Morning All I was given some time ago a birthday book which belonged to my late great Uncle Arthur Woodland of Cape Town who played the piano in the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra and ran the music library at the South African Broadcasting Corporation in Cape Town in the I think between the 40's and the 60's. He was married to well know Italian opera singer and diva of Cape Town Albina Bini's sister Maragretha The following birthday entries appear in the book and nothing else. January 5 - Eileen Pentz 1921 January 9 - Doris Fourie born Ferguson 1918 January 21- Mrs. Joan Sinclair February 3 - Alexander Woodland 1886 born at 1.15 am and Louisa Yeomans born Harris our grandmother's wedding day February 6 - Angus Forbes 1957 February 10 - Avrial Woodland 1944 February 14 - Walter George Valentine Woodland 1901 born at 3.15 am February 16 - Charles Russsell 1852 Alleghauz ?? (Praise ye the Lord) February 17 - Brian Moore 1922 February 22 - Robert Lynch 1917 March 1 - Michael Hendricks 1943 March 3 - Jean Rogus March 7 - Margaret Hendricks 1944 and Arthur Hendricks 1921 March 13 - Theodora Bini March 25 - Antonio Paganini March 26 - Peter O'Dea 1919 March 29 - Jan Hugo 1956 March 31 - Hofmeyr April 3 - Andrew O' Dea 1921 April 8 - H Hawthorne 1919 April 9 - Edmund Hawthorn 1919 - twins and Neville Woodland 1945 April 11 - A Murrary 1921 May 13 - Frans Fourie 1909 husband of Doris May 15 - Francis Petersen May 17 - Eric Moore 1918 May 20 - Albert J Lowes May 22 - B Shaper or Shafer 1921 June 3 - Annie Muham June 17 - John Forbes 1921 June 25 - Robert Walsh 1918 June 27 - Hubert Lynch 1918 June 30 - Grace Woodland born Karg 1908 July 1 - Michael Fourie 1951 July 2 - Violet Florence Woodland (Mrs. Forbes) born 3.pm 1889 and Nellie Elizabeth Woodland in 1918 July 7 - Otto Stenger 1920 July 14 - Charlton Holwill, Frank Eugene Woodland born at 1.40 am in 1892 July 17 - George Alfred Elson 1914 July 31 - Raymond John Sinclair 1943 August 7 - Henry Sillifant 1921 August 8 - Robert Brian Fourie 1946 August 10 - Kenny Murray August 16 - Cecily Kisch August 19 - Margaret Edwards 1921 ? August 22 - Danie Hugo August 25 - Alice Mary Ferguson born Woodland in 1893 at 6.30 pm August 28 - Frank Puls 1920 September 2 - John De Freitas 1919 September 6 - Madame Harris and Jean Nicol September 11 - Patricia Penrith September 12 - Mrs Durr September 13 - Mrs Beck September 14 - Nico Muller September 15 - Arthur Bertram Woodland born at 2.15 in 1902 , Leumee Du Preez, Andrew Lotz 1902, Lorraine Woodland, Tim Kelly, Marlene Hargreaves 1935 September 19 - wee John Forbes 1951 September 22 - Shelagh Forbes 1955 September 26 - George Colley 1911 September 27 - Mr Barrett , Mrs Danna Hugo September 28 - Jack Woodland October 1 - Charles Woodland son of Charles Woodland October 2 - Charles William Woodland born 1890 at 5.pm October 7 - Lionel Arthur Woodland October 8 - Hannah Louisa Woodland born Yeomans in 1863 - mother October 9 - Jimmy Byrne October 11 - Charlie de Freitas and Arthur Bryington October 12 - Victor Beresford Woodland born 1896 at 1.45 pm , Mrs Ludwig October 20 - Francis Stenger 1921 October 22 - Margeuritha Cora Bini 1901 October 28 - Raymond Burrington Edwards 1916 November 2- Rev Father Cahill (Joseph Lawrence) 1901 November 4 - Brian Woodland 1958 November 6 - Richard Arthur Woodland 1863 - father November 7 - Morkel van Tonder, Mrs Hardick, Marita Daline Sinclair 1948 November 20 - Willi de Vos November 21 - Florence Crowley 1917 November 22 - Beatrice Louisa Woodland born Sunday morning at 4.55 am in 1898, Japie Hugo November 23 - T. Kenna 1922 November 25 - Gen Charles White (Twinkle Eyes) 1914 November 26 - Herbert Richard Woodland born at 5.30 pm in 1887 December 13 - Paul Fairbanks aged 24 in 1956 December 16 - Casper Venter December 22 - Pieter Venter December 25 - Mrs Ages Pentz born Kelly 1895 , Ethel Yeomans Slater December 27 - Cecil Puls 1918 December 29 - Rosamund Woodland December 30 - Francis Henrietta Fourie 1943 December 31 - Wallace Symington 1921 Hope this has either been of interest or use to someone kind regards Heather - cold wet and rain Cape Town Heather's South African Genealogy Help List at www.genealogy.co.za is soon due to be re-vamped and re-launched. This web site will have more content and more surprises.......please keep watching my home page for the latest announcements. Join the Cape Town Family History Society www.genealogy.co.za/society/socweb.htm Join the Cape Town Mailing list at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ZAF/SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN.html