-----Original Message----- From: Nick smith <ktnick@dccnet.com> To: mike@caswellplating.com <mike@caswellplating.com> Date: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 1:47 AM Subject: Brey Caswell >Hello Mike, > I possibly have the spelling of Bray Caswell incorrect, my >grandmother says it should be Brey Caswell. Brey would probably of been >born approx. around 1870. He had a brother named Joe. They were from the >Birmingham area. > > My grandmother's rendition of Brey being sent to Australia. Is that >My Great grandfather Jack Hobday and Brey were best friends and they >used to snitch fruit from the bins that were displayed outside of >stores.(They used a long stick to get the fruit). Well on one of these >misadventures Brey got caught (jack got away). And what I can get out of >the story is that Brey was shipped off to Australia. > > While in Australia Brey raised Ostriches for the Ostrich plumes. Brey >travelled on tramp steamers all over the world. My grandmother says that >he was an adventurer. Brey also had a farm in South Edmonton, Alberta, >Canada, he grew stawberries. When ever he can to visit my grandmothers >family he brought the most stinky cheese.(around 1911-1915). > > During Brey's adventures he settled in Natal South Africa. Were he >owned a plantation of some sort. After sometime he turned the plantation >over to the workers on the condition that he could return for visits >whenever he wanted to. From what I can gather from the story is that >Brey spent most of his live travelling between Canada and South Africa. > > My Grandmother says that Brey was always wearing odd shoes, one >black one brown. It seemed what ever he grabbed was good enough. >Grandma says he was the type of guy who just didn't care. > > On Brey's final visit to the plantation in South Africa, the Mau Mau >uprising happened to take place. Brey and all the worker's on the >plantation were murdered. This took place in the 1950's? > > My grandmother thought very highly of Brey Caswell, she said he was a >good man. > >Hope this is useful to your research. >Charlotte Smith BC. Canada > > > > >