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From: "Alan Littlefield" <>
Subject: (Fwd) Rawsons of Kimberley
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 22:11:41 GMT+2


Anyone got any suggestions or assistance here. Please reply direct
to Dennis.

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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 13:34:15 -0500 (EST)
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Subject: Rawsons of Kimberley

Dear Sir

I wonder if you can help?

I have records of my Grandfather being English on my Father's Birth
Certificate. The original is a Cape Colony document, And names my
Father as Arthur Ernest Foster Rawson, his Father as Thomas Granville
Rawson, born in England.

A copy from Pretoria has my Dad's names misspelt, no doubt because
some official couldn't decipher my Grandfathers handwriting.

T.G. Rawson was a Pharmacist, an Agent at Law, whatever that is, and a
farmer, the farm being at Berkley West.

He was also a Fremason, and an Anglican.

My Dad Was born on 26th August, 1906, and I am told by the family that
his father died when he was four years old, so about 1910.

It appears that T.G. Rawson was not born with those names, one family
story says that he was Shanghied or pressganged, and jumped ship in
Cape Town.

He was a cousin to Ernest Foster, an employee of the City Of
Johannesburg for many years, I think in the sanitation department.

One of my Fathers sisters married a Bredenkamp, I do not know his
name, but I did meet his sons, Lionel,Dennis, and I am sure another.

My knowledge of my South African family is scant, as my Dad emigrated
to Southern Rhodesia, married a girl from Mazoe, who had pioneer
parents of South African descent, but that is another story.

Can you help me trace my Grandfathers origin and confirm his name?

Sincerely,

Dennis G. Rawson

Alan
Researching LITTLEFIELD around 1565 in Hampshire, UK
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