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From: Andrew Rodger <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] WILKINSON
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 09:43:00 +1000
In-Reply-To: <000a01c2f9d0$2bb214c0$401a07c4@o0h4e4>


Fascinated by the names in this snip.

Sisley (Alfred) was a great Impressionist painter (1839-1899), many of
whose works are in the Musee d'Orsay, Paris (Flooding at Port-Marly,
Footbridge at Argenteuil, The Ile Saint-Denis, Regatta at Molesey, near
Hampton Court, Snow in Louveciennes). Turner being also an
Impressionist, it struck me that there might be a connection.

Not one of my lines at all (though my brother is a painter too -- but
not an impressionist), but I thought it was worth tossing this in.

On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 08:19 PM, Lorna wrote (snip):

>
> I am interested in the fact that you refer to Amelia as born SISBY.
> Would this be the correct version of her surname? I have only found her
> as SISLEY or CISLEY. She appears as SISLEY on her son Joseph Josua's
> D/N (MOOC 6/9/288 ref 12). The other instance of the surname comes from
> the baptism records of the Somerset West DR Church. It reads more or
> less as follows:-
> Magdalena Johanna b. 16 August 1845, =11.11.1845, daughter of Joseph
> Josua WILKENSON (Houwhoek) and Magdalena VAN AS. The witnesses were
> William TURNER, Amelia CISLEY (sic), Paul Lodewyk AVENANT and
> Wilhelmina Sara VAN AS. Some of the surnames mentioned appear in H&L's
> genealogies.
>
> I think a few descendants of William Turner WILKINSON (s/o Joseph Josua
> WILKINSON and Magdalena Johanna VAN AS) still live in the Elgin area.
> Yvonne Robertson and her intrepid team of gravehoppers recorded most of
> the burials in the district and kindly made them available to me.
>
>
Andrew Rodger


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