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From: "Flory, Richard" <>
Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Please help!
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 23:35:19 -0700
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Karin: My guess is that he held an appointment as a Shoeing Smith (i.e. a soldier that put shoes on horses). Unfortunately "Smith" is a common surname so there were probably many Alfred Smiths who served in the first and second Boer Wars. Without his regimental number or unit it would be very difficult to tell which "A Smith" he is? Dick Flory

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Dear Listers,

This might sound like a silly question but please help!
What does Shoeing mean?
I am doing research on Alfred Smith my ggrandfather and so often I come
across the word Shoeing. I have checked the dictionaries but I am still not
sure - Shoeing sometimes appears before surnames.

Researching Alfred Smith, he was married to Annie Stone, they had a son
Frederick Ernest Smith born in SA ca 1886.
It is possible that Alfred served in the first Boer War.

Thank you in advance for you help,

Karin.





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