Reference code
ZA UCT BC949_B_A421
Title
Joel Mervis
Date(s)
- 14-04-1986 (Creation)
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Scope and content
Transcript of interview with Joel Mervis of Johannesburg. Born in Kroonstad in 1908. Father was born in Lithuania and immigrated to South Africa in 1886. Mother was born in London and immigrated in 1898. Father was a farmer. Interviewee was a newspaper editor. Was also a Member of the Provincial Council for the Transvaal. Lived in Kroonstad until 1930, and then moved permanently to Johannesburg. Interviewer: Veda Hawell.