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About Michael Welensky, SV/PROG
Michael Welensky was trhe first President of the Gwelo (Gweru in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) Hebrew Congregation around 1897. He was drawn to the Kimberley diamonds of South Africa where he made and lost a small fortune before going to Southern Rhodesia.
WELENSKY
Michael Welensky * Vilna, Russia c. 1843 a. 1881 from America, trader in ostrich feathers, gold digger Barberton x Germany, NN ÷ xx Willowmore c. 1881 Aletta Maria Catharina Ignasina FERREIRA * Willowmore 17.9.1863 6.2.1864 † Salisbury Hospital, Rhodesia 13.3.1918 d.v. Ignatius Wilhelm Ferreira en Martha Elizabeth Ferreira
- b1 Jeanette * c. 1882 † 19.8.1962 x SHILLINGTON xx VAN ROOYEN
- b2 Abe * 16.12.1884 † 24.10.1913
- b3 Raphael (Ray) * c. 1886 x WIRZ
- b4 David * 12.12.1889 † 15.11.1971
- b5 Joseph * c. 1890
- b6 Benjamin * Barberton c. 1892 † 18.10.1964
- b7 Lionel * c. 1902 † 15.6.1971
- b8 Roland (Roy) * Salisbury 20.1.1907, Sir, Prime Minister of Rhodesia † 5.12.1991
- b9 Latroska * c. 1909 Acknowledgement: Janet Melville and Emmarentia S. Ferreira – Ferreira Family
http://www.gisa.org.za/site/sites/default/files/surname_pdfs/W/WELENSKY.pdf
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Michael Welensky, SV/PROG's Timeline
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1843
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Russia
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| 1881 |
1881
Age 38
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Cape, South Africa
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| 1884 |
December 16, 1884
Age 41
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Cape, South Africa
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1882
Age 39
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| 1889 |
December 12, 1889
Age 46
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1902
Age 59
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Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
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| 1887 |
1887
Age 44
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Cape, South Africa
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| 1890 |
1890
Age 47
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| 1892 |
1892
Age 49
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Transvaal, South Africa
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