Vanessa Breese

South Africa

In 1997 I visited South Africa. This is a photo of me at my grandfather’s family home known as “Pendennis,” located in the seaside town of Muizenberg, south of Cape Town.

My grandfather, Edward Robert Knight (known as George), was born in 1911 and raised between Cape Town and England.

Knight Family circla 1931 - Edward Robert Knight (George), Tiny, Beril Rudd, Patsy, Clifford Knight, Ursula, Edith Warren (Granny), Constance (Popperty)

Knight Family, 1931

Top left: My grandfather, Edward (George) Robert Knight, Dorothy “Tiny,” Beril Rudd, Patsy, Clifford

Seated: Ursula, My Dad’s Granny Edith Warren Knight, Aunt Popperty (real name Constance)

Children: My Dad’s cousins John and Robin Rudd, and Nicky and Mary van der Byl

Photo taken in Cape Town, South Africa

Rear: Popperty, George (Edward Robert) K. (my father), Pauline (married to Clifford K.), Annabel K. (in arms) Front: Mary van der By! later Blount, later James) Nicley van der Byl (later Mcpherson). Probably taken in South Africa just before the War- say 1938 or 1939.
Family Photo of Edward (George) Knight, Jack Van Der Byl, Pauline Steel, Edith Warren (Granny) and Constance (Popperty) taken at Pendennis, Cape Town, South Africa in 1933