Rudom “Simpsie, Ronnie” SAMSONAge: 82 years1911–1993
- Name
- Rudom “Simpsie, Ronnie” SAMSON
- Given names
- Rudom
- Surname
- SAMSON
- Romanized
- Shimon
- Nickname
- Simpsie, Ronnie
- Hebrew
- שמעון רדום סמסון
| Birth | February 11, 1911 (Shevat 13, 5671) Glasgow, Scotland - גלסגו, סקוטלנד |
| Immigration | Rhodesia yesHebrew: רודסיה |
| Occupation | Shop Owner Que Que, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) - קוו-קוו, רודזיה |
| Nickname | Simpsie, Ronnie Hebrew: רוני |
| Death | August 1, 1993 (Av 14, 5753) (Age 82 years) Harare, Zimbabwe - הרארה, רודסיה (זימבבווה) |
| Burial | Harare, Zimbabwe - וורן הילס Cemetery: Warren Hills, Grave 449 Publication: http://www.zjc.org.il/ Citation details: http://www.zjc.org.il/cemeteries/warrenS2/target14.html |
| Burial | Zimbabwe and Zambian Jewish Communitiy Publication: http://www.zjc.org.il/ Citation details: http://www.zjc.org.il/cemeteries/warrenS2/target14.html |
| Source | Lina Gilis Zatzman - personal testimony |
| Occupation | In the 1950s, Ronnie Samson and his brother-in-law, Ralph Schattil, ran a 'kaffir' store at the Que-Que Steelworks.
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kwekwe/The%20Jewish%20Residents%20of%20Que%20Que%20Southern%20Rhodesia.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe_Iron_and_Steel_Company |
| Note | Simpsie (Ronnie) joined the RAF and was posted to Southern Rhodesia After the war he, his wife Ida
and their infant daughter Lynnette came to Glasgow, they returned to Rhodesia 1 ½ years later. Hilda
and Ida were very close and they wrote each other until Ida's death in 1966. |