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'we are trying to trace my husbands ggrandfather we believe he came to south africa in the late 1800 may have been involved in anglo boer . war 1899-1902. the only info we have is he came from plymouth had 6 children in south africa was married to annie died in 1943. name of ggrandfather was Joseph May born 1850 god knows where in england but died in south africa 1913. we believe he had a brother William
May is a common name in England. May is also common in Devon and Cornwall and on both sides of the border between them. You might want to start with the Mays in Plymouth and Devon, especially those families who use the names Joseph and William.