He would have been very uncomfortable to live with!! Best wishes, Tombi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikki" <alnic@polka.co.za> To: <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Rev. GeorgeTHOMPSON > Just in case your information doesn't include the following I couldn't > resist typing it up as he sounds to me like a man who deserves as much > attention as we can give him! > > Rev. George THOMPSON > ' on the 27th June 1874, there died in Grahamstown the Rev. George > THOMPSON > aged 73 held by all to be a man of great holiness ......... His funeral > which we all attended was said to have been the largest ever held in > Grahamstown..........It was said that he had been found dead on his knees > at > his bedside, and that all the money he had in the world was half a crown. > No wonder he was poor and ill-nourished, for he gave everything away ; > even > when ill, if a devoted sympathiser sent him some little delicacy, a tender > piece of chicken, some good soup or jelly, or a light pudding, he would at > once get up and run off with it, and, with great joy, give it to some > poor, > sick, needy person ( child or adult), entirely oblivious of his own sore > necessity." > > Oh that there were more like him in this world!! > Kind regards > Nikki > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kathy O'Reilly > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 12:11 PM > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] THOMPSON , THOMSON Her South African Ancestors Samuel > Cron Cronwright > > Thanks so much, Nikki. I already have quite a bit of info on Rev. William > THOMSON and Rev. George THOMPSON, so please don't worry about typing up > anything on them, If you come across an O'REILLY, please remember me. > > Thanks again - much appreciated. > Kind regards, > Kathy > > On 22 November 2012 10:17, Nikki <alnic@polka.co.za> wrote: > >> Hi Kathy >> Agnes Cron married a Rev. William THOMSON and went to live with him in >> England. >> >> Otherwise there is some info on a Rev. George THOMPSON of Grahamstown >> which >> i will gladly type up for you if it is of interest. >> Can't see any O'REILLY at a glance but will keep my eyes peeled. >> >> Kind regards >> Nikki >> Sedgefield >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kathy O'Reilly >> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 7:46 AM >> To: moyraj@r63.co.za ; south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Her South African Ancestors FEATHERSTONE, >> FINAUGHTY,CRON, WRIGHT, CRONWRIGHT >> >> Hi Nikki, is there perhaps any mention of any O'REILLY or THOMPSON - >> particularly William Rowland THOMPSON? Thanks, Kathy >> >> moyraj@r63.co.za wrote: >> >> >Hi Nikki, could you let me have any info on SHEPPERSON please. Regards >> >Moyra Joyce, Bedford >> >Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: "Nikki" <alnic@polka.co.za> >> >Sender: south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com >> >Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:04:12 >> >To: <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com>; >> ><south-africa@rootsweb.com> >> >Reply-To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com >> >Subject: [ZA-EC] Her South African Ancestors FEATHERSTONE, FINAUGHTY, >> CRON, >> > WRIGHT, CRONWRIGHT >> > >> >Hi All >> >Just obtained a copy of the book Her South African Ancestors by Samuel >> Cron >> >Cronwright. 1930. Lots of family info mostly on names above as well as >> >HURNDALL SHEPPERSON etc etc. >> >Please shout if i can help anyone with any info from the book. >> >Kind regards >> >Nikki >> >( canil) >> > >> >No virus found in this outgoing message. >> >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> >Version: 9.0.930 / Virus Database: 2441.1.1/5408 - Release Date: >> >11/20/12 >> >22:15:00 >> > >> >------------------------------- >> >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-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-EASTERN-CAPE-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-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.930 / Virus Database: 2441.1.1/5409 - Release Date: 11/21/12 >> 09:34:00 >> >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.930 / Virus Database: 2441.1.1/5410 - Release Date: 11/21/12 >> 22:05:00 >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-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-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.930 / Virus Database: 2441.1.1/5410 - Release Date: 11/21/12 > 22:05:00 > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.930 / Virus Database: 2441.1.1/5410 - Release Date: 11/21/12 > 22:05:00 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message