Hi to list members. I have been lurking on this list for a few weeks now and thought it was about time I introduced myself. I have in the past put a message on the South Africa list without much success and thought that I might try again. I do not have very much information but I am looking for any COX descendants that may be around in the Cape Town area. My grandparents were Ludwig Gerhard COX b. 30th Nov.1898, S.Africa. Died 16th Feb.1979, England and Johanna Susarah Hendrika ? b. 1st. April, 1898, S Africa. Died 27th Oct. 1971, England. I recently obtained my parents marriage certificate which shows my grandfather as Leslie COX....(I assume this was anglicised because of the war) occupation hairdresser. My mother was Una Johanna Sophia COX b. 27 June 1925. d. 30th Oct. 1980. The marriage took place in the Methodist Church Claremont and my Grandparent's address was 45, Main Road Claremont in 1944, although I always knew it as Main Street, Newlands My question is where do I go from here? Should I try to get hold of my Mother's birth certificate and my grandparents marriage certificate although I have no idea when or where they were married, if so, is it possible to do so from England? I assume I should contact South Africa house in London. Does anyone remember a gent's hairdresser in Claremont? My grandfather would have been there presumably until they came to England in the early 60's. My mother's sister, Sally Harper had a cabin cruiser that took trips to seal island. I vaguely remember a paper cutting from the Cape Argus showing a photo of the Sadlers Wells ballet company taking a trip. My apologies for the length of this posting but I am clutching at straws. I would be grateful for any snippet of information. There are photos of my grandparents on my website. Also on this page if anyone is interested there is a photograph of the Cape Technical College Cricket Club Team 1950 -1951, my Uncle Llewellyn Harper is Vice Captain. Kind regards Jennifer Cooper in Milton Keynes UK http://www.buckspoint.f2s.com/coxpage.htm

Hi Jennifer Welcome to the list. Unless you know where, or at least in which denomination your grandparents were married, it is going to be a mission to find the church entry - that is also assuming that they were married in this country. They might also have had a civil (or court) wedding - if that was in the Western Cape, you might find it under the HAWC marriage files at the Cape Town Archives. It too will be a needle in haystack search if you don't know more or less when they were married as it is in date order and not alphabetical order. Good luck. Regards Sharon Warr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifer Cooper" <jennifer@buckspoint.f2s.com> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 2:03 PM Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] COX > Hi to list members. > > I have been lurking on this list for a few weeks now and thought it was > about time I introduced myself. I have in the past put a message on the > South Africa list without much success and thought that I might try again. > > I do not have very much information but I am looking for any COX > descendants that may be around in the Cape Town area. > > My grandparents were Ludwig Gerhard COX b. 30th Nov.1898, S.Africa. Died > 16th Feb.1979, England and Johanna Susarah Hendrika ? b. 1st. April, > 1898, S Africa. Died 27th Oct. 1971, England. I recently obtained my > parents marriage certificate which shows my grandfather as Leslie > COX....(I assume this was anglicised because of the war) occupation > hairdresser. My mother was Una Johanna Sophia COX b. 27 June 1925. d. 30th > Oct. 1980. The marriage took place in the Methodist Church Claremont and > my Grandparent's address was 45, Main Road Claremont in 1944, although I > always knew it as Main Street, Newlands > > My question is where do I go from here? Should I try to get hold of my > Mother's birth certificate and my grandparents marriage certificate > although I have no idea when or where they were married, if so, is it > possible to do so from England? I assume I should contact South Africa > house in London. > > Does anyone remember a gent's hairdresser in Claremont? My grandfather > would have been there presumably until they came to England in the early > 60's. My mother's sister, Sally Harper had a cabin cruiser that took trips > to seal island. I vaguely remember a paper cutting from the Cape Argus > showing a photo of the Sadlers Wells ballet company taking a trip. > > My apologies for the length of this posting but I am clutching at straws. > I would be grateful for any snippet of information. There are photos of my > grandparents on my website. Also on this page if anyone is interested > there is a photograph of the Cape Technical College Cricket Club Team > 1950 -1951, my Uncle Llewellyn Harper is Vice Captain. > > Kind regards > Jennifer Cooper > in Milton Keynes UK > > http://www.buckspoint.f2s.com/coxpage.htm > > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== > FamilyTree.co.za.......it's the place to hang out and do your Family Tree > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > >