Hello Hazel, while I have none of the names you mention apart from the Solomon, there seems to be a connection. Here is what I have: Joseph Solomon: born between 1788-90 probably Canterbury, son of Nathaniel Solomon and Phoebe de Metz, followed his elder brother Saul to St. Helena. Joseph was engaged to Hannah Moss before leaving England and they were married on St. Helena Island on 7 July 1814. 8 children: Margaret, Nathaniel, Henry, Saul, Richard, Benjamin, Edward, Isabella, all born on St. Helena. The family migrated to Cape Town in 1831. Joseph and Hannah's children became very much involved in South African politics. Benjamin Solomon: I have no dates for him but Benjamin too followed his elder brother Saul to St. Helena and in 1823 married Eliza Georgina Chamberlain. After her death in May 1831, Benjamin followed his brother Joseph to Cape Town. All I have on Benjamin from then on is that he married Johanna Petronella du Plessis, had a rather large family and died at an advanced age. The Bedford connection: While Joseph and Hannah Solomon remained Jewish, all their children converted to Christianity. Son Edward Solomon, who married Jessie Matthews, became a Missionary for some years with the London Missionary Society and lived in Griqualand. Later he went to Haukey? and ultimately was a Congregational Minister at Bedford, Cape Colony. I've only got the following children: Sir Edward Philip, Sir Richard Prince, Sir William Henry, and Emilie Solomon, don't know where they were born. A 1937 article in the Time Magazine says that "though no Minister, Emilie Solomon of Capetown was made the first woman chairman of the Congregational Union of South Africa" and "Miss Solomon signed her name in a bible in which were the signatures of all her predecessors including her father, who held the post once." I don't know yet how your Richard Edward Solomon born 24 Jun 1855 in Bedford ties in but I guess he is a grandson of either Joseph or Benjamin. Regards, Sigi McMahon, South Australia