Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Herring, Ellie
Name
Ellie Herring
City/Town/Shtetl Name
Oudtshoorn/Calitzdorp
Year I was born
1935
3 words that exemplify for me what it was like growing up there
care free
Date I left
Still here
Scholastic achievements, degrees, qualifications and where they are from
JC 3years in Herzlia hostel Cape Townl
Where I live now
Calitzdorp District
What I do / did
Farmer ( retired )
Marital status
Widower
Date and place of wedding
21/07/1962 Calitzdorp
Where my partner was born
Port Elizabeth
What my partner does / did
Housewife
My children, names, year born, where they live and what they do
Angela-1959: Mervyn-1962: Irene-1963: David-1964
My father, where he was born, when he died, at what age, where buried and occupation
Moses-Tzitevan 61-in Oudtshoorn- Farmer
My mother, where she was born, when she died, at what age, where buried and occupation
Rachel- Tuckum- 82-Oudtshoorn- Housewife
My paternal grandfather, where he was born, when he died, at what age, where buried and occupation
No Data Jacob Elijahu
My paternal grandmother, where she was born, when she died, at what age, where buried and occupation
No Data
My maternal grandfather, where he was born, when he died, at what age, where buried and occupation
Tuckum-76- Oudtshoorn- Shopkeeper
My maternal grandmother, where she was born, when she died, at what age, where buried and occupation
Riga- 78- Oudtshoorn- Housewife
David Schneider is on the right on the left is my brother-in-law Jacob Meltz a farmer from Wepener in the Free State.
David was a extremely strong man. You don't want to get involved in a argument with him. You might come off second best.
In his youth he spent a lot of time in South West Africa (now Namibia).
He told me one day he was out hunting, when nature called, he put down his rifle sat under the shade of a nearby tree.
Within a few minutes he saw a movement on his left, which happened to be a fully grown lion stalking him.
He got in that tree like a bolt of lightning, no time to grab his rifle.
That lion lay under that tree for at least 4 hours only to move away slowly after it became dark.
