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From: "Graham Dickason" <>
Subject: Re: Baragwanath Research Team
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 17:48:48 +0200


John Baragwanath was a St. Ives sea captain who, as a widower, emigrated
with his family of four children per the Lady Bruce a 538 ton barque in
1850. On arrival in Natal, they moved inland to Beaulieu, Richmond where
they were allocated land. John Albert Baragwanath, ( presumably the eldest )
was left in charge of the children ,
John
Baragwanath continued to be a man of the sea,captaining an early
paddle-steamer between the Cape & Mauritius. At a later date, he returned to
England for medical treatment, accompanied by his son Orlando Baragwanath.
He did not survive an operation & Orlando was left stranded in the U. K.
John Albert Baragwanath was an early prospector when gold was found in the
area that became Johannesburg. He was a shareholder in the Vierfontein Farm
Gold Mining Company, later absorbed into Crown Mines. He bought land to the
south of Ferreira's Camp ( early Johannesburg ) alongside the wagon route
from Kimberley. Here he set up a wayside inn, the Concordia Hotel. At a
later date, the site became well known ( and still exists ) as Uncle
Charlies.
There was a publication on Orlando B some years ago - written by Roger
Howman in " Rhodesiana " published in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1973.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lynette Litfin <>
To: <>
Date: 04 February 1999 04:42
Subject: Baragwanath Research Team

>Greetings from Western Australia
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>I am researching the above name and although I know of the places that have
>been named after them I am not having any success connecting with any
people
>themselves, or anything about them.
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>I would be very grateful for any assistance, the book I am writing would be
>a bit empty without something from the South African side.
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>Kind Regards
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>Lynette Litfin
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