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From: "Ellen Stanton" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] Dinizulu: Cetshawayo - COLENSO and BLACKMORE
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 14:46:56 -0600
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Hi Trevor,

I am not researching this family, but I found these on my database of Natal
marriages:

LDS Microfilm #1259230
Natal Marriages
Item 2

Entry #58
Husband: Henry William LONGCAST
Wife: Alice ADAMS
Date: 4/10/1869

Entry #84
Husband: Hendrik Michael VEBY
Wife: Matilda Ann LONGCAST
Date: 12/25/1873

Regards,
Ellen Stanton
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Trevor Rubelli" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [ZA] Dinizulu: Cetshawayo - COLENSO and BLACKMORE


> Hi David,
>
> Thank you - with my interest in Henry William Longcast your comment is
> appreciated.
>
> As you and others have captured everyones interest on this subject maybe I
> can get on the bandwagon with a request.
> Is there anyone out there who has done any research on Henry William
> Longcast?.
>
> For the sake of clarity he was the adopted son of Rev: Robert Robertson (a
> missionary under Colenso), who was interpreter to King Mpande, later his
son
> Cetshwayo and thus retained by the British as his interpreter after his
> capture and then his later imprisonment at the Castle in Cape Town.
>
> He later served under General Lord Chelmsford at Isandlawana and General
> Wolsley at Majuba - both as their interpreter.
>
> Hoping for contact with like minded interested people
> Regards
> Trevor
>
> PS His decendents I have traced so far apart from the surname Longcast go
> under the surnames of Collins, Filand, Goodall, Goodwin and Tifflin
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Morris" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 1:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [ZA] Dinizulu: was COLENSO and BLACKMORE
>
>
> > Hi Linda,
> > Colenso's association was really with the Zulu King Cetshwayo rather
than
> > with his son Dinuzulu. An outstanding biography is Jeff Guy's 1983 book
> "The
> > Heretic: A Study of the Life of John William Colenso, 1814-1883"
> > (Johannesburg: Ravan Press). Most previous studies had focused on either
> the
> > religious controversies or the political ones (fulfilling the adage that
> the
> > two do not mix), whereas Guy's study incorporates both in a masterful
> > analysis (showing that they can and often do!).
> > Regards
> > David
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Linda Hardy" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 4:57 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ZA] Dinizulu: was COLENSO and BLACKMORE
> >
> >
> > > Hi Steve,
> > >
> > > I am not aware of the full story regarding Bishop COLENSO as yet,
> however
> > > have seen some references to this Dinizulu, could you or someone else
> > > explain to me what that was about, thank you very much.
> > >
> > > Linda
> > >
> > >
> > > From: "Steve Hayes" <>
> > >
> > > > And if anyone was the protagonist in that particular drama, it was
> > > Dinuzulu
> > > > (note: not Dinizulu), or perhaps Bambatha.
> > > > Steve Hayes
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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