OUR MEMBERS: MARGARET HUMPHRIES AND JOHAN LOURENS

Margaret Humphries (left), who has been a member of the West Gauteng branch of the GSSA for many years, started her family history research in 1996. She is busy researching the following surnames:

On her father's side: Freshwater, Haddrel and Harcombe;
On her mother's side: Bennett, Currin, Quirk, Freemantle and Pacston and
On her husband's side: Humphries, van der Nest, Marais and Maré.

Johan Lourens (right) , also a member of our West Gauteng group has been involved with family history research since 1998. Most of his work has been on his Lourens and Scholtz family, and to a lesser extent the Engelbrecht and Turner family. -- Penny Evans, branch member.