Elizabeth Ann Guest - Elizabeth Ann and Her Life

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Elizabeth Ann was married to Gituango Valesco as a Minor - both her and her sister were left in Mozambique with her mothers sister Mrs Almedia who was fairly wealthy having been involved in the slave trade. According to a document in the Cape Archives her sister Fanny Maria died some 9 months after her marriage at age 14. Her marriage and the proposed marriage of Elizabeth Ann were opposed by William.

Elizabeth Ann married 3 times
- Gituango Valesco by whom shed had Amelia Ann - who lived out her life on Oustshoorn
- William Spencer Koeke (who was her cousin) by whom she had a daughter Eulalie who married Thomas Carel Dry and lived in the Free State
- Samuel Thomas Burgess Taylor who she outlived

She died aged 97 in 1909 in Oudtshoorn

Thanks Gillian. Will you write the info into Geni?

Sally McConnell

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