« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 05 July 05 19:12 BST (UK) »
I'm sorry if you find the information a bit of a jumble, the reason is because it was a challenge to find out as much as possible about the "hero's" family in the space of one month and so many different people from all over the world contributed details. The reason I pointed you to the summaries is that Manchester Rambler spent a lot of time trying to make sense of the many and varied postings which often appeared to be unrelated, but in fact made sense if you were following along the family.
There are a number of mentions of Africa, but more to the point was that many of the details mentioned were relative to the Muir family. As your Thomas went to South Africa in 1892 I wondered whether his earlier life had been spent in England or Scotland and whether he had any connection with the families detailed in that thread. If he was then there would be a treasure trove of information and family detail plus an enormous family tree there for the taking.
Mary
Census Information is Crown Copyright, from The National Archives <br />Lunt (Wavertree/West Derby), Forshaw (West Derby), Richardson (Knowsley), Kent (Cheshire), <br />Cain (Hertfordshire, London), Larkins (Bedfordshire, London), Nunn (London), Lenton, Hillyard (Bedfordshire), <br />Parle, Lambert, Furlong, Wafer (Wexford)<br />Special separate interest in Longford (Blackrock, Dublin)
