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Not a help with J W J, but I was wondering if this was Nellie.

Passenger lists leaving UK 1890-1960
Name: Miss N TOMMIS
Date of departure: 21 May 1927
Port of departure: Southampton
Destination port: Cape
Destination country: South Africa
Date of Birth: 1893 (calculated from age)
Age: 34
Marital Status:
Sex: Female
Occupation: Manageress
Notes:
Passenger recorded on: Page 2 of 10
Ship: ARUNDEL CASTLE
Official Number: 145175
Master's name: Capt J George
Steamship Line: Union-Castle Mail S S Co Ltd
Where bound: South Africa
Square feet: 3273
Registered tonnage: 11222
Passengers on voyage: 279


She then appears to return with a son, Leonard Allan, whose age has not been entered, intending to remain in England. Her last address in UK was 69 Caro? St, Ma???, Huddersfield.


UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
about Nellie Tommis
Name: Nellie Tommis
Birth Date: abt 1893
Age: 34
Port of Departure: Durban, South Africa
Arrival Date: 5 Dec 1927
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ports of Voyage: Cape Town
Ship Name: Windsor Castle
Search Ship Database: View the 'Windsor Castle' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: The Union Castle Mail Steamship Company
Official Number: 146535


They both then returned to SA.

Passenger lists leaving UK 1890-1960
Name: Miss N TOMMIS
Date of departure: 16 June 1928
Port of departure: Southampton
Destination port: Cape
Destination country: South Africa
Date of Birth: 1893 (calculated from age)
Age: 35
Marital Status:
Sex: Female
Occupation: None
Notes:
Passenger recorded on: Page 2 of 9
The following people with the same last name travelled on this voyage: -
Mast L TOMMIS 1
Ship: KENILWORTH CASTLE
Official Number: 118433
Master's name: Capt G Owens
Steamship Line: The Union Castle Mail S S Co Ld
Where bound: South Africa
Square feet:
Registered tonnage: 7185
Passengers on voyage: 197

yes its definitely J W J on the ID card I have and I have no idea what they stand for. My parents are both deceased so cant ask them. The information I have on his wife is very accurate so I know what I am looking for there (i have a copy of her school leaving certificate and have found her in the various cencus), but there is no record in the British BMD of her marriage - I am fairly sure she married him in South Africa. My dad was born in SA so that would tally.

I know JWJ definitely died in South Africa (as did his wife) and there doesn't seem to be an on line access to SA records. I can vaguely remember my mum getting a letter about his death c 1967. I think I 'm hoping for a miracle here!!

Have you tried to find his marriage or death, and been unsuccessful?
Have you asked for help (as I know nothing about SA records)?
Is it definitely JWJ (and no idea for any of the initials)?
Thanks

Sorry Patchem - no marriage certificate

Thanks Ann - this gives me at least one lead to follow up

Have you got his marriage certificate for further information?
Thanks

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Boer War 1899-1902 - Soldier details

Name: NEWBY, JW
Rank: Private
Soldier number: 1113
Unit: 1 Battalion The York And Lancaster Regiment
Notes:
Age:
Literary references: War Record of the York & Lancaster Regt. 266,


Medal roll (from National Archives WO100 series):
Roll Page
200 0

I'm afraid I dont know what the JWJ stands for - major part of the problem! As I cant find him, I am at a standstill with trying to find his family

Hi Hilary, is it his family before he left England that you're trying to trace?

And what does JWJ stand for?

I am trying to find my grandfather - all I know is that he was born in Lancashire and is supposed to have lied about his age in order to join the army in order to fight in the Boer War in South Africa. d. If this is true he would have been born around 1886. After the end of the war he liked SA so much he decided to stay. I have a copy of his South African ID card which is in the name of Allen-Newby. He dropped the Allen bit of the surname as it was too long to write when signing his name!

He had a printing business in Cape Town South Africa and was married to Nellie Tommis born in 1893 in Laywood Yorkshire. As far as I can remember he died around 1966 or 1967 in Cape Town South Africa. I have managed to trace a lot of Nellie's family but have reached a brick wall with "Pop" as he was known in the family. Any help would be greatly appreciated