| 14. | Johannes Isedor MCMASTER was born on 6 Jun 1888 in Hoopstad, , Free State, South Africa; was christened in in Hoopstad, , Free State, South Africa (son of Joseph William MCMASTER and Christina Maria DE BRUYN); died on 15 May 1970 in Ficksburg, , Free State, South Africa. Notes:
Jack was named for a Jewish Storekeeper who had assist his father,Joseph William McMaster,in lean times,and who's kindness was never forgotton by the family.
Jack went to the WW I as a trooper in the mounted trooper divison and after finishing his tour of duty he received the following medals: the british war medal, Victory medal and 1914/1915 Star. In WW II he joined the Remount Squadron, where he was a luitenant. For his efforts, he was rewarded the war medal 1939 to 1945 as well as the Africa Service medal. Al these medals were handed to Jacques Roux, as his inheritence.
Jack's first marriage was to Frances Ann Saunders, the younger sister of his brother-in-law,Frans Henry Saunders, of Witbankfontein in Bethlehem. Fanny was a gifted and prolific artistit. She died in 1938,leaving Jack with teenage twin daughters, he subsequently married
Anna Magdalena Maria Hagton, a nurse. She was the nurse caring for his dying wife.
After serving in the second world war, Jack returned to his farming, but moved to the Fouriesburg District in 1951, where he went into business running a store and a mill.
Johannes married Frances Ann SAUNDERS in 1919 in Ficksburg, , Free State, South Africa. Frances was born on 6 Jan 1885 in Clocolan, , Free State, South Africa; died on 30 Apr 1938 in Clocolan, , Free State, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1969 - (55 years)
