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Hello Leandra,

records show that when George.L. Jones died in 1954 he was a retired farmer from Oxford.
Found a 1910 marriage for a George Leslie Jones in 1910 to a Isabella Moore.
What abt the local RSA they would probably have some info on Returned serviceman
Hinton.

Trying to find more info on Arthur Johnstone Oxley.  Found a 1891 birth reg dist. Auckland.

Can`t find him on 1901 census to get more info on who his parents were.

Thanks,
Hinton

Hi Guys,

Amazing!!!!Yes, that is   Walter  bn in Birmingham c 1877.   Was he feeling patriotic to take him out of his comfort zone and go the Boer War.  Not sure whether the Imperial Military Railway unit would have been involved in fighting. Then for his wife Elizabeth to join him with 2 young children.  I see the war ended in 1902, and their next child was bn in Sth Africa in 1903, so either he came home because he was demobbed, or they were homesick.
I have noted the spelling du cross of their surname. 
Great work,
Thanks again,
Hinton

Have been searching for info on an ancestor who spent some time in Sth Africa and notice that a R/Chatter had success by help with info from Find my Past.
Could I get some info please on Walter Ducros bn Birmingham 1877.
He must have travelled prior to 1901 census to Sth Africa, followed after the census by his wife Elizabeth and 2 daughters at a later date as a daughter was bn there in 1903.

In 1901 only his wife Elizabeth b1880 and 2 daughters are listed living in Durham.
From the 1911 census I find that there are several additions to the family one being a daughter bn 1903  in Bronkhorstpuit, Sth Africa. By 1905 they are bk at Sth Shields where the rest of their family are born.

Thanks,
Hinton

Hello,

Have found a marriage on free bmd btwn a Robert Atkinson and an Esther Straughan in JuneQ 1892.
auckland.   Could a search be made for Esther Atkinson in 1901 with a husband Robert please.
Hinton