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From: Ray Forsberg <>
Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Traders and Trading Stations of the Central andSouthern Transkei - Book
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:44:23 +1000
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Thanks Lynn - his aunt would of course have been his mother's sister.
Cheers,
Carol
On 23/08/2010, Lynn MacLeod <> wrote:
> Hi Carol
> Dick's mother was a WOOD .... Merlyn d.o. Alexander Thomas WOOD and
> Charlotte Ann CROSSLEY (his first wife) xx Violet Vivienne Virginia
> WHITFIELD..
> Take care
> Lynn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ray Forsberg" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 10:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Traders and Trading Stations of the Central and
> Southern Transkei - Book
>
>
> > Hi Pete,
> >
> > None of these families were mine; however, I worked for Dick Davis
> > for many years - he was a partner in the firm John C. Blakeway &
> > Leppan in Umtata. The firm then opened a branch in Gonubie (near East
> > London) where I continued to work for Dick for another couple of
> > years.
> >
> > The Woods and Davis families were also connected. Dick had an Aunt by
> > the name of Wood who also later lived in Gonubie - she was a music
> > teacher and taught both of my daughters to play the piano and sing.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
>
>
>
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