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