Hi Ivy I seem to have stirred some memories.......although the family name is Russell...John Robert the 13th Duke was known as Lord Howland when he was growing up. I live relatively close to Woburn Abbey, the family seat here in England. I have spent the afternoon looking through a box of old photos, taken by my father when he was stationed in Cape Town, mainly from the 1940's. I was hoping to find a few clues. Amongst them was a photo of the Duke with my mother and other ladies from the 'Womens Institute' taken at Woburn. plus I did find 2 membership cards dated 1955 for the Methodist Church of South Africa, Cape Town Metropolitan Circuit, Woodstock, belonging to my grandparents, so that might help me for searching records. I also came across a 'Welcome to Cape Town' booklet.....Information for Visiting Troops which makes very interesting reading and a letter from the London committee of the South African Red Cross Society dated 3rd march 1946 welcoming my mother to England. There were addresses for three ladies, Peggy Trent and Doris De Klerk and Bertha Pentz. The first 2 were her school friends I think and Miss Pentz was a Sunday School teacher. I lost touch with her a few years ago before I began family History. The last I heard she was thinking of going into a home. Apologies for waffling. I am grateful for your help. best wishes Jennifer Cooper in Milton Keynes where it is snowing! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Foster, Coral A." <Coral.Anna.Foster@wwrc.virginia.gov> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 1:16 PM Subject: RE: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] COX > Well, I know that Lorna's name was not Russell, but it'll come back to me > when the grey matter warms up from our frigid 17ºF morning air!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ivy Trott [mailto:ivytrott@telkomsa.net] > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 2:42 AM > To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] COX > > > The family name seems to be Russell. > > I am so glad this subject was brought up. I would never ever have thought > of putting 'Duke of Bedford + South Africa" into Google if there had not > been this correspondence on the List. What treasures I found! Not what > our > correspondent wanted - well, I gave up after exploring 10 pages! - but > there > were lots of Boer War references, stacks on zoos and animals, of course, > and > a lovely Appreciation of Georgette Heyer. > > Did you know that GH's novel 'The Spanish Bride' was based on the > Autobiography of Sir Harry Smith? I didn't, and as I lived for a while in > Port Elizabeth I appreciate the book all the more. Now off to amazon.com > to > see if I can find a copy.... > > Thank you, and sorry I couldn't help more. > Go well! Ivy Trott. > > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== > Heather's South African Genealogy Help List > www.genealogy.co.za > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > * CONFIDENTIALITY/PRIVACY NOTICE - The documents included in this > transmission may contain information that is confidential and/or legally > privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or > agent responsible for delivering the information to the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or action taken in reliance on the contents of these > documents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this document in > error, please notify the sender immediately to arrange for return or > destruction of these documents. > > > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== > Heather's South African Genealogy Help List > www.genealogy.co.za > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >