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Would nayone on this board be able to advise me how to locate a grave in Bulwayo? Are there any indices online?
My grandfather's unmarried elder brother (b. 1879 in south London) was a mining engineer in Southern Africa (in the Transvaal and later in Matabeleland) and died of stomach cancer in about 1937.
Any help or advice would be most welcome.
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As far as i know there are no online indices - what was the name? I have some grave info from Bulawayo.
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Hello Ruth,
I guess I'm not really surprised that there is nothing on line.
My great-uncle was Roland Matthias Alfred Levy.
Despite the surname, he was not Jewish, although his father had been.
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Sorry have nothing on him in Bulawayo but a Roland Levy was buried in Hermanus in Nov 1936.
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Ruth,
Is that Hermanus near Cape Town?
Probably too far away from Bulawayo. Although the year and place of death was from my late father's memory, and he was about 8 or 9 at the time.
Do you have any further details?
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Not much more I'm afraid - just the date of death is the 14/11/1936 and the plot no B1908.
There is aslo an estate notive in the Transvaal archives for a Roland Levy in 1937 - may be well worth the effort getting this. This is the only reference to a Roland Levy in the national archives. To order a death notice see the stickys at the top of the board.
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Ruth,
I had not even thought to check NAAIRS. Thank you.
The only thing that makes me a bit cautious is the omission of my Roland's two middle names in the file description.
What do you think?
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I agree but for the small amount it costs. it is worth it as it is the only mention of Roland I can find.
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