Johanna Maria Scheepers

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Johanna Maria van Driessel (Scheepers)

Also Known As: "Ouma Joe"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bloemfontein, Motheo, Free State, South Africa
Death: August 01, 1970 (87)
6 David street, Bloemfontein, Motheo, Free State, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Hendrikus Josephus Scheepers, SV/PROG and Rachel Aletta Catharina Sophia Scheepers
Wife of Sarel Marais and Josephus Hendrikus van Driessel.
Mother of Hendrikus Van Driessel; Pieter Joseph van Driessel; Sophia Louisa van Driessel and Aletta Johanna Van Driessel
Sister of Christiaan Sche(e)pers and Aleida Wilhelmina Christina Scheepers
Half sister of Gerrit Willem Hendrik Frederik Schepers; Hendrikus Josephus Scheepers; Pieter Jacobus Nieman(d); Johannes Tobias Albertus Nieman(d); Johannes Jacobus Niemann and 5 others

Occupation: O.V.V.
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About Johanna Maria Scheepers

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Johanna had always had this caring attitude. As a teenager, according to my aunt, Ouma Joe, as she was known, had already looked after women needs in the Concentration Camps near Bloemfontein as a teenager during the Anglo Boer war. Ouma Joe founded die " Oranje Vroue Vereeniging" in the Free State (O.V.V.) According to the Volksblad newspaper cutting, she died peacefully in her home, 6 David street Bloemfontein. Her husband had died 42 years prior. this enabled her to do the work. In later years, she was involved with the mission and training of evangelists. She at the time of her passing,1 August 1970, Ouma Joe was survived by 4 children, 10 grandchildren, and 23 great grandchildren.


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Johanna Maria Scheepers's Timeline

1883
February 28, 1883
Bloemfontein, Motheo, Free State, South Africa
June 3, 1883
Bloemfontein, Motheo, Free State, South Africa
1904
September 13, 1904
Bloemfontein, FS, South Africa
1906
April 30, 1906
Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
1908
February 9, 1908
1913
December 21, 1913
1970
August 1, 1970
Age 87
6 David street, Bloemfontein, Motheo, Free State, South Africa