i am looking for the parents/siblings/family of my maternal grandmother. anna sophia graaf married to henry lemly nell somewhere in edenvale, johannesburg. i have one photo of her and that is all.
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Do you have a birth date? I have a few Anna Graaf's in my line with parents and birth dates or at least birth years but no husbands.
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thanks for responding! because anna maria sofia died at a young age, leaving 3 daughters of which my mother was the youngest, i do not have any info of her.
all i have is one photo with her name on it.
she was married to henry lemly nell. she must have died around 1929/1930. my mother was born in 1927 and she was too small to remember.
i don't know if she had brothers or sisters.
this is a total mystery. ANY help would be greatly appreciated.
many many thanks. tersia futcher
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I'm so sorry to disappoint you but 1827 is the latest date that any of my Anna Graaf's were born. Was she born in Africa? All my Graaf's were born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Janet Graham
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what a disappointment.
her family came from germany, but somewhere in the 1700's. she was born is south africa.
thank you so much for trying. kind regards. tersia
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Tersia, I know nothing about researching in Africa but I assume you have tried to find Anna's marriage record that might list her birthdate and parents names?
I have quite a few Graaf's in my tree born in the 1600's & 1700's where I only have birth dates and sometimes marriages and some children so if you ever find out Anna's parents names and if they came from Schleswig-Holstein let me know and I'll see if anything matches then.
Good luck - I know how difficult this can be!! Janet
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thanks janet.
i think i will have to get someone to go the the acrhives in pretoria for me.
i live in malaysia now so it has been doubly difficult.
but the bloody bug has bitten, so i will make all sorts of plans this side of the world.
thanks again and have a blessed day/night. tersia
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