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Blumgart

Isidore Blumgart and Hannah Annie (Solomon) were amongst the earliest Vryburg families. The couple were married in Kimberley and Annie was from Kimberley. Isidore Blumgart hailed from Harburg Bavaria. He was the son of Bernhard Laemle Blumgart and Sarah Walmann. From his naturalization application (8 October 1908), we learn quite allot about him. He had spent a long period in Vryburg from September 1891 to July 1907 and then moved to Kimberley. His listed occupation was Commission Agent. In Vryburg he was a shopkeeper and seemed have been a hotelier. After the Boer War he was accused by the authrorties of selling to the Boers during the Anglo Boer War. Isidore sold to General de la Rey. Isidore was born in 1852 to Berman and Sara Blumgart. Isidore passed away in 1924 in Bloemfontein. The Blumgart family were related to the Rosenblatt's, Sonnenberg, Kahn and Hammerschlag families. Hannah Annie was the daughter of Israel Solomon, of Kimberley. The couple had three children: Cecil Leonard Bernard (born on 21 January 1899), Harold Herman (born on 4 October 1901) and Marion (born on 17 May 1905). All three were born in Vryburg. Cecil married Rhoda Rosenblatt and later lived in Vryburg. He was a farmer.

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