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 >

Hi Neville Hope this helps: SELBORNE, William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of. High Commissioner and Governor. London 17.10.1859 - London 26.2.1942. Having graduated in history at the University of Oxford, he was Under-Secretary for the Colonies from 1895 to 1900, when he was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. He came to South Africa to succeed Lord Milner as High Commissioner in South Africa and Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony in April 1905. He showed much more understanding and was much more approachable than his haughty predecessor; also, as a keen farmer, he was bound to be more popular than Milner in an agrarian community. Two major developments, in which he himself played a leading part, took shape during his term of office. The first was the early introduction of William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne. responsible government in the former republics. Here he was opposed to the Milner policy, which envisaged such an eventuality only after sufficient strengthening of the British element through immigration during a relatively long period of advanced Crown colony government. Also, Lord Selborne took the lead - in close co-operation with the Milner kindergarten - in working for closer union of the various colonies. His chief claim to be remembered in South Africa rests upon his Selborne memorandum (1907). Its immediate object was to deal with the vexed railway question, but the terms of the memorandum implied that some form of closer union was inescapable. When union was an accomplished fact, Lord Selborne, a Conservative, had to make way for a Liberal, Lord Gladstone, and so was deprived of the honour of becoming the Union's first governor-general. Selborne, Selborne College in East London and Selborne Primary School at Vereeniging are named after him. Heather MacAlister Channel Manager Tel:021 446 5200 Fax:+27 (0)86 581 0390 www.ancestry24.co.za Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ancestry24 Skype: Ancestry24 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of Neville Rasmussen Sent: Wed 21/04/2010 06:29 PM To: [email protected] 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 ____________________________________________________________________________ This email and its contents are subject to an email legal notice that can be viewed at: http://www.naspers.com/email/disclaimer.html Should you be unable to access the link provided, please email us for a copy at [email protected] Hierdie e-pos en sy inhoud is onderhewig aan 'n regskennisgewing oor elektroniese pos wat gelees kan word by http://www.naspers.com/epos/vrywaring.html 'n Afskrif kan aangevra word by [email protected] ____________________________________________________________________________