Hi Helen, My great grandfather William Henry CLAYTON 1875-1912, is stated on his death notice as having died at Keerom Street, Paarl, Drakenstein district. This is in the Western Cape. If you do a google search for PAARL you will find plenty of interesting information and history. You can find a map for almost any place in South Africa at this site: http://www.multimap.com/index/SF2.htm Hope this helps a bit. Elva Queensland, Australia > X-Message: #1 > Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 15:12:31 +1000 > From: "Helen Woodward" <helipegs@hotmail.com> > To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <BAY8-F25dff1tbqJt3P00048e7a@hotmail.com> > Subject: RE: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-D Digest V04 #85 > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > Hello List > I'm new to the List and really happy to be here. > I found the history of Port Elizabeth really interesting and am > wondering if > there is similar historical information re the port at The Cape ? > My interest lies in that my ancestor was William Bridekirk born > Yorkshire UK > who was Deputy Port Captain in 1806, Tide Surveyor in 1809 and in 1808 > was > Port Captain & Tide Surveyor. > From Peter Philip's book "British Residents at The Cape" details of > which > kindly sent to me by List members of Sth African British List: his > address > was 14A Keerom Str. and 4 Strand Str. > Would anyone be able to tell me where these streets were or are now ? > He > died in 1826, buried Somerset East. Is there a map of Cape Town in the > early 1800s accessible to the Net ? I believe there was (and perhaps > still > is) a "Bridekirk Way" in Cape Town also. > > Would anyone be able to tell me more about the Port at this time, > and/or his > duties, responsibilities, or "set the historical scene" for me at this > time > ? Anything relevant would be very much appreciated as I virtually know > nothing about the Port at that time in SA history. > Thanking you in advance, > Helen Woodward > New England Australia >