Yo Hibbert
Honor Code SignatorySigned 29 Jan 2017 | 2,411 contributions | 68 thank-yous | 2,887 connections
Signed 29 Jan 2017 | 2,411 contributions | 68 thank-yous | 2,887 connections
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Yo G. Hibbert
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Biography
The biography for Yo Hibbert I was born in Rustenburg Transvaal South Africa Later moved to Natal and went to School in Natal. Started at Dannhauser a small mining town. I was very short and small as my thyroid was burnt out as a baby. I grew slowly, I was the Mascot for the school. My dad being a Magistrate, we moved every so many years around Natal. We then moved to Umzinto where I went to school, loved being by the sea, My father was then transferred to a town at the hills of the Drakensberg. Bergville where I went to school and then onto high school (Boarding school) at o Estcourt High School. Left school went to work in my fathers businesses, and at the Local pharmacy. Then i married and went to Ladysmith Natal. worked in a pharmacy and started to selling properties and worked at a physiotherapist rooms. Divorced remarried a kind gentleman, we moved to Pietermaritzburg Natal. where I started selling properties once again, got tired of it and went into to Bank, became top Bond consultant with loads of Certificates etc. I had my daughter in Ladysmith Natal. She went to School in Pietermaritzburg then Varsity College studying Sports Management then Dubai as a life saver. She returned and went to Varsity studying Dietetics. She left and came to London in 2006 working at St Harley st, and Great Ormond Street Hospital. We moved to England. I could help look after her 2 adorable children. I had been to England on a few occasions in previous years and loved it. I was diagnosed with Lupus so the cooler weather suited me. I had a Massive Pulmonary Embolism when my daughter was 6 yrs old. Was traumatic times. I survived. last few years 2020 been a bit of a downhill for me. Covid, then a Heart Attack 2022 end Jan another small episode 14 Feb heart beat was 225 first time 2nd in Feb was 157. Now Dec 2022 diagnosed with Liver Cancer. Going to beat it again. I have travelled the world since i was 19 yrs old. Been to Italy x 2 loved it Beautiful mountains Ardesio a very special place, Switzerland, Austria and Germany. Been to Ireland and France, Lourdes. Spain all twice. I am grateful to have had that opportunity in my life. Living in England has been wonderful, being near my Daughter and the grandchildren. Once a year Queen Elizabeth drove past our Development coming from the Great Derby Racecourse which is here in Epsom. We would all go and wave at her great excitement for all as she always waved back, We will sure miss her, was a great person. Where we stayed in Bergville we used to go to the Royal Natal National Park most weekends with family friends and walk on the Queens causeway, tiny bridge built across the stream. She has always been part of our lives, I really wanted to meet her, but closest we got was right on the street waving, better than never. I had kind loving parents who taught me so much. Be Patient, Polite, show love, kindness, help others always. Now I wonder whats in store for me the next couple of years.
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I’m always so happy to bump into another member researching their South African roots!
Perhaps you would like to join the South African Roots Project by answering the G2G join post here? Besides links to sources, there are help pages that might also be useful. Many / most of the South African genealogical lines and profiles of the eighteenth and seventeenth periods (and earlier) have already been made. Many have also been validated with primary sources.
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(In Afrikaans) - in Suid-Afrika, Nederland en elders word die tussenvoegsel in vanne met klein letters gespel, tensy dit anders op die primêre rekords gespel word, byvoorbeeld van der Merwe, van der Walt, van den Berg, du Preez, de Villiers ens. Die vanne wat aangemaak word met tussenvoegsels in hoofletters (dit gebeur automaties in WikiTree) , kan jy regmaak deur dit in “edit” mode te verander in 'n van met klein tussenvoegsels (met as rede aangee dat dit die konvensie is vir Afrikaanse vanne), en dan weer te “save”.
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