My wife is a descendant of oom Paul and it would be greatly appreciated if you could send the clipping to us. Regards Paul & Ria Bosman 8 Eileen Street Kilner Park 0186 South Africa e-mail: Paul Bosman [paul.bosman@absamail.co.za] -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of mcmahon112@hotmail.com Sent: 10 September 2003 11:44 PM To: KRUGER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KRUGER] Oom Paul Kruger obit about 1904 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KRUGER, Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZo.2ACIB/220 Message Board Post: I found the first part of an obituary for 'Oom Paul' in an old book on a totally unrelated subject. The book was in a second hand book store and apparently a former owner had put the obit in there & forgotten about it. The clipping is just of the obit & the name and date of the paper are not visible. It appears to be from an American newspaper as part of an article visible on the back mentions a United States Gunboat named Nashville, a baseball team, and a bridge spanning the Erie Canal. The article is in English. It says in part, "Oom Paul Kruger, who was well described by his nickname, "The Lion of South Africa," passed away in the village of Clarens, Switzerland, on the morning of Thursday, July 14th....". The last visible sentence says, "For ten years preceding 1877 he was a mem-". I checked the rest of the book and did not find the 'other part' of the obituary. This is not my family. I'll be happy to send it to the first person who claims it and provides a snail mail address for me to send it to. ==== KRUGER Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237