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Lilywhites Hussars research from USA 5 years 1 month ago #62351

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Mike,

Just what is this Cavalry list you refer to?

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Lilywhites Hussars research from USA 5 years 1 month ago #62353

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George...…

The list is from a fellow collector who has gone through all the medal rolls and compounded a list of all the members of the cavalry who served in South Africa. I also checked Find My Past and he is not listed there.....

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Lilywhites Hussars research from USA 5 years 2 weeks ago #62779

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Hi Cynbro
Sorry I took so long to reply. It went into my Spam box and I only checked the Spam box today. Yes, my grandfather Frederick Hambrook May was married to a widow namely, Christina Greyling. I have that on my father's birth certificate though I did not have the year they (Frederick and Christina) were married so that was new to me. She had two children from her first husband, Paul Greyling (who died in Ceylon during the Boer War) The eldest child, a boy was Paul and the girl Louie was actually born in Bethulie Camp. After marrying Frederick May she had another 11 children but twins died, I believe, at birth so 9 were left. They are Frederick, the eldest of the boys, then my dad, George William, then Billy. The girls were Florence, Lily, Lizzie, Mable, Jessie, and Winnie. My Dad, George William (known as Jock) was born in Wepener in 1911 but brought up in Mafeking where the family moved and where Frederick Hambrook was a warden at the Mafeking jail. He died in 1938 in Johannesburg.

I notice you also live in the USA, who was your father or mother?
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Lilywhites Hussars research from USA 5 years 2 weeks ago #62786

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Thank you for your response. I noticed another son, Arthur Douglas Haig May who may have been the youngest. They were all listed on Christina's DN. My Grandmother was Jessie who married Theo Bruning and had 3 children - my mother Lorraine being one. I can't seem to find anything more about the May family. Would love to place Frederic Hambrook May's parents on my tree, as well as Christina's.

My parents are Lorraine Bruning and Ivan Milligan and I live in small town in the Western Cape, SA. Pleased to make contact!
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Lilywhites Hussars research from USA 5 years 2 weeks ago #62788

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Nice to hear from you. You must be my second cousin. Jessie was my Aunt (I knew her well when I was little) and Lorraine is my 1st cousin. She may remember me. I am Jock May's daughter. My maiden name was May. My brother was George. There was no son of Frederick and Christina called Arthur. However, Frederick's father's name was Arthur May. Frederick Hambrook May was born in 1870 in Canterbury, Kent, England, son of Arthur and Louisa Lavinia May. Louisa Lavina's maiden name was Bradford. I have Frederick Hambrook May's birth certificate with his parents names on it and I have his father, Arthur May's birth certificate. Also Christina's maiden name was Rebb not Webb. I know the Cape well.
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Lilywhites Hussars research from USA 2 years 6 months ago #78397

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Hi. I was so sure I had responded to your last message, but I obviously didn't, and then I have been without internet for a while. Unfortunately I bring news of my mother, who passed away in January 2020. I did speak of you to my mother, and she did remember you. I trust you are well. Warm Regards, Cynthia.
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