Arthur Edward Boraman

Born: 17 Apr 1874
- Location: 4 Yeoman's Row, Brompton, London, England
Died: 21 Sep 1945 (Aged 71yrs)
- Location: Germiston Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
Father: Unknown Unknown
Mother: Mary Ann Boraman
- Half-sister: Elizabeth Thorne
- Half-sister: Amelia Thorne
- Half-brother: William Thorne
- Half-sister: Jessie Thorne

Images

Arthur Boraman's first aid certificate allowing him to work in the mines
Tymawr, Bwlch in 2006
Arthur Boraman at Tymawr in 1891
Arthur Boraman's return from Montreal
Arthur Boraman's baptism record in 1874
Arthur Boraman and family on the SS Wilcannia
Arthur Boraman, wife Isobel and Gwendoline Gertrude
Arthur Boraman standing in the middle, with unknown friends. Photo taken by Murton and Kinsman, Fordsburg.
Arthur Boraman with Municipal Police colleagues, is seated on the ground in the first row at the far left of the picture
Arthur Boraman seated on the ground in the first row on the far right of the picture. In Municipal Police uniform outside of the Nationale Bank in Von Brandis Square Johannesburg
4 Yeoman's Row in 2006, now an Italian Restaurant

Own Family

Spouse: Isobel Kirkcaldy McIntosh
- Daughter: Gwendoline Gertrude Boraman, born 4 Apr 1905

Occupations

Railway Detective in Waterval Onder, South Africa
Miner in Crown Mines, Johannesburg, South Africa
Private, 1st Gordon Highlanders in 1891
Farm servant in 1891
- Location: Tymawr, Bwlch, Breconshire, Wales

Residences

1881 , 4 Yeoman's Row, Brompton, London, England
Fordsburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
1888 , Tymawr, Bwlch, Breconshire, Wales
Dunhuntin, Florence Avenue, Bedfordview, Johannesburg, South Africa

Notes

Surname recorded as Borraman on the baptism entry. Arthur worked as a farm servant for a farmer Edward Harris at Tymawr, Bwlch, South Wales. In 1888 he was presented with a bible from W. Haggart.
Joined the Gordon Highlanders in 1891 and received the following medals: Tirah 1897-98, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Relief of Chitral for the Indian Campaigns, Defence of Ladysmith, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902.
Travelled back from Cape Town to England with his wife and daughter on the SS Wilcannia, arriving in London on 1 Jul 1907. Then he travelled alone from Liverpool to Montreal on the SS Kensington arriving on the 3 Nov 1907, while his wife and daughter stayed with relatives. He returned to England on the SS Virginian, arriving in Liverpool on 11 Jul 1908.
Was a Freemason in the Transvaal