I also have a Great Granddad who worked on the South African railways. He probably left England around a similar time to your relatives. I don't know how to find him but if I manage to I will let you know. His name was James Alfred Johnson, he was a time-keeper for the South Africa Railway. Regards Maria Karimi Valencia, California ________________________________ From: Lynn Anderson <ly.anderson@bigpond.com> To: south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 8:23 PM Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Andersons on the railways. Can anyone help me find, or advise me how to find details of a number of brothers who arrived in Capetown at various times and who all worked for the railways as far as I know. They were Percy Anderson arrived around 1894, aged ~27?; Wallace Hartshorne Anderson who arrived on ss Goorka in 1902, aged ~38; Luke Anderson who possibly arrived on ss Gascon in 1903, aged ~43 ; William Edward Anderson who arrived on ss Garth Castle in 1910, originally went to East London and later went to Cape Town, aged ~38 ; and Arthur Anderson who possibly arrived in 1928, aged ~58?. They all came from South London and I have the details of their life there but have hardly any information after they left England. Regards Lynn Anderson Sydney, Australia. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Hello Maria If you ancestors worked for the railways you can always search the National Archives website on www.national.archives.gov.za for letters, correspondence, work promotions etc also The National Archives houses books called Civil Servants Records and you will find in those books how much they earned, pensions, where they worked etc. Ancestry24 has transcribed several sections in some of those books http://ancestry24.com/collection-type/?id=397 Collections in this group: 1894 Cape Civil Service Pension List (682 records) 1895 Cape Civil Service Pension List (738 records) 1900 Civil Servants Pension Lists (814 records) 1902 Health Officer's in Natal (89 records) 1902 Natal Railway Civil Servants (3124 records) 1907 Civil Servants + Justice of the Peace (1709 records) 1908 Civil Service Pension List (308 records) 1908 Civil Service Pension List Cape (1774 records) 1908 Field Cornet's Pension List (115 records) 1910 Public Service And Pensions (168 records) Kind regards Heather Please remember that by adding your family tree to the free tree builder there is more chance that other people searching the same family will be able to contact you. Regards Heather Heather MacAlister Channel Manager E heather@ancestry24.co.za T +27 (021) 468 8957 F +27 (0)86 5810390 Join us on Facebook twitter.com/ancestry24 | skype.com/ancestry24 7th Floor , 11 Adderley Street, Cape Town, 8000 | www.ancestry24.co.za -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-cape-town-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-cape-town-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Maria Karimi Sent: 14 April 2012 06:20 PM To: south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Andersons on the railways. I also have a Great Granddad who worked on the South African railways. He probably left England around a similar time to your relatives. I don't know how to find him but if I manage to I will let you know. His name was James Alfred Johnson, he was a time-keeper for the South Africa Railway. Regards Maria Karimi Valencia, California ________________________________ From: Lynn Anderson <ly.anderson@bigpond.com> To: south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 8:23 PM Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Andersons on the railways. Can anyone help me find, or advise me how to find details of a number of brothers who arrived in Capetown at various times and who all worked for the railways as far as I know. They were Percy Anderson arrived around 1894, aged ~27?; Wallace Hartshorne Anderson who arrived on ss Goorka in 1902, aged ~38; Luke Anderson who possibly arrived on ss Gascon in 1903, aged ~43 ; William Edward Anderson who arrived on ss Garth Castle in 1910, originally went to East London and later went to Cape Town, aged ~38 ; and Arthur Anderson who possibly arrived in 1928, aged ~58?. They all came from South London and I have the details of their life there but have hardly any information after they left England. Regards Lynn Anderson Sydney, Australia. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message