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From: patfryk <>
Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] George Emmerson at the Boar war mid-1901 and madeprisoner-
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 20:49:31 +1300
References: <GHEOJHMHCIOODAMEKCKHCEGKCJAA.hettascholtz@absamail.co.za>


I think the Boar rather than Boor is a matter of pronunciation only and
consequently a misspelling.
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hetta Scholtz" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 7:29 PM
Subject: RE: [BOER-WAR] George Emmerson at the Boar war mid-1901 and made
prisoner-


> Hi listers
>
> The correct spelling is Boer war, not Boar war. In South Africa the term
> used to describe the war is Anglo Boer War(Anglo-Boere Oorlog). Nothing
> against you personally,Florent, but quite a few people used Boar instead
> of
> Boer. The older people used to call it the English war(Engelse Oorlog).
>
> http://home.intekom.com/lichtenburg/bosch2-e.htm
> http://home.intekom.com/lichtenburg/ottos2-e.htm
> http://rapidttp.com/milhist/vol094ic.html
> Brakspruit is mentioned on the above websites.
>
> Regards
> Hetta Scholtz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David McNay [mailto:]
> Sent: 06 Maart 2006 09:08 nm
> To:
> Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] George Emmerson at the Boar war mid-1901 and
> made prisoner
>
>
> The Canadian Genealogy Centre found here:
>
> http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/index-e.html
>
> may have some helpful information for you.
>
> Regards,
>
> David McNay
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Discussion" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 12:38 AM
> Subject: [BOER-WAR] George Emmerson at the Boar war mid-1901 and made
> prisoner
>
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am searching information about a George F. Emmerson who was supposely
>> at
>> the Boar war. I recently got some information about a C. F. Emmerson,
>> which
>> could be G. F. Emmerson who was at the Boar War in 1901. Here is what I
>>.................snip
>> Thanks
>>
>> Florent Coache
>> Napierville, Quebec, Canada
>>
>>
>>
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