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

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