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October 20, 2010 | History

Helen Slabbert

11 September 1898 - 21 January 1988

Helen Slabbert was born on the 11th September 1898 as Helen Ruth van der Meulen, daughter of Rev. Rudolf Hendrik Theron van der Meulen and Isabella Helen Spiers Botha, of Vanrhynsdorp (South Africa). Her parents later moved to Bellville, near Cape Town.
After school, Helen obtained her teaching certificate and subsequently taught at Swellendam and later at Malmesbury. It was at Malmesbury that she met Jan Slabber, her future husband, who was a bank clerk. When they got married, her husband had his surname changed to Slabbert.
After Jan's death in 1973, Helen settled in Magnolia, an old age home in Bellville. It was here that she wrote and published her memoir, Van Skotland tot in Vanrhynsdorp (1981).
Helen Ruth Slabbert died on the 21st January 1988, leaving two children and eleven grandchildren.

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Subjects
Biography, Botha, Campbell, Family, Slabbert, South Africa, Van der Meulen, Vanrhynsdorp, Young, family history, memoir, religion
Places
Cape Town, Knysna, Vanrhynsdorp, Vanrhynsdorp (South Africa : District)
People
Botha family, Helen (Ruth) Slabbert, Helen Slabbert (1898-), Isabella Helen Spiers van der Meulen, Rudolf Hendrik Theron van der Meulen, Van der Meulen family
Time
Late 19th and early 20th century, South Africa

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  • Helen Ruth Slabbert

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October 20, 2010 Edited by Henrimagne spelling
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October 20, 2010 Edited by Henrimagne Edited without comment.
October 20, 2010 Edited by Henrimagne expanded dates of birth and death, added short bio
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import