Hi Magda I am pleased to know the transcriptions are a help in finding your family. Like Kimberley, Johannesburg's Gold Fields attracted many who came to "seek their fortune", and many a lost family member is found up here on the Witwatersrand. Regards Shirley On 20 February 2014 21:34, Magda Begeman <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you so much for all your hard work. Little pieces of my family > history are slowly falling in place. > On Feb 20, 2014 9:28 PM, "shirley paladin" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> These transcriptions are from the Longland's ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY of >> JOHANNESBURG (1893) and include the names of many more residents and >> also cover the suburbs of Fordsburg and Jeppestown and some smaller >> areas. They compliment the Street directory that I recently posted >> >> I have typed the surnames as they are written in the Directory, but >> I've completed some abbreviated words for easier reading. Also please >> note there are words that are not politically correct to use but I >> have transcribed details as written. >> I will post them over the next few weeks and apologies in advance for >> any errors I may make in transcription! >> >> >> 1893 Johannesburg ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY [Henry Longland] >> >> A >> >> AARON, B, Westminster Bar and Store, Anderson-st., east >> >> AARON & STEINWEIS (Transvaal Cigar Co), Box 80 tel. ad."Liberta",Kerk-st., >> east >> >> AARON, C (above firm), Nugget-st., north >> >> AARONS, B, Duke of Wellington Bar, Market-st., west, residence next door >> >> AARONS & KAMPENSKY, clothiers and outfitters, box 308, Market Buildings >> >> ABEL & Co., auctioneers, box 698, Commercial Buildings, Simmonds-st., >> south; W A MACKAY, manager >> >> ABEL, J H (above firm), Janie-st, Jeppe's >> >> ABELHEIM, M, produce merchant and general store, box 1577, Market-st., east >> >> ABLETT, J P & Co., general hardware merchants, ironmongers,, house >> furnishers and importers of building and mining material, box 1180, >> tel. ad. "Ablett", Market-sq., north (advert) >> >> ABRAHAMS, M, stock and share broker, box 1060, tel. ad. "Energy", >> Green's Chambers, Commissioner-st., centre; residence, Sherwell-st., >> Doornfontein >> >> ABRAHAMS, S. stock and share broker, address Exchange, box 268; >> residence, Kerk-st. >> >> ABRAHAMSON, J, tinsmith and plumber, box 1384, Simmonds-st., north >> >> ABURROW, C, engineer and surveyor, box 534, tel. ad. "Cab", Barnato >> Buildings, Fox-st., centre >> >> ABSOLEM, J L, Delvers-st., south >> >> ACHESON,T J, manager Henwood, Son, Soutter & Co >> >> ACTON, V J, cart trimmer, box 829, Commissioner-st, west >> >> ADAIR, Alfred, F.I.C., analytical chemist and metallurgist, box 142, >> Simmonds-st., south >> >> ADAMS, A, Standard confectionery rooms, Market-st., east >> >> ADAMS, H, tailor, Prichard-st, east >> >> ADAMS, Sidney, carpenter, Quartz-st., north >> >> 124 >> >> ADAMS, W, mason, Market-st., west >> >> ADAMS, Mrs, Kerk-st., east >> >> ADAMSON, Thos., secretary Market Buildings Co., box 1450, Market >> Buildings; residence, Rissik-st., south >> >> ADCOCK, C C, stock and share broker, box 1057, tel. ad. "Zero", Old >> Exchange Buildings, Simmonds-st., south >> >> ADCOCK, Mrs, Jeppe-st., east >> >> ADLER, David, livery and racing stables, Marshall-sq., north. All >> communications to be addressed to box 1652, or Bodega, Simmonds-st., >> south (advert) >> >> ADLER, H, Extension bar and Kafir store, box 1435, Meyer and Charlton >> road, Jeppe's >> >> ADLAR, Henry, box 1059, Tollemache buildings, Commissioner-st., >> centre; residence, Sherwell-st. >> >> ADLER, M, auctioneer, box, 1953, residence, rissik-st., north >> >> ADLER, W H , Exchange buildings; residence Jeppe-st., east >> >> ADOLFS, M. secretary Sanitary Board; res., Plein-st., east >> >> Aegis Assurance & Trust Co., Ltd., A R HANDS, manager, box 314, tel. >> ad. "Alert" 9, Union Buildings, Loveday-st., south >> >> African Board of Executors and Trust Co., Limited, box 22, tel ad. >> "Board", Barnato Buildings, Harrison-st., south; J H RAINER, manager >> >> African Gold Recovery Co., W W WEBSTER, manager, box 1283, Natal >> Buildings, Commissioner-st., centre >> >> African Estate Co., Ltd., box 267, Commercial Buildings, Commisioner-st., >> centre >> >> AHNERT, E P, Simmonds-st., south >> >> AIRTH, G R, secretary City & Suburban G M Co., Ltd., box 28, >> residence, Meyer and Charlton road, Jeppe's >> >> AITCHENSON, D, Jules-st., Jeppe's >> >> ALBU, G & L, stock and share brokers, box 1282, 8, Exchange Buildings >> >> ALBU, George, residence, End-st., Doornfontein >> >> ALBU, Felix, box 1242, residence, Buxton-st., Doornfontein >> >> ALCOCK, T, & Co., hardware and china merchants, house furnishers, box >> 160, tel. ad. "Alcock", Rissik-st., north; C W WILKINS, manager >> >> ADLER, G C, box 874, Maddison-st., Jeppe's >> >> ALEXANDER, A, & Co., produce and provision dealers, box 381, tel. ad. >> "Attention", Market-sq., south >> >> ALEXANDER, A D & Co., stock and share brokers, box 76, 16, Natal >> Buildings, Commissioner-st., centre >> >> ALEXANDER, A D, residence, Plein-st., east >> >> ALEXANDER, A, vegetable dealer, box 381, Market House >> >> 125 >> >> ALEXANDER, A C & Co, stock and share brokers, and general financial >> agents, box 143, tel. ad. "Delta", Fraser-st., south >> >> ALEXANDER, B, livery and bait stables, box 30, Simmonds-st., south >> >> ALEXANDER, D F, builder and contractor, Fawcus-st., Jeppe's >> >> ALEXANDER, George A, loan office, box 896, Tollemache Buildings, >> Commissioner-st., centre >> >> ALEXANDER, John, fruiterer, box 1460, The Arcade, Commissioner-st., centre >> >> ALEXANDER, R, End bar, market-st., east., residence Market-st., east >> >> ALEXANDER, R, Loveday-st., south >> >> ALLAN, Rev A, Presbyterian minister, box 187, Bree-st, east >> >> ALLAN, J, M.D., Edin., c/o B G Lennon & Co., box 928, Pritchard-st., >> east; residence, Mint Road, Fordsburg >> >> ALLWRIGHT, G, foreman printer Standard & Diggers' News >> >> ALSTON, F A (Chandler & Co.); residence Ophirton >> >> American Tailoring Co., H GOLDBARD, Loveday-st., south >> >> AMM, P, & Son, grocers and Italian warehousemen, box 484, Market-st., >> west, and Pritchard-st., centre >> >> AMM, P, residence, Jeppe-st., east >> >> AMM, E J, residence, Jeppe-st., east >> >> ANDERSON, J, fitter, Smal-st., south >> >> ANDERSON, J, provision store and wood and coal depot, box 1071, >> Pritchard-st., east >> >> ANDERSON, Mrs, Globe-st., west >> >> ANDERSON, E J (Republican & Colonial Loan Agency) >> >> ANDERSON, F W, Noord-st., centre >> >> ANDERSON, W B , & Co., Confectionery Works, box 84, President-st., north >> >> ANDERSON, C L, sec. Wanders' Club; residence, Hoek-st., north >> >> ANDIES, P, sewing machine depot, Marshall-sq., west, and beer hall, >> box 1572, Marshall-sq., west >> >> ANDRADE, R de Costa, house agent, box 593, Commissioner-st., centre; >> residence, Von Welligh-st., north >> >> ANDREAC, Chas, manager Grusonwerk, box 399 >> >> ANDREWS, C, late of Kimberley, Café Royal Hotel and billiard saloon, >> box 1579, Market-st., east >> >> ANDREWS, G R, C.E., manager Johannesburg waterworks, box 53; >> residence, The Avenue, Doornfontein >> >> ANDREWS, T, Frederick-st., centre >> >> ANGELL, W, storeman Ferreira G M Co., Anderson-st., west >> >> ANSELL & MYERS, The Goldsmiths' Alliance, watchmakers, jewellers, and >> importers of fancy goods, box 530, Morkel's Buildings, Market-sq., >> south >> >> ANSELL, F H, (above firm) >> >> 126 >> >> ANSHELL, J, produce dealer, Kerk-st., centre >> >> APASAMY, A, box 1058, hairdresser, Harrison-st., south >> >> APPLEBY, Rev R F, Wesleyan min., box 233, President-st., east >> >> APPLEBY, G, Betty-st., south >> >> APSEY, J T, & Co., drapers and milliners, box 132, tel. ad. "Apsey", >> The Colonnade, Pritchard-st., east >> >> ARDERNE, Mrs, Von Brandis-st., south >> >> ARENSON, M, Cricketers' bar, Bree-st., centre >> >> ARENSTAM, L, bootmaker, Sauer-st., south >> >> ARENSTEIN, B, foreign cigar and cigarette manufactory, box 1482, >> Eloff-st., centre >> >> Argus Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd., stationers, printers, and >> importers of fancy goods, proprietors of The Star newspaper, box 1014, >> Eloff-st.; F J DORMER, managing director >> >> ARMSTRONG, Mrs, Jeppe-st., centre >> >> ARNHOLZ & STAZUNSKY, produce merchants, box 887, Main Natal road, Jeppe's >> >> ARNHOLZ, M, (above firm); residence, next door >> >> ARNOLD, A, (local manager E W TARRY & Co., Ltd) >> >> AROONDSALEM, G, barber, Sauer-st., south >> >> ASHBY, Dr C L, L.R.C.P., box 890, Morkel's Buildings, Rissik-st., south >> >> ASHLER, Mrs, Banket-st., north >> >> ASSMUTH, L, hard wood timber merchant, box 17, Barberton Chambers, >> Harrison-st., south >> >> ATKINSON, W C, draughtsman, Barnato Buildings, Commissioner-st., centre >> >> ATTWELL, W, market caretaker, Sherwell-st., Doornfontein >> >> ATTWOOD, J, boot repairer, Simmonds-st., south >> >> AUC, W, Commercial road, Fordsburg >> >> AURET, C, mason, Sauer-st., north >> >> AURET, J G, advocate, box 287, Goodman's Buildings, Commissioner-st., >> centre; residence, Keizer-st., Wanderers' >> >> AURET, J (Sanitary Board), Kerk-st., east >> >> AURET, I, Davies-st., Doornfontein >> >> AZULAY, E, stock and share broker, and general agent, box 1261, 13 >> City Chambers, Commissioner-st., centre >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message