While looking online for information about Edward Nockall, of Willesden, and then to see if there was an ABW memorial or roll of honour for the area, I came upon this little nugget - the ABW roll of honour for the parish of Willesden, a brass plaque, c. 24" x 18", was on display, in 1997, at Billy Frogg's Grill and Bar in Omaha, Nebraska.
"I found the following information after delving on old web pages via the
'Wayback' machine - it was posted to a mailing list in 1997!
Someone visited Omaha, Nebraska, USA, and saw an old brass plaque, about 24
x 18 inches, in bar. It was a memorial plaque to those from 'the parish of
Willesden' that served in the South African War around the turn of the
century (last century, that is!).
Among the names were three who died:
B. Doe died at Ladysmith; G.W. Fusedale died at Newcastle; F.G. Hucker died
at Pretoria.
The FUSEDALE name was the one that caught my search engine, as I'm always
on the lookout for them! I believe it's solved the mystery of where and
when my second cousin twice removed died.
The posting implied that there were more names on the plaque. I wonder: is
there anyone who lives in or near Omaha and could possibly find this plaque
and take a photo of it? Preferably a digital one, but if it was an
old-fashioned one I would happily pay for developing and postage (but let
me know first please!). I will then of course transcribe the names and post
them to the list. Apparently the plaque is in a bar called Billy Frog's -
I've checked on the web and it appears to still exist, in the 'Old Market'
area of Omaha.
Any takers?!
Regards -
Judith Gibbons
Coventry, UK"
archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/M...K/2003-09/1063394739
I'm not over in the US again until 2020, so can't go and check this out yet, but I'm going to contact the bar to see if they still have it - I wonder if they'd be prepared to sell it?
Does anyone here know anyone living in or near Omaha?
"I found the following information after delving on old web pages via the
'Wayback' machine - it was posted to a mailing list in 1997!
Someone visited Omaha, Nebraska, USA, and saw an old brass plaque, about 24
x 18 inches, in bar. It was a memorial plaque to those from 'the parish of
Willesden' that served in the South African War around the turn of the
century (last century, that is!).
Among the names were three who died:
B. Doe died at Ladysmith; G.W. Fusedale died at Newcastle; F.G. Hucker died
at Pretoria.
The FUSEDALE name was the one that caught my search engine, as I'm always
on the lookout for them! I believe it's solved the mystery of where and
when my second cousin twice removed died.
The posting implied that there were more names on the plaque. I wonder: is
there anyone who lives in or near Omaha and could possibly find this plaque
and take a photo of it? Preferably a digital one, but if it was an
old-fashioned one I would happily pay for developing and postage (but let
me know first please!). I will then of course transcribe the names and post
them to the list. Apparently the plaque is in a bar called Billy Frog's -
I've checked on the web and it appears to still exist, in the 'Old Market'
area of Omaha.
Any takers?!
Regards -
Judith Gibbons
Coventry, UK"
archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/M...K/2003-09/1063394739
I'm not over in the US again until 2020, so can't go and check this out yet, but I'm going to contact the bar to see if they still have it - I wonder if they'd be prepared to sell it?
Does anyone here know anyone living in or near Omaha?