Hello I'm new to the lists & not sure if I am at the correct place. Robert Elder born 1850 in the Border's Scotland died 1908 in South Africa, where??? all that I do no is that he was a Carpenter who's first job in SA was to make furniture for a Church. There was a Picture & an article in a Johannesburg Newspaper of one of his Daughters been married . Can anyone point me in the right direction, to find out more on Robert & his family. Robert family William. Janet. Robert. Agnes. Annie. I don't have any dates of birth. There is talk of Robert fighting in the Boer War but which Robert. Any help what so ever to get over this brick wall welcome Bob Elder

Hello Bob I found these estate papers in the Pretoria Archives You will either have to write to them directly or use a recommended researcher DEPOT TAB SOURCE MHG TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 0 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 5027/48 PART 1 DESCRIPTION ELDER, KENNETH ROBERT. STARTING 19480000 ENDING 19480000 REMARKS SURVIVING SPOUSE GRACE ANDERSON ELDER (BORN BOOKER). DEPOT TAB SOURCE MHG TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 0 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 11910 PART 1 DESCRIPTION ELDER, ROBERT. STARTING 19080000 ENDING 19080000 REMARKS SURVIVING SPOUSE AGNES CAMPBELL ELDER. DEPOT TAB SOURCE MHG TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 0 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 260/54 PART 1 DESCRIPTION ELDER, ROBERT THOMAS. STARTING 19530000 ENDING 19530000 REMARKS SURVIVING SPOUSE MARJORIE JOHAN ELDER (BORN RICHARDS hope this helps you kind regards Heather Heather's South African Genealogy Help List www.genealogy.co.za Scribes Ink. Publishing - South African Genealogy on CD www.genealogy.co.za/scribes.html Cape Town Family History Society www.genealogy.co.za/society/socweb.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "relder" <relder@tiscali.co.uk> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 9:53 AM Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Elder > Hello > I'm new to the lists & not sure if I am at the correct place. Robert Elder born 1850 in the Border's Scotland died 1908 in South Africa, where??? all that I do no is that he was a Carpenter who's first job in SA was to make furniture for a Church. There was a Picture & an article in a Johannesburg Newspaper of one of his Daughters been married . Can anyone point me in the right direction, to find out more on Robert & his family. > Robert family > William. Janet. Robert. Agnes. Annie. I don't have any dates of birth. > There is talk of Robert fighting in the Boer War but which Robert. > Any help what so ever to get over this brick wall welcome > Bob Elder > > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== > Heather's South African Genealogy Help List > www.genealogy.co.za > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > >