I would imagine it was Lord Selbourne (William Waldegrave Palmer) b 1959 in England . Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony and High Commissioner in 1905 .... He was famous for the Selbourne Memorandum issued on Jan 7 1907 which served as the basis for the National Convention. Returned to England in 1910 and died 1942. Taken from Eric Rosenthal's Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa 6th Edition vol 2. Regards Paxie ----- Original Message ----- From: Neville Rasmussen To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Fw: Woodstock area in the past Does anyone know who the Selborne of Selbourne road is? there are a mass of roads and streets named after him in the older suburbs of CT Neville ----- Original Message ----- From: "sally" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Fw: Woodstock area in the past > Hi Geoff, > Thanks for replying. Yes I have these papers, they relate to a plot of > land > my great uncle owned and the application for a loan to build a house on > it. > He did this in Selborne Road and called the house 'Lewisham' which was the > suburb of London he lived in before leaving for S. Africa. It was from > these papers that I got his wife's name, unfortunately they didn't give > the > daughters names. These papers hold the only reference to the Lymers that I > have managed to find. Thanks so much for your trouble though. > Regards, > Sally > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Geoff > Chew > Sent: 21 April 2010 12:10 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Fw: Woodstock area in the past > > Hi Sally > > I see the Cape archives have a document concerning your great-uncle - > maybe you already know about it? > > DEPOT KAB > SOURCE 3/CT > TYPE LEER > VOLUME_NO 4/1/4/447 > SYSTEM 01 > REFERENCE T570/4 > PART 1 > DESCRIPTION MUNICIPAL PROVISION OF HOMES ORDINANCE: LOAN - TH LYMER > STARTING 1924 > ENDING 1933 > > There don't seem to be any references to the daughters, though. > > Geoff > > On 21 April 2010 11:35, sally <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Glynis, >> I too would love to see the photo's of Woodstock. My great uncle Thomas >> Henry Lymer lived in Selborne Road in the 1920's with his wife Nina and >> three daughters whose names I do not know. He was born in London but >> emigrated in about 1897. His daughters were born about 1908,1910 and >> 1912. > I >> know they all married but I have been unable to trace records for them. >> If >> anyone has come across the surname Lymer in Woodstock I would love to >> hear >> from you. I have photo's of the family. >> >> Thanks, >> Sally > > -- > 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