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South Africa / Re: Richmond Louis Frederickson (1883 - 1906)
« on: Wednesday 14 May 25 05:24 BST (UK)  »
I really thought I had explored every possibility, but I have discovered that he wrote a letter from South Africa to his brother Arthur. While the date of the letter is incorrect, given that it is dated after his death. What is interesting is that it was sent from 32 Hartle Place, Beaconfield, Griqualand West, South Africa. I don't know anything about South African geography but that doesn't sound like East London to me.

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South Africa / Re: Richmond Louis Frederickson (1883 - 1906)
« on: Tuesday 13 May 25 11:10 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, pampoen.

Most of what you posted is not new to me, although some of the details are, and I have already saved that so that my wife can read it. This is her family I am researching for her. Richard's situation is a little more complicated than what is recorded in that well-written piece.

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South Africa / Re: Richmond Louis Frederickson (1883 - 1906)
« on: Tuesday 13 May 25 05:19 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for your help with this matter. He refuses to be found, and whatever secrets he has have died with him. I do not think I can go any further. Even the newspaper reports contradict the information I already had. I have to believe that he died on 24th May 1905, as the New Zealand papers reported and not 25th May 1905 or 1906, as Craig Dahren posted on the document found on the Internet. I have thrown that away as it is not at all helpful. Once again, thank you for your time.

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South Africa / Re: Richmond Louis Frederickson (1883 - 1906)
« on: Sunday 11 May 25 05:17 BST (UK)  »


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Re: Richmond Louis Frederickson (1883 - 1906)
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Name    Richmond Louis Frederickson
Birth Date    1883
Birth Place    Wakatipu, Queenstown.....New Zealand, Otago, Nouvelle-Zélande (New Zealand)
Death Date    25 mai 1906 (25 May 1906)
Death Place    South Africa, Afrique du Sud (South Africa)
Father    Neil Christian Martinaz Franz Frederickson
Mother    Emily Godfrey
Child    Arthur Frederickson
View on Geneanet   
https://gw.geneanet.org/craigd?n=frederickson&oc=&p=richmond+louis

I have seen this information. It was prepared by Craig Dahren. He is a blood relation but his report of Richmond's birth date is a year out. If he was born in 1906 the report of his death as recorded by the Timaru newspaper published 12 August 1905 is contradictory.

I have spent some time on the matter today. One thing that bothers me is Alice. Maybe he wasn't married at all. Maybe that is the town in Eastern Province where he was living at the time? If he wasn't married and had no family support, where would he be buried? There would not have been money for a headstone. Unless he had friends with money, he would have been buried in an unmarked grave, surely.

Is there any listing of appointments with the South African Constabulary? 

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South Africa / Re: Richmond Louis Frederickson (1883 - 1906)
« on: Sunday 11 May 25 00:40 BST (UK)  »
The death date confirmation came from a death notice published in The Timaru Herald of Saturday, 12 August 1905.
The notice read as follows:

Frederickson. On May 25th 1905, of enteric fever at East London, South Africa, Louis Richmond, the beloved son of Emily Frederickson, aged 23 years. (late of the South African Constabulary).

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South Africa / Re: Richmond Louis Frederickson (1883 - 1906)
« on: Saturday 10 May 25 22:43 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, one and all.
This was a last hope for me. At least I have confirmed the date of death as 25th May 1905.
Also confirmed was time served in the industrial school.
I was working off some information posted by someone else which appears to have no solid base.
I am so grateful.

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South Africa / Richmond Louis Frederickson (1883 - 1906)
« on: Saturday 10 May 25 09:00 BST (UK)  »
Richmond was born near Queenstown, South Island of New Zealand about 1883.
I am unsure as to when he emigrated from New Zealand or when he arrived in South Africa.
He had a difficult time as a pre-teen as he was admitted to an industrial school around age 11 years and appears to have spent at least two years in one of those. This was probably about the time his father disappeared 

It appears that he made his way to England but ended up in South Africa, where he served in the South African Constabulary.

He married. His wife had the first name of Alice.
They appear to have had two children together.
The first child appears to be unnamed, which suggests a stillbirth. The birth date is given as 1903.
The second child was born in 1904 and was named Arthur Frederickson.

Richmond died at East London, South Africa, from enteric fever on or about 25 May 1905 or 1906.

Did Alice marry again? Was she from England and returned there? What of Arthur? Are there any police records that could confirm this information? 

I would be extremely grateful for any information.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Ivy Myrtle Benge & David Haddow
« on: Thursday 07 November 24 03:01 GMT (UK)  »
Oh, thank you so much. I don't have access to Ancestry or Scotland's People so I am so grateful.

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Family History Beginners Board / Ivy Myrtle Benge & David Haddow
« on: Wednesday 06 November 24 21:42 GMT (UK)  »
I have come up against a brick wall with this one. The Benge family originates in Kent and has migrated around the world. I am interested in the New Zealand connection as I live in a part of the country where David Benge settled. He and his wife arrived in New Zealand and settled in the Hutt Valley. They had three children with them when they landed here. Their first child born in New Zealand was John Benge, my great-grandfather.

Ivy Myrtle Benge is from another branch of the family that I am currently researching. I have found a report on the wedding of Ivy to David Haddow in 1928 in the Wairarapa region which states that David was from Glasgow, Scotland. As I can find no evidence of death in New Zealand I am wondering if he took Ivy home to Scotland to meet his parents and they chose to stay there. Any help would be most appreciated.


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