Dear Fiona, I'm not able to help with the Annie/Jane likelihood, but do have a book in which an East London woman called Lilian (that's how it is spelt in the book) Pinkerton, who owned a farm at Thomas River (no idea where that is), which was run by her nephew. According to the author of the book Lilain Pinkerton died in 1946 and had some connection to the Scouting movement. I can send you a scan of the page on which these slight details are written up if you wish? The book, which runs to 202 pages, is called Women of East London 1900 - 1979, by John Philip Shingler Best regards, Moira Moira Macdonald From: Fiona MacAlister Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 3:09 PM To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com Subject: [ZA-EC] Pinkerton - East London - 1800s Hi I'm looking for more information on my great grandmother, Jane McAlister (maiden name Pinkerton) and her parents. There is a tombstone in East London's Old East Bank cemetery that marks the graves of William Pinkerton (1841-1898), Wilhelmina Pinkerton (1836-1907) and Isabella Pinkerton (1868-1837) (http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=1255572). I suspect that William and Wilhelmina are my g-great grandparents but haven't found any evidence in my internet travels of a daughter named Jane. There is another record at southafricansettlers.com (http://www.southafricansettlers.com/?p=27632) that lists Isabel and Annie as daughters but no Jane. I suspect Annie could well be Jane. Jane married John McAlister (born Greenock, Scotland 1859). Their second son, Charles Melvin McAlister (1891 to 1940) was my grandfather. Any guidance on how best to investigate this further or any info on this family would be greatly appreciated. Regards Fiona MacAlister

Hi Moira and Fiona Thomas River is between Stutterheim and Cathcart in the Eastern Cape. Hope this helps. Regards Ian Currie On 2015/09/28 04:07 PM, moira macdonald via wrote: > Dear Fiona, > I'm not able to help with the Annie/Jane likelihood, but do have a book in which an East London woman called Lilian (that's how it is spelt in the book) Pinkerton, who owned a farm at Thomas River (no idea where that is), which was run by her nephew. According to the author of the book Lilain Pinkerton died in 1946 and had some connection to the Scouting movement. > > I can send you a scan of the page on which these slight details are written up if you wish? > The book, which runs to 202 pages, is called Women of East London 1900 - 1979, by John Philip Shingler > > Best regards, > Moira > > Moira Macdonald > > > > From: Fiona MacAlister > Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 3:09 PM > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ZA-EC] Pinkerton - East London - 1800s > > > Hi > > I'm looking for more information on my great grandmother, Jane McAlister > (maiden name Pinkerton) and her parents. There is a tombstone in East > London's Old East Bank cemetery that marks the graves of William Pinkerton > (1841-1898), Wilhelmina Pinkerton (1836-1907) and Isabella Pinkerton > (1868-1837) (http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=1255572). I > suspect that William and Wilhelmina are my g-great grandparents but haven't > found any evidence in my internet travels of a daughter named Jane. There > is another record at southafricansettlers.com > (http://www.southafricansettlers.com/?p=27632) that lists Isabel and Annie > as daughters but no Jane. I suspect Annie could well be Jane. > > Jane married John McAlister (born Greenock, Scotland 1859). Their second > son, Charles Melvin McAlister (1891 to 1940) was my grandfather. > > Any guidance on how best to investigate this further or any info on this > family would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards > > Fiona MacAlister > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hi Moira and Ian Thanks for your help and suggestions. Moira - you wouldn't perhaps know the name of Lilian Pinkerton's nephew? It wasn't perhaps Thomas Alfred King? My great aunt Trixie McAllister (birth names Minnie Doris) was married to him. I see he was born on Rockford farm around/near Cathcart. I know he himself owned a pineapple farm in the Eastern Cape which my dad used to visit fairly often as a young boy but I have no idea exactly where that might have been. The Bathurst area is the most obvious candidate. This is a long shot, I know, but could there perhaps be a connection? Ian - thanks for the confirmation on the location. On a completely different topic, you aren't perhaps descended from Islay Curries? If so, we may be related. Regards, Fiona On 28 September 2015 at 17:18, Ian Currie via < south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi Moira and Fiona > > Thomas River is between Stutterheim and Cathcart in the Eastern Cape. > Hope this helps. > > Regards > Ian Currie > > On 2015/09/28 04:07 PM, moira macdonald via wrote: > > Dear Fiona, > > I'm not able to help with the Annie/Jane likelihood, but do have a book > in which an East London woman called Lilian (that's how it is spelt in the > book) Pinkerton, who owned a farm at Thomas River (no idea where that is), > which was run by her nephew. According to the author of the book Lilain > Pinkerton died in 1946 and had some connection to the Scouting movement. > > > > I can send you a scan of the page on which these slight details are > written up if you wish? > > The book, which runs to 202 pages, is called Women of East London 1900 - > 1979, by John Philip Shingler > > > > Best regards, > > Moira > > > > Moira Macdonald > > > > > > > > From: Fiona MacAlister > > Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2015 3:09 PM > > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [ZA-EC] Pinkerton - East London - 1800s > > > > > > Hi > > > > I'm looking for more information on my great grandmother, Jane McAlister > > (maiden name Pinkerton) and her parents. There is a tombstone in East > > London's Old East Bank cemetery that marks the graves of William > Pinkerton > > (1841-1898), Wilhelmina Pinkerton (1836-1907) and Isabella Pinkerton > > (1868-1837) (http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=1255572). I > > suspect that William and Wilhelmina are my g-great grandparents but > haven't > > found any evidence in my internet travels of a daughter named Jane. There > > is another record at southafricansettlers.com > > (http://www.southafricansettlers.com/?p=27632) that lists Isabel and > Annie > > as daughters but no Jane. I suspect Annie could well be Jane. > > > > Jane married John McAlister (born Greenock, Scotland 1859). Their second > > son, Charles Melvin McAlister (1891 to 1940) was my grandfather. > > > > Any guidance on how best to investigate this further or any info on this > > family would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Regards > > > > Fiona MacAlister > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >