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Arthur Sheldon Harrison c1849

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Carolyn

Carolyn Report 19 Jul 2008 11:14

I'm trying to find more info on my G Grandfather. He emigrated to South Africa in about 1873, met someone on the boat & married when they arrived in Cape Town. My grandmother was born in Cape Town in 1878 & I believe she had a couple of brothers.

Arthur died "helping a friend" according to my Aunty & I think the family returned to the UK as my grandmother appears on the 1901 census. (Ellen Josephine Harrison )

Does anyone know where I can find any info on emigrations to South Africa around that time?

PaulaW

PaulaW Report 19 Jul 2008 11:37

Could this be him - you did not put area in UK

ARTHUR SHELDON HARRISON Pedigree
Male


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Event(s):
Birth: 17 MAR 1849

Christening: 18 MAY 1849 Old Church, Saint Pancras, London, England

Death:
Burial:


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Parents:
Father: CHARLES HARRISON Family
Mother: FRANCES ELIZABETH

Carolyn

Carolyn Report 19 Jul 2008 11:43

Hi
I've got that bit already. (sorry I didn't mention it) I'm really interested in who he married & what happened in SA but I'm not sure in which direction to go.