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Barry - there are about 3.5 million people living in Johannesburg so if there are any other South African's on this forum it is unlikely they would know exactly where the people you are looking for live exactly.

A suggestion - why not google "Coward Johannesburg", it will come up with a couple of people living in South Africa and Jhb with that surname and send them an email. Because it is an unusual name and settler surnames don't go back to far that they may know the people you are looking for. You may not get replies from everyone but it may work.

There was a family with the surname Coward living in Durban South Africa, in fact the father is my Godfather, but they moved to Canada about 10 years ago.

Oh and by the way, their ship couldn't have docked in Rhodesia (page 1) as Rhodesia/Zimbabwe is landlocked and maybe 500 kilometers from the ocean ;-) Usually the ships would dock at Cape Town or Durban but also Port Elizabeth and East London.

Good luck with your search.

Hi Enyone
Is this the end i have come to a brick wall ?

Regards Barry.

Jan
Thank's for that information on the thread ,i did't think of that . Thank You .

Hi Barry try adding Johannesburg to the title of your thread

hello
Can enyone out there in Johannesburg help me with my request ? please .

Hi There
just a thought i was wondering is there anybody that lives in Johannesburg that could give me the information of where they accualy live ?
Thank you regards Barry.

Hi me again
I have just had information tht two of the three daughters Gillian and Pamila live in Johannesburg in Africa, thank you . Regards Barry

Hi Barry
Im afraid i dont know anything about the ERMINE ESTATE...but if you want me to have a look on ANCESTRY for you just send me the details.Im happy to try and help

Aha! Well believe us, you aren't the first and won't be the last.

You'd think if you pays your money you'd get something more useful than the likes of us, wouldn't you?

But we are the best, really. Hey, Dea and I just beat out that Nick Barrett guy on TV on a tough case. He got paid and didn't solve it; we solved it in no time flat (and we pay for the privilege!).

Problem with your situation is we don't do well outside the UK and the better-known colonies.

Any time you come up with anything though, just add it here and anybody who has posted in your thread will see right away that there's something new.

Hi TO EVERYBODY CONCERND
May i apologize to all concernd, iam new to this site and i thought that it was GR investators looking for information on my behalf i did not know it was good people like yourself's looking out for information for me once again can i say i am sorry . I have done what told to put the three daughters in my tree that was the first thing i did build my family tree. once again Sorry.
Regards Barry
ps to Claire i have relations on the Ermine estate

Barry
Try doing some research yourself,,People on here have tried to guide you in the right direction but you seem to want it all found for you,,,
Try looking at the trees already on ANCESTRY,,there is someone on ther who has a COWARD FAMILY HISTORY site

We don't know who this "you" you are talking to is, Barry.

Everybody here is just a member of this site like you.

We don't have records.

We pay for subscriptions to sites where we can search records. That's all anybody here can do. That's what they've done.

It isn't exactly polite for you to completely ignore what people have said, as you have been doing. Numerous suggestions have been made by people volunteering their time and efforts to help you. You might pay a bit of notice.

Hi me again i was wondering if they had any children and if you had any record's or information on them .
Regards Barry

Barry, why not put them in *your* tree?

You're related, so it should be easy enough to put a tree on here that has you, your parent and your grandparents, and your aunt and uncle, and their children.

If they come to GR looking for family, they are far more likely to do it by searching trees here, as everybody suggested you do. (You can put up a tree and search trees without paying.) If they did happen to post on the boards, everybody would suggest they search trees too!

GR even sends out email every two weeks reporting if a "match" is found for a name in your tree.

Just make sure that you keep your email address up to date in your account details at this site.

(If you don't hear back from the people you sent messages, it is probably because they didn't do that -- if they changed email addresses but didn't update the address in their account here, they won't get notice that you have sent a message, and won't see it unless they come back to look at this site, which many people don't.)

Hi Jansmith
Iam still waiting for more information ? do they still live in Africa or have they returned to UK or eny other country. regards Barry

HiJansmith
I'am looking for more information , do they still live in Afr
ica ,or have they retured to UK or any other country . Barry

HI JANICE YES I'AM SORRY BUT I LOOKED ON MY EMAIL AND I DID'T KNOW WARE IT WAS FROM ,YES I HAVE SENT A EMAIL TO TRUDY AND KERYN AWEEK AGO BUT HAD NO REPLY .
THANK YOU . BARRY

Barry do you know Trudy and Keryn,? if not then they are in Search trees above so you can send them a message

HI FLICK
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD THE DATES AND MARRIED NAMES OFTHE THREE DAUGHTERS PAMALA IRENE AND GILLIAN I WOULD BE VERY GREAT FULL IF YOU COULD.
REGARDS BARRY.

can only suggest you use the Search Treestab at the top of this page in the hope of finding a connection on this site - if you do then you have the option of contacting the tree owner

Ann