Wicomb Reunion Pictures

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Wicomb saamtrek 2011

Agtste Wicomb Familiesaamtrek weer goed bygewoon deur Garnett Wicomb

Soos al die vorige saamtrekke het by die 300 Wicomb-familielede die afgelope naweek, van 29 April tot 2 Mei 2011, die agtste familiesaamtrek by die Calitzdorp Spa bygewoon. Die hoogtepunt van vanjaar se saamtrek was ‘n besoek aan Matjiesrivier, waar ‘n kransleggingsdiens in die United Congregational Kerk gehou is om hulde te bring aan hul voorouers.

Die familie wat die saamtrekke bywoon is almal afstammelinge en hul gesinne van die kinders van Robert Wicomb, die seun van ‘n Skotse skeepsdokter en ‘n slavin van Java, en Isabella le Roux van Matjiesrivier, nl Robert, Simon, Daniel, Frederick, Jeanetta, Alida, Abraham en Moses.

Die kransleggingsdiens op Matjiesrivier is gelei deur die oudste familielid, die 90-jarige mnr Adam (Ampie) Wicomb van Oudtshoorn, wat op Matjiesrivier gebore en in dieselfde kerk gedoop en skoolgegaan het. Hy het na aanleiding van Exodus 20:12 wat lui “Eer jou vader en jou moeder” gesê dit beteken meer as om net jou biologiese vader en moeder te eer en respekteer. “Dit is ook ‘n beter begrip en waardering vir ons afkoms, ons erflating van die ryk historiese agtergrond van ons voorouers. Vandag is ‘n geskiedkundige dag. Ons is hier op die geboortegrond van ons voorouers en om hulde te bring aan mede pioniers van ’n trotse maar ook nederige familie.” Hy het ook die belangrikheid van familiesaamtrekke beklemtoon.

Die kranslegging is waargeneem deur me Jo-Nette Lekay van Paarl, wie se ouma ’n Wicomb was, en mnr Peter Wicomb van Kaapstad.
* Die negende saamtrek van die familie word volgende jaar van 27 April tot 1 Mei 2012, en waarskynlik weer by die Calitzdorp Spa, gehou.

By die 300 Wicomb-familielede het die afgelope naweek die agtste familiesaamtrek by die Calitzdorp Spa bygewoon.

 Tydens ‘n kransleggingsdiens in die Matjiesrivier United Congregational Kerk staan me Jo-Nette Lekay (links) en mnr Peter Wicomb. Op die preekstoel staan mnr Adam (Ampie) Wicomb, wat die diens gelei het.

Die nasate van een van die Wicomb-seuns, Robert, was die grootste groep wat die saamtrek bygewoon het.

 

Simon se span

 

Moses se span



 

Daniel se span



  

Matjiesrivier aan die voet van die Swartberge

 





Outside church in Matjiesrivier





Oudtshoorn community loses a diamond by Garnett Wicomb

For the benefit of all I translated this article written by Garnett Wicomb that was published in the Hoorn. This is the original link: http://www.oudtshoorninfo.com/hoorn.php?page=hoorn&action=view_hoorn_article&id=3767

The love of a young man for his dogs led to his death when his vehicle left the road and overturned on Saturday evening near the Calitzdorp Spa.

The 30-year-Gerthwin Lekay, commonly known as Guss, an only child of Mr. Godfrey and Ms. Sandra Lekay, was on his way home to take care of his three dogs when the accident happened about five kilometers from the resort. It is believed that he lost control of the bakkie on a sharp bend.

He had spent Saturday afternoon at the resort where his parents attended the Wicomb family reunion. It was also his mother's birthday. "He did not stay over because he had to take care of dogs," his grieving mother said on Tuesday. The accident happened on the same bend where last weekend a minibus left the road, overturned and one person was killed.

Gerthwin Lekay was a civil engineer at the Oudtshoorn Municipality and project manager of the council's job creation projects. On Tuesday morning during a visit to the grieving parents, the municipal manager, Mr Noël Pietersen, expressed his condolences to the family on behalf of the municipality. “The municipality and the community has lost a diamond. We had great things in the pipeline for him. He was always the same, with a broad smile.” Pietersen said.