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From: "Tombi Peck" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Looking for Jamieson decendents
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:11:11 -0000
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Hi Ray,
I had a chuckle when reading this email...
In England 'pits' is a colloquial expression!!
Thanks for bringing a smile .....I'm dashing to meet a friend at the Railway
Station...
I'm looking forward to having friends here for the weekend...makes a change
but will ruin my family history research fo the weekend!!
Best wishes,
Tombi Peck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Forsberg" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Looking for Jamieson decendents


> Hi Ray,
>
> I have a couple of Pitts -
>
> Mary b. 1808 who married Richard Forrester b. 1790 in Chester, Cheshire.
> Mary Ann b. about 1830, daughter of Robert Pitt and Mary Short. She
> married
> William Isaac Forrester b. 1831 at Groblers Kloof, Grahamstown.
>
> Are these yours?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carol
>
>
>
>
> 2009/11/6 Ray & Pat Pitt <>
>
>> Hello fellow listers,
>>
>> I've had, what is hoped to be, a major
>> break through in one of the brick walls in my research! I have recently
>> been
>> formed that a long lost ancestor, a certain Ellen Ann PITT (born 5 Feb
>> 1864
>> in Grahamstown) has possibly come to light as the wife of Thomas Alfred
>> JAMIESON. Furthermore, the story goes that both Ellen and her brother
>> George
>> PITT were orphaned!
>>
>> I am descended from George PITT, but to the best of my knowledge, there
>> has
>> been no record of George being a orphan. So, I am now wondering if
>> there
>> would have been any official records kept in the 1800's and early 1900's
>> for
>> orphaned children in the Eastern Cape, especially around Grahamstown and
>> surrounds? If so, where? Can anyone help?
>>
>> I would also very much like to make contact with anyone researching the
>> JAMIESON family name from the Eastern Cape area who think they may
>> possibly
>> be able to help.
>>
>> If what I have been told is correct then it will a great deal to me in
>> finally re establishing family connections with this 'lost' branch of my
>> family.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Ray Pitt
>>
>> 95 Fisher street
>>
>> Kingaroy
>>
>> Queensland
>>
>> Australia
>>
>>
>>
>>
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