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Ursela H J Reypa

Taken about 1951 and sourced from Individual - Sue Robinson (nee Doxey).

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This picture was taken about 1951 and sourced from Individual - Sue Robinson (nee Doxey).

Ursela was born on November 6th, 1924 in Germany.¹

Birth Notes
- Ursula Mather.
  Born 06/11/1924 Germany wife of Joe Mather
  
  Family (mother) was from Bavaria, so probably born there.

She died from a heart attack, Heart attack and Diabetic, at the age of 63 on February 22nd, 1988 R Bavaria.¹

Death Notes
- Died 22/02/1988 in Bavaria from heart attack +Diabetic, 64yrs old.
  
  Steve Hall confirmed Ursula died in Starnberg in Bavaria.

General Notes
- Name: Reypa, Ursela H I (but also recorded as Sieper in the Cheshire and Lancashire BMD indexes). Confirmed as Reypa by family.
  
  Sue recalls that when they were first married, Ursula wasn't familiar with Manchester ways and the weather and did as she had done in her native Germany. In the morning when making the bed, she would hang the quilt out of the window of each bedroom for airing. Something not done in Manchester and the neighbours were so distressed that they thought she had gone mad and phoned Joe to come home from work straight away! Also, that Ursula never settled in England.
  
  She always said she was just a tenant in England and was not intending to stay. She was a very tough Bavaria Lady, nice don't get me wrong. Ursula did not have an easy time living in England after the War. Sue can remember once her arriving at their house upset that she had gone to fill their car with petrol and when paying the guy at the petrol station relishing she was German abused her as his son had been killed in the War. I was upset for both sides, you can see his point of view but then it was not Ursula's fault see was German, not Nazi I am sure.
  
  Ursula lived in Bavaria and was in the Munich phone books of 1977,78,79.

Click here for details of Ursela's family with Joseph (Joe) Mather

¹ Lil Mercer's Birthday Book