Hi I have been searching for a Leon James Groom and was sent this. Leon James Groom died on the 30/11/1945 in Bulawayo. Looking for any family he may have had while living in Bulawayo.

Thanks Derek Austin

Derek Austin [D.Austin@rivermount.qld.edu.au]

Can someone help?


These are the known details and the family would like further information.


Edward William Green born UK 23 May 1945 died at Wonderland nursery school, Greendale, Salisbury at 4pm on Friday 23 September 1949. The post mortem report dated Saturday 24th September 1949 states cause of death as "congenital cerebral aneurism – natural causes.”


A court case was held on October 7th, the verdict of which was “probably due to natural causes.” The boy's mother wrote in her diary …. And would have been better left as it was – nothing can bring him back to earth to us now …
However, she had also written on



…September 26th …. Went back to John Bishops (I think that was where his mother worked at the time) and had to rectify wild rumours – decided to put an announcement in the paper …



...September 27th …. Announcement in paper today which will put matters right, we hope …



Philip Green, the boy’s brother, would love to know exactly what went on.


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Everjoice Manyoni Sithole

I am looking for my sister by name of Everjoice Manyoni Sithole. She was working at Southdown tea company Chipinge at early 90th now I heart that she is married 

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James Brown MacKay

I am trying to fill in missing pieces of my father’s family and leave this for my sons and grandson.

My grandfather James Brown MacKay was born in Lybster, Scotland and went to sea at a young age - that’s what he told me. He moved to Glasgow and operated a marine business with his brothers, and there must have been a family dispute as one brother took off and jumped ship in New Brunswick. The other I think I was told moved to Australia. My grandfather moved the family to Liverpool I would guess around 1930 and to my knowledge he only worked for Elder Dempster Shipping and was an engineer on the MV Apapa for many years. He later served in a land based position with Elder Dempster in Liverpool until he retired around 1960.

Grandad MacKay was not very talkative, and I learned after he died that during WWII he had been part of a salvage recovery team before the US entered the war. Convoy ships torpedoed by the Germans were somehow located and made “seaworthy” and sailed back to the UK to be patched up and sail again. I think his knowledge of the shipping lanes from England to West Africa were a key to his being assigned to the “Wavy Navy” and if anyone has any tidbits of information I would be very grateful.

Sincerely,

Bruce A MacKay

Sonoma, CA, USA

James Brown MacKay

I am trying to fill in missing pieces of my father’s family and leave this for my sons and grandson.

My grandfather James Brown MacKay was born in Lybster, Scotland and went to sea at a young age - that’s what he told me. He moved to Glasgow and operated a marine business with his brothers, and there must have been a family dispute as one brother took off and jumped ship in New Brunswick. The other I think I was told moved to Australia. My grandfather moved the family to Liverpool I would guess around 1930 and to my knowledge he only worked for Elder Dempster Shipping and was an engineer on the MV Apapa for many years. He later served in a land based position with Elder Dempster in Liverpool until he retired around 1960.

Grandad MacKay was not very talkative, and I learned after he died that during WWII he had been part of a salvage recovery team before the US entered the war. Convoy ships torpedoed by the Germans were somehow located and made “seaworthy” and sailed back to the UK to be patched up and sail again. I think his knowledge of the shipping lanes from England to West Africa were a key to his being assigned to the “Wavy Navy” and if anyone has any tidbits of information I would be very grateful.

Sincerely,

Bruce A MacKay

Sonoma, CA, USA