Yes family, time is drawing near, the bi-annual reunion is officially starting on Saturday, 25 April 2009.
Everybody is excited and cannot wait to see each other at the reunion. For those who have to travel long distances, please drive careful. SEE YOU AT THE REUNION!!!
The first Wicomb arrived in South Africa from England in the early 1700's. He was a ship's doctor and disembarked at Knysna. He had twins(boys) with a woman from Java, probably a slave. She also had children from two other men with the surnames of Barnard & Rensburg. She is therefore the ancestress of the Wicombs, the Barnards & the Rensburgs.
One of the twins died as a baby and the other kept the surname of his father (Wicomb). The first Robert Wicomb, probably a son or grandson of the twins, married Netta Kruitzenberg. Their son, Robert (1818 - 1905) married Bella Le Roux (1818 - 1898) and they had eight children. All the present day Wicombs are descendants of the eight children, namely Robert, Simon, Jeanetta, Frederick, Daniel, Moses, Alida & Abraham
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