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Thom family in Cape town 1883
« on: Monday 23 May 16 16:44 BST (UK) »
I have found a record on familysearch.org of the baptism of esselene Thom in 1883 parents william henry thom and mary thom. William is given as a "soldier". Im amazed and intrigued to find this record!
Esseline appears back in london on 1911 census on her own. Cant find parents on any census or a marriage in uk.

trying to guess whether her father was involved in a conflict at the time although no dates seem to tie up with 1883 exactly. Also the surname Thom can be from Scotland and he was perhaps in the Cape town highlanders regiment ? or is it more likely he was born there ?

Just not sure where to go next any advice would be great

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Chris
 

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Re: Thom family in Cape town 1883
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 24 May 16 08:42 BST (UK) »
This could be him.
Document 4 of 15
DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MOOC                                                                 
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 6/9/2271                                                             
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 863                                                                   
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          THOM, WILLIAM. ESTATE PAPERS.                                         
STARTING  19220000                                                             
ENDING    19220000                                                             
Austin, Ayling, Alborough, Bescoby, Cheal, Groom,Rathbone,Tarboton,Lyell and Smith.

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Re: Thom family in Cape town 1883
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 24 May 16 08:44 BST (UK) »
DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MOOC                                                                 
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 13/1/4627                                                             
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 652                                                                   
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          THOM, WILLIAM. LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT. FIRST ACCOUNT.   
STARTING  19220000                                                             
ENDING    19220000                                                             
Austin, Ayling, Alborough, Bescoby, Cheal, Groom,Rathbone,Tarboton,Lyell and Smith.

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Re: Thom family in Cape town 1883
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 24 May 16 09:50 BST (UK) »
Sadly not the correct Thom the person on that DN was born in Paarl married twice and had two daughters
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Re: Thom family in Cape town 1883
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 24 May 16 13:25 BST (UK) »
Hi Thanks for replies . Where is the record you found and what does DN stand for?
Chris

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Re: Thom family in Cape town 1883
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 24 May 16 14:33 BST (UK) »
Not sure about the record but DN stands for death notice. This could be him in the boer war http://www.angloboerwar.com/name-search
Austin, Ayling, Alborough, Bescoby, Cheal, Groom,Rathbone,Tarboton,Lyell and Smith.

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Re: Thom family in Cape town 1883
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 25 May 16 04:13 BST (UK) »
I can't help specifically, but I do recall some families with the surname Thom in Zimbabwe and Zambia (Southern & Northern Rhodesia as was) in the 1950s and  onwards. I believe one family had a store in Harare, and there were Thoms farming in Zambia, but I can't remember more than that.  However it might be worth looking there.

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Re: Thom family in Cape town 1883
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 25 May 16 04:43 BST (UK) »
My Thom family are from the very early 1800's in Monymusk, Aberdeen, Scotland

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Re: Thom family in Cape town 1883
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 25 May 16 11:39 BST (UK) »
Hi Thanks again for your thoughts on this. I suppose what i really want to know is were this Thom family from Scotland or from South Africa. As Esseline appears alone in london in 1911 (a music hall artist !) my gut feeling is that they are Scottish but would a soldier have took his wife with him to South Africa  and had a child ? I think i need to search uk census and see if i can find anything on the family either before or after they appear in South Africa.
Thanks
Chris
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