Dear All, To me it just amazing how several people got into the search and within a few days the file, ship name, passengers etc. were available. This type of co-operation and involvement and being together of the genealogists amazes me. We all are a bunch of smart people !! Well done to all. Eddie OTTE RUSTENBURG 014 533 1318 en 072 900 4461 en 081 042 0299 OTTE, MOLL, LOMBARD, VAN NIEKERK -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: 20 January 2014 05:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] PERKINS/OXENHAM Good Morning The ship the family sailed on was the: GLOUCESTER CASTLE Date of departure: 23 October 1920 Port of departure: London Passenger destination port: Cape, South Africa Passenger destination: Cape, South Africa Passengers: Name: Mr G PERKINS; Date of Birth: 1870 (calculated from age) Occupation: Blacksmith Name: Mrs PERKINS; Date of Birth: 1968 (calculated from age) Name: Miss G.M. PERKINS; Date of Birth: 1904 (calculated from age) Name: Mast W.G. PERKINS; Date of Birth: 1907 (calculated from age) Name: Mast E.A. PERKINS; Date of Birth: 1911 (calculated from age) Edward A Perkins was born in the Dec qtr 1911 Alton, Hampshire 2c 335 Mother's Maiden Surname Oxenham Trust this is what you are looking for Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 1:48 AM Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] PERKINS/OXENHAM > My name is Richard I live on the west coast of Canada. > > > I am trying to trace my maternal great grandparents - George PERKINS and > Martha OXENHAM in South Africa from post 1920,s Sussex, England. > > George and Martha travelled to Johannasburg SA aprox 1920, and > stayed in SA for the rest of their life. My parents and grand parents > moved to SA 1947, I was born there in Johannesburg, left when I was two. > > George was a blacksmith/farrier in Sussex, I have no Idea what he > did in SA, or Martha for that matter. In the family it is rumered that > he took other family with him, I do know that he left his married > daughter Louisa, and youngest son John in England. > > I have no idea were to start in South Africa so any and all help most > appreciated. > > Richard of Abbotsford. > > ------------------------------- > 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