Fri 3 Jun, 2016 02:17 am - Hi - the "Hood" was my typo -should be "Hope", but "2d" is the old school way of saying 2nd.
It's quite hard finding formal registers in South Africa at that... (view)
Thu 2 Jun, 2016 02:46 pm - Thanks for that - so his death certificate and gravestone must be incorrect - maybe his son (who registered the death and perhaps commissioned the gravestone) knew his birthday but not his age or... (view)
Wed 1 Jun, 2016 11:21 pm - But my question is, which year is "last February"?
It's currently April 1842 so does "last February" (or "February last") refer to the February just gone... (view)
Wed 1 Jun, 2016 02:51 pm - Sorry I meant to say that there are two newspaper announcements (different papers).
One in April 1842 announcing a birth in "February last"
And another also in April 1842 in a... (view)
Wed 1 Jun, 2016 02:26 pm - I am researching my family tree and my ancestor's gravestone says he was born on 2nd February 1841.
However a newspaper from April 1842 states:
"At Cape Town, Cape of Good Hood, on... (view)
