Standish, Lancashire, England. I have been told that John Eccleston travelled around a bit and spent some time as a miner and went to Africa. I have also been told that it is likely that he went to South Africa. However, John was a stone mason (although he may have changed professions) and his son was a miner. So it may be Thomas or even another ECCLESTON that came to Africa to mine. I am looking for any information or advice in possibly finding record of an ECCLESTON involved with any mining industry in Africa. Thanks so much! I know I am probably reaching! Shelley

Hi Shelley Welcome to our mailing list. The first and foremost place to start is the National Archives web site at www.national.archives.gov.za Here you can search the automated archival information retrieval system called NAAIRS. I typed in the word ECCLESTON and found the following documents pertaining to this surname which I have listed below. You will need to go back into that site and double click on each entry to find out more about these documents. However, you can not view them or order them on line - you will either have to a) ask someone nicely on the mailing list to go and look them up for you b) write to the archive repository concerned for copies (this does cost) or c) pay a researcher. SELECT SOURCE VOLUME NO REFERENCE DESCRIPTION BEGIN DATE END DATE 3/CT 4/2/1/3/511 B163 UNAUTHORISED ERECTION OF POULTRY HOUSE PALMYRA ROAD, NEWLANDS BY FC 1932 1932 MSCE 1950/1966 BELLENGERE, FLORENCE. BORN ECCLESTON. BORN IN ENGLAND. PRSP 1966 1968 1/WEN 3/2/2 W217/1898 EJ ECCLESTON, SECRETARY, SETTLERS' COMMITTEE: COMPLAINT RE- NATIVES 1898 1898 MSCE 0 383/1914 ECCLESTON, THOMAS EDWARD. (S/S HILDA DULCIE, BORN GOODWIN). 1914 1971 MSCE 0 2473/1918 BELLENGERE, ALFRED HUGH GRANT. (S/S FLORENCE BORN ECCLESTON). 1918 1918 MSCE 0 14327/1929 ECCLESTON, EDWARD JAMES. (S/S MARIA, BORN JONES). 1929 1942 CNC 11 CNC492/1911 I) NATIVE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT: INYONI OUTSPAN, ZULULAND. II) 1911 1911 MSCE 0 34181/1942 ECCLESTON, MARIA. (BORN JONES) (WIDOW). 1942 1943 SGO III/1/124 SG621/1898 EJ ECCLESTON: APPLIES FOR A SUM OF $5 BEING HALF YEARLY WATER RATE 1898 1898 SGO III/1/130 SG3581/1898 EJ ECCLESTON TO DISPOSE OF HIS ALLOTMENT OF WEENEN. 1898 1898 SGO III/1/130 SG3750/1898 EI ECCLESTON RE A MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS. 1898 1898 MSCE 713/1962 ECCLESTON, HILDA DULCIE. BORN GOODWIN. BORN IN PIETERMARITZBURG, 1962 1982 3/PMB 4/3/351 1806/1939 WATTLES DEPARTMENT. RESIGNATION OF E ECCLESTON, GENERAL ASSISTANT, 1931 1939 MSCE 0 29/173 MOSS, JOHN ECCLESTON. (S/S CATHERINE). 1907 1907 II 1/186 I2097/1912 MR. EJ ECCLESTON, INYONI: RE RATIONS OF INDENTURED INDIANS. 1912 1912 SGO III/1/269 SG3653/1909 T ECCLESTON, INYONI: PAYMENT OF RENT ON ZULULAND FARMS. 1909 1909 1/MTU 3/4/1/2 2/1929 ESTATE FILE: EDWARD JAMES ECCLESTON. 1929 1929 BNS 1/2/69 A2736 ECCLESTON, HAROLD. DEPORTATION OF. 1924 1924 TAD 910 G5630/213 STEAM PLOUGH ACCOUNT. TE ECCLESTON, MTUNZINI. 1912 1912 TPD 0 3838/1973 ILLIQUID CASE. MORTGAGE BOND. STEPHANUS RUDOLF JORDAAN VERSUS HARRY 1973 1973 SELECT SOURCE VOLUME NO REFERENCE DESCRIPTION BEGIN DATE END DATE TPD 7377/1970 ILLIQUID CASE. DIVORCE. LILIAN GENE ECCLESTON (BORN CLIFFORD) VERSUS 1970 1970 WLD 1679/1975 ILLIQUID CASE. DIVORCE. SIMONE FRANCINE JEANNINE ECCLESTON (BORN 1975 1975 WLD 1227/1975 OPPOSED APPLICATION. SIMMONE FRANCINE JEANNINE ECCLESTON VERSUS 1975 1975 MHG 2604/69 COCKBILL, MARILYN. (BORN ECCLESTON). 1969 1969 WLD 0 282/1904 ILLIQUID CASE PAYMENT WILLIAM ECCLESTON VERSUS LINDON HALE LATIMER 1904 1904 WLD 5789/1980 ILLIQUID CASE. PAYMENT. LEON MARTHINUS KRUGER VERSUS JAMES ECCLESTON. 1980 1980 MHG 3972/75 ECCLESTON, THOMAS HOLT. 1975 1975 WLD 16919/1980 ILLIQUID CASE. DIVORCE. EMMA GEORGINA ECCLESTON (FORMERLY 1980 1980 WLD 4737/1980 OPPOSED APPLICATION. ATTACHMENT. LEON MARTHINUS KRUGER VERSUS JAMES 1980 1980 MHG 33874 NUTTALL, HARRY ECCLESTON. EGGENOTES: ELIZABETH MARIA MAGDALENA 1942 1942 SOO 1/1/199 N52/60 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING. ECCLESTON NATIVE FARM SCHOOL, 1964 1964 MHG 0 N1447 NUTTALL, ELIZABETH MARIA MAGDALENA. NOOIENSVAN ROOD. EGGENOOT HARRY 1919 1919 Bellengere, F - Gravestone. 1880 1966 RSC 5A/1916 I2860/74 COERTZEN, WILLIAM MARTHINUS. 1974 1975 RSC 5A/1916 I2860/74 COERTZEN, OLGA ECCLESTON. BORN SCHUIN. 1974 1975 hope this helps Kind regards Heather Heather's South African Genealogy Help List www.genealogy.co.za Cape Town Family History Society www.genealogy.co.za/society/socweb.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelley Eccleston" <shelley7@optonline.net> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 3:14 AM Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Coal Mining & ECCLESTON Family > Hello, > My name is Shelley and I live in the USA. Bit far from Cape Town! I am researching a person named JOHN ECCLESTON from Lancashire County, England. I don't know when he was born but it was probably between 1800 and 1820 as he had a son named THOMAS born 1841/1844 period in Standish, Lancashire, England. > > I have been told that John Eccleston travelled around a bit and spent some time as a miner and went to Africa. I have also been told that it is likely that he went to South Africa. However, John was a stone mason (although he may have changed professions) and his son was a miner. So it may be Thomas or even another ECCLESTON that came to Africa to mine. > > I am looking for any information or advice in possibly finding record of an ECCLESTON involved with any mining industry in Africa. > > Thanks so much! I know I am probably reaching! > > Shelley > > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== > Cape Town Family History Society > www.genealogy.co.za/society.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > >