Hullo again Paxie, When I wrote 'I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE JOHNSON'S' I mean pertaining to Anna Emma BEST's husband, however, my great grandmother was Harriett JOHNSON and I also have extensive files on this family but I have not found a connection between nna Emma BEST's husband, George Worlsey JOHNSON and my JOHNSON family the patriarch in South Africa being John McKenzie JOHNSON born very late 1700s. Lynette from OZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "lynette troughton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 8:24 AM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol 6,Issue 1 > Good morning Paxie, > What do you want to know - this family, the BEST/MITFORD, is one of my > most > extensive files but alas I do not know too much about the JOHNSON's and > the > LOUW's. I received the LOUW information by way of the CAPE TOWN SOUTH > AFRICA list. I have been in touch with Anna Emma's descendants who live > in > Cape Town. Anna Emma was born in Calcutta in 1844. > Just let me know which direction you are going. > Best regards, > Lynette from OZ > Hi Lynette >> Compliments of the season to you and all the listers ... may 2011 be a >> terrific year for everyone ... bring all those walls tumbling down! >> Do you have any further family on Anna Emma JOHNSON nee BEST? >> Regards >> Paxie >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: lynette troughton >>> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, >>> Vol >>> 6,Issue 1 >> >> >> Good morning and all the best for 2011. >> I have LOUW in my family tree - my great grandmother's sister married a >> LOUW >> in the Cape Colony in about 1869. They were divorced but they did have >> at >> least two children, Mabel was the girl but I cannot recall the boys name >> however, all descendants of our family had MITFORD in their name. Her >> husband, a widower, was an older man with children and married Anna Emma >> JOHNSON (nee BEST) she being much younger than he. She later divorced >> LOUW >> as well and married Eraza GOODSON and stayed married to him until he >> died. >> Maybe a connection to your LOUW's >> Lynette from OZ >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message