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Source SRC-585

'Bruid van 1946 het droogte op Klaarstroom leer ken', deur Anna Oosthuizen - Die Oudtshoorn Courant

newspaper · a living person's account · consulted 2026-08-25

Type
newspaper
Repository
Die Oudtshoorn Courant, a Saturday, bladsy tien; date cropped from the clipping - AFTER OCTOBER 1961 (her father-in-law is 'wyle') and during a drought then past its third year. [TO VERIFY] the issue date
Reference
Clipping in the family's papers, 'Joubert' written at its head; scans DOC-0348/0349/0350
Consulted
2026-08-25

The citation as it was given

Anna Tobia Jeanne Oosthuizen born Joubert (PER-000078, LDQC-RYY), Frans's paternal grandmother, writes of coming from the Boland in 1946 as a bride ('bruid van 'n skaapboer in die omgewing van Klaarstroom' - she married Hennie, PER-000017, on 25 May 1946, UNI-000005, the roll of the article matching the union to the month), of her father-in-law Almero Oosthuizen of Droogekloof (PER-000016) and his 1926/1929 drought stories, of the worker ANNA HENDRIKS (PER-001920) who demanded fat meat when there was none, and of asking the old man to write his memories down - WHICH IS THE PROVENANCE OF THE DIARY SRC-586 EXTRACTS: the diary exists because she asked for it. Published verbatim as story STO-0047. LAYER TESTIMONY: her own memoir of events she lived.

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