Avice Elsie Otto

Born: 31 Aug 1882, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Marriage (1): Lt. Col. Owen Morgan Solomon on 5 Sep 1908 in St. Saviour's Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Died: 1956, Otto's Bluff, Natal, South Africa aged 74
Buried: York, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Spouses/Children:

1. Lt. Col. Owen Morgan Solomon

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bullet General Notes:

SHOOTER'S HILL

Inherited by Avice from her mother Alice 1921
Inherited by Otto Solomon from his mother Avice. 1956

Avice's father was often bad tempered with diabetes.

Andries Otto and Alice Vanderplank inherited the Shooters Hill farm from John Vanderplank. The farm was given to Avice and Owen in 1921.

Col. Solomon first farmed at Schroeders, then Creighton once he got married.

Avice borrowed 2000 pounds from the Building Society to build the Shooters Hill House which was built after Tim was born ca.1928. She could'nt afford to pay the monthly amount and so she tried doing chickens laying eggs, then rabbits and then paying guests. She managed to pay off the debt by doing the latter. Rondavels were also built at this time.

After she went to look for the grave of her eldest son Stanley, she came back by boat and arriving in Cape Town had started aneurism in her chest. Otto Solomon had to fly to Cape Town to bring her back to Pietermaritzburg. She died of a massive aneurism, in hospital.

Avice was not very kind. Betty had lunch with her parents-in-law every Sunday.
Avice was esp. attached to Tim.

She left Shooter's Hill to Otto.

bullet Sources of information or noted events in her life were:

• Web Based Info. http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/person/Andries-Otto/152124921-11000460

And

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
TYPE Photo
REFERENCE C7576
DESCRIPTION Group photo of the Otto family of Otto's Bluff, showing; standing: WFE Otto (Freda); Pyno TP Otto. Seated: C Saxon D Otto; Andries Otto; Helen Ethel Otto (Thella); Alice Anne Otto (nee van der Plank); Avice Elsie Otto.
STARTING 1926
ENDING 1926
REMARKS Origin: Dr. CFT van Ziegenweidt, 41 Windermere Rd., Pietermaritzburg. Remarks: Oversize.

• General Comment. Copy of her mother - Alice Ann Otto nee Vanderplank's Death Notice # 982/1947 Filed on 3 Jun 1947 in RAB's possession.

Avice married Lt. Col. Owen Morgan Solomon, son of Stanley Solomon and Emily Morgan Tucker, on 5 Sep 1908 in St. Saviour's Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. (Lt. Col. Owen Morgan Solomon was born on 16 Feb 1878 in Upchurch, Kent, England, died on 29 Jul 1954 in Otto's Bluff, Natal, South Africa and was buried in York, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11824-74916-95?cc=2063749&wc=M9WM-PRL:n2007582415
Witnesses:-
A. Otto
A. A. Otto

bullet Marriage Notes:

The Marriage/reception was at 235 West Street in 1908.

MARR: RIN MH:FF3

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