Alyda Gezina Hendrika VAN DER SLEEN [3243]

   Other names for Alyda were Ada SCHEPERS and Ada WILSON.

  General Notes:

Ada was born in Holland. Her father was a school teacher but he was killed in an accident when Ada was 12 years old. The family then moved to Amsterdam and Ada graduated as a teacher. WW2 started two years after her graduation.

Ada married her first husband Henk Schepers. Henk was a carpenter and the couple decided to emigrate to Australia, but this took some time and their first two children were born in Holland. By the time Henk and Ada made it to Australia, 4 of Henk's brothers and 2 of his sisters had already arrived in Australia.

When they first arrived in Australia Henk and Ada lived at The Gurdies. They lived for a short time at Mincha in Northern Victoria, then they went to a wheat farm at Woorak. After 2.5 years at Woorak, they returned to Lang Lang and Koo Wee Rup area where Henk and his brother set up a building business.

In 1965 the family moved to Won Wron where Henk passed away in 1976.
Ada and her first husband Henk had 4 children, Gert, Arian, Helen and Ria.

Ada met Harry Wilson at Church in Yarram about 1970 and they married in 1978.

A funeral service was held for Ada at the Yarram Community Church, 122 Commercial Road, Yarram. She was privately cremated following this service.

Melbourne Herald Sun 12 February 2013
WILSON (Schepers) - Alyda Gezina Hendrika In loving memory. 14.12.1917 - 09-02-2013. Beloved wife of Harry. Loving mother of Gert, Arian, Helen and Ria. Cherished grandmother and great grandmother. Resting peacefully in the arms of the Lord.

WILSON - The funeral service for the late Mrs Alyda Gezina Hendrika Wilson will be held at Yarram Community Church, 122 Commercial Road, Yarram on Thursday (Feb 14 2013) commencing at 11.00 a.m. A Private Cremation will Follow. Yarram Gippsland Funeral Services.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Obituary: Herald Sun Newspaper, 12 Feb 2013, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Alyda married Hendrick SCHEPERS [6371] [MRIN: 2020], son of Harm SCHEPERS [6392] and Alberdine MIDDEL [6397], about 1949 in , , Holland. (Hendrick SCHEPERS [6371] was born about 1914 in , , Holland and died in 1977 in Won Wron, Vic, Australia.)

Alyda next married Harry Allenby WILSON [3241] [MRIN: 966], son of Frederick Abel WILSON [1266] and Sylvia Pearl Victoria ROBINS [1265], on 4 Mar 1978 in Yarram, Vic, Australia. (Harry Allenby WILSON [3241] was born on 24 Mar 1918 in Maffra, Vic, Australia, died on 7 May 2013 in Mirboo North, Vic, Australia and was buried on 18 May 2013 in Trafalgar, Vic, Australia.)