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    1. [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Trying to trace - FULLER - HENRY ERNEST - BORN 28 SEPTEMBER 1888, PUTNEY, ENGLAND, UK
    2. Diana McCarthy
    3. I wonder if anyone could help me or point me in the right direction! I live in England, UK & I am trying to assist my Uncle who is now in his 87th year, to trace what happened to his Uncle, who we believe emigrated to South Africa in the early nineteen hundreds. We know he served in the South African Army in the First World War, and any information regarding his life would be so greatly appreciated. The details we have are as follows: Name: Henry Ernest Fuller Birth: 28 September 1888 Location: Putney, Surrey, England Parents: William Henry Fuller and Rosa Jane (nee Maunders) Military: Joined the South African Army in the First World War My Uncle seems to remember his father telling him that Henry Ernest and his wife adopted a child - possibly a daughter. We know that he was 'Single' and still living in England with his Parents & Siblings from the '1911 England & Wales Census.' Taken from the 'UK Incoming Passenger Lists' of 28 April 1922 and the 'Passenger Lists leaving the UK' of the 13 September 1922 we have found this additional information: Occupation: Commercial Traveller for 'Prices (SA) Ltd' Candle Makers. Wife: Ethel Maude ( Fuller ) We can find no trace of his marriage in the UK and wondered if this took place in South Africa sometime between 1911 -1922. What nationality was Ethel Maude and did he meet her sometime during the First World War? We have also found out that in 1910,'Prices Candles' acquired its first overseas factory in Johannesburg and by 1915 the company owned six factories in South Africa, Shanghai and Chile. The Company then went on to construct factories in Rhodesia, Morocco, Pakistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. My Uncle has been an avid genealogist for well over forty years now and the hundreds of names that appear on his family tree are quite astonishing ! There were no computers when he started and the amount of hard work that went into producing his tree is amazing. I would love to tell him what happened to his Uncle Henry so that he could complete that side of his family tree. Thank you so very much. Kind regards Diana

    09/09/2012 06:09:17