Antonio dos Santos

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by Ann Lehmkuhl:

Maria Pereira was married by special license in Jan 1882 to Antonio dos Santos de Encarnaedo[sic] (surname incorrectly transcribed - see sources)

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Act No 7 of 1894 made registration of births compulsory.

In 1895, Antonio and Maria register the birth of a child:
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No name is registered for this female child, but working from the dates of birth of Antonio's daughters, I have concluded that this could only relate to Mary/Maria Santos.

While Antonio is recorded as mixed on this document, he is recorded as European on his Form of Information of a Death.

Family history handed down from Joan (Correia) Mostert , while not correct in many specifics, reported that ancestors who first came to South Africa were recorded as other than European for a period due to some administrative error.

At the time of this document (1895) Antonio and Maria are recorded as having had 3 living sons, and 3 living daughters, prior to the child being registered, as well as one deceased daughter.

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DEPOT KAB SOURCE CO TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 8561 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 22 PART 1 DESCRIPTION APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF NATURALIZATION. ANTONIO DOS SANTOS. STARTING 1901 ENDING 1901

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Antonio dos Santos, a 41 year old labourer, born circa 1860 in Madeira applies for naturalization having been resident in the Colony for 21 years

Residence is recorded as Diep Rivier

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