Philip Press (1878 - 1941)

Born 17 Jun 1878 in Plunge, Telsiai, Kaunas, Lithuania

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Died 8 May 1941 at age 62 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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Biography

Philip PRESS

• Born: 17 Jun 1878, Plunge, Telsiai, Kaunas, Lithuania
• Marriage (1): Annie HOFFMAN on 8 Dec 1914 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa
• Died: 8 May 1941, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa at age 62
• Buried: Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town
• Cause of his death was Cerebral Haemorhage.
• Another name for Philip was Feiva.

Noted events in his life were:

• Immigrated, 1902, Cape Province.
• Naturalized, 19 May 1905, Cape Province.
• Occupation, 1926. Philip ran the Hotel/General-store/Bar in Klawer, Western Cape till 1926. After he retired with his family to Cape Town. Before this he was an investor/speculator moving between Cape Town and the store run by his half-brother Albert Fischer in the Niewoudville area.
• Buried, 8 May 1941, Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town.
• Philip married Annie HOFFMAN, daughter of Jacob Victor HOFFMAN and Rebecca KLEINMAN, on 8 Dec 1914 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa. (Annie HOFFMAN was born on 9 Aug 1892 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, died on 21 Jul 1982 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and was buried on 28 Jul 1982 in Pinelands 2 Cemetery, Cape Town.)

Sources

• http://www.fisherfamily.za.net/1062.htm