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From: "Cheri Marshall" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Extracts from South African Commercial Advertiser April1832
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 10:43:50 -0700
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"an ornament to her sex....."referring to Geesje Wilhemina CLOETE....what an
unusual description!!!Thanks for this Sue as usual it makes interesting
reading(CLOETE I also my line but dont know if she is part of the same...)

> Mrs. Geesje Wilhelmina CLOETE, widow of the late Jacob VAN REENEN Esq.
> With
> a heart devoted to her Creator, she, in an eminent degree, was possessed
> of
> all those amiable qualifications which rendered her an ornament to her
> sex,
> and endeared her to all who knew her worth. Her untimely death, therefore,
> will long be deplored by her numerous relatives and friends.
>

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