Good day. I went to High School with a Bruce Blewett. Beachwood Boys High, Durban North, now called Northwood Junior. Bruce was from outside the Republic and was not good at Afrikaans. My Mom tutored him so that he could get his Matric. I recall that he was in some sort of horrific motor vehicle accident and got head injuries. Regards Kingston Patrick S Cuthbert (Maj) Dip Pharm OSM 4 Stockenstrom Street, George 6529 Box 2005, George 6530 Mobile: 0827239608 Lline: 0448743655 Fax: 0865144306 Email: shoes@telkomsa.net Alt email: kingstonpsc@gmail.com -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Roger Blewett via Sent: 23 March 2015 11:25 To: SOUTH-AFRICA@rootsweb.com; Jeanette Rutter Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] SHERMAN, BLEWETT, ALGIE, STROBERG Hi list on behalf of a cousin who’s researching the SHERMAN side to our BLEWETT tree We are looking for ANY descendants of Nicholas SHERMAN b: 1901 E. Coolgardie Dist; Western Australia parents: Nicholas SHERMAN and Elizabeth Grace WATERS as well as Malvern, Johannesberg, Transvaal, South Africa 7 Mar 1925 Eric Walker STROBERG, 24, Grehawstion CP, bach, fitter, Germiston, Lilian Olive SHERMAN 21 Kalgorliee, Australia spinster, Malvern, Transvaal, South Africa the other is a Thomas Wilkins ALGIE b: 1875 Ballarat, VIC, Australia d: 12 May 1945 Kwzulu, Natal RSA he married Annie Jane SHERMAN [d of Nicholas SHERMAN and Elizabeth Grace WATERS] in 1903 at Boulder, Western Australia they had 5? children Thomas Wilkins ALGIE, Eileen Gertrude, James Colin, Olive May & Joyce Grace Thomas Wilkins ALGIE b:1907 Camborne Cornwall married Mary Elaine WHITEHEAD on Apr 1934 in Transvaal, SA I am compiling a list of worldwide BLEWETT (various spellings) who emigrated mainly from Cornwall. I have one group who originated from Tywardreath, Cornwall. Ernest BLEWETT b: 1873 who m: 1896 Lillian WALLS in Bessemer, Gogebic County, Michigan, USA who had children born in Michigan and South Africa Edward & Lillian both died in S Africa Directly related to me is Denis Morgan BLEWETT and family thanks Roger Blewett, Hayle, Cornwall ------------------------------- 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 Keith, Not entirely sure what you're looking for but I have a few source on this person: http://www.1820settlers.co.uk/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I54656&tree=master http://1820settlers.com/genealogy/familygroup.php?familyID=F19800&tree=master (shows his first marriage to Elizabeth Keen with a link to his marriage with Ann Moffatt) And this: http://www.geni.com/projects/1820-Settlers-Pringle-s-Party/10561 which is interesting as it makes reference to the book /The Settlers Handbook/ by MD Nash Hope that at least helps a little! Kind regards, Matthew On 2015-03-23 3:42 AM, Keith Meintjes via wrote: > Wow, > > So I have an enquiry about James EKRON, settler in Pringle's party. There is > nothing in SA Genealogies, and only a few mentions on Paul Tanner-Tremaine's > 1820 Settler Site: http://www.1820settlers.com/ > > But, in JVL Rennie's "The Scottish Settler Party of 1820" I find two pages of > entries in the index, including his trial for murder of a concubine and a > subsequent marriage to Ann Moffat and ten children of that marriage. > > Does anyone know of sources for this family? > > Keith > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 list on behalf of a cousin who’s researching the SHERMAN side to our BLEWETT tree We are looking for ANY descendants of Nicholas SHERMAN b: 1901 E. Coolgardie Dist; Western Australia parents: Nicholas SHERMAN and Elizabeth Grace WATERS as well as Malvern, Johannesberg, Transvaal, South Africa 7 Mar 1925 Eric Walker STROBERG, 24, Grehawstion CP, bach, fitter, Germiston, Lilian Olive SHERMAN 21 Kalgorliee, Australia spinster, Malvern, Transvaal, South Africa the other is a Thomas Wilkins ALGIE b: 1875 Ballarat, VIC, Australia d: 12 May 1945 Kwzulu, Natal RSA he married Annie Jane SHERMAN [d of Nicholas SHERMAN and Elizabeth Grace WATERS] in 1903 at Boulder, Western Australia they had 5? children Thomas Wilkins ALGIE, Eileen Gertrude, James Colin, Olive May & Joyce Grace Thomas Wilkins ALGIE b:1907 Camborne Cornwall married Mary Elaine WHITEHEAD on Apr 1934 in Transvaal, SA I am compiling a list of worldwide BLEWETT (various spellings) who emigrated mainly from Cornwall. I have one group who originated from Tywardreath, Cornwall. Ernest BLEWETT b: 1873 who m: 1896 Lillian WALLS in Bessemer, Gogebic County, Michigan, USA who had children born in Michigan and South Africa Edward & Lillian both died in S Africa Directly related to me is Denis Morgan BLEWETT and family thanks Roger Blewett, Hayle, Cornwall

On 22 Mar 2015 at 10:53, Leeanne Blunden via wrote: > I have found an entry in a church register for the marriage of my > great-great grandparents in Kimberley on 15 December 1890. > > Under the column "Consent, by whom given" it says Special License. > > I am assuming this is because, although they both still had living parents at > the time, the parents were all residing in Ireland. > > Would a Special License then have been granted because the parents were > unable to attend, or would the parents still have been able to give consent > via a letter or something? Or is there some other reason why a Special License > would be granted? A special licence means that banns did not have to be read for three weeks beforehand. Parents only had to give consent if the person was under 21 (now 18). People could apply for a special licence if they wanted to get married in a hurry, or if they were away from their usual residence. For example, my aunt and her boyfriend decided to get married when they were on holiday in Durban, though their usual residence was Johannesburg. They wanted to get married in Durban because more of their friends were there, so they got a special licence, and were married within a week. Both were of age, so neither needed their parents' permission. -- Keep well, Steve Hayes Blog: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/famhist1.htm E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk

Wow, So I have an enquiry about James EKRON, settler in Pringle's party. There is nothing in SA Genealogies, and only a few mentions on Paul Tanner-Tremaine's 1820 Settler Site: http://www.1820settlers.com/ But, in JVL Rennie's "The Scottish Settler Party of 1820" I find two pages of entries in the index, including his trial for murder of a concubine and a subsequent marriage to Ann Moffat and ten children of that marriage. Does anyone know of sources for this family? Keith

Thanks Colin, Steve and Keith. What a lot of geniuses you are. Suddenly I know heaps more about m birthland than I knew when I lived there. Which I find is usually the case....we tend to take for granted that WE know our own country. thanks again Pat -------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin Möhrvia" <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 6:19 PM To: <shayes@dunelm.org.uk>; "Steve Hayes" <hayesstw@telkomsa.net>; <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Omataka > The Omuramba Omataka is the largest, albeit seasonal, watercourse flowing > from South West Africa to the Okavango River. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Hayes via" <south-africa@rootsweb.com> > To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 4:51 AM > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Omataka > > >> On 22 Mar 2015 at 11:08, Pat Frykberg via wrote: >> >>> Can any one tell me about this please. It's a word that lies in my >>> memory >>> of >>> Namibia in the 1930s. Again from memory with no facts, it is associated >>> with a >>> family who arrived at Neuras in a wagon and outspanned for the night. >>> Sort >>> of gypsies? . In my memory are the words "omataka boers" Love some real >>> info. >>> thanks Patricia Frykberg (aka Pat) >> >> I seem to recall an Omuramba Omatako that was a kind of dry watercourse >> used by taders and hunters to travel north-east from central Namibia to >> the Okavango. And it became the Shoshongo Dum somewhere along its course. >> It starts near two distinct concical hills called Omatako, which can be >> seen from the road to Otjiwarongo. I'd look up something i once wrote >> about it, but my web browser is taking forever to load, so I'll send this >> off and come back to it when it's loaded. >> >> 10 minutes later >> >> http://hayesgreene.blogspot.com/2013/03/where-on-earth-is-shoshongo-dum.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/l7oal2y >> >> and >> >> https://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/from-shakawe-to-maun-via-lake-ngami/ >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/l4qgko7 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Hayes >> E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk >> Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com >> Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm >> Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 >> Fax: 086-548-2525 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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: 10.0.1434 / Virus Database: 4257/8849 - Release Date: 03/21/15 >

Not sure whether "Fikelstein" is one of your possible relations, and it certainly isn't one of mine. But if it is one of yours, it looks as though the reference was provided orally, by someone with a code i' the doze, as it must surely be FINKELSTEIN! Andrew Rodger rodgera@audioio.com On 22/03/2015, at 4:38 PM, Colin Möhr via wrote: > Hi all, > I found a reference to a seller family of Scottish descent who farmed there > in the 1940's, they had three beautiful daughters. No name though. Also > reference to a FIKELSTEIN. > Hope this helps? > Colin

a giggle and thanks. I hardly expected two answers so fast, yours and Steve's which made fascinating reading. Especially Ngami. There was once a suggestion by a German...S....... (damn can't remember his name )who wrote a book saying that Lake Ngami could water a huge area of Botswana....seem to remember the engineering of using a channel from Okavango at flood times. During my time in SWA Ngami was bone dry. Was it there or on another pan that they held speed test...Malcolm Campbell ? How I wish I had kept a diary! If only I had known what I would needto remember. Pat -------------------------------------------------- From: "Keith Meintjes via" <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 4:02 PM To: <shayes@dunelm.org.uk>; "Steve Hayes" <hayesstw@telkomsa.net>; <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Omataka > Steve is correct. Omuramba Omatako is Herero for "dry river". > > The name of the mountains is derived from the word for "buttocks", but you > could have fooled me. > > Keith > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: 10:51 PM EDT, 03/21/2015 > From: Steve Hayes via <south-africa@rootsweb.com> > To: south-africa@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Omataka > > On 22 Mar 2015 at 11:08, Pat Frykberg via wrote: > >> Can any one tell me about this please. It's a word that lies in my memory > of >> Namibia in the 1930s. Again from memory with no facts, it is associated >> with > a >> family who arrived at Neuras in a wagon and outspanned for the night. > Sort >> of gypsies? . In my memory are the words "omataka boers" Love some real > info. >> thanks Patricia Frykberg (aka Pat) > > I seem to recall an Omuramba Omatako that was a kind of dry watercourse > used > by taders and hunters to travel north-east from central Namibia to the > Okavango. And it became the Shoshongo Dum somewhere along its course. It > starts near two distinct concical hills called Omatako, which can be seen > from > the road to Otjiwarongo. I'd look up something i once wrote about it, but > my > web browser is taking forever to load, so I'll send this off and come back > to > it when it's loaded. > > 10 minutes later > > http://hayesgreene.blogspot.com/2013/03/where-on-earth-is-shoshongo-dum.html > or > http://tinyurl.com/l7oal2y > > and > > https://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/from-shakawe-to-maun-via-lake-ngami/ > or > http://tinyurl.com/l4qgko7 > > > > > -- > Steve Hayes > E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk > Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com > Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm > Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 > Fax: 086-548-2525 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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: 10.0.1434 / Virus Database: 4257/8849 - Release Date: 03/21/15 >

Hello: I am trying to read a place name near Jacobsdal, OFS. It looks like: Neljeljen, Neyelyen. Any ideas ?. Bart. ================

Hi All I am looking for Kennedy researchers I am looking for The following family. I have been told by family that they could have immigrated to SWA/Namibia and lived in an area called 'Kamajab'. I have found names in the 1984 Voters list with the HUNTER and Eddington connections. Any Info would be appreciated please Family Group Record for Gert Van Wyk Kennedy Husband: Gert Van Wyk Kennedy Born: 26 May 1894 Died: - Not Known Marriage: 22 December 1932 Place: Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. Wife: Marjorie Ann Rudman Born: 23 September 1911 - 'Spitskop', Ladybrand, Orange Free State, South Africa. Christened: 12 November 1911 - Wesleyan Methodist Church, Ladybrand by Rev. Harry J. Withers. Father: Charles Henry Rudman (1868-1940) Mother: Annie Mildred Allwright (1886-1920) Children 1 M John Charles Hunter Kennedy Born: 22 March 1934 Spouse: Aletta Johanna Marais (1932- ) 2 M Desmond Eddington Kennedy Born: 7 August 1935 Spouse: Maria Elisabeth van Niekerk (1937- ) 3 F Loraine Mildred Kennedy Born: 12 March 1939 Spouse: Carel Aron Van Zyl (1933- ) 4 M Oliver Bert Kennedy Born: 4 February 1943 Spouse: Catherine Helena Viviers (1948- ) Kind Regards Darryl Allwright P O Box 166 Grahamstown 6140 Cell: 076-091-2764 Tel: 046-622-8134 (H) Fax: 086-714-0748 Researching: Allwright, Bold, Clayton, Edwards, Eva, Fisher, Gibbens,Gunn, Hulley, Marshall, Openshaw, Retief(B6c6d2e2f11g6h1i1j1), Toerien, Whittal and related families

Not found. FallingRain is a good site to look for place names. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/SF/03/a/N Keith ------ Original Message ------ Received: 11:23 AM EDT, 03/22/2015 From: Bart Simon via <south-africa@rootsweb.com> To: "RW RSA" <SOUTH-AFRICA@rootsweb.com> Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Place Names Hello: I am trying to read a place name near Jacobsdal, OFS. It looks like: Neljeljen, Neyelyen. Any ideas ?. Bart. ================ ------------------------------- 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

Can any one tell me about this please. It's a word that lies in my memory of Namibia in the 1930s. Again from memory with no facts, it is associated with a family who arrived at Neuras in a wagon and outspanned for the night. Sort of gypsies? . In my memory are the words "omataka boers" Love some real info. thanks Patricia Frykberg (aka Pat)

Hello All, I have found an entry in a church register for the marriage of my great-great grandparents in Kimberley on 15 December 1890. Under the column "Consent, by whom given" it says Special License. I am assuming this is because, although they both still had living parents at the time, the parents were all residing in Ireland. Would a Special License then have been granted because the parents were unable to attend, or would the parents still have been able to give consent via a letter or something? Or is there some other reason why a Special License would be granted? Regards, Leeanne --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

On 22 Mar 2015 at 7:19, Colin Möhr wrote: > The Omuramba Omataka is the largest, albeit seasonal, watercourse flowing from > South West Africa to the Okavango River As Keith pointed out, "omuramba" is the Herero word for a seasonal watercourse. It was also applied be 19th century traders to similar watercourses in Ovamboland, although the local name there is "oshana" -- see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshana_Region I think that where the Omuramba Omatako crosses the Botswana border it is known as the Shoshongo Dum, though I'm not quite certain about that. It was certainly known as the Shoshongo Dum in the 19th century, but the name doesn't seem to be found on modern maps. -- Keep well, Steve Hayes Blog: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/famhist1.htm E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk

Hi all, I found a reference to a seller family of Scottish descent who farmed there in the 1940's, they had three beautiful daughters. No name though. Also reference to a FIKELSTEIN. Hope this helps? Colin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Meintjes via" <south-africa@rootsweb.com> To: "Pat Frykberg" <patfryk@clear.net.nz>; <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 12:29 AM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Omataka > > The Omatako mountains are a pair of peaks near Prosit. > > http://m0.i.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45616900.DSC_0207.JPG > > > Keith > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: 06:14 PM EDT, 03/21/2015 > From: Pat Frykberg via <south-africa@rootsweb.com> > To: south-africa@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Omataka > > Can any one tell me about this please. It's a word that lies in my memory > of > Namibia in the 1930s. Again from memory with no facts, it is associated > with a > family who arrived at Neuras in a wagon and outspanned for the night. > Sort > of gypsies? . In my memory are the words "omataka boers" > Love some real info. thanks > Patricia Frykberg (aka Pat) > > ------------------------------- > 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

There are quite a number of mountains in the territory, including the Anas Range, a little to the south of Windhoek, which has peaks up to 8,148 feet ; Omataka, in the north, 8,790 feet ; the Gansberg, 7,662 feet, in Great Namaqualand ; the Khomas High- lands, near Windhoek, 6,000 feet; the Onyati, 7,198 feet; the Chankaib, near Luderitz, 3,520 feet ; and Geitsi Gubib, the great extinct volcano near Berseba. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Hayes via" <south-africa@rootsweb.com> To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 4:51 AM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Omataka > On 22 Mar 2015 at 11:08, Pat Frykberg via wrote: > >> Can any one tell me about this please. It's a word that lies in my memory >> of >> Namibia in the 1930s. Again from memory with no facts, it is associated >> with a >> family who arrived at Neuras in a wagon and outspanned for the night. >> Sort >> of gypsies? . In my memory are the words "omataka boers" Love some real >> info. >> thanks Patricia Frykberg (aka Pat) > > I seem to recall an Omuramba Omatako that was a kind of dry watercourse > used by taders and hunters to travel north-east from central Namibia to > the Okavango. And it became the Shoshongo Dum somewhere along its course. > It starts near two distinct concical hills called Omatako, which can be > seen from the road to Otjiwarongo. I'd look up something i once wrote > about it, but my web browser is taking forever to load, so I'll send this > off and come back to it when it's loaded. > > 10 minutes later > > http://hayesgreene.blogspot.com/2013/03/where-on-earth-is-shoshongo-dum.html > or > http://tinyurl.com/l7oal2y > > and > > https://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/from-shakawe-to-maun-via-lake-ngami/ > or > http://tinyurl.com/l4qgko7 > > > > > -- > Steve Hayes > E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk > Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com > Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm > Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 > Fax: 086-548-2525 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 Omuramba Omataka is the largest, albeit seasonal, watercourse flowing from South West Africa to the Okavango River. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Hayes via" <south-africa@rootsweb.com> To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 4:51 AM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Omataka > On 22 Mar 2015 at 11:08, Pat Frykberg via wrote: > >> Can any one tell me about this please. It's a word that lies in my memory >> of >> Namibia in the 1930s. Again from memory with no facts, it is associated >> with a >> family who arrived at Neuras in a wagon and outspanned for the night. >> Sort >> of gypsies? . In my memory are the words "omataka boers" Love some real >> info. >> thanks Patricia Frykberg (aka Pat) > > I seem to recall an Omuramba Omatako that was a kind of dry watercourse > used by taders and hunters to travel north-east from central Namibia to > the Okavango. And it became the Shoshongo Dum somewhere along its course. > It starts near two distinct concical hills called Omatako, which can be > seen from the road to Otjiwarongo. I'd look up something i once wrote > about it, but my web browser is taking forever to load, so I'll send this > off and come back to it when it's loaded. > > 10 minutes later > > http://hayesgreene.blogspot.com/2013/03/where-on-earth-is-shoshongo-dum.html > or > http://tinyurl.com/l7oal2y > > and > > https://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/from-shakawe-to-maun-via-lake-ngami/ > or > http://tinyurl.com/l4qgko7 > > > > > -- > Steve Hayes > E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk > Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com > Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm > Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 > Fax: 086-548-2525 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

On 22 Mar 2015 at 11:08, Pat Frykberg via wrote: > Can any one tell me about this please. It's a word that lies in my memory of > Namibia in the 1930s. Again from memory with no facts, it is associated with a > family who arrived at Neuras in a wagon and outspanned for the night. Sort > of gypsies? . In my memory are the words "omataka boers" Love some real info. > thanks Patricia Frykberg (aka Pat) I seem to recall an Omuramba Omatako that was a kind of dry watercourse used by taders and hunters to travel north-east from central Namibia to the Okavango. And it became the Shoshongo Dum somewhere along its course. It starts near two distinct concical hills called Omatako, which can be seen from the road to Otjiwarongo. I'd look up something i once wrote about it, but my web browser is taking forever to load, so I'll send this off and come back to it when it's loaded. 10 minutes later http://hayesgreene.blogspot.com/2013/03/where-on-earth-is-shoshongo-dum.html or http://tinyurl.com/l7oal2y and https://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/from-shakawe-to-maun-via-lake-ngami/ or http://tinyurl.com/l4qgko7 -- Steve Hayes E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 Fax: 086-548-2525

Steve is correct. Omuramba Omatako is Herero for "dry river". The name of the mountains is derived from the word for "buttocks", but you could have fooled me. Keith ------ Original Message ------ Received: 10:51 PM EDT, 03/21/2015 From: Steve Hayes via <south-africa@rootsweb.com> To: south-africa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Omataka On 22 Mar 2015 at 11:08, Pat Frykberg via wrote: > Can any one tell me about this please. It's a word that lies in my memory of > Namibia in the 1930s. Again from memory with no facts, it is associated with a > family who arrived at Neuras in a wagon and outspanned for the night. Sort > of gypsies? . In my memory are the words "omataka boers" Love some real info. > thanks Patricia Frykberg (aka Pat) I seem to recall an Omuramba Omatako that was a kind of dry watercourse used by taders and hunters to travel north-east from central Namibia to the Okavango. And it became the Shoshongo Dum somewhere along its course. It starts near two distinct concical hills called Omatako, which can be seen from the road to Otjiwarongo. I'd look up something i once wrote about it, but my web browser is taking forever to load, so I'll send this off and come back to it when it's loaded. 10 minutes later http://hayesgreene.blogspot.com/2013/03/where-on-earth-is-shoshongo-dum.html or http://tinyurl.com/l7oal2y and https://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/from-shakawe-to-maun-via-lake-ngami/ or http://tinyurl.com/l4qgko7 -- Steve Hayes E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 Fax: 086-548-2525 ------------------------------- 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 Omatako mountains are a pair of peaks near Prosit. http://m0.i.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/45616900.DSC_0207.JPG Keith ------ Original Message ------ Received: 06:14 PM EDT, 03/21/2015 From: Pat Frykberg via <south-africa@rootsweb.com> To: south-africa@rootsweb.com Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Omataka Can any one tell me about this please. It's a word that lies in my memory of Namibia in the 1930s. Again from memory with no facts, it is associated with a family who arrived at Neuras in a wagon and outspanned for the night. Sort of gypsies? . In my memory are the words "omataka boers" Love some real info. thanks Patricia Frykberg (aka Pat) ------------------------------- 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