Born 8/9/1947, 13:40hrs Weight: 7lbs 13.5ozs

3rd day 7lbs 8.5ozs

8th day 8lbs 0.25ozs

9th day 8lbs 2.25ozs

FIRSTS: Sat up alone: 5 months First tooth: 8.5months (Thur 3rd June 1948) Second tooth: 2 weeks later

Long journey: By train to Vryburg and back. 3rd Jan 1948

LIST OF BIRTH GIFTS:

Mother Brueckner: 3 doz. Diapers; Baby clothes used on Anna, Frieda, Christine & Roberta; Plastic Panties, Brown dungarees, Rompers, 1 yard nainsook Grandmother Hough: 2 nighties, soap, powder, 2 bibs Trixie Hough: Rattle & 2 hits. Annetjie & Ouboet Pieterse: Beacon blanket. Frikkie Pieterse’s Rattle. Anna Bruecker: All wool cot blanket and 3 other blankets; blue dress; maternity pattern; nightie pattern, material for a maternity dress; hat: leggings Aunt Mildred Kielland: 2 Celanese nighties; Madeira dress; shawl; Maternity dress. Hope Kielland: Bib, suit Christine Brueckner: Blue Hyde winceyette; towel & rubber sheeting, suit Carin Burger: White jacket; pitchers; soap & dusting powder. Helena v.d. Merwe: Knitted matinee jacket & booties Christine & Dick Cutten: Dressing gown, bib & booties, matinee jacket Danhausers: Blue crocheted matinee jacket Dody Seaver: Pink knitted booties, Box full of useful articles Phillips: Flowers. R.D.B. Demonstrasie groep: Flowers. Jannie and Martie: Flowers & Fruit Miss Whitworth: Flowers. Mollie de Villiers: Blue cardigan Mrs. Visser, E: Blue matinee jacket Mabel Christofersen: Blue carrying cape & booties. Marjorie Blake: little suit, lib. 2 used pitchers & matinee coat. Rattles at Christmas time. W. Ludlow: Wooden Horse. Rawseyers: Bib V. Rea: Plastic panties. Martie Hough: Smocked Buster Suit, Toilet Set.

15/11/1969 1, Rose Court ,Main Rd, Rondevbosch, Cape 18/12/1970 - 1/4/1971 3 Innsbruck Inn, 120 Queens Rd, SEA POINT, Cape Town 1/4/1971 - 25/6/1971: 41, Hyde Park, Anton Anreith Arcade, FORESHORE, Cape Town 1/10/1971 - 21/1/1972 La Boheme, Fort Street/9th Ave, Bulawayo, Rhodesia 7/4/1972 La Boheme, Union Ave, Salisbury, Rhodesia 10/10/1972 - 3/1/1973 - 10 Iona, 27 Ednam Rd, RONDEBOSCH, Cape Town 1/4/1973 - 1/11/1975: Flat 3, Mupine Flats, Pinelands, Cape Town, Cape Province 2/6/1977 - 57 Moss St, NEWLANDS, Cape Town 7700

GEDCOM Note

{geni:hair_color} Gray
{geni:eye_color} Brown {geni:height_1} 6 feet {geni:height_2} 1 inch

GEDCOM Note

Lisa and her husband, Neil Murray, who grew up in Johannesburg, where they first met, and who worked for John, at the time, moved onto the farm not long after he died and continue to live there. They have three beautiful children; Luke John, 25 years old, works with Neil in his successful business, designing and manufacturing sawmills, as well as crafting magnificent furniture. Leah Sarah, 23 years old, is in her 5th year of medicine at Stellenbosch University and Amy Louise, 20, is in her 3rd year at Stellenbosch University, doing a degree in Humanities. Over the past 17 years, Lisa has created an incredible gift/craft shop on the N2 called ‘The Heath’, that has grown to include a furniture business and a restaurant (recently sold).


GEDCOM Note

Jodi married Alastair Gordon-Forbes in May 1987 and they have three children.

Cameron John, 19 years old, has just finished Matric and is about to embark on a Science degree at Rhodes University, in Grahamstown. Skye, 16, is doing an art Matric, close to home in Muizenburg, Cape Town. The youngest child, Duncan Alastair, 11 years old is at the Waldorf School. All of them are beautiful and even though they never met their grandfather they feel his loss greatly. Skye, in particular, has often been in tears over the fact that John hasn’t formed a part of her growing up process.