I'm miles from France

I found a whole stack of old family photographs. Who are they, where did they come from, where did I come from? This blog tells the story of my family and hopes to answer the age old question: Where did I come from?

Mavis Wakeford (kneeling, 2nd from left) in a school play. Wish I knew which school, wish I knew which play. All I know is, Ouma (Mavis) was brought up by her Afrikaans-speaking grandparents on their farm in Heidelberg. She joined her two English-speaking sisters years later when her father, William Wakeford, died in 1935. She was a teenager then.

Mavis Wakeford (kneeling, 2nd from left) in a school play. Wish I knew which school, wish I knew which play. All I know is, Ouma (Mavis) was brought up by her Afrikaans-speaking grandparents on their farm in Heidelberg. She joined her two English-speaking sisters years later when her father, William Wakeford, died in 1935. She was a teenager then.

2 years ago