Legward in Zuid Afrika


Info ref I1889 Cornelis Lagewaard b 1876 Rotterdam, died South Africa 3 /04/1948.

Cornelis left Holland for England, where he married Ada Louise Lucas. His name was changed to Charles LEGWARD before he moved to South Africa around 1900-05 to open an engineering company called Electric Welding in Johannesburg. He  had one son, Harold John Legward, who married Daphne Florence Cave. They had a daughter, Daphne Anne and son Michael John, who is my father. I am Mark Legward born 1l004/61 and have two siblings, Cherry Anne & Geoffrey (who's only son Zach Legward was born in 2007).         

 

A small addition to the Lagewaard picture history. (from L-R, top to bottom) The male heirs of Hendrik Nicolaas Lagewaard (5/10/1850, Rotterdam): his only son, Cornelis (24/3/1876, Rotterdam) who changed his name to Charles Legward; his son, Harold John (Tinker) Legward (9/08/1908, Johannesburg), his son Michael John Legward (16/04/1935, Johannesburg), Michael's, son Mark (11/04/61, Natal) and Geoffrey (31/08/65, Natal) and Geoffrey's only son, Zach 31/05/2007, Cape Town.)