Year: 2012
My 80th birthday
We celebrated my 80th and Barbara’s 76th birthdays in September. The whole family was together in Perth. We had a lovely dinner with our sons and their wives – the grandkids stayed at home with babysitters. Our …
Correcting errors and making changes.
On the website I can correct errors and add new information as they come to light. I am toying with putting the most interesting family stories together in a book, and then that advantage will …
The Morkel Genealogy
A few days ago I posted the Morkel Genealogy, consisting of 29 busy pages of the family tree. It was a big task. I started by entering PW Morkel’s Genealogy (Franklin Boonzaaier compiled it in …
Videos of 270th Anniversary of Morkel Family at Die Bos, 22 December 1983.
Nasate van “Hennie Bos” (H.J.L. Morkel 1854 – 1926) vier 270 jaar van die familie op Die Bos (voorheen Onverwacht). Hier is 6 videos van die saamtrek:
(1) Die Bos – plaas, huis en fotos van voorvaders,
(2 en 3) Die gaste daag op,
(4) Seremoniemeester Charles Morkel verwelkom gaste,
(5) Hanna Morkel, agste geslag eienaar,
(6) Nic De Villiers, oudste kleinkind van Hennie Bos.
Six videos of a family gathering at Die Bos in 1983.
The Beaufort West Morkels
During 2011 Margaret Thebus in Sydney contacted me about her family. Her mother was a Morkel from Cape Town, and the family originally came from Beaufort West. They were not listed in either Genealogy …