Sunday, 4 October 2020

Chapter 11 - Anna Johanna Marais (1924 - 2002)


Anna Johanna Marais was born on the 9th of December 1924 in Roodepoort to Johannes Francois
Marais (1897 - 1948) and Anna Johanna Marais born de Villiers (1898 - 1985).

Anna was educated in Johannesburg and her occupation was a Book Keeper. 

In 1956 she Married "Harold James Kemp" in a registry court in Mbabane Swaziland.   There are no birth records found for him, although there are several WW1 records in the South African Military Archives.  It seems he changed his name a few time in different variations.   

Before 1914 there is no record of him at all. 

Having done my DNA matching, there are no KEMP matches or even many English names. 

I have since found out that my father was born Hendrik Christoffel Ignatius Kemp in Burgersdorp in the Cape to Petrus Gerhardus Rudolph Kemp and Elizabeth Maria Kemp / du Plooy (born Grobler) - but this story is a blog on it's own, which I will hopefully get around to writing some day. 


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Chapter 11 - Anna Johanna Marais (1924 - 2002)

Anna Johanna Marais was born on the 9th of December 1924 in Roodepoort to Johannes Francois Marais (1897 - 1948) and Anna Johanna Marais bor...