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Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 70 Send Message	Robert	Report	19 Jan 2011 10:04
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 70 Send Message	Well hello there, Welcome to my new quest. The Taylor line of my family. OOOHH you're all going to be sorry. Please jump on board all my friends from the Cyril Dore thread. KNOWN INFO...name....William Corry Taylor, born... Bulawayo,Rhodesia, Central Africa in 1930. Father...William C Taylor Mother...Esther Rainbird Brothers.... Basil and Ernest Sister...Stella Family chat says that he was a descendent of the Voortrekkers. Dad joined the Royal Navy over there and was shipped here to do his training at HMS Ganges back in god knows when! I know I'm a pain in the pants, but you can't say I don't set a good challenge Robert
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 748 Send Message	Katie	Report	19 Jan 2011 10:12
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 748 Send Message	Hi Bob, Do you know if Wiliam Corry Taylor's parents were UK born? Or where they were born? Do you know when they died? Katie
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 70 Send Message	Robert	Report	19 Jan 2011 10:34
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 70 Send Message	Hiya Katie, Nope not a clue haha. And i don't know how to find out either mores the pity, short of getting in touch with the South African Archives somehow, but if you go on over to the Cyril Dore thread all the other girls there will tell you i'm a tight as a ducks botty.......so if it's going to cost me an arm and a leg then i'm afraid poor 'ol dads going to stay at the top of my tree :)) lol But Katie, if they were Voortrekker decendents, wouldn't they be Dutch origin and his immediate family born around Durban or somewhere like that?? Robert XX
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 748 Send Message	Katie	Report	19 Jan 2011 10:43
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 748 Send Message	Hi Bob, Taylor doesn't sound very Voortrekerish! There's probably a UK connection somewhere...but where.
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 24,447 Send Message	Dea	Report	19 Jan 2011 11:08
	Hi Rob, Did your dad stay over here? Did his siblings come over or did all his family remain in S.A. ? Dea x
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73,136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	19 Jan 2011 11:11
	The Voortrekkers (Afrikaans and Dutch for pioneers, literally "those who trek ahead", "fore-trekkers") were emigrants during the 1830s and 1840s who left the Cape Colony (British at the time, but founded by the Dutch) moving into the interior of what is now South Africa. The Great Trek consisted of a number of mass movements under a number of different leaders including Louis Trichardt, Hendrik Potgieter, Sarel Cilliers, Pieter Uys, Gerrit Maritz, Piet Retief, and Andries Pretorius.
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 70 Send Message	Robert	Report	19 Jan 2011 11:45
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 70 Send Message	Ann of Green Gables, No mention of the states as a starting point absolutely no idea where they originated from but in answer to Dea, yes he stayed over here met mum got married ect, need to find mum's marriage cert don't I ? here we go again hahaha.....Kids, out you go, back on the streets!! As far as I'm aware no others followed him......not even the pet oxen! Robby
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 748 Send Message	Katie	Report	19 Jan 2011 11:47
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 748 Send Message	Bob, I don't suppose you know the occupations of William C and Esther. Were Ernest, Basil and Stella older or younger than William? Katie
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 70 Send Message	Robert	Report	19 Jan 2011 18:53
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 70 Send Message	Katie, i think William c and Basil went to work in the copper mines at one stage. William ( father of William C ) and Esther, think someone mentioned they had a farm. Doh! sorry, bit of a sketchy past I'm afraid Rob xx
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,012 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	20 Jan 2011 01:48
	Hi Rob Roy you need your parents marriage certificate, don't you?????? s xx
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,012 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	20 Jan 2011 01:54
	This is on Rootschat baldybob (South Africa \| -- \| Rhodesia \|Relatives of William Corry Taylor); last post yesterday is it you, or someone else with a peculiar sense of humour??? s xx
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: December 2006 Posts: 4,275 Send Message	Madmeg	Report	20 Jan 2011 02:44
	It is him. England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005 about William C Taylor Name: William C Taylor Spouse Surname: Dore Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1955 Registration district: Manchester Registration county (inferred): Lancashire Volume Number: 10e Page Number: 81 Find Spouse: Find Spouse Marion Dore.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,012 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	20 Jan 2011 04:51
	what else would getting Rob's parents marriage cert do? He knows the name of his mother and father
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 70 Send Message	Robert	Report	20 Jan 2011 12:10
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 70 Send Message	Scuppered, my alias is public domain dross now Meg heheh :)) Clever girls you lot XX Not completely bald I might add ....just a bit thin...... ;)) I'll get mums marriage cert, a new one...mum ripped up the other when it ran out...... oooer! Robby xx
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 24,447 Send Message	Dea	Report	20 Jan 2011 13:21
	Robert - I have noticed that sometimes you refer to your Grandfather as William Taylor and sometimes William 'Corry' Taylor, the same as your father. Which one do you know to be correct please? Dea x
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 70 Send Message	Robert	Report	20 Jan 2011 23:29
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 70 Send Message	Dea , William Corry Taylor , my Daddy William Taylor My Grandaddy, mum reckons he was Corry too, I'll let you know when I get the cert flower. Just got some more intel. Dad used to live at ....Z Avenue,Luanshya. Rhodesia,. Think that's Zambia now? Robxx
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,012 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	20 Jan 2011 23:48
	or is it Zimbabwe?
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,012 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	20 Jan 2011 23:51
	yep wikipedia ...... the fount of all knowledge ........ says Zimbabwe
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,012 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	24 Jan 2011 00:34
	oo'er
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 70 Send Message	Robert	Report	24 Jan 2011 00:40
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 70 Send Message	Sylvia, Marriage cert should be here early next week chuck, After that what next ?? What other certs do I need and the chances of getting them?? Rob Roy xx

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