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I have reason to believe that E.M. Litkie was my Great Great Grandfather. I am doing research at the moment which I am sure will prove this. My Great Grandmother's name was Wilhelmina Christina Litkie, who was brought up in Kimberley. I Found Emil Maximilian Litkie as a passenger on the "Wandrahm" sailing from Hamburg to South Africa on the 2nd November 1861. He was traveling with his brother Valerian Arnold, they were both goldworkers, from Konitz in Poland (Western Prussia) I found reference to E.M. Litkie in the Book "In Memoriam" by Steve Watt - Roll of Honour Imperial Forces - Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 is shows the following: Name: E.M. Litkie Rand: Captain Regiment: Kimberley Casulty: Died of Heart Disease. Age: 54 Place: Kimberley Date:21.12 1899 Interred: Kimberley, Gladstone Monument: on marble cross at sight. Remarks: Age 54 - Paymaster.

I believe that Emile Litkie is my grandfather. My father was one of two sons, his name being Roy Edward Litkie, living in Krugersdorp in the 1950s when I was born. I lost touch with him at an early age, so a huge chunk of family history is missing/incomplete. kate kate dingley