----- Original Message ----- From: "Paxie Kelsey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 7:48 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 > >