Germiston, South Africa

1. 1. 1City/Town/Shtetl Name
      Germiston
      

   2. 2Name
      BERNICE KEGEL
      

   3. 3Maiden name
      Israch BERNICE
      

   4. 4Email address
      kegelfam@gmail.com
      

   5. 5Year I was born
      1951
      

   6. 63 words that exemplify for me what it was like growing up there
      did not know any different
      

   7. 7Date I left
      1972
      

   8. 8Age when I left
      20
      

   9. 9Reason for leaving
      Graduated from Varsity
      

   10. 10Where I went
       London, then USA
       

   11. 11Scholastic achievements, degrees, qualifications and where they are from
       Bsc ( physio) rand. from Wits. Germiston High school. Germiston South school
       

   12. 12Where I live now
       Seattle, Wa, USA
       

   13. 13What I do / did
       Physical Therapy
       

   14. 14Marital status
       Married
       

   15. 15Date and place of wedding
       Chicago, USA, Oct 16th 1973
       

   16. 16Where my partner was born
       Pretoria
       

   17. 17What my partner does / did
       Periodontist
       

   18. 18My children, names, year born, where they live and what they do
       Gary, Seattle, Orthopedic Hand surgeon, Terry-Santiago, Chile--1st grade teacher, Ilana-Bentonville, Arkansas MBA in marketing
       

   19. 19My father, where he was born, when he died, at what age, where buried and occupation
       Isaac Israch, Vabolnik, Lithuania, Nov 7th 1907. July 19th 1993, Germiston, SA. Shopkeeper
       

   20. 20My mother, where she was born, when she died, at what age, where buried and occupation
       Freda, Melamed, Papylus, Lithuania, Dec 14th 1915, Germiston Cemetery, Oct 10th 1996, Shopkeeper
       

   21. 21My paternal grandfather, where he was born, when he died, at what age, where buried and occupation
       Aaron Esrachowitz--Kupiskas, assume died in Kupiskas in 1941. Flax
       

   22. 22My paternal grandmother, where she was born, when she died, at what age, where buried and occupation
       Yente No other info
       

   23. 23My maternal grandfather, where he was born, when he died, at what age, where buried and occupation
       Morris Melamed. Died in SA in 1953
       

   24. 24My maternal grandmother, where she was born, when she died, at what age, where buried and occupation
       Hinda Leah Zundelowitz, Died in Johannesburg in 1965
       

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Kegel (nee Israch), Bernice