Hester Susanna Nel Married name: Wepener, died 23 Feb 1841 Married 1839 (1 or 2 years married) to: Commandant Commandant Louwrens Jacobus "Die swartmaanhaar van die Suide" Wepener, son of Fredrik Jacobus Webner and Johanna Maria Erasmus. Born 21 Jul 1812 ,, , , Graaff-Reinet, South Africa, died 15 Aug 1865 ,, , , Thaba Bosigo, Lesotho, 53 years, 1st marriage to: Hester Susanna Nel, 2nd marriage to: Hilletje Maria Levina Van Aardt == Biography == Entered by Vicki Maeder. == Events / Things of interest==:: 1967 - LOUW WEPENER MEDAL (Instituted 20th October, 1967)Military History Journal, Vol 1 No 1 - December 1967[http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol011gd.html Louw Wepener medal]. Seen and entered Sept 13, 2015 by [[Coetsee-48 Susanna de Bruyn]]::: ''...... may be awarded in time of peace or war in respect of deeds performed in the execution of or beyond the call of military duty and for which other purely military awards are not normally made...........courageous or heroic deeds of self-sacrifice in the presence of personal danger, faced in saving or endeavouring to save the lives of others on land or sea or in the air or in the execution of duty are eligible.'' :: Town - Wepener, Free State was named after Louw Wepener Seen and entered Sept 13, 2015 by [[Coetsee-48 Susanna de Bruyn]] === War ===:: Second Basotoe war Atefacts, Louw Wepener memorial and grave, Bethulie district, Free State, Architect: MOERDYK Gerard Leendert Pieter [http://www.artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/bldgframes.php?bldgid=8245].Seen and entered Sept 13, 2015 by [[Coetsee-48 Susanna de Bruyn]] === Death ===:: Event date: 1865 Atefacts, Louw Wepener memorial and grave, Bethulie district, Free State, Architect: MOERDYK Gerard Leendert Pieter [http://www.artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/bldgframes.php?bldgid=8245].Seen and entered Sept 13, 2015 by [[Coetsee-48 Susanna de Bruyn]] :: Event place: Thaba Bosigo, Lesotho === Grave ===:: Louw Wepener memorial and grave Atefacts, Louw Wepener memorial and grave, Bethulie district, Free State, Architect: MOERDYK Gerard Leendert Pieter [http://www.artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/bldgframes.php?bldgid=8245].Seen and entered Sept 13, 2015 by [[Coetsee-48 Susanna de Bruyn]]:: Event place: Bethulie district, Free State - '''family farm 'Constantia'''' located about six kilometers outside of Bethulie for reburial Atefacts, Louw Wepener memorial and grave, Bethulie district, Free State, Architect: MOERDYK Gerard Leendert Pieter [http://www.artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/bldgframes.php?bldgid=8245].Seen and entered Sept 13, 2015 by [[Coetsee-48 Susanna de Bruyn]] == Sources == Uit Die Afrikaanse Heldeboek – Pieter W Grobbelaar http://www.afrikanervolksparty.org/index.php/130-ou-web-argief/outydse-helde-en-moderne-dade/3543-outydse-helde-en-moderne-dade-3-die-swartmaanhaar-van-die-suide-louw-wepener.htmlHistoria Junior. Uitgegee deur Historiese Genootskop van Suid-Afrika No 36 November 1965 === Footnotes === === Acknowledgments === Thanks to [[Maeder-95 Vicki Maeder]] for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Vicki and others. Child: 1. Frederik Daniel Jacobus WepenerBorn 17 Nov 1840, died after 26 Jul 1934, at least 93 years == Biography == == Sources == Firma JH de Bussy Pretoria H.A.U.M. v/b J Dusseau & Co Kaapstad. |