Good morning everyone. And Sharon. Just joined this list ! and I have so many CT connections. My first queries..... 1. where can I find out about railway life/info of Charles GOODISON "Retired Union Railwayman" according to his DN He was born in Cape Town 31 October 1859 and died in England 16 January 1918. I have his will and his DN because he still owned property in CT at the time of his death. 2. He married Annie SALMON reportedly born at sea. Any information about her too would be very welcome. I have just discovered his granddaughter in Dorset. She is my second cousin. She wants to know as they were told he went FROM England to build the SA Railway. She did not know he had been born there. I believe this is because Charles' father was a bit of a baddie, embezzlement, fraud, desertion, divorce, jail.... you name it. Even my grandmother Charles' sister refused to tell us anything about their papa. Please point me in the right direction? Pat

Hi Pat Nice to see you on the list - There is a section in the Cape Archives which deals with railway matters but I cannot recall what the Prefix is. The railways made use of many artisans from Britain in the late 1850's early sixties and a lot of them are documented in Esmé Bull's book on British Immigration. A bit too early for your man. I will try and find out what section of the Cape Archives deals with the railways and let you know. Cheers Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Frykberg" <patfryk@clear.net.nz> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 8:00 PM Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Railways > > > > Good morning everyone. And Sharon. Just joined this list ! and I have so > many CT connections. > My first queries..... > 1. where can I find out about railway life/info of Charles GOODISON > "Retired Union Railwayman" according to his DN > He was born in Cape Town 31 October 1859 and died in England 16 January > 1918. I have his will and his DN because he still owned property in CT at > the time of his death. > 2. He married Annie SALMON reportedly born at sea. Any information about > her too would be very welcome. > I have just discovered his granddaughter in Dorset. She is my second > cousin. She wants to know as they were told he went FROM England to build > the SA Railway. She did not know he had been born there. I believe this is > because Charles' father was a bit of a baddie, embezzlement, fraud, > desertion, divorce, jail.... you name it. Even my grandmother Charles' > sister refused to tell us anything about their papa. > Please point me in the right direction? > Pat > > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== > www.sagenealogy.co.za - passenger lists, genealogy links,CDs and books > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >