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From: "Kammie" <>
Subject: Re: [SoAfricaHistory] Cape Town to Durban Railway
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 07:35:41 +0200
References: <003401c1f8b6$2ab18d60$108c15cb@djwirges> <200205110631.g4B6Vn114668@lists2.rootsweb.com> <000101c21d73$41c577a0$298c15cb@djwirges>


Hi Des

One of the posters ought to provide you with the rootsweb malinglist for
railway history boffins. As far as I can recall there is supposed to be such
a dedicated discussion forum on rootsweb.

All the best in your 'roots' quest.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Des & Jan Wirges" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 8:57 AM
Subject: [SoAfricaHistory] Cape Town to Durban Railway


> Hi listers
> As family stories go, I'm told a GGFather and his brother worked on the
Cape
> Town to Durban railway around 1850ish.
> Can someone please tell me something of the history of the railway in this
> period. The other morsel is that he met his future wife,who was employed
as a
> maid by the Railway's Chief Engineer. On the request for Banns of Marriage
in
> 1852, THOMAS ROBERTS was living at Waterkant, and CATHERINE HURLEY was
living in
> Bru (or Brie) Street. By the way, Thomas' brother's name was FREDERICK
RICHARD
> ROBERTS.
> Regards
> Des
> Jan & Des Wirges - Queensland, Australia
> Our Pottery
> http://www.realtime.net/~rsdcreek/wirges.htm


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