tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post3363812703060700115..comments2024-03-14T10:57:10.845+02:00Comments on Mole's Genealogy Blog: Lighthousekeeper Ancestors in South AfricaMolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761273493116575841noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-5282581649543632382023-07-23T15:30:55.649+02:002023-07-23T15:30:55.649+02:00This is a message for Bertie Lubbe. I was paging t...This is a message for Bertie Lubbe. I was paging through this site (list) and saw a comment you posted some time ago asking how you could get in touch with Heather Vallance. If this is the daughter of the Mr. Vallance who ended up lighthouse keeper at Cape Point, I also tried to get her contact details a couple of years ago and was told by someone that she had died. If you want to contact me off Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227457066137348480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-79477066469304530482023-03-11T00:10:35.040+02:002023-03-11T00:10:35.040+02:00Hi,
My grandfather, Reginald William Gardiner, wa...Hi,<br /><br />My grandfather, Reginald William Gardiner, was the senior lighthouse keeper at St Blaize from 1939 to 1943. My grandmother passed away there in 1942. My late mother remembers there were (twin?) sons of the assistant keeper being John Donald and Donald John, maybe Mclean? unless her memory deceived her. Whilst living in Mossel Bay with my late husband in the early 1990's my TaniaKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351580715532380719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-67381602996969656972023-02-08T09:13:58.534+02:002023-02-08T09:13:58.534+02:00Good day, Bertie
So good to hear that you knew the...Good day, Bertie<br />So good to hear that you knew the McLean family. Beverley is a year older than me. I still have contact with her. She lived in Cape Town but moved to KZN during last year. She mentioned that her brother from the UK is coming to visit her in March. It might be Tony. I will find out from her.<br /><br />I am in Somerset Park. Strand/Somerset West area.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08515341122805949513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-31746024958196951902023-02-07T21:14:31.864+02:002023-02-07T21:14:31.864+02:00Good Evening,
I did know mr. John Mclean and his w...Good Evening,<br />I did know mr. John Mclean and his wife Muriel. At that time my father was also stationed at Cape L'Agulhas, we stayed in the south side house at the lighthouse. John had a younger brother in the lighthouse service, think his name was Malcolm, that would be easy to find out.<br />John and Muriel hat three children, the eldest Beverly, about my age, which was about six yearsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01654548644018869010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-29397562031713816362023-02-07T14:11:02.865+02:002023-02-07T14:11:02.865+02:00Hi Bertie Lubbe
My parents had Riëtte's Cafe ...Hi Bertie Lubbe<br /><br />My parents had Riëtte's Cafe at L'Agulhas and they new all the lighthouse keepers there.<br />Your surname sounds familiar.<br />Do you perhaps know a John Mclean (Lighthouse Keeper)and his wife Muriel who were there in late 50's early 60's? He then moved to the GreenPoint Light house.<br /><br />Kind regards<br />Riëtte Binedell (Kleinsmidt)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08515341122805949513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-47394214198359051912022-01-28T08:35:15.074+02:002022-01-28T08:35:15.074+02:00Sadly our dear Mole passed away in August last yea...Sadly our dear Mole passed away in August last year. I am in Lighthouse Research and there is some information in Southern Lights Lighthouses of South Africa on your late father. I see Mrs Coward was also a Lighthouse Keeper.<br /><br />If you would like to contact me my email address is sapatt17@gmail.com<br /><br />Kind Regards<br />Suzanne-Jo PattersonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01056717679168552053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-27365063550122910582022-01-17T17:57:59.966+02:002022-01-17T17:57:59.966+02:00Hi Mole are you able to give me
Any info on my la...Hi Mole are you able to give me<br /> Any info on my late father George Leonard Coward.I was born in 1950 and am desperate for any history .He was stationed st Port Nolleth Diaz Point Luderits Port T Johns Port Shrpstone was his last post.He died in 1964. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295553262200852325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-62859621497680998322021-11-11T10:07:46.170+02:002021-11-11T10:07:46.170+02:00Hello Bertie,
I have just read your comment and w...Hello Bertie,<br /><br />I have just read your comment and wish to advise that you will not have received a reply from Rosemary Dixon-Smith as she became ill and could no longer maintain her blog. Sadly, our dear friend passed away in August this year.<br /><br />In response to your comment, I had previously corresponded with Heather and once again, I have the sad news that Heather passed away Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01056717679168552053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-13622839712943477262021-02-22T15:23:32.777+02:002021-02-22T15:23:32.777+02:00Good afternoon,
I'm Bertie Lübbe, I also have...Good afternoon,<br /><br />I'm Bertie Lübbe, I also have the book Southern Lights.<br /><br />I grew up in the lighthouse service, my father was a lighthouse keeper. Places we stayed: Cape Receice, Hood Point East london, Cape Agulhas, Robben Island, Cape Columbine and Swakopmund.<br />Is it possible to get contact info on Heather Vallance? They stayed next to us at Hood Point, 1958 - 9. She Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01654548644018869010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-87767105293535616262020-10-19T07:29:05.649+02:002020-10-19T07:29:05.649+02:00I checked the Index to Natal Civil Marriages on Fa...I checked the Index to Natal Civil Marriages on Family Search site but no sign of Stokes or Welch, regrettably. Which makes me wonder if marriages on Robben Island had for some reason been omitted. However, wonderful though Williams' book is there are some names which do not appear.<br />Best Wishes, MoleMolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761273493116575841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-45400967555464248852020-10-13T13:41:53.675+02:002020-10-13T13:41:53.675+02:00I have the book "Southern Lights" My la...I have the book "Southern Lights" My late father Peter Irwin Stokes was the third generation to enter the lighthouse service. Sadly his name is not in the book, but that of my great grandfather Harry Ernest Stokes and my grandfather Peter Hary Stokes are in the book. I am most certainly going to try and research my great grandfather some more using your links as I have very little BlossomAfricahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474135560960125104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-8733156234033674602020-09-15T09:57:22.588+02:002020-09-15T09:57:22.588+02:00Thank you for your comment, Cyril. It must have be...Thank you for your comment, Cyril. It must have been a busy time at Agulhas during WWII.<br />Best Wishes, MoleMolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761273493116575841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6378093591532627400.post-73680944942459798512020-09-15T03:57:49.399+02:002020-09-15T03:57:49.399+02:00A fascinating article, particularly for me as my f...A fascinating article, particularly for me as my father, Douglas Fox, was assistant lightkeeper at Dassen Island and Cape Agulhas during World War II.<br /><br />Cyril FoxCyril Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14565213613285079922noreply@blogger.com