Has anyone ever heard of Britten Station before ... and where is it? And Steve .... you're not allowed to answer!!! Best wishes Paxie

I have some photographs in the process of being uploaded to www.eggsa.org, but since this takes quite a while, mainly from my side with proofing captions etc (but great happiness, my voice recognition program is finally back on track!), I have also copied the list of names via printscreen onto a Word Document and would be happy to send it to anyone who would like to check what I have photographed so far. Please e-mail me off list on marielle@intekom.co.za using the same subject header as mine. It is a 316 kB sized document. Regards Marielle Ford

looking for LANNIN mary Shearar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn MacLeod" <MacLeod.Family@xtra.co.nz> To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com>; <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com>; "SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH@rootsweb.com" <south-africa-immigrants-british@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 12:47 AM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] RHODESIA 1885-1900 > Hi Donna > The book you are referrring to is > Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia by Frederick Courteney Selous >>>Selous was already a well-known writer, explorer, and hunter when he >>>published this work about his experiences before and during the 1896 >>>British campaign against the rebellions of the war-like Matabele tribe in >>>Rhodesia. The members of the Matabele tribe were chafing beneath the >>>British conquest of three years before, and initiated their rebellion >>>with >>>the murder of a number of white settlers. Bulawayo (the largest town in >>>the Western provinces) was threatened, and this put the rest of the >>>country south of the Zambesi into a state of rebellion as the fervor >>>rose. >>>Very fierce fighting between the British and the natives shortly >>>followed, >>>but Rhodes hastened to propose peace talks, and the army shortly went >>>unarmed into the heart of the Matappo hills to meet with native >>>representatives. The interview involved great personal risk for the >>>emissaries, and depended for its success entirely upon Rhodes' >>>personality >>>and influence over the native races, but luckily it was successful and >>>terminated what promised to be a long and disastrous native war. (When >>>the >>>rebellion broke out, the author and his wife were newly settled on an >>>estate in the Matabeleland. Selous served as an officer in the Bulawayo >>>Field Force, and presents here "some account of every skirmish, which had >>>taken place between the Colonists and the natives in Matabeleland up to >>>the date of the above-mentioned Force. To this I add a short account of >>>my >>>personal experiences in the country during the months immediately >>>preceding the outbreak of the insurrection." > > I have the book "With the Mounted Infantry & the M.F.F. 1896 - E A H > Alderson which has a listing of those killed/wounded/murdered or missing > in > action - are you after > any specific name?? > Take care > Lynn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donna Macfarlane" <DonnaM@em.co.za> > To: <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com>; > "SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH@rootsweb.com" > <south-africa-immigrants-british@rootsweb.com>; > <south-africa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:50 PM > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] RHODESIA 1885-1900 > > >> Can anyone tell me what uprisings or battles were fought in Rhodesia >> between 1885-1900? >> >> And the uprising in the book of "Sunshine and Storm...." > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

The South African Legion of the British Empire Service League - Memorial plinth Grahamstown New Cemetery BAKER F W BANFIELD J BOWEN AJ BURGESS C CONLON JJ COOKE LG CRACO JJ DAMANT G DRAKE W DYMOND H FEATHERSTONE FE FIELDING DAG FOX W GENIS EC GIBSON WN HARRIS Sister HARTZENBERG CMG HEBERDEN HV HYDE AJ JOYNER WBK NEL MH SANDERSON ET SCOTT EJ SMYTHE HA SOUTH J STIRLING H THOMPSON J WALES J WHITE PF WISE T WRIGHT CG One side of the plinth is barely legible and has not been transcribed. Regards Marielle

Ex-servicemen & women Memorial Wall Grahamstown New Cemetery ASKEW Jean Parry 1921-1995 ASKEW Wilbert James 1915-1995 BARTLETT Gwyneth (born HEARD) BARTLETT Hazel Bradfield BIRT Nesta Maude 1913-1995 BIRT Rayer George Bobbins 1915-1985 BOWKER Bourchier BOWKER Ethel Patricia Southey (née STIRK) BOWLES AC BOWLES Alice BRIGHT Lucy BRITTON JA 1922-2000 BURLS BWG 1918-2004 CHAVANNES Edwin St Clair CHAVANNES Jean born BARTLETT COBBETT-TRIBE Jonathan COLE Andrew Patrick COLE Vivian Rae 1930-2003 CRAIG Eleanor Flower CRAIG James Thomas CROUCH Robert Heath CROZIER George AN DACAM Charles Brinton 1907-2004 DIXON Dorothy Mary 1902-1994 DOLD Mavis Olive 1904-1996 DUTTON George Tom 1893-1985 ELLMORE LV (Joe) 1920-2005 FELLOWS Alfred James FORBES-FFENNELL Elizabeth Martha FORBES-FFENNELL Horace Lionel GILMORE Robert Alan 1946-1999 HANLEY MP HANLEY Sophia Elizabeth (née GOOSEN) HARTWELL Alfred George IVERSEN Doris IVERSEN Richard A JORDAN Alfred F JOUBERT Tom Mortimer - 1970 JUNQUE EE 1919 1995 JUNQUE WC 1900-1955 KEEBLE Evelyn Irene (born COCK) KEEBLE Kenneth Frederick KNOWLES Bryan SC KNOWLES GA 1924-1996 KNOWLES Hilda Dora (née LOWDEN) KNOWLES MF 1924-2005 LEVEY Daphne iris 1923-19?3 LEVEY Ronald Richard LEVISEUR illegible LEVISEUR? LYONS Rosina (née MULLEN) MACKE James Herbert MAGUIRE JS MASON Edna May MASON Edward MCKILLEN Matthew 1916-1998 MCLEOD SJ 1925-1996 MCLEOD WR 1920-1995 MOSS Margaret Southey (Peggy)née STIRK 1926-1999 MUDDLE William Henry NEL Hendrik Salamon NORMAN Wilfred Stewart PEACHEY Charles PITT Cecil Keith PITTMAN John Bernard 1920-1993 PURDON Athalie Eileen née BRADFIELD 1922-2002 PURDON LKW (contributors note: Lorimer Kenneth Weymouth) RAWLINGS MH 1907-1988 RAWLINGS RA 1910-2000 REED Barnwell REYNOLDS Ronald Leslie RICE Edith Nance (née DE KOCK) RICE George ROBERTS Comfort ROBERTS Earl Frederick ROBERTS Robert ROBERTSON Bert ROBERTSON Edna Emma (née LONG) ROSS-NUNN Ada Malvina (née PALMER) ROSS-NUNN W SLATER Allan William SLOMAN John Lovel SLOMAN Mary Frances (Molly) SLOMAN Robert Lovel 1914-198? SMITH Hugh H 1921-2001 SMITH Joan Gascoigne (née MARGRE) SMITH Patricia 1924-1995 SMITH Sydney Frederick Gascoigne SNEESBY GW SOLE GC 1921-2003 STIRK Doreen Ottilie (née GERNETZKY) STIRK Geoffrey Burt STIRK Richard Southey STIRK Southey Athol STONE RM TARR Maurine Margaret TARR Ralph Roye TRUTER Edward WALTERS Harry Charles 1919-1996 WEBBER Melville Russell WESSON Gladys Iris WESSON illegible WEST Ella Slater 1920-? WEST John Wilson 1919 and 1987 WHITE Frank Cecil Nevins WHITE illegible (born SHONE) WYLIE George 1922-1998

Dear all Its been some time since I looked into getting copies of items found at the National Archives I found an item as follows DEPOT VAB SOURCE FSP TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 42 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 873 PART 1 DESCRIPTION RECORD OF CONDUCT AND SERVICE OF AE MACCOLL. STARTING 19010000 ENDING 19060000 ---------------------------- I feel fairly sure the above refers to Allan Ernest MACCOLL Boer War 1899-1902 - Soldier details Name: MACCOLL, A Rank: Sergeant Soldier number: 482 Unit: Army Post Office Corps Notes: Age: Literary references: Medal roll (from National Archives WO100 series): Roll Page 230 0 © Jones (UK) Ltd ------------------------- Medal Card OXF YEO MCCOLL Alan Ernest Imp L Hse Cpl 411 Q.O. Oxf Hrs Lt.O 15 Star Admin by S.Africa British O C/149 19 }I.V. B 814 19/4/34 NW/B/21993 Victory O C/149 19 } ------------------------- UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 > Southampton, England > 1935 > January > Llandovery Castle Maccoll Alan Ernest 119 Bedford Court Mans London Farmer Maccoll Elsie Mary (wife aged 38) Maccoll Elsie (daughter aged 8) Last permanent residence South Africa Future permanent residence England Name: Alan Ernest Maccoll Birth Date: abt 1879 Age: 56 Port of Departure: Mombasa, Kenya Arrival Date: 7 Jan 1935 Port of Arrival: Southampton, England Ports of Voyage: Mombasa [Zanzibar] [Dar-Es-Salaam] [Beira] [Natal] [Port Elizabeth] [Cape Town] Ship Name: Llandovery Castle Search Ship Database: View the 'Llandovery Castle' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database Shipping line: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd Official Number: 148678 BT26; Piece: 1077; Item: 129 I am wondering how much it would be get a copy, if one is available of course I am unsure if it is his so am not sure if it would be viable Are there any other sources that may give a clue on Allan Ernest MACCOLL ? His brother was also in South Africa De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Malcolm Graeme MACCOLL 2nd Lieut 18th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd s of the late Rev Macolm Maccoll, Rector of St Columba Yoker, by his wife, Maria C. (2 Harvey Street, Yoker), dau. of George Anderson, of Demerara; b. Camberwell, London, S.E., 3 April 1871; educ. Merchant Taylors School, and Victoria College Jersey; served in the South African War 1899 - 1902 in the Queensland 3rd Contingent; took part in the relief of Mafeking, and later transferred to the Cape Mounted Police. On the outbreak of war he obtained a commission in the Natal Light Horse, and served through the German South West Africa Campaign; afterwards joined the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Bullecourt 3 May, 1917; unm. Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

Nivard, Go to eGGSA.org to order photographs of the documents in the VAB archives depository.. Keith ------ Original Message ------ Received: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:53:55 PM EDT From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] MACCOLL Boer War period Dear all Its been some time since I looked into getting copies of items found at the National Archives I found an item as follows DEPOT VAB SOURCE FSP TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 42 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 873 PART 1 DESCRIPTION RECORD OF CONDUCT AND SERVICE OF AE MACCOLL. STARTING 19010000 ENDING 19060000 ---------------------------- I feel fairly sure the above refers to Allan Ernest MACCOLL Boer War 1899-1902 - Soldier details Name: MACCOLL, A Rank: Sergeant Soldier number: 482 Unit: Army Post Office Corps Notes: Age: Literary references: Medal roll (from National Archives WO100 series): Roll Page 230 0 © Jones (UK) Ltd ------------------------- Medal Card OXF YEO MCCOLL Alan Ernest Imp L Hse Cpl 411 Q.O. Oxf Hrs Lt.O 15 Star Admin by S.Africa British O C/149 19 }I.V. B 814 19/4/34 NW/B/21993 Victory O C/149 19 } ------------------------- UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 > Southampton, England > 1935 > January > Llandovery Castle Maccoll Alan Ernest 119 Bedford Court Mans London Farmer Maccoll Elsie Mary (wife aged 38) Maccoll Elsie (daughter aged 8) Last permanent residence South Africa Future permanent residence England Name: Alan Ernest Maccoll Birth Date: abt 1879 Age: 56 Port of Departure: Mombasa, Kenya Arrival Date: 7 Jan 1935 Port of Arrival: Southampton, England Ports of Voyage: Mombasa [Zanzibar] [Dar-Es-Salaam] [Beira] [Natal] [Port Elizabeth] [Cape Town] Ship Name: Llandovery Castle Search Ship Database: View the 'Llandovery Castle' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database Shipping line: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd Official Number: 148678 BT26; Piece: 1077; Item: 129 I am wondering how much it would be get a copy, if one is available of course I am unsure if it is his so am not sure if it would be viable Are there any other sources that may give a clue on Allan Ernest MACCOLL ? His brother was also in South Africa De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Malcolm Graeme MACCOLL 2nd Lieut 18th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd s of the late Rev Macolm Maccoll, Rector of St Columba Yoker, by his wife, Maria C. (2 Harvey Street, Yoker), dau. of George Anderson, of Demerara; b. Camberwell, London, S.E., 3 April 1871; educ. Merchant Taylors School, and Victoria College Jersey; served in the South African War 1899 - 1902 in the Queensland 3rd Contingent; took part in the relief of Mafeking, and later transferred to the Cape Mounted Police. On the outbreak of war he obtained a commission in the Natal Light Horse, and served through the German South West Africa Campaign; afterwards joined the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Bullecourt 3 May, 1917; unm. Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Darrell, I am not researching this Family but I have in my data base two (2) ACKERMANN'S both Cremated at the Cambridge Crematorium in East London, ACKERMANN Aleth (Female) born 23.05.1931 Cremated 28.09.1979 (age 48) ACKERMANN Johannes Jacob Cremated 26.04.1993 (age 71) Regards Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrell" <dackmann@iafrica.com> To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] ACKERMANN > Hi Brian > > I am researching one of the three main Ackermann branches, but I also have > some information on the other branches. Hopefully I can help. > > Regards > > Darrell Ackermann > Cape Town > email: dackmann@iafrica.com > >> >> Message: 5 >> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 12:34:10 +0200 >> From: "Brian Southwood" <briansou@telkomsa.net> >> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] ACKERMANN >> To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <6A5C141BA7E04784BD42F5F0A6932315@brian> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> I have an ACKERMANN in my tree and also my wife's. I am trying to find if >> there is any connection between the two. >> >> If any one is researching ACKERMANN I would appreciate hearing from them >> >> I have been told that there were at least three who immigrated from >> Germany/Austria >> >> Brian Southwood >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Registers of Burials Buxted, Sussex. " 1666. Richard Bassett, the old clarke of this Parish, who had continued in the offices of clarke and sexton for the space of 43 years, whose melody warbled forth as if he had been thumped on the back with a stone, was buried the 20th of Sept.,1666." http://www.archive.org/stream/registrumecclesi00burnrich#page/116/mode/2up

second smile ;-) Hetta Scholtz -----Original Message----- From: April Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 3:45 PM To: south-africa@rootsweb.com Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Richard Bassett Thanks for that smile for the day, Gary. Regards from April. (my real name as I was born in the month of April. ) England ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3565 - Release Date: 04/11/11

Thanks for that smile for the day, Gary. Regards from April. (my real name as I was born in the month of April. ) England

Nice to see you back regards judy

Hi, Can anyone tell me how to get a copy of Divorce Papers? On NAAIRS there is a reference for a divorce of Gwendolyne Emma Phontus PANAINO born BURFORD versus George in 1937. The ref is 928/1937. Are these documents available? Can anyone help? Thanks Moyra Joyce Bedford

Please, I am asking for help from anyone living close to the Records Office and who could obtain a copy of the marriage between James Zachariah Featherstonehaugh and Augusta Johanna Hamman Dutch Reformed Church Johannesburgh. 12th March. 1895 A very kind gentleman obtained these details for me some time ago, but because of strikes at that time, road closures etc, he was unable to get a copy for me. I would appreciate this as it would finally put a closure on that part of the family. Kind regards. April England

Hi All My great grandparents were married in the Ebenezer Congregational Church, Johannesburg, Transvaal in 1932. I am aware of the churches history (just read up about it) and understand that most of the records have been destroyed in the 1970's. Does anyone on this list perhaps know if any Birth or Baptism records still survive somewhere? If yes where will I be able to search for that information? Where exactly was this church located in Johannesburg? -- Thanks Christine Researching: KOOPMAN, GROENEWALD and BARTLETT

Hi, I am on the scrounge again. I am looking for someone who will get me copies of two death notices from Pretoria. Elizabeth Hendrina DAVEL 326/1969 Johannes Frederik DAVEL 775/1941 I would appreciate this very much. Thanks. Moyra Joyce Bedford

Fellow confused Listers The following are copies of the email queries I have sent to the National Archives of Zimbabwe (converted to plain text format). Any replies I get will be copied back to this mailing list. cheers Pete Whitfield ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forwarded conversation Subject: Some Queries ------------------------ From: Pete Whitfield <pelejab@gmail.com> Date: 8 April 2011 17:06 To: nat.archives@gta.gov.zw Dear Madam/Sir through a genealogical mail listing I belong to we have discovered a wealth of information in photographic records of death notices listed through the FamilySearch website. Some of the listers are confused by some of the abbreviations used and how to get the appropriate record. Initially one does a search by Surname. This is done by going to https://www.familysearch.org/ and then clicking on "Africa" then "Zimbabwe" and selecting the top of 2 links given. The lower one takes one to the various town records. Once a name has been found one has to make a note of the various records given. Those starting D.R. are fine and refer to either a volume number and record number or a record number of a year. The ones listed with the following abbreviations are causing some confusion and I am hoping you will be able to enlighten us as to the meanings of these records and how we can trace the DN (death notice) from the value given against the name: LW nnnn A.I.M. nnn K.B. nnn G.F. nnn A.D.M. nnn MISC nnn where nnn is some number but does not seem to be related to the records in the same way as the D.R. nnn is. Hoping you can be of assistance to us and thank you for making these valuable records available to us. regards Peter Whitfield ---------- From: Pete Whitfield <pelejab@gmail.com> Date: 9 April 2011 12:33 To: nat.archives@gta.gov.zw Dear Madam Sir further to my previous query on your records I have an additional one regarding "Masters Miscellaneous Estates" where some 30 to 40 names are given with an additional digit but there is no further information. An example : Suppose I am looking for Agnes BENNETT. In the Index Surnames A-B on image 44/52 I find her name listed with the following reference "D.R. 78/20/31" I then go to the Death Registers and click on Volume 78. On image 4 of 281 I find a hand-written list in alphabetical order (only surnames listed with B's here) and she appears again with the reference 78/20/31 Further on if I go to image 47 of 281 I find a list headed on the right page by "Masters Miscellaneous Estates" record number 20. On the left page is a list from 1 to 40 giving various names plus the DR numbers (78 in column 1, 20 in column 2 and again numbers 1 to 40 in the third column). A few names have a Will number against them but not all and some are listed as closed. The odd one like #34 LANE H.R. has an additional reference "see 78/213" which I found on image 243 of 281. Is there some way I can find the details for the death notices of those people listed on these "Masters Miscellaneous Estates" which seem to be those names that have an additional slash plus number on the DR given ie the /31 for Agnes Bennett above? Your assistance with this will also be greatly appreciated  regards Peter Whitfield

Hi Brian I am researching one of the three main Ackermann branches, but I also have some information on the other branches. Hopefully I can help. Regards Darrell Ackermann Cape Town email: dackmann@iafrica.com > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 12:34:10 +0200 > From: "Brian Southwood" <briansou@telkomsa.net> > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] ACKERMANN > To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <6A5C141BA7E04784BD42F5F0A6932315@brian> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I have an ACKERMANN in my tree and also my wife's. I am trying to find if > there is any connection between the two. > > If any one is researching ACKERMANN I would appreciate hearing from them > > I have been told that there were at least three who immigrated from > Germany/Austria > > Brian Southwood > > >

Morning all and THANK YOU for your responses to the RODWELL name. I received the "box of Pandora's goodies" yesterday and am so excited to help this friend of mine. He has brought me information that boggles one mind. His uncle or gt uncle James RODWELL did a beautiful most amazing scrapbook type of album of his parents 60th wedding anniversary. The art that was done is incredible. Something that should go into a museum. The RODWELL tree begins briefly like this: Charles RODWELL came out to SA from Buckinghamshire, England when he was about 16 years old. He joined the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles in Cape Town and served in the Bantu War 1879 - 1880. Charles RODWELL later went to Bechuanaland and Mashonaland with Sir Charles WARREN holding the rank of Sergeant Major. Charles was the son of George RODWELL and Hannah/Sarah FOWLER. She was the daughter of Charles FOWLER. Her uncle was Sir Thomas Edmund FOWLER and her grandfather was Sir William FOWLER of Margate, England. This is just a bit in a nutshell and more will follow. My request to the list is - when did Charles RODWELL came out to SA and on what ship.? Thank you, Glynis From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Neville Rasmussen Sent: 08 April 2011 11:34 AM To: south-africa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] RODWELL SURNAME AND FAMILY TREE May not be the same Family but I know a Rodwell Family in Cape Town. The father was in the RAF and came to SA during the war and returned at the completion of WW11, he married a local lady and they had two children. Neville > Morning List, > > > > I am going to assist a friend of mine who has no internet knowledge on how > to find his family when they arrived in South Africa. Has anyone done > this > family line yet? > > > > He will be bringing all his information to me shortly where I will assist > in > putting it in some order for him. Apparently he does have documentation > on > his parents, grandparents and perhaps gt grandparents as well as some > photos. He did mention that he also had a family album with lots of > pictures and does not know who they are. So when I receive this, I will > be > posting it on the list. > > > > Take care > > Glynis > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3558 - Release Date: 04/07/11

The one maternity ward at the Bulawayo General Hospital is called the Lady Rodwell. SKM. -------------------------------------------------- From: "glynis" Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] RODWELL SURNAME AND FAMILY TREE