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Title: SOUTH AFRICA SEARCH/ FOR ENTERTAINER TOURING IN 1898
Post by: oskandy on Sunday 05 October 14 04:05 BST (UK)

Cheers South Africa'
Can anybody help with searching South Africa Records for an ancestor .
Looking for  -
 Stage name  "Olly GILBERT "   who  was an entertainer who completed a Tour of South Africa in Oct 1898 with "Hudsons Surprise Party"
Perhaps there is something in news Papers over there as there was in Newspapers here.

He may have returned to South Africa after 1906, so could checks be made for anything else also maybe a death for him,
He was born as Oliver John Drought MEE on 11/4/1873 , but used the names Olly Mee Gilbert, Oliver  or Laurence Gilbert and his stage name above.

Thank you all
   Jen from Australia

Title: Re: SOUTH AFRICA SEARCH/ FOR ENTERTAINER TOURING IN 1898
Post by: pampoen on Wednesday 09 March 16 12:34 GMT (UK)

Not sure if you saw this.

http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/nmets.do?DOCCHOICE=752514.xml&dvs=1457526747751~121&locale=en_AU&search_terms=&adjacency=&VIEWER_URL=/view/action/nmets.do?&DELIVERY_RULE_ID=4&divType=&usePid1=true&usePid2=true

Title: Re: SOUTH AFRICA SEARCH/ FOR ENTERTAINER TOURING IN 1898
Post by: barryd on Wednesday 09 March 16 13:12 GMT (UK)

Even today the act is quite well known. Quite a few articles on Google.

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=%22hudson%27s+surprise+party%22+Olly+Gilbert