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About Us The first Wicomb arrived in South Africa from England in the early 1700's. He was a ship's doctor and disembarked at Knysna. He had twins(boys) with a woman from Java, probably a slave. She also had children from two other men with the surnames of Barnard & Rensburg. She is therefore the ancestress of the Wicombs, the Barnards & the Rensburgs. One of the twins died as a baby and the other kept the surname of his father (Wicomb). The first Robert Wicomb, probably a son or grandson of… More information...

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