Lourine Schlebusch

Paris, Mn Marte

A small painting that I bought from a street artist near Mont Marte in Paris.

FP de Beer, youngest brother of Karel J de Beer

Fonnie is the nick name of Floris Petrus de Beer on the far left of the photograph. Sanmar'e, daughter of Karel on the far right, stands in the center with her three daughters, Elri'e, San"e and Lourine Schlebusch on the hip.  Fonnie paid a quick visit to the family while working in Bloemfontein.  He and his wife, Helene, lives in Pretoria. Their daughter, An'e and ther two grand children also live with her parents and work from their home together with brother Tinus de Beer.  Their brother, Neil de Beer and his family lives in Australia.

Floris Petrus derives from our mother's father's brother side, Floris Petrus Pelser, who died of the great flue pestilence in South Africa in 1918 / 1919. He was Grand Father Petrus Cornelius Pelser's youngest brother who died from the great epidemic flue virus.

Pieter de Beer, Noord Skool, 1955

SUSANNA WILHELMINA DE BEER (née Pelser)

1. Ons moeder, Susanna Wilhelmina De Beer (née Pelser) is van Duitse herkoms.  Sy het aanvanklik haar primêre skoollopbaan aan die Model Laerskool in Bloemfontein begin waarna sy aan die Oranje Meisieskool haar sekondêre skoolloopbaan voltooi het. Sy was deel van 'n skooltoergroep van die Afrikaanse Taal en Kultuur Vereniging (ATKV) wat die opening van die gewilde strandoord, Hartenbos, neffens Mosselbaai, bygewoon het.  Haar bynaam was "Meisie" en was 'n dierbare mens met 'n innemende en vriendelike persoonlikheid.  Sy was 'n wyd belese persoon wat 'n liefde vir lees by al haar kinders gekweek het.  Sy het 'n ryke verbeelding gehad en kon kinderstories sonder moeite optower.  Veral slapenstyd het selfs die kleinkinders 'n groot deel van haar verbeeldingstogte meegemaak. 

FLORIS PETRUS DE BEER

Floris Petrus de Beer, left on the photo, is our youngest brother and works and lives in Pretoria...He visited Sanmarié, cousin of his daughter Ané and brothers, Niel and Tinus de Beer. Karel de Beer, on the far right, is responsible for the family Blog.  Floris, nick name Fonnie, is employed by Transnet in their drawing (architectural planning etc.)  and travels all around the country for visitations to all the respective facilities.  His eldest son and daughter in Law and grand daughter live in Australia.

DR DF MALAN, PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SOUTH AFRICA (1948-1953)

In the photograph appears Dr Lindie Koorts with Kobus Spies and Karel de Beer at a book discussion at the University of the Free State.  Dr Koorts wrote a book on a former prime minsiter who simultaneously held the ministry of foreign affairs in the South African National Party cabinet from 1948 untill 1953. Her work however, focuses on the foundation of Afrikaner Nationalism during Dr DF Malan's lifespan.