Veronica Mary Elizabeth Thompson
1950 - (75 years)
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Name Veronica Mary Elizabeth Thompson Birth 26 Dec 1950 Nairobi,Kenya., 
Gender Female Emigration Aug 1987 Peterborough,Ontario,Canada., Emigrated from South Africa to Canada at the Mia Carberry Hospital Nairobi,Kenya., at the Mia Carberry Hospital _UID 11386838010E41089CA23F99E4FB70B35931 Person ID I29 van Zyl Thompson Last Modified 18 Dec 2022 | Edit
Father Andrew Osmund Thompson, b. 16 Feb 1920, Bizana,Pondoland,South Africa., d. 28 Jun 2016, Margate,Natal,South Africa., (Age 96 years) Mother Diana Marah "Billy" Wilkins, b. 24 Jul 1920, Elliotdale,(Bomvanaland) Transkei,South Africa., d. 16 Jul 1981, Durban,Kwazulu-Natal,South Africa., (Age 60 years) Marriage 30 Jun 1945 Johanesburg,Transvaal,South Africa - I remembered Ma's and my wedding day - it was 30 June 1945. How do I remember? Well, some money-conscious person said that Ma arranged this date as it was the last day of the income tax year and as we married on that day, I had to pay Ma's income tax.
Thinking on, I think I got 6 weeks leave from the army [embarkation leave] before going to Burma and after about a month's leave I asked for a couple of weeks extension of leave and the night before I was due to go back to camp, a corporal in the detachment I was in, phoned me up in Jo'burg [at your aunt Ursula's home] and asked if I had heard the news. Being newly married what the heck would I want to listen to the news!! It was about the dropping of the atomic bomb.
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Family Ian Derek van Zyl, b. 14 Feb 1953, Port Shepstone,Natal,,South Africa. (Age 73 years) Marriage 24 Jan 1977 Christ Church,Kenilworth,Cape Town,,South Africa Children + 1. Lesley Catherine van Zyl, b. 11 May 1979, Randburg,Transvaal,South Africa., (Age 46 years)+ 2. Duncan Bryan van Zyl, b. 24 Sep 1981, Randburg,Transvaal,South Africa., (Age 44 years)Family ID F6 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2020 | Edit
- I remembered Ma's and my wedding day - it was 30 June 1945. How do I remember? Well, some money-conscious person said that Ma arranged this date as it was the last day of the income tax year and as we married on that day, I had to pay Ma's income tax.
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Notes - Born in Nairobi, Kenya, lived through the Mau Mau uprising.
Moved to Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia in 1959 where attended Lusaka Girls School, then Woodlands Primary School. Belgium Congo Crisis took place during this time.
Sent to boarding school, St Cyprian's, in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1963-4, then joined parents and sister in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa, where attended Eunice High School until 1968. (Brother in bording school in Rhodesia)
1969-1972 attended University of Cape Town doing librarianship and teaching diplomas.
1973 worked at John Orrs until took ship to Australia on a working holiday.
Returned via Mauritius and took a library position at the University of Cape Town (Jagger) Library until 1976.
In 1976 taught at Peddie Secondary School, Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa during a period when the town was being bought out and incorporated into the Ciskei.
January 1977 married Ian and moved to Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, taking a position at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Library until moving to Randburg, Transvaal in Sept 1978. Became a housewife, mother and involved in La Leche League for the following 13 years.
Emigrated to Canada 1987.
- Born in Nairobi, Kenya, lived through the Mau Mau uprising.
