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Some Special Interests => Occupation Interests => Topic started by: mags54 on Thursday 14 July 11 19:27 BST (UK)
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Hi
My grandfather was a Gold Mine Captain in South Africa in the early 1900's and I am keen to know what this job entails.Does anyone have any idea ?
Mags
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A Mine Captain supervises and controls the underground operations in a gold mine.
See http://www.answers.com/topic/mine-captain
Stan
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Thanks very much Stan.
Mags
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Hi Mag,
Just spotted your post when looking up info about the Benoni Mine. Elizabeth was my grandaunt and I have been looking into the history of the family that went to South Africa. I am still in contact with Edgar and Elizabeth's descendent's Barry and Derek Sayer who still live in South A. I recently found a letter written to my grandmother Elsie Phillips by her sister Flo, she mentions the mine in passing and the travels that the family were taking around Africa.
Regards
Sian
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Hi Sian
Lovely to hear from you!
Since I started to research our family history in 2005 I have put requests on several sites to try to get in touch with Maisie's family.I was in Durban in 1981 and visited Maisie but lost touch afterwards.I guess Barry and Derek are Maisie and Claude's sons.
Could you answer a few questions for me?
Who and where did Florence marry and did she leave for Africa with my grandparents Elizabeth and Edgar.From conversations I had with my late mother, Gwyneth, I was under the impression that once the family left for Africa they didn't come back to Wales until their final return.After checking passenger lists and Mum's birth certificate I now know they made several trips.
Do you have any info on Aunty Alice or our g grandparents Ben and Elizabeth or any family photos?I would much appreciate any information you might have on the Phillips family.
Look forward to hearing from you
Mag
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Hello Sian - Hello Mags.
We're sorry to hear about Dulcie, Sian and sorry to have lost contact with our moving around. We need to find a way to get in touch again as this site tries to keep everyone incognito. Are you still at Dulcie's or your old postal address.
Mags, our son sent us a photograph of the family in Durban a few years ago when we were in transit and can't find it or your details with the moves. We presume it was from you?
How do you link with Maisie.
Please let us know.
Tnx
Derek
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as this site tries to keep everyone incognito
Users choose their own name, if a member is choosing a username then it likely that they do not want their details published on the internet so I would not advice posting homes addresses etc there is the option to send private messages for confidential information.
Sarah
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Hi Derek
I've pm'd you but I'm not sure you got it.
Maisie and my mother were first cousins. My grandmother Elizabeth Jenkins nee Phillips was a sister to your grandmother Alice. Sian's grandmother Elsie was also their sister so we three are second cousins. My grandparents went out to Africa when Alice and Florence did but returned to Wales for good in 1921. Three of my mother's siblings were born in Benoni during that time but my grandmother came back for my mother's birth in 1913 returning to Benoni when Mam was 6 weeks old.
I've been in touch with Jeremy recently as he's doing the family's history research and if I can help you with any info let me know. I've been researching it for about 17 years and have a tree on Ancestry.co.I'm
Best Wishes
Mag x
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Hi Derek
I've pm'd you but I'm not sure you got it.
Please remember that new members with 1 post can not access the pms yet.
Sarah
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Yes thank you Mags54
I received your PM but as Sarah said I cannot answer it.
The information I have is that Florence Emmie Phillips Married James Duff at the Anglican Cathedral Johannesburg Transvaal on 7th May 1927. They had no children.
As far as I know, Jimmy died at a youngish age caused by a kick on the knee playing football. It may have been a haemorrhage.
Auntie Flo never remarried and passed away in Durban in the late 60's. Not long after Alice.
BoomKZN
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Thanks for your reply
I've managed to find out very little about Florence in her adult life apart from her adult baptism and marriage records and death record for husband James. I wondered if she had children at all but found no trace of any. Did Alice your grandmother have other children besides your mum and Audrey Elsa? I've got lots of information regarding their early lives in Wales and go back many generations of the Phillips family.
Mag