Hi Ellen, Thank you for your reply - now that my dad is deceased, I have no way of finding all the people he dealt with in compiling his records and of course the older generation would not all be around either so I feel I must verify as much information as possible - this is difficult because all the Eastern Cape records are housed in Grahamstown which is about six hours from where I live - we are planning to stay over in December on our way to our daughter's wedding in Cape Town so in the meantime I must get all my information in order so I can utilise the time to good effect. I do not know a THOMAS although WEBB is close enough to WEBBER - I believe the WEBBER family were from Devonshire and had to do with webbing or weaving of fishing nets - perhaps WEBB is from that too. All the best Alison -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ellen Stanton Sent: 14 March 2014 05:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Freemantle, George Hi Alison, Thanks for thinking of me, but my husband does not have any STANTON kin in South Africa. Our surname was originally STANKOVICH, and his grandparents emigrated from Lithuania to the U.S. in the early 20th century. The name was changed to STANTON during WWII. I guess they wanted to sound more "American". His South African grandmother was a THOMAS. Her parents were James Percy and Martha Ann (nee WEBB) THOMAS. Regards, Ellen Stanton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alison Dicks Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 1:21 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Freemantle, George Morning Ellen, I am new to finding family and my father Eric Ronald Webber has compiled a Webber-Stanton family history going back to Robert Webber coming to Grahamstown around 1820's - there were four children and surely there must be some relation between us as there was only 1 Stanton family who came out on the Belle Alliance in 1820. The Webber family married into them in the same generation, three times -two Webber brothers married two Stanton sisters and one sister Naomi married a Webber too - sorry I don't have the names with me at work but I can give you if you want to cross reference. My dad has passed away so all I have are his written notes - no annoying as I now have so many questions to ask him! All the best Alison Dicks (nee Webber) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message The information in this e-mail is confidential and is legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. Whilst all reasonable steps are taken to ensure the accuracy and integrity of information and data transmitted electronically and to preserve the confidentiality thereof, no liability or responsibility whatsoever is accepted if information or data is, for whatever reason, corrupted, or does not reach its intended destination.