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Saul Fuchs
(?- 1955) Saul emigrated to
South Africa in the 1890s.
He was smart, ambitious, tough, and soon became very prosperous.
His career began in a management
capacity in the gold fields
Saul never married nor had children. He lived in a hotel in
Pretoria RSA.
Professionally, he came to own a flourmill and was a successful trader
in the RSA commodity market.
He was very charitable and
supportive of his entire Fuchs family.
He was viewed as the family patriarch and his
portrait hung in many RSA Fuchs homes.
He regularly sent money back to Seduva and encouraged the remaining
family to emigrate to the RSA.
He
saw no future for Jews in
Lithuania.
Saul helped bring many family
members from
Lithuania
to live in the RSA. He was a strong Zionist and supported a farming
facility to train young pioneers for life in
Palestine.
A significant number of family eventually immigrated to
Israel.
David Fuchs.
(?-?) David
immigrated to South Africa
with Saul. He became wealthy in a business involving animal hides in Windhoek, German Southwest Africa (Namibia). He and Saul did not get
along, and there was some unknown issue which caused a major discord and
relations were severed with the rest of the family.
David married at least twice, and had one son Fred who settled in
the mining town of Welkom, Orange Free State Province, RSA. We believe that Fred had
son Alan Fuchs and a daughter Debbie Wakefield.
Alan is believed to be still
living in Welkom and active in local politics, Debbie and her family
live in the Johannesburg region.
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Saul Fuchs