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From: "Chuck Osborne" <>
Subject: Re: [AFR-ZIMBABWE] Travel to S. Rhodesia -1906
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:25:31 +0200
References: <003001c766e6$738bee10$4001a8c0@McClean6w358ci>


Hello Ann,

My grandfather was working on the railways in Umtali in 1899, before he went
south to join the Boer War. He travelled from Umtali to Beira, then
Portuguese Eat Africa and now Mozambique, by train and then by ship to South
Africa. I think the Beira Umtali line was completed in 1897 and then pushed
through to Salisbury.

Regards, Chuck Osborne,
Durban, SA.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann McClean" <>
To: "" <>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:43 AM
Subject: [AFR-ZIMBABWE] Travel to S. Rhodesia -1906


> Am I right in thinking that to reach anywhere in Southern Rhodesia in the
early 1900s, people would travel from
> the U.K. by ship to Capetown and then travel northwards by train to
Bulawayo, Salisbury, etc.?
>
> My cousin has just sent me scans of all his uncle's postcards and
photographs that were sent from Bulawayo &
> Umtali in the early 1900s- the earliest being postmarked 1906. Hope to
put up a gallery before too long with my
> cousin's permission. A few that I managed to photograph are here:
>
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/Gallery/Umtali_Photos/index.html
>
> BUT I still have to findout if Marer PALMER married Tom [surname unknown]
before they went out to
> Bulawayo. For reference, Marer [or Maria], was my grandfather's cousin.
>
> Marer & Tom were in Bulawayo for a few years before moving upto Umtali -
which makes me think he was
> involved either with the railways or mining.
>
> Grateful for any suggestions/advice as always.
>
> Regards, Ann McClean
> in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales, U.K.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> CAWTHORN, SCOTT, PALMER & DeSILVA PALMER Family History Pages:
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Cambridgeshire Taverns & Public Houses in 1839
>
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/1839Pigots/1839index.html
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
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