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Hi all,,
I joined this site in the hope of getting any information regarding my great grandfather. Unfortunately I don't have much to go on except that he came from Wales to SA to fight in the war. His surname was Edwards (don't have his name/s ). He married Maria Dorothea Adriana Pienaar (who was born in 1886) and they had 2 kids (son, Victor Heratio Edwards) and sadly was killed in service just before my gran (Jenny Gwendoline Edwards) who was born 20 Dec 1922. I believe he was given a full military funeral service in Grahamstown. Would appreciate any info that can be supplied. Txs Dezanne

Dezanne

Attached hereto documents from the archives in Pretoria re Maria Dorothea Adriana Pienaar. Ask the archives to check on this files for the detail of your great grandfather.




National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Head Office
The National Archivist
Postal address: Private Bag X236, PRETORIA 0001
Street address: 24 Hamilton Street, Arcadia, PRETORIA (map)
Tel: (012) 441 3200 Fax: (012) 323 5287
Fax to e-mail: 086 529 6416
E-mail: Archives@dac.gov.za
National Archives Repository
The Head
Postal address: Private Bag X236, PRETORIA 0001
Street address: 24 Hamilton Street, Arcadia, PRETORIA
Tel: (012) 441 3200. Fax: (012) 323 5287
Fax to e-mail: 086 529 6414
E-mail: enquiries@dac.gov.za

Hi Elmarie, thank you so much for this. Greatly appreciated!!!

Based on Victor's baptism his father's name was Harry Horatio Edwards and he was an Accountant in Standerton:
"South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch ( familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9T7...C59205301%2C59207501 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Transvaal > Johannesburg, Standerton, St Andrew > Baptisms 1897-1909 > image 51 of 95; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.

Yes, thank you Elmarie. Her grave here:
www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3361274

Edit: Also found her in the Standerton Concentration Camp (right names, age and location):
www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/Person/15098...hea_Adriana_Pienaar/

Hi Anorak, thank you for your response with the link as well as the pic. WOW I am so excited I am getting somewhere with this and all thank you to everyone that has provided info so far. You are all amazing!!!!