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Descendants of Julius Wronsky

4. WILHELM² WRONSKY (JULIUS¹) was born 02 May 1866 in Berlin, Prussia., and died 08 Aug 1940 in Omaruru, South West Africa.. He married FRANZISKA SACHER in Omaruru, South West Africa (Namibia), daughter of EDUARD SACHER and ANNA. She was born 1886 in Prague, Checkoslovakia, and died 30 Jun 1953 in Johannesberg, RSA.

Notes for WILHELM WRONSKY:
Authors: Lisa Pesch; Gudrun Murray
Edited by Jean Fischer
Omaruru, no date

According to the book Wilhelm arrived in Omaruru in 1894 and opened the first German-owned shop. He build "Wronsky House" which is today a "must see" place in the little town.

Notes for FRANZISKA SACHER:
Death notice at the National Archive in Pretoria. Assets listed : Erf 121, Omaruru - 30 acres. Erf 121, Omaruru - 43 acres.
She is buried in the West Park Cemetery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Address given on death certificate : 16 Jorrison street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Children of WILHELM WRONSKY and FRANZISKA SACHER are:

HEINZ WERNER VICTOR³ WRONSKY, d. 14 Dec 1985; m. MARTHA MARIA; b. 26 Oct 1912, Molteno; d. 26 Oct 1994, Tsumeb, Namibia..

Notes for HEINZ WERNER VICTOR WRONSKY:
I am told by Vivien Cohen (daughter of Ilse Marie) that her two brothers, Heinz and Erwin were both talented Tennis players in South West Africa in their day.

Notes for MARTHA MARIA:
11037/94 - Wronsky, Martha Maria, 1912-10-26, 1210260005008, 401 Cinnabar, Main Road, Muizenberg, Cape Town, 1994-10-26. Bisset Boehmke McBlain, P.O. Box 76, Cape Town.

According to her last will and testament, her sole heir was her nephew, Pieter Arnold Badenhorst.

More About MARTHA MARIA:
Medical Information: According to her death certificate, Martha died of lung cancer.

10.	ii.		ILSE MARIA WRONSKY.
11.	iii.		ERWIN WILHELM (WILLY) WRONSKY, b. 15 Oct 1923, Omaruru, SWA; d. 2003, Johannesberg, RSA.

5. ERIC² WRONSKY (JULIUS¹)⁵ was born 1877 in Berlin, Prussia., and died 20 Jun 1963 in Johannesberg, SA. He married (1) CHRISTINA MARIA NEL in Roodepoort, SA. She was born 1896, and died 15 Jun 1949 in Johannesberg, SA. He married (2) MAUDE GOSNEY in Lichtenberg, Transvaal., daughter of ALBERT GOSNEY and SARAH BALBOCK. She was born 1875 in Surrey, England., and died 12 Aug 1914 in Rietpan 346 (or 846), Bloemhof., Sweitzer Reineke..

Notes for ERIC WRONSKY:
According to copies of documents that I got from the National Archives in Pretoria, Eric lived on a farm called Klipfontein in the Wolmaranstad district. He was also a merchant doing business with the British troops in the area at at time, (June, 1900) including Asst. Commissioner Huddleston.

Ref. doc from Nation Archives : TAB Ref no 4949/63 (estate file) there is a letter stating that the farm "Drieziek 368 gedeelte 25 Reg. afdeling IQ" was "ontein" by the Government stating that the owner of the farm was Deceased.

I did some research at the deeds office with regards to the property and its expropriation.

The owner Mr. E Wronsky and then subsequently the executor Mr. Fine were notified of the expropriation by notice of expropriation Ex 108/ 1992.
The farm was expropriated for public purposes by the administrator of Transvaal in terms of Sec 2(1) and Sec 31(6) (a) of the expropriation act (Act 63 of 1975).
Sec 2(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act the Minister may subject to an obligation to pay compensation, expropriate any property for public purposes or take the right to use temporarily any property for public purposes.
Compensation for the above mentioned property was provided for in terms of Sec 12(1) (a) of
Act 63 of 1975. The compensation amounted to R1000-00. The property was approx. 9 hectares in size and is still on the map as "Drieziek" adjacent to the "Orange Farm" township on the West Rand.
Deed of Transfer T105283/1999 transferred ownership to the government.

In his Death Notice dated 1 July 1963, under name of deceased - "Eirc Wronsky (also known as Eric Wronsley)."
Erf 491, La Rochelle, JHB - 48 Pan road, La Rochelle, JHB - according to my search, this property is STILL registered in his name!!

More About CHRISTINA MARIA NEL:
Burial: West Park cemetery, Johannesberg.
Cause of Death: Bronchiopneumonia and myocarditis.

Children of ERIC WRONSKY and CHRISTINA NEL are:

PETER³ WRONSKY⁶.

Notes for PETER WRONSKY:
Story goes that when Christina passed away, Mervyn and his brother, Peter, were abandoned by thier father, Eric. The tow boys were adopted by the Prior family from Krugersdorp.

ii.

MERVYN WRONSKY.

Notes for MERVYN WRONSKY:
Story goes that when Christina passed away, Mervyn and his brother, Peter, were abandoned by thier father, Eric. The tow boys were adopted by the Prior family from Krugersdorp.

Children of ERIC WRONSKY and MAUDE GOSNEY are:

12.	iii.		VIVIENNE DIANNE³ WRONSKY, d. 30 May 1992.
	iv.		ALBERT JULIUS WRONSKY⁷.

Notes for ALBERT JULIUS WRONSKY:
Florence was adopted by the Einkamerer family who owned the Empire Hotel in Schweitzer-Reneke as well as the bottle store. Albert were adopted by the Forbes Family. Vivienne was not adopted at all but the Einkamerer family took her in and treated her as part of their family.

13.

FLORENCE MAUDE WRONSKY.

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