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Hi Ronnie,
I have a Boxall right out on the far edges of my tree!  It is Mary, born about 1925 and married to a Stanley J Guess, in 1949 in Surrey North Western, wherever that is!
Does she figure in your archive?
Regards,
Ron

do you have a copy of the marriage certificate?  If so can you give me all the details especially the father's name and witnesses, and where the couples were living at the time if the marriage.  If I have those details I have a better chance of working out which Mary is yours.
Kindest regards
Ronnie

i am seeking information re benjamin and charlotte boxsell of sussex
son richard and wife philadelphia arrived australia 1852 aboard tamar I have details of some of family  but still need details mary jane edwin and esther ellen and thomas
thank you

BOXSELL is one of the variants to the BOXALL name and therefore is part of my ONE Name Study.  I have done quite a bit of work on the family in question and would gladly assist you with your research.  You may send me a private message on this forum so I can send you my email address.

Kindest regards
Ronnie

Have just realised what I read as 'Bexsell' on a certificate may be Boxsell!  My ancestor Mary Bexsell/Boxsell was from Slindon, Sussex and born c1813.  Do your folk have gypsy links?   Koromo, Mercy is a popular gyspy name. Not saying yours necessarily is, but thought I'd mention it.

I just realised that there is a BOXSELL list here and just to let you know this falls under my BOXALL One Name Study, being one of the many variants that occur.  I do not have details of records back to 1813 for Slindon, Ssx.  You mention you have some sort of certificate for Mary could you possibly give me further details?  I'm hoping that there are names of her parents on the Certificate.  Are you sure she was born in Slindon?  Do you have a marriage for her that I can trace her through Census information to confirm her birth location?
Looking forward to seeing if I have the information that you are looking for.
Kindest regards
Ronnie

Hi again Ronnie,

I have found what I think might be your original man -

DEPOT:                   KAB (Cape Town Archives)
SOURCE:                 MOOC
TYPE:                      LEER
VOLUME No.            6/9/117
SYSTEM:                  01
REFERENCE:            3170
PART                        1
DESCRIPTION:          BOXALL, HENRY.  DEATH NOTICE
STARTING:                1866
ENDING:                   1866

The name of the researcher in Cape Town is Graham Lloyd and his email is lacey@yebo.co.za

I think this might be the place to start.  The death notice should list his place of birth, his parents, his spouse and children, plus where he died and whether he had property.

I have taken a note of every other Boxall death notice from every archive in South Africa and am in the process of typing up a list - it is beginning to show the beginnings of family groups.  There were 105 entries for Boxall in the Archives, some of which may be of interest to you later on - divorces, court cases, property transactions etc.
The prevalent names are Henry, Arthur, Edward, George, Edwin, August, Albert, William, Percival, Stanley, Herbert, Vincent, Geoffrey and Hugh.

Hi Tisy,
You are wonderful.  You are the first person I've had contact with who could come up with any sort of information for South Africa.  I don't want to duplicate what you have already done, silly both of us paying for the same documents. 
Please let me know what you are willing to share with me and I will assist with information from my extensive database.  It may be easier to share information by using our regular emails address.  I can be reached at:

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Percival is not a very common name in the BOXALL circles so this could indicate a possible family the same with Stanley and this would be the first Vincent and I only have one other Geoffrey. 
As the information builds it is interesting to see family links coming to light also.  I look forward to working with you as you work on your BOXALL connections.
Thank you.
Kindest regards
Ronnie

I've just been reading this series of messages and I think I may have another or similar problem.  I received an email requesting help in finding the name of a Mr BOXALL who married an Elizabeth Ann ?  All I'm given is that her 2nd husband ?  BOXALL could have been born in Sussex.  She may have married him in South Africa around about 1896, unless they met and married in India where Elizabeth's first husband and first two children died. Caroline was born in South Africa abt 1895; and Emma (called Elaine first name was Emma) was born in Malta abt 1896. They came back to live in Yorkshire. ? BOXALL died before 1901.
With these few clues I found Elizabeth with the two girls in 1901 living in Farnley, Yorkshire.  I found Emma E. (birth/Baptism) 1895 no parents named just a note that states 60th Regiment; in Naples, Malta.
Any chance this could be the same BOXALL that is being looked for and a second marriage for him?

I'm researching BOXALL's World Wide as a One name Study and would love to answer this riddle.

Thanks
Ronnie