Hi All Just to let you know my grandfathers cousins John & James Livsey (aged 15 & 17) in the Pretoria Pit and also my gt grandmothers brother William Gore also died in the pit disaster 21st December 1919 If you need any further info I have the Compensation papers of both familes and Postcards (Original) from 1910 which you may copy and use in your research. I also have an original 'napkin' which was issued to all the families. Again you can copy. Please let me know if I can be of further help. I have researched Pretoria for a number of years now and if I can be of any assistance, please let me know. Kind regards Andrea

Hi Andrea Many thanks for your offer of help with the info about the Livesey lads and Wm. Gore. Pam Clarke will contact you soon about them. When I tried to discover the origins of James Livesey I came to the conclusion that he was born as James Harper before his parents married - is that in agreement with your knowledge of the family? Do you have the birthdates of the Liveseys and Wm Gore please? I have attempted to determine the birthplace and birth, at least to the nearest quarter, of all the victims, but it is nice when we find a birthdate as well. Regards Peter Wood