Conrad August Robert "Robert" Viedge b. 13 August 1864 d. 1926

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Events

13 August 1864 birth: Hannover

marriage: ♀ Beaujolais Charls [Charls] b. 3 January 1882 d. December 1959

1882 immigration:

2 November 1891 naturalization:

28 January 1909 child birth: Viedgesville, ♀ Ella Viedge [Viedge] b. 28 January 1909 d. 22 January 1985

13 February 1910 child birth: Mthatha, South Africa, then called : Umtata, ♂ Robert Bob Viedge [Viedge] b. 13 February 1910 d. 1993

1911 child birth: Mthatha, South Africa, ♀ Dorothy Viedge [Viedge] b. 1911 d. 1976

1912 child birth: ♀ Kathleen Viedge [Viedge] b. 1912

13 January 1913 child birth: Viedgesville, ♂ Friedrich Fred Viedge [Viedge] b. 13 January 1913 d. 15 August 1996

18 August 1915 child birth: Viedgesville, ♂ Henry Viedge [Viedge] b. 18 August 1915 d. 1994

7 September 1921 child birth: Viedgesville, ♀ Joan Viedge [Viedge] b. 7 September 1921 d. 6 October 1996

1926 death: Umtata, SOUTH AFRICA

Notes

Youngest in family of 9

The youngest of 9 children. Worked for the Bank of England for a year before coming to South Africa. He had a good education, but left school at 16 because of financial constraints. He could read French, English and Latin. He eventually could speak 7 languages. Ella, Bob and Joan all confirmed this. He had the greatest German accent when he spoke English. He wanted to go to Oxford -- Cecil Rhodes tried to persuade him to give up trading. His brother Heinrich (called Uncle Henry) persuaded him to come to Tabase where he was trading. So Robert decided to come to try to earn enough money to go to Oxford, but he never got there. After joining Henry in Tabase, he went to the gold fields of Johannesburg and is said to have done some transport riding to Loren�o Marques. This game him enough money to start trading on his own account from the back of a waggon to begin with. Then he and his brother decided to go to Springvale which was on the main road from Cape Town. Then Friedrich came out and joined them. They built a hotel. Friedrich ran the hotel, and Mathilda came out to join him. Nobody knows what became of her when he died.

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