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About Lucia Johanna Christina Thesen
With the death of his beloved Bessie, was now faced not only with the great loss of his wife but with the problem of attending to the needs of his large family. In 1902 however he married Lucia Johanna Christine Thesen who was the daughter of his first cousin Hans Thesen and it is to her eternal credit that she lovingly took on the responsibility of her step-children as well as bringing up three children of her own. Rolf Thesen, one of Bessie’s and Charles’s sons, makes these comments and I quote them as pertinent to what has already been said:
“I would like to note a few more personal aspects around some of those who did not come so firmly into the limelight but who nevertheless played an important part in the life of the family. My own mother: small of stature but lion-hearted. Dad did give her the credit of being his mainstay on many occasions.”
“As she (Bessie) died when I was four I did not have the privilege of experiencing her qualities of love and caring. I have read and indeed have copies of some letters she wrote to her only sister in England. Amongst a number of social engagements she took an active part in the True Templar movement (Temperance) and wrote rather amusingly to her sister of an occasion when she marched with others, chiefly coloured, in a parade of adherents in George. She was amused at the thought as to what some Knysna friends would think of her! Her great concern for our Reitz relations and others involved in the Boer War was significant.”
“My stepmother, Hannah, was a lifelong friend and great admirer of my mother Bessie and took on the responsibility for her large family, some grown-up and possibly difficult. However, as the only mother I really knew I do offer grateful thanks for all she did for us.”
Both of Charles’s marriages were consecrated in the old St. George’s Church in Knysna. The heavy wooden lych-gate on the Main Street at the entrance to the Church grounds was erected by him in Bessie’s memory.
- Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via husband Charles Wilhelm Thesen by SmartCopy: Jun 11 2015, 16:03:04 UTC
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Lucia Johanna Christina Thesen's Timeline
| 1875 |
July 8, 1875
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George, South Cape DC, Western Cape, South Africa
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| 1903 |
December 19, 1903
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| 1905 |
April 9, 1905
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| 1913 |
August 29, 1913
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| 1963 |
August 20, 1963
Age 88
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