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Kulsom found happiness with her second marriage to Hassan Shaik. In 1952, Kienie<br />
married Basier Kamaldien, our neighbour. In 1954, Lymie married Fatima, the daughter<br />
<strong>of</strong> Sayed Achmad <strong>of</strong> Cape Town. They celebrated their golden anniversary in 2004 prior<br />
toher passing away. In 1957, my brother Mylie married Gadija Essop. A year later, I<br />
married Aneesa, the daughter <strong>of</strong> Boeta Adam and Auntie Yasmina Moerat. My brother,<br />
Duhlie, married a wife from Johannesburg, Farieda Baulacky, in 1959. Our youngest<br />
sister, married in the 1960s when Omar Peck came from Durban and decided to settle in<br />
<strong>Paarl</strong>. He and Duhlie’s wife, Farieda, were cousins.<br />
Presently there are only six <strong>of</strong> the fourteen, three brothers and three sisters, alive.<br />
Achmad remarried when his first wife passed away. They had no children. His second<br />
wife, also Mymoena Moerat (daughter <strong>of</strong> Boeta Jaynie and Auntie Asa Moerat, gave birth<br />
to two sons, Ebrahim and Mogammad, before our brother, Achmad passed away due to<br />
kidney failure. These two sons are already married and the parents <strong>of</strong> children.<br />
Zaynab had three daughters, Rabia, Ayesha and Farieda, and a son, Yusuf, by her first<br />
marriage. Farieda passed away from brain malignancy at the age <strong>of</strong> fifteen. Yusuf is the<br />
only son who resided in <strong>Paarl</strong>. Her children from her second marriage are resident in<br />
Upington. Zaynab passed away a few days after her eightieth birthday, while our sister<br />
Gadija passed away in Johannesburg, at the age <strong>of</strong> 90, within one month <strong>of</strong> Zaynab.<br />
Kulsom has, besides Amina, four sons, Rustum, Rashied, Shahied and Anwar, as well<br />
as a daughter, Zeitoen, from her second marriage. Hassan Shaik passed away in his<br />
early forties. Her third husband, AbdurRasoul Vahed, passed away just three months<br />
after their marriage.<br />
I reported earlier that Kienie had two children, Muhmeena and Mogammad, who are<br />
both married, with children, and are residing in <strong>Paarl</strong>. My brother, Lymie and his late wife,<br />
Fatima, had three daughters, Toheera, Nawhaal and Yasmina. Yasmina is staying in<br />
Jeddah with her husband and they have two sons and a daughter, while the other two are<br />
resident in <strong>Paarl</strong>. Toheera is married to Moghamad Joseph, with two sons and a<br />
daughter. Nawhaal is married to a dentist, Fuad Adams and they have three daughters.<br />
Mylie and Gadija are presently staying with their daughter, Zuraida, in Grassy Park.<br />
Their eldest son, Nadeem, passed away after a heart attack at the age <strong>of</strong> 44. Heshaam,<br />
the youngest son, is married to Firdous, the daughter <strong>of</strong> my wife’s cousin. They are<br />
staying in <strong>Paarl</strong>.<br />
Regarding myself and Aneesa, we have eight children, Faghrie, Zarina, Ayesha,<br />
Shu’ayb, Shakier, Ashraf, Rushdi and Nawhaal. Faghrie married Aziza and they have<br />
three children, Aneesa, Ayesha and Moosa. Aneesa is married and have two children,<br />
Aziza and Sietaara. Zarina married Ebrahim Sawant. They have four children, Gulam<br />
Husain, who is married with one child; Tasneem, married to Zade Jappie, with two<br />
children, Nashieta and Miekaa-eel; Imtiaaz and Nashreen are still unmarried. Ayesha is<br />
married to Addenaan Chippendale. They have four daughters, Ibtisaam, married to<br />
Shanawaaz Khan, with three children, Nabeelah, Nawhaal and Naasiebah. Shu’ayb is<br />
married to Shanaaz and they have a son, Faghrie, and two daughters. Shakier, after two<br />
unsuccessful marriages, is the father <strong>of</strong> Shaakiera, Riedaa and Lameez. He remarried<br />
Nafiesa and they have two daughters. Ashraf is married to Mumeena, and they have<br />
three children, Zarina, Taariq and Firzaana. Rushdi was married to Ashraf’s sister-in-law,<br />
Farahnaaz. They have three children, Ruqshaana, Ruzaik and Riezwaan. Nawhaal is<br />
married to Rieyaaz Achmat and they have three sons, Alawhie, Ijaaz and Mujaahid.<br />
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