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Help with Johannesburg address
« on: Tuesday 16 May 23 01:23 BST (UK) »
This is from a xmas card written c1945 to 1970.  My uncle died in the TB ward in Johannesburg during the War and people who put up my grandmother from England kept in touch with her for many years after.  Would appreciate if someone can understand the address.  Are there voter rolls during that period?  I know one woman was called Mrs. Laver

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Re: Help with Johannesburg address
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 16 May 23 01:49 BST (UK) »
There is a Cradock Heights on Cradock Avenue in Rosebank, Johannesburg - a possibility.

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Re: Help with Johannesburg address
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 16 May 23 12:20 BST (UK) »
I would say its a definite. 
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Re: Help with Johannesburg address
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 16 May 23 21:38 BST (UK) »
Thankyou!

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Re: Help with Johannesburg address
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 17 May 23 05:13 BST (UK) »
You're welcome. Unfortunately it looks like the original house is no longer there - the current office building was built in 1990 (and won an architectural award).
https://artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/bldgframes_mob.php?bldgid=9142

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Re: Help with Johannesburg address
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 17 May 23 20:09 BST (UK) »
I saw that on google.  For a moment I thought it might have been an old apartment building, but no.  Are there electoral rolls c1940-1950's for there do you know?  I'd be curious who was living there.  Thx

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Re: Help with Johannesburg address
« Reply #6 on: Friday 19 May 23 05:20 BST (UK) »
Ancestry has South Africa Voter Indexes, 1719-1996. I tried searching with keyword "Cradock" and Johannesburg but didn't get a result for this address. Also tried surname "LAVER" and "Johannesburg" - didn't seem to come up with anything in the time period you are after. No "LAVER" however there was  a Lawrence Allen LEVER and Gwendoline Allen LEVER in 1931, but a different address.

There are a few hits for "LAVER" and Johannesburg on a general search of familysearch - maybe if you wanted to spend the time you could look through the images and see if any were in the Rosebank area?
https://www.familysearch.org

I'm not an expert on South African records - someone more experienced may be able to offer some suggestions?

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Re: Help with Johannesburg address
« Reply #7 on: Friday 19 May 23 13:42 BST (UK) »
There are some Lavers graves here https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/cgi-bin/library/dosearchGraves.pl without her Christian name it's difficult to search. You can search these files for Laver http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300ds?20230519144333BCD41D41
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Re: Help with Johannesburg address
« Reply #8 on: Monday 22 May 23 03:37 BST (UK) »
Thankyou all.  There are some interesting things and ideas to look at here.  Many thanks
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