Hi Anne, Funny, but I was contemplating asking you about Nicolas (sic) SMITH yesterday after reading your thrilling news. What a lucky strike! No, I do not have a Charles William SMITH. I had just reached the SMITH name quite recently by finding Charlotte Maria SMITH was the mother one of my paternal great grandfathers, Jacob (Japie) Gabriel LODEWYKS. From her DN I find that Charolotte died at age 92 on 15 Nov 1939 (year of birth 1847) of Batts Road, Wynberg CP. She married Frederick LODEWYKS in Cape Town. Charolotte's parents are given as Nicholas SMITH and Caroline (maiden name unknown) and both deceased at the time. Their children were Benjamin, Jacob, Dora and Charolotte (married to Wentzel) If you find any connection please let me know. I have a few DNs on file for various Nicolas and Nicholas SMITHs but they do not appear to be connected. From various other DNs I find this family lived in Knutsford Road and Ottery Road, Wynberg. Also Hazendal Estate-Athlone , Herbrandt Street, Sevenoaks Road-Heathfield. This is most of what I have found so far. Regards, Elva > X-Message: #1 > Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:57:37 -0400 > From: Lehmkuhl <rsa2can@sympatico.ca> > To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com > Message-Id: <5.2.1.1.2.20040817205516.01c7a620@pop1.sympatico.ca> > Subject: SMITH - Wynberg > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > From: Elva Hanly <theaviary@bigpond.com> > I am originally from the Wynberg district, in fact I left 40 years ago > and > have taken on the job of searching for my families. > The families I am working on right now are: > SMITH - Nicolas and Caroline (Wynberg) - born about 1820's > Elva > Australia > > Hi Elva > I see that you're working on SMITH in Wynberg. > Do you perhaps have a Charles William SMITH in that line? > > __________/\/*******\/\______ > Anne Lehmkuhl > Ottawa, Canada > South African genealogy without borders: http://www.rupert.net/~lkool/ > NEW BOOK - Routes to Roots >