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Sue Mackay
10-06-2011, 10:11 AM
Can anyone let me have their best shot at these witnesses? Apart from John Henry Dixon, who is a definite.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/rhoosesue/B-G%20Forums/IMG_7000.jpg
Ladkyis
10-06-2011, 10:17 AM
Thomas Donovan
Avery Clounbord
Thomasin
10-06-2011, 11:26 AM
Thomas Hanaden
Henry Clounbond
Sue Mackay
10-06-2011, 11:39 AM
Thomas Hanaden was my best guess as well. I did wonder if the middle one could be Mary Crawford
Thomasin
10-06-2011, 11:45 AM
What date is this, Sue? Are any of them likely to be in a census?
Sue Mackay
10-06-2011, 11:56 AM
What date is this, Sue? Are any of them likely to be in a census?

Sorry, no. These are witnesses to a marriage in Grahamstown, South Africa in 1832. I am proofreading transcriptions for eggsa and the original transcriber did so well I am trying to contribute my two penn'orth by filling in the few gaps she has left. Some I have found on NAAIRS, but this one has been bugging me :smile:
Thomasin
10-06-2011, 12:49 PM
I thought it looked early, but didn't think about it being from 'furrin parts'. Could the middle name be of Dutch extraction?
Kerrywood
10-06-2011, 3:43 PM
Perhaps ...

Thomas Harradin(e)
Mary ...(?)ford
Sue Mackay
10-06-2011, 4:37 PM
Perhaps ...

Thomas Harradin(e)
Mary ...(?)ford

:clap: |bowdown|

There was indeed a Thomas HARRADEN who married a Mary MOUNTFORT living in the Grahamstown area.
v.wells
11-06-2011, 4:22 PM
Well done Kerry! I wouldn't have taken a gander at this one!