Tombi Hi! Our butcher when I was a youngster growing up in Mowbray was a Le Cordier, could there be any connection? Neville ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tombi Peck" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 3:57 PM Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Louis FOURIE & Susanna CORDIER > Hi, > I realise that on first reading those of you on the EC & IB lists may > wonder why I've posed this question to you as it refers to some of my > French Huguenot Ancestors......I have done so as there are so many > extremely fine researchers on these lists who may just know the answer to > my question. > I have very little information on my ancestors Louis FOURIE and his wife > Susanna CORDIER other than the approximate dates and places of the births > and deaths. > If anyone has any further information on these people I would be delighted > to receive it. > > I have Louis FOURIE born about 1671 in Pontaix, Drome, Dauphine France the > son of Louis FOURIE and Susanna CORBIER (I wonder if this is correct...the > names sound astonishingly like his and his wife's), He died about 1750 in > Wellington, Cape of Good Hope. > He was married to Susanna CORDIER (CORTJE) who was born about 1674 in > Paarl, Cape of Good Hope died about 1715 at Drakenstein (later Paarl), > Cape of Good Hope. > Their daughter Susanna FOURIE was born about 1694 in Wellington, Cape of > Good Hope and died on the 26th April 1762 at Stellenbosch. She married > Jean NEL (son of Gwillaume NEL & Jeanne Neel DE LA BATTE in about 1716. > They had 7 children (as far as I am aware; Willem Adriaan NEL born before > 25 Apr 1717 d Unkown, Jan NEL born bef 13 Nov 1718 d about 1760; Louis NEL > (my ancestor) born bef 16 Feb 1721 d about 1756; Susanna NEL b bef 4 Oct > 1722 d Unknown; Marthinus NEL born bef 19 Nov 1724; d Unknown; Johanna > Margaretha NEL b bef 25 Mar 1730 d Unknown & Adriaan NEL born bef 25 Mar > 1736 d Unknown. > This information came from the Martin Voss file of Ali Smith. > Any information would be most welcome. > Best wishes, > Tombi Peck > > ------------------------------- > 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