Edenburg Trek to Rhodesia

Private User may know, Caroline.Possibly, Private User.

Oh, btw - I've just put in as much of the Bantu royal family as far back as I can - and they have roots in this area too.

Still off your point Caroline, but just as an admin note - I've hypertexted links to the names Rhodes and Shaka, mentioned in the project's text.

In die Afrikaanse boek op bl 183 aan die einde van bylae 6 staan geskrywe: Cannell has informed me that he has forwarded a list of names of the Edenburg Trek to Mr. Rhodes. M.J. MARTIN

MRS. CLIFF CANNELL, 1894
Nee Molly Mollet. Wife of the leader of the Edenburg Trek. Died in Melsetter. Information from Mrs. Otterson who also came with the Eden¬burg Trek. Page 161 "Many Treks Made Rhodesia," by S. P. Olivier.
from - http://rhodesianheritage.blogspot.com/2010/05/rhodesias-pioneer-wom...

Other interesting snippets - just in case you have not seen them!
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRAN...

http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=1469616

http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/roll_of_honour/person.asp?p=5...

http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=45588

http://www.genealogyworld.net/robin/Rhodesian%20Treks.htm

http://www.1820settlers.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Genealo...

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA/1999-09/...

for the time being!

Thanks for the references June .... I have previously seen these. I have also been in touch with Ken Markham. I still cannot get a CATEGORICAL yes or no. I am doing the ground work for a movie script so my research HAS to be historically correct!. Perhaps I should try and reach Bertoli again - though I do recall writing to her many years ago. To find those emails amongst my mess of papers!!!

I have just received absolutely WONDERFUL material on the Edenburg trek ... Reading through it all, I wonder if this trek was not lead by a "committee" of two or three, maybe even four people??? (It is also the only trek that is not named after an individual, taking it from the point of origin, Edenburg)
Any comments on this possibility ????

Can you load the material Caroline - sounds like a fair solution with the trek not being named after a person.

Caroline - I have given the Edenburg Trek a page of its own - http://www.geni.com/projects/Edenburg-Trek-to-Rhodesia-1894 and added you as collaborator. You could add documents to the project if you have them! How exciting!

Great Idea to have a page of its own!

I'm having immense problems loading the non-photgraphic documents I received last night. I will try in the morning again. I'm not sure whether it's the void in that side of my brain that controls "new-age-tech", or, a genuine problem somewhere!

I will start writing something using the notes I have from my great aunt, and the ones received of the Giffords - it all makes an exciting yet poignant story!!

Are you able to save documents as pdf's? They tend to load easily.

You go gals!

Just thought I'd let you know that I am not doing nothing ......(about 50 emails later), I will be meeting with Gray King, a descendant of the Giffords, in December where we will compare notes, material and other scraps of paper to assemble some sort of "historical story" on the Edenburg trek with a lot of references etc. By all accounts, this will be worth the wait!!! :))))

That is so exciting! I look forward to the results!