MikePotts
Practically Family
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- Tivy, Texas.
here's an interesting aside:
We're a family of late breeders.
My mother's father, George Wales, was conscripted into the last(?) Boer War whilst a coal miner in County Durham, England.
He claimed 'conscientious objector' status for religious reasons and was given the opportunity to join the St.John's Ambulance Brigade or, presumably, go to gaol.
he went to S.A. as a stretcher bearer/medic throughout the remainder of t he conflict and scraped a living as a gold/diamond/whatever miner in Benoni before sending home for his wife.
My mother, Norah, was born there in 1912.
We're a family of late breeders.
My mother's father, George Wales, was conscripted into the last(?) Boer War whilst a coal miner in County Durham, England.
He claimed 'conscientious objector' status for religious reasons and was given the opportunity to join the St.John's Ambulance Brigade or, presumably, go to gaol.
he went to S.A. as a stretcher bearer/medic throughout the remainder of t he conflict and scraped a living as a gold/diamond/whatever miner in Benoni before sending home for his wife.
My mother, Norah, was born there in 1912.