tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post714146129467972032..comments2023-12-07T16:02:04.056-08:00Comments on Woza Mark: 1950s Apartheid Durban, Chelsea Drive BoykieMark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-17102660876600519012015-07-30T16:32:01.014-07:002015-07-30T16:32:01.014-07:00Had an email exchange regarding the Cosnett side o...Had an email exchange regarding the Cosnett side of the family in Rhodesia.Mark JS Esslemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-8534035937411123332009-04-08T17:56:00.000-07:002009-04-08T17:56:00.000-07:00Thanks Werner & Constantia. Glad you like my b...Thanks Werner & Constantia. Glad you like my blog. Good to find Hendrikzes out there.<BR/><BR/>Growing up in "English" Durban North, I never knew Hendrikzes in Durban, (except for my Hendrikz grandmother m. Cosnett), but met my mom's still living Hendrikz uncle Julian (Graaf Reinet) & aunts Beatrice & Winifred (Somerset East) & aunt Johannah (Bedford), Eastern Cape, & some of her female cousins elsewhere in SA - all dead now. <BR/><BR/>Werner I saw your impressive art website a while ago. My mom was cousin to your grandfather, world famous sculptor Willem De Sanderes Hendrikz (same name as my maternal great grandfather). Mom & her Somerset East aunts Beatrice & Winifred always spoke highly of sculptor Willem De Sanderes, their nephew. As a boy, I saw one of your grandfather's wooden sculptures in Pretoria Art Gallery, and when I worked at Kleinzee in the 1980s I saw his wall bronzes at Sea Point SABC building in Cape Town. <BR/><BR/>My brother's second name is De Sanderes. Amazing Connections. Regards.Mark JS Esslemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-52935305783299000972009-04-03T17:47:00.000-07:002009-04-03T17:47:00.000-07:00Hey, I'm one more Sanderes Hendrikz,my father was ...Hey, I'm one more Sanderes Hendrikz,<BR/>my father was Willem de Sanderes<BR/>Hendrikz 1910-1959, I'm Constantia, Tia for short, I have three sons, we live in southern Oregon U.S. So nice to read your blog, fascinating thanks.Tia Hendrikznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-27383958230853770162009-03-27T03:41:00.000-07:002009-03-27T03:41:00.000-07:00Amazing blog. :)Willem De Sanderes Hendrikz (1910-...Amazing blog. :)<BR/><BR/>Willem De Sanderes Hendrikz (1910-1959)was my grandfather, we live in Somerset West,RSA. My dad was Johan De Sanderes Hendrikz, I am Werner De Sanderes Hendrikz.<BR/><BR/>Not many De Sanderes Hendrikz's around ...so I found this very interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-86732347004273241432008-10-09T21:22:00.000-07:002008-10-09T21:22:00.000-07:00After emails, we discovered we were third cousins ...After emails, we discovered we were third cousins on the Hendrikz sides of our families, as we had a mutual great, great grandfather Willem De Sanderes Hendrikz from Somerset East, Eastern Cape, SA. Willem produced 3 sons: my maternal great grandfather also Willem De Sanderes Hendrikz and brothers Carl Theodorus Hendrikz and Charlie Hendrikz. <BR/><BR/>Willem De Sanderes Hendrikz junior stayed in Somerset East, while his brothers Carl Theodorus Hendrikz and Charlie Hendrikz trekked to Rhodesia, early 1900s. <BR/><BR/>Carl Hendrikz's 2 sons Fred and Reg Hendrikz stayed in Rhodesia. One of Willem Hendrikz's 14 Somerset East offspring, my maternal grandmother Rosa Hermina Hendrikz was first cousin to Rhodesians Fred and Reg Hendrikz. <BR/><BR/>My email enquirer was Fred Hendrikz's grandson, my newly discovered third cousin in Christchurch NZ. Viva Google! Viva le blog!Mark JS Esslemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-768691324691304382008-10-07T19:22:00.000-07:002008-10-07T19:22:00.000-07:00I received an email from a Zimbabwe expat living i...I received an email from a Zimbabwe expat living in Christchurch NZ, enquiring about our mutual Hendrikz family backgrounds and connections with Somerset East SA.Mark JS Esslemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com