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Thanks Shirley, not seen that. Certainly correct family!

another child

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Dorethia Susanna Smith
mentioned in the record of Barend Johannes Stephanus Herbst
Name: Dorethia Susanna Smith
Sex: Female
Husband: Johannes Bernardus Herbst
Child: Barend Johannes Stephanus Herbst
Other information in the record of Barend Johannes Stephanus Herbst
from South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive)

Name: Barend Johannes Stephanus Herbst
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 1 Dec 1940
Event Place: Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1940
Father's Name: Johannes Bernardus Herbst
Mother's Name: Dorethia Susanna Smith
Page: 33

Malyon, I don't know what to believe now! Obviously too young to have a child in 1938,and besides, it looks like she was still in England in 1939 Register with parents & brother that Shirley mentioned earlier.

She must be there somewhere!

did you find her brother

Living in bridport in 1930 this must be his death


Albert R Smith
Death Age: 73
Birth Date: abt 1893
Registration Date: Sep 1966
Registration district: Bridport
Inferred County: Dorset
Volume: 7c
Page: 596


Maybe the informant was family


Possibly

Florence May White
Death Age: 80
Birth Date: 1894
Registration Date: Jun 1974
Registration district: Weymouth
Inferred County: Dorset
Volume: 23
Page: 0949

I would be inclined to get the mums death cert to see who the informant was

Could be either of their children who could possibly still be alive

Am going to a funeral tomorrow for a relation who was born in 1926 so some can live to a good age

If Dorothea did go to South Africa and passed there then her 1939 record would still be closed

As an example my elder brother is a closed record because he lived and died in Spain in 2001 . My elder sister died in 2002 in the uk and her record is open

Now !!

They were in bridport in 1939 and there's a marriage in 1952 that could be him

His wife is a Pamela and they are on the electoral rolls to 2018 still in Bridport

Try btonline phonebook to see if you can pick them up

Edit D R Smlth is on the btonline records with the same adress in Bridport as electoral rolls ,, and theres a tel nos

Thanks Malyon & Shirley for the extra info.

Haven't tried looking for brother yet, glad to know he still on Electoral Registers for 2018. Will look into that very soon.

Will try BT Online also.......

Thanks again......

Name: Dorothea Smith
Arrival Age: 31
Birth Date: 7 Aug 1924****************************************note
Port of Departure: London, England
Arrival date: 11 Sep 1955
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: London; Cape Town; East London; Durban; Lourenco Marques; Beira; Zanzibar; Dar es Salaam; Mombasa; Aden; Port Sudan; Suez and Port Said
Ship Name: Durban Castle
Shipping line: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd
Official Number: 2657/01

Single woman. Occupation , Nursing Sister. Going to 168 Allington, Bridgeport(sic) Dorset

Matches the 1939 address

The incoming record for Dorothea say the intended country to live is England so seems she came home for at least some time

Can't see her leaving again but then online travel only goes to 1960


Her brother would be the best bet ,he would or may know his sisters movements after she came home

If she went back to South Africa and passed there then unless her death was recorded at the Bristish consulate it won't show on online records

Thanks ErikaH, that looks very promising indeed - Thanks for finding it!! It shows she was single and a Nurse.

Shirley, what you say makes sense. I will endeavour to contact her brother if I can find him.......

Thanks all for your help......