Hi Chandre and a warm welcome to the List. I am unable to help with your CLARK-CLARKE surname interest. However, you may want to post your other family names as well. For instance, your other grandmother's maiden, spouse and married name, dates as well. 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 LODEWYK/S - Frederick and Charlotte (Wynberg) - born about 1845-1847 CLAYTON - Johnannes Jacobus and Spasie Katrina ( Paarl) - born about 1850's FORTUNE - Arthur and Maria (Paarl) - born about mid-late 1870's Besides searching for ancestors, this List is a great way of learning about History, Culture and Family Traditions etc. All the best with your search, Elva Australia > X-Message: #1 > Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 12:06:15 +0200 > From: Chandre De Wet <chandre@tsf.org.za> > To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com > Message-Id: <1092650775.23403.36.camel@server.ltsp> > Subject: Hi from new member to this list. > Content-Type: text/plain > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hi there, I am Chandre De Wet, from the northern suburbs of Cape Town, > and I am interested in tracking down my family roots, although this is > now a bit overdue, as my gran(my main source of info) died in January > this year... As an introductory e-mail I will put down all I know, but I > can possibly get more info from my mother and aunts. > > My grandmother (Anne Young Clarke) was a coloured woman born in 1922,I > think near Kakamus, Upington area. Although she has spent many years in > Franschoek and Strand. Her grandfather was one of 2 white brothers from > England,and His name was Jesse Clark. His brother married white, while > he married a "baster vrou" as she put it... ( i am not too sure if the > surname is Clarke or Clark). > > We do have a photograph of him, and a painting too,although no > information is written on it. > > Hope you guys can help me. >