OR, use eGGSA! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maurice Sheppard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 8:14 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] LONGMORE / THOMAS-KING > Hi David, > > Point taken - I'll drop them an email. > > Cheers, > > Maurice Sheppard at The LONGMORE Pages > http://www.msheppard.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David and Mary Bossenger" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 7:34 PM > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] LONGMORE / THOMAS-KING > > > Hi, > My advice still stands. If there is a death notice that is properly > completed it will be a mine of genealogical information. Ask some kind > soul, going to the Bloem archives to do a look up for you. Alternatively > contact the Archives and pay them to do it. > Regards, > David B > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Geoff > Chew > Sent: 17 May 2010 17:49 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] LONGMORE / THOMAS-KING > > PS: The wife of the Alec LONGMORE I first mentioned was called Iris. I > think > they had no children, but I haven't been in touch with them since my > childhood. > > Geoff > > On 17 May 2010 16:41, Maurice Sheppard <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Jennifer, >> >> Thanks for the link. It has enabled me to establish that the family >> left London on 6 June 1882 on board the Dublin Castle and arrived in >> East London on 1st Jul1882. It also seems probable that Charles Francis > died in 1906. >> >> Regards, >> >> Maurice Sheppard at The LONGMORE Pages http://www.msheppard.com >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Graham and Jennifer Lloyd" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 9:55 AM >> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] LONGMORE / THOMAS-KING >> >> >>> Have a look at Ancestry24 - there are about 90 references to Longmore >>> >>> http://ancestry24.com >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Jennifer >>> >>> Graham & Jennifer Lloyd >>> [Genealogical & Historical Research] >>> 2 Constantia Court >>> River's End Road >>> Plumstead 7800 >>> Cape Town >>> South Africa >>> Tel: +0027 (0)21 7974875 >>> Mobile: 0824037343 >>> email: [email protected] >>> http://southafricanfamily.com >>> >>> I'm not stuck, I'm Ancestrally challenged >>> >>> Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass It's about learning to >>> dance in the rain >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Maurice Sheppard" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 8:05 PM >>> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] LONGMORE / THOMAS-KING >>> >>> >>>> Two quick responses - thank you! >>>> >>>> David & Mary Bossenger: >>>> >>>> Yes, I believe that is more than possible. This is handwritten >>>> scrawl on Alexander's military record and the William is abbreviated >>>> to Wm. So Alice THOMAS it most likely is! >>>> >>>> On Marie's marriage certificate in 1871, she states that her father >>>> was Alexander Michael LONGMORE - painter (deceased), yet I have >>>> never found any other reference to him other than as plain >>>> Alexander. I've also never found a death entry for him although >>>> Marie's mother re-married in 1854. But when it comes to PAGET, this >>>> is too much of a coincidence as the grandmother of Alexander who >>>> married Alice was a Hannah PAGETT! So that sounds good - thank you. >>>> >>>> Geoff: >>>> >>>> None of the known Alexanders in this family were born in 1909 or >>>> thereabouts, but the name could well have been given to one of >>>> Alexander and Alice's grandsons. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Maurice Sheppard at The LONGMORE Pages http://www.msheppard.com >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Geoff Chew" <[email protected]email.com> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 7:54 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] LONGMORE / THOMAS-KING >>>> >>>> >>>> My godfather in East London was an Alec LONGMORE, close friend of my >>>> father and I suppose more or less his contemporary (my father was >>>> born in 1909). I don't know whether he is from the same family, >>>> though the name may not be coincidental, and I may be able to find >>>> more details about him if you need them (including photos). >>>> >>>> Geoff >>>> >>>> On 16 May 2010 17:44, David and Mary Bossenger <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> Are you sure it isn't Alice THOMAS at Kingwilliamstown? >>>>> There is also a ref in the National archives as follows: >>>>> "DEPOT VAB (Free State Archives) >>>>> SOURCE MHG (Master of the High Court) TYPE LEER (File) VOLUME_NO 0 >>>>> SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE L1944 PART 1 DESCRIPTION LONGMORE, ALEXANDER >>>>> MICHAEL PAGET. EGGENOTE (Spouse) ALICE KATE LONGMORE. >>>>> STARTING 19210000 ENDING 19210000 " >>>>> I have added the necessary English translation in brackets. >>>>> Perhaps some kind soul will do the look up for you in Bloemfontein. >>>>> It will be a record of the estate (probate) and with luck will >>>>> contain a deat notice with family deails >>>>> >>>>> Born in Bilston (Staffordshire) in 1841, he joined the 20th >>>>> Regiment of Foot (later absorbed into the Lancashire Fusiliers) in >>>>> 1860, which included a tour of duty in South Africa. Whilst there, >>>>> on 23rd April 1871 at Williamstown, he married Alice THOMAS-KING >>>>> (bn circa 1853 in Natal). >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Geoff Chew >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > Geoff Chew > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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