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From: Keith Meintjes <>
Subject: Re: [Re: BAIN , ROBERTSON and WAIT]
Date: 23 Feb 2002 22:18:09 EST


Dennis,

If you would just buy a copy of "British Residents", you could have the answer
at hand. ;)

You might want to look at Familia 1965/66 no. 3. There is an entry in
"British Residents" which is similar (but not exactly the same) as that quoted
below by Rose Waterson.

Keith
========================

waterson <> wrote:

Dennis,

James WAIT, *10 Sep 1783, son of James WAIT *1752 & Mary JAMIESON *1753,
married
Alison Margaret BAIN *1788, dau. of Kenneth BAIN & Alison Margaret BAIN,
in Scotland, 1805.
In 1817 he agreed to pay Moodie "from my labour at the Cape", 38 for the
passage of his family in addition to 60 for himself. He arrived at Table
Bay
on 24 Sept 1817 on the "Clyde" with his wife and five sons, one born at sea.

6 more children were born in SA.
In October 1824 he moved to Uitenhage.

The children of James & Alison:
James Stephen *1809, William *1810, Thomas *1812, Alexander *1813,
Walter born-at-sea *1817, Charles V R *1818, Maria Susanna *1820,
Maria Margaretha *1821, Alison Margaret *1823, John *1825,
Ignatius P T A *1830.
Alison died in childbirth, 25 Apr 1830.

Trust this helps,
Rose



Dennis Pretorius wrote:

> Hallo All
>
> I need some assistance to find information about the following families:
>
> Kenneth Bain x Alison Margaret Robertson and had a daughter Alison
Margaret.
> Daughter Alison married James Wait (born 1773) in 1805. James Wait was the
> son of James Wait (born 1752) and Mary Jamieson (born 1753)
>
> James Wait (1752) was from Lauder, Berwick in Scotland but the second James
> was probably born in South Africa. He married Alison in South Africa.
>
> Any information about any of these people would be appreciated.
>
> Dennis Pretorius
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