I just googled your grandmothers info there is amazing info on the Fynn Family I will try your Kings as well Tessa King may assist she has done an amazing amount on the King Family in South Africa Regards Elaine http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/descendents_of_the_founders/ -----Original Message----- From: Vanessa Maddox via Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 9:36 PM To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] King family in the Eastern Cape Thanks Tombi the book is by Hazel Crampton and it does seem to fit. But without anymore evidence on who Sarah’s father was it’s just speculation however it would be fabulous if there is a connection. Here’s hoping Vanessa From: tombipeck@talktalk.net Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 7:23 PM To: vandavid@btinternet.com Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] King family in the Eastern Cape I don't know the details of the story behind the book...."The Sunburnt Queen"....sorry, I've forgotten the name of the author about a young European girl the sole survivor from a wreck taken into an African Family where she eventually became their Queen....sounds similar! Best wishes, Tombi Peck ----Original Message---- From: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com Date: 25/01/2015 18:53 To: <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> Subj: [ZA-EC] King family in the Eastern Cape H list I am searching for any information on the King family in the Ngqeleni area and in particularly the family of Sarah Fynn nee King born Ngqeleni 1888 died Durban 1971. She is my great grandmother. I have her death notice which gives her race as coloured and her father’s name Fred King. Her mother according to her daughters is Charlotte James born in Scotland and her siblings Ben, Charlotte and Ellen(of whom I have no information at all). Her surviving daughters say she would tell them the story of being descended from a little girl shipwrecked near Lambazi who married into a Xhosa clan. Her grandmother was definitely a coloured lady, who a family source names as Patience Tshomane and her grandfather an Englishman John Henry King, who had 7 sons and 3 daughters, however this same family source names her father as Moses which is confusing. I am really interested in trying to resolve this conundrum and find out any other information on this family. I have a wealth of information on the Fynn family but sadly nothing on the King family or Charlotte James who my great Aunt thinks may have been a Wesleyan missionary. Best regards Vanessa Maddox ------------------------------- 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

An amazing book to read. Once started, you cannot put it down. Even if this is not your ancestor, I would suggest you read it. The background conditions might shed more info on your family too. Regards. Trudie Marais -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of robelaine via Sent: 26 January 2015 10:12 AM To: Vanessa Maddox; south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] King family in the Eastern Cape I just googled your grandmothers info there is amazing info on the Fynn Family I will try your Kings as well Tessa King may assist she has done an amazing amount on the King Family in South Africa Regards Elaine http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/descendents_of_the_founders/ -----Original Message----- From: Vanessa Maddox via Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 9:36 PM To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] King family in the Eastern Cape Thanks Tombi the book is by Hazel Crampton and it does seem to fit. But without anymore evidence on who Sarah’s father was it’s just speculation however it would be fabulous if there is a connection. Here’s hoping Vanessa From: tombipeck@talktalk.net Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 7:23 PM To: vandavid@btinternet.com Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] King family in the Eastern Cape I don't know the details of the story behind the book...."The Sunburnt Queen"....sorry, I've forgotten the name of the author about a young European girl the sole survivor from a wreck taken into an African Family where she eventually became their Queen....sounds similar! Best wishes, Tombi Peck ----Original Message---- From: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com Date: 25/01/2015 18:53 To: <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> Subj: [ZA-EC] King family in the Eastern Cape H list I am searching for any information on the King family in the Ngqeleni area and in particularly the family of Sarah Fynn nee King born Ngqeleni 1888 died Durban 1971. She is my great grandmother. I have her death notice which gives her race as coloured and her father’s name Fred King. Her mother according to her daughters is Charlotte James born in Scotland and her siblings Ben, Charlotte and Ellen(of whom I have no information at all). Her surviving daughters say she would tell them the story of being descended from a little girl shipwrecked near Lambazi who married into a Xhosa clan. Her grandmother was definitely a coloured lady, who a family source names as Patience Tshomane and her grandfather an Englishman John Henry King, who had 7 sons and 3 daughters, however this same family source names her father as Moses which is confusing. I am really interested in trying to resolve this conundrum and find out any other information on this family. I have a wealth of information on the Fynn family but sadly nothing on the King family or Charlotte James who my great Aunt thinks may have been a Wesleyan missionary. Best regards Vanessa Maddox ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4273/8993 - Release Date: 01/24/15 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4273/8993 - Release Date: 01/24/15 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4273/9002 - Release Date: 01/26/15