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South Africa / Re: South Africa to Bilston
« on: Wednesday 16 May 12 11:14 BST (UK)  »
@ Trees , Thanks :) I'll get my profile sorted out shortly!

@ Rosie - I just re-read one of your posts and saw you called Ida "danny" . It is so strange, my dad always said her name was "Danny", but when I did my initial research I told him he must be remembering wrong because her name was Ida. Seems she WAS "danny" to her loved ones after all

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South Africa / Re: South Africa to Bilston
« on: Wednesday 16 May 12 10:48 BST (UK)  »
Wow I have wondered about my Hesom family for so long and I just stumbled on to this site! My great-grandmother was Leonie Hesom, sister of Bernard and Jack, her mother was the Ida Bowen and Robert Hesom mentioned! It seems so strange to see family on here I didn't know I had. I knew "uncle" Jack quite well as a child, he was married to Olive and they always spoiled my sister and I! My Father remembers Ida from his childhood and how she used to teach him funny little tricks with postage stamps and papers and all the good sayings she used to have. Leonie married and lived in the small town in Rhodesia, where her daughter (my gran) was born, the family later moved down to cape town where she lived until she passed away in the 90's. She's buried in rondebosch. She was a wonderfull person to know, always outspoken and a little controversial, , but I see now it's a family trait  :).
I love the old photos! My dad has one of Leonie and her siblings as children standing in a street in Kimberley, it's somewhere in a box he says! If I can track it down I'll upload it

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