Simon Petrus van Blerk 
General Notes
"SP"
Born in Harare
Married 20.9.1975
An extract from http://zimbabwefood.blogspot.com
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
SP - van Blerk
This is a tragic story.....
The Commercial Farmers Union expresses its most sincere condolences to the van Blerk family on the tragic death of SP, husband of Gill and father of Simon and Mark.
After having his father, his one year old daughter and his first wife Gerda, (pregnant with twins) blown up in a landmine during the bush war, SP remained committed to farming in Zimbabwe. SP married Jill years later, and they were blessed with the birth of two sons, Simon and Mark.
A successful tobacco farmer in the Rusape district, they were violently evicted off their farm a few years ago, and were forced to leave with what they could fit into two vehicles. Having been robbed of their entire life achievements and never been compensated a single cent, they struggled valiantly to rebuild their lives in Harare from scratch.
When SP fell to his death at the age of 54 on Saturday evening, he died as one of the many heroic commercial farmers from Zimbabwe.
President, Council and Staff of CFU.
Posted by Odette H Lind at 7:11 AM
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.09 Apr 1784 in Stellenbosch
- b.17 Nov 1824 d.20 Mar 1908 in Malmesbury
- b.25 Sep 1789 d.08 Nov 1860 in Paarl
- b.22 Apr 1860 in Vlakfontein, Malmesbury d.09 Jul 1936 in Kalabaskraal, Malmesbury, Cape
- b.22 Jul 1835 in Malmesbury d.01 Dec 1886 in Malmesbury
- b.06 Jun 1890 in Malmesbury d.28 Aug 1950 in Strand
- b.23 Apr 1868 in Malmesbury d.04 Oct 1953 in Malmesbury
- b.15 Mar 1919 in Swartland, Cape d.24 May 1978 in Headlands, Zimbabwe
- b.25 Jan 1898 d.19 Aug 1978
- b.10 Apr 1954 d.18 Apr 2009 in Harare, Zimbabwe
- b.09 Aug 1922
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They had a daughter, and also two children of unknown gender named Lizel, <Unknown> and <Unknown>. were twins.
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Children
Death Notes
Died from Landmine with her mother and grandfather
Lizel van Blerk
Lizel was born on September 14th, 1976 in Headlands, Zimbabwe. She died due to murder / assassination, landmine, at the age of 1 on May 24th, 1978 in Headlands, Zimbabwe.
<Unknown>
was born in 1978. He/she died due to murder / assassination, landmine, in 1978.
<Unknown>
was born in 1978. He/she died due to murder / assassination, landmine, in 1978.
They had two sons named Simon Petrus and Mark Edward.
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