Please forgive me if this is not the correct list for this posting. I am searching for the descendants of Arie Jacobus Johannes Tuit and Johannes Marinus Tuit who were born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1852 and 1856 respectively. They had a brother Jacobus Marinus Tuit who emigrated to South Australia c. 1868 - he was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1854 (he is my husband's great grandfather). Parents Jacobus Tuit and Johanna Maria Catharina Kruijt married Scheveningen, Zuid Holland, Netherlands, 1850. The father was a teacher. This family moved to Antwerp and then the father died at the age of 34 years leaving the mother and the 3 young boys. I do not know as to whether she remarried or not. Arie Tuit ventured to Panama and worked for the Pacific Steamship Navigation Company c. 1880 - 1886 and also for the Panama Railway Company c. 1886 >. He married a woman by the name of Dolores and the had at least 3 children - Henry Jacob, Johanna and another born in 1888. There may have been more later on. Johanna was killed in a freak accident. The family, minus the father, had gone to the island Naos in the Bay of Panama for a day out to visit friends and she had walked through an open French door and fallen some way to the ground. She was only a toddler This was in 1884. This is about all the information that I have on this family as the letters end 1888. There was a mention of Johannes in the letters but no one knew where he was or what his fate was. If anyone knows anything of this family I would dearly like to be in touch with you or if you can pass this onto any Tuits that you may know I would be very grateful. With thanks. Regards Leonie Tuit Perth, Western Australia Tel/Fax: (+61 8) 9291-6539 Mobile: 0409 839 405 Email: tuminco@iinet.net.au ______________________________