[Jdottie]

Hi, My name is Juliet Scanlan, are you a lost lost relative?

I am looking for the family of my grandmother, Annie Cecilia Van Heerden, who was born in South Africa in about 1881. Her first husband, John Henry East, was a policeman who was shot in South Africa during an uprising. They had one child, also John Henry. Her second husband was Arthur Digby Johnson, who was a british soldier she met while nursing him, and others, in a communal hospital tent during the Boer War (1899 to 1902). Her father didn't appove of the marriage and cut her off from the family. She came to the UK and Arthur died leaving her with three children and no money. She lived in a street which policeman would only enter in twos! Luckily her mother sent money which Annie spent only on the children, never on herself. Annie also destroyed all documents relating to her family so I it is very difficult to trace them.

Please ask your older relatives whether they know of a "bad girl or black sheep of the family" as far back as the 1900s. It would be great to find them.

Also, John Henry East, the policeman. Who was he and where is his family? He has a few offspring from his son in the UK too.

If you are on Facebook, visit my page and see photographs of Annie, her mother and her brother.

I would love to hear from you.