I remember Pearl in Lyme Regis and vaguely the story of her grandfather but
I am afraid there is nothing in my thesis about Joseph Wills
Mick Atkinson
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From: "Tony Oldham" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: re Mick Atkinson's Phd thesis
Dear Anne
Sorry, I cannot help. I have forwarded you emial to the Mining History
list. There are other mining websites you can try like Aditnow and Mine
Explorer
> Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 18:55:25 +1000
> From: [log in to unmask]
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> Subject: re Mick Atkinson's Phd thesis
>
> Dear Tony,
> I am researching my husbands family tree and his Gr Gr Grandfather is a
> man called Joseph Wills (DOB 1858 in Helston, Cornwall) who was a tin
> miner in Cornwall and who later went to Africa to fight in the Boer War.
> According to my Mother-In-Law, his Gr Daughter Pearl Waggett (nee Wills)
> Joseph was involved in Mining tin in Africa and when Mick Atkinson was
> writing his thesis he contacted her for information about Joseph's
> story. This is a pretty vague question, but I am hoping you will be able
> to direct me to an online copy of Mick Atkinson's thesis and that I will
> find some reference there to Joseph Wills.
> Anne Coulter
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