Afternoon all,
I am asking for assistance with a Arthur Wellington DENTON please.
What I have is :
- according to date on gravestone he was born on 14/4/1903
- the gravestone is located in South Africa (in a town called Brits)
The short is that I am looking for his parents and hoped that I could find it via a baptism or birth record. There is a chance that he was born in England, therefore the request in this forum.
Some more background info for what it is worth:
Arthur Wellington DENTON eventually married a Croukamp lady (place of marriage unconfirmed) and they both died in South Africa. Looking a the surname of his wife (Croukamp) my "gut feeling" is that her ancestors were not British, so my guess is that they were married in South Africa. So the chance is that Arthur Wellington DENTON could have been born either in SA or in England or for that matter UK. I could however not find anything on FamilySearch, FreeBMD, FreeReg or the GRO website, showing a birth or baptism with specific names of Arthur Wellington. I understand it is possible that he could have been baptised as for example Arthur, but at this stage I am first looking at the possibilities using his full names.
Arthur Wellington died on 22/10/1975 in SA (according to gravestone) but again to date I could not find a death certificate or notice of death, which in some cases can indicate place of birth or even parents. So no success there as well.
Will appreciate any assistance please.
Kind regards.
Johan
(Pretoria, South Africa)