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From: "Vern Prescott" <>
Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] List of Soldiers?
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 11:57:52 -0800
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My ancestor, Michael DUXBURY, lived in Birmingham in 1881, but was born in
Lancashire in 1855. His mother was in the US for a number of years between
1881 and 1901. According to my mother, this fellow deserted from the Boer
War and went to New York to be with his mother. Both were back in England
for the 1901 census.

A cousin tells me that the story he heard was that Michael deserted from
Edinburgh Castle.

Michael's son died in the US in 1926. I found him on the 1900 census and he
apparently came to the US about 1885. This suggests that Michael might also
have come about 1885.

Perhaps there is no Boer War connection at all. By the way, Michael was a
tailor.

Vern


----- Original Message -----
From: "Iain Kerr" <>
To: "Vern Prescott" <>
Cc: <>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] List of Soldiers?


> At 10:31 PM 09/02/02 -0800, Vern Prescott wrote:
> >How would I find if an ancestor who was in the Boer War?
> >Is there a list somewhere online?
> >
> >Rumour has it that my person might have deserted and gone to the
> >US. Would there be a list of deserters somewhere?
> >
> >Vern in Ontario
>
> Vern,
>
> There are, to the best of my knowledge, no lists on-line or off-line, of
> the soldiers and sailors who took part in the Second Boer War (South
> African War) of 1899 - 1902.
>
> Similarly, there are no lists of deserters (from what service).
>
> We could better advise you on where you could find out more information on
> an ancestor who fought in the Second Boer war if you told us from which
> country he came, which side he fought on and which armed service he may
> have served in.
>
> Yours aye,
>
> Iain Kerr in Windsor, Berkshire
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