tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post2059370682139036480..comments2024-03-14T10:57:10.845+02:00Comments on Mole's Genealogy Blog: Child Emigrants to the Cape Colony Part 4Molehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761273493116575841noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-52147369985814292062016-09-27T22:52:32.403+02:002016-09-27T22:52:32.403+02:00Thank you for your reply. I have read all the info...Thank you for your reply. I have read all the info on your blog, re the CFS and am fortunate to have the book written by Geoff Blackburn.<br />Over the years I have done extensive research online and hired a researcher in the UK and all to no avail. <br />I have corresponded with Geoff Blackburn who advised getting copies of the Annual Reports of the CFS as they often had the "sponsors"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201420734219791047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-45610170844678153092016-08-16T16:08:29.072+02:002016-08-16T16:08:29.072+02:00Hello Lisette, sorry about the delay in responding...Hello Lisette, sorry about the delay in responding to your comment. I assume that you have read all the parts of the Child Emigrants story as given on my blog? As well as the details given for Thomas Arpin himself? If it weren't for the 1840 Report you would be unlikely to find any information at all on this ancestor, so in that respect you are fortunate he was one of the CFS child emigrants Molehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761273493116575841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-22404140141328459882015-10-28T12:00:34.530+02:002015-10-28T12:00:34.530+02:00Thomas Arpin was my GGGrandfather and went on to m...Thomas Arpin was my GGGrandfather and went on to marry one of the Kleynhans daughters and raise a very large family. How I would love to find out why he was sent here as a 13yr old boy!!! Any clues as to where I can find more information as to his birth, parents, siblings etc??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201420734219791047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-51125100667367390432013-06-11T12:52:39.378+02:002013-06-11T12:52:39.378+02:00I'm sure you're right, Andrew, considering...I'm sure you're right, Andrew, considering that their parents spent any available money on gin. Then when the children attempted to supplement their diet by taking fruit from orchards or stealing a piece of bread or a bit of bacon they ended up in prison. Vicious circle. Mole Molehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761273493116575841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-89551234596712939542013-06-11T11:48:34.902+02:002013-06-11T11:48:34.902+02:00a common thread appears to be 'small in statur...a common thread appears to be 'small in stature for age'. This would reflect nutritional short comings over a long period, possibly starting in early childhood. Current adequate intake would not be able to disguise past deprivation. ANDREW VAN RENSBURGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03632303307052209160noreply@blogger.com