Does anyone have tips on research in Africa?

[cbcarolyn]

It is possible that Ewart amended his name while in South Africa and married twice more.

Original marriage to Alice:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...A1%3A6ZHR-P7JQ

Marriage 2, having now become Ewart Devonport St John Morley-Jepson

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...A1%3AQG15-6QKX

and marriage 3

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...A1%3A6ZC9-QD9D


Ewart and Beatrice had a child, Revel Warwick in 1930

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...235&cc=1468076

who married in 1954

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61...A1%3A8PRX-RM2M


Mavis Barbara died in South Africa in 1999, and it looks like Revel Warwick died in 2010. This is all I could find on his death, also in South Africa. Maybe if you join that database it would give you more information

https://www.gendatabase.com/estate-r...=MORLEY-JEPSON

wow good work, have to say if you are going to change your name then why not add lots more makes him sound very important!

[ozgirl]

Try Googling "Morley-Jepson". This brings up a lot of hits, most from South Africa. A number of them are for a man with the same first name as one of names of Ewart's son, so quite likely to be a relation.

[PhotoFamily]

Could be worth searching around and messaging a few by that name!

Dave - you could check public trees for Ewart Morley Jepson, see if anyone else is researching him/relatives. If the user name is same or similar to Ben's, you may have found him.

Websites with public trees that I can think of - Ancestry (which may have both public and private-but-indexed trees), WikiTree.com, familysearch.org (familytree), MyHeritage. Those sites can be searched without paying (tho MH is confusing on that issue?). I know others here use additional sites, too.

[ozgirl]

Dave - you could check public trees for Ewart Morley Jepson, see if anyone else is researching him/relatives. If the user name is same or similar to Ben's, you may have found him.

Websites with public trees that I can think of - Ancestry (which may have both public and private-but-indexed trees), WikiTree.com, familysearch.org (familytree), MyHeritage. Those sites can be searched without paying (tho MH is confusing on that issue?). I know others here use additional sites, too.

This could possibly be him on MyHeritage

https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-6-858629749/ewart-morley-jepson-search-by-myheritage-member-in-search-connect-searches-by-myheritage-members

[cbcarolyn]

this is the same guy https://www.facebook.com/bcmbackhouse

[PhotoFamily]

love it when ftf comes together to solve puzzles...

[Davey_b]

OK we're getting there folks! Managed to get in touch with Ben and have got some more information from him so we're piecing things together. Still not got anything past early 1930's and keen to find death record but this seems rather elusive. Definitely an interesting one. 😁

[cbcarolyn]

OK we're getting there folks! Managed to get in touch with Ben and have got some more information from him so we're piecing things together. Still not got anything past early 1930's and keen to find death record but this seems rather elusive. Definitely an interesting one. 😁

good news you made contact

you have the likely marriage in 1937 that ozgirl posted

[Davey_b]

OK, think I've managed to track down a living relative in South Africa and I've had email contact with them and we're hopefully going to have a chat on the phone next week. Very exciting and should hopefully help me fill in some blanks. Thanks for all the help and encouragement with this one folks. I have at least one other relative I'm stuck (from a totally different part of my tree) with and will likely ask you guys for some help with in due course.

[cbcarolyn]

OK, think I've managed to track down a living relative in South Africa and I've had email contact with them and we're hopefully going to have a chat on the phone next week. Very exciting and should hopefully help me fill in some blanks. Thanks for all the help and encouragement with this one folks. I have at least one other relative I'm stuck (from a totally different part of my tree) with and will likely ask you guys for some help with in due course.

good luck, hope they come up trumps.

look forward to hearing from you again.

[Davey_b]

Hi folks. I talked to the descendant of Ewart Morley Jepson today in South Africa but unfortunately they don't have any information on him. They weren't told much about him.
So the question I have now really is what happened to him after 1937 when I have the last record for him of his 3rd marriage? He definitely seems to have been using the name Ewart Devanport St John Morley-Jepson with the "Morley-Jepson" being his surname from the late 1920's. Is anyone able to help shed light on what happened to him and even find a death record for him?

[cbcarolyn]

Do you know why they don't know, did they fall out, or died before they were around? or left the country?

[Davey_b]

He left his wife to raise a young child and don't think was seen of again. Seems to be becoming a familiar story.

[cbcarolyn]

it is interesting that his sister had so much money in her will when it wasn't in the value of her property wondered if he died and left it all to his sister or something strange.

have you spoken to her descendants

[Davey_b]

it is interesting that his sister had so much money in her will when it wasn't in the value of her property wondered if he died and left it all to his sister or something strange.

have you spoken to her descendants

Yeah that is interesting. I don't think he left her money but it's certainly possible.