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From: "The Murrays" <>
Subject: Re: CHIMES, NEL, SMITH
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 12:37:40 +0200

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01BD1844.6135CB00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Susan Can you provide a death date for JB Chimes? Brixton Cemetery is in eastern Johannesburg and I can phone the records office to find the grave number and then a man at the cemetery who very kindly checks the grave to see if there is a headstone which could give more information. Regards Betty Murray Randburg (adjoining Johannesburg) Gauteng ---------- From: SBWeiner <> To: Subject: CHIMES, NEL, SMITH Date: Friday, January 02, 1998 11:00 PM I'm looking for information on my greatgrandparents' families: Chimes, Nel and Smith. My greatgrandfather Jacob Bernard CHIMES emigrated to South Africa around 1899 from Lithuania with his wife Lena. He was founder of the Chimes Hotel in Benoni where a gold mine was named after him. As a Yiddish interpreter, he reportedly came in contact with Barney Barnato and Cecil Rhodes. His obituary says he was buried in the Jewish Cemetery, Brixton. Can anyone tell me where that is? Is there a way to order his death certificate? My other South African greatgrandparents were Emmanuel Peterson SMITH (b. 5 May) and Anna Susannah NEL (b. 19 March). My grandmother Gertrude SMITH was born in the Cape Province around 1902. My mother was Rita Lena CHIMES. She emigrated to the United States in the mid- late 1940s. I'm in the United States, so I don't have very good access to South African resources. Any research suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Susan Weiner () Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ------=_NextPart_000_01BD1844.6135CB00 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><BODY bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF">Hello Susan Can you provide a death = date for JB Chimes? Brixton Cemetery is in eastern Johannesburg and = I can phone the records office to find the grave number and then a man = at the cemetery who very kindly checks the grave to see if there is a = headstone which could give more information. Regards Betty = Murray Randburg (adjoining Johannesburg) = Gauteng ---------- From: SBWeiner <> To: Subject: CHIMES, NEL, SMITH Date: Friday, = January 02, 1998 11:00 PM I'm looking for information on my = greatgrandparents' families: Chimes, Nel and Smith. My = greatgrandfather Jacob Bernard CHIMES emigrated to South Africa around = 1899 from Lithuania with his wife Lena. He was founder of the Chimes = Hotel in Benoni where a gold mine was named after him. As a Yiddish = interpreter, he reportedly came in contact with Barney Barnato and = Cecil Rhodes. His obituary says he was buried in the Jewish Cemetery, = Brixton. Can anyone tell me where that is? Is there a way to order = his death certificate? My other South African greatgrandparents = were Emmanuel Peterson SMITH (b. 5 May) and Anna Susannah NEL (b. 19 = March). My grandmother Gertrude SMITH was born in the Cape Province = around 1902. My mother was Rita Lena CHIMES. She emigrated to the = United States in the mid- late 1940s. I'm in the United = States, so I don't have very good access to South African resources. = Any research suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Susan = Weiner () Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. </body></html> ------=_NextPart_000_01BD1844.6135CB00--

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CHIMES, NEL, SMITH by SBWeiner <>
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- Re: CHIMES, NEL, SMITH by Graham Dickason <>
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