Stan VAN DER MERWE

1926 -

• Name	Stan VAN DER MERWE  [1]
  Born	3 Feb 1926	Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
  Person ID	I2045	Lichtenburgstam
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2015

  
  

  Family	Maude Esther VAN DYK,   b. Abt 1928, Christiana, Transvaal, South Africa ,   d. Abt 1970, Edenvale, , Transvaal, South Africa  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Married	Y  [2]
  Children	1. Shanon VAN DER MERWE,   b. 26 Jan 1952, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa ,   d. 16 Apr 2002, Polokwane, South Africa  (Age 50 years)
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2015
  Family ID	F688	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Feb 1926 - Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa Died - - Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Lindie van der Schyf - Niece When in primary school, I sometimes used to stay with Aunty Sarie Du Preez in the afternoons after school. For a time, Uncle Stan lived in one of the out rooms there with them too. When I was in high School, Aunty Sarie lived with us for a while. When I asked my mom how she fitted into our lives, she told me that Aunty Sarie, who stayed in Ferndale, and Aunty Maude were best friends. Stan and Maude used to go dancing often. He had no family and lived with his granny Ouma Kruis, who lived next door to the Methodist church in Craighaal Park. This little church was buit with zinc sheeting. The house Aunty Sarie stayed in when I stayed with her after school was also a little zink house. One day when I got home from school, Uncle Stan had bought me a guitar ... an electric blue guitar ... and I REALLY tried tuning it and try to play 1 chord that did not sound out of tune. It was not until I was in standard nine (Grade 11) when my parents bought me a Yamaha guitar, that I realized nobody would be able to tune the Electric Blue guitar. He did not have a steady job at the time and I realize it must have cost him a fortune on his budget. Such a special gift.

  
  

• Sources

  [S91] Identity Document, Copy of Stan van der Merwe's Identity document (Reliability: 4). [S117] Brooks, Melinda *15 Feb 1965, Personal Interviews with Jacomina Ge r t r u i d a v a n D y k , y o u n g e st sister of Maud e v a n D y k a n d th e gr andc hi ld re n o f M a u d e v an D yk (Reliability: 3).