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From: "Jenny Friend" <>
Subject: Re: [AFR-ZIMBABWE] Pioneer Column
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:43:31 +0200
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Hi,
I don't have a copy of the Pioneers List but my last known address of Sir
Ken is

Regards
Jenny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Digby Thomas" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 11:21 AM
Subject: [AFR-ZIMBABWE] Pioneer Column


>I am trying to establish some family history concerning my
> Great-Grandfather, James Arthur Thomas (b1872), who as a young man went to
> South Africa to seek his fortune; so that, with some money in his pocket,
> he
> could claim the hand of the woman he loved upon his return to Cornwall
> (England).
>
> I believe, tenuously based on my Grandfather's naming (Cecil Rhodes
> Thomas)
> and family rumours, that my Great-Grandfather was a member of the Pioneer
> Column. My Grandfather was most certainly named after Cecil Rhodes
> following
> my Great Grandfathers time in Africa; that much I do know.
>
> As such, does anyone have a copy of the Rhodesian Pioneers list that was
> compiled, many moons ago, by Sir Ken Markham who used to post to this list
> (I can't seem to find any trace of Sir Ken online. Has he passed away?);
> or
> does anyone have suggestions on other leads I could/should investigate.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Digby Thomas
>
>
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