I was born in SA in 1933; left RSA when I was 21 to hitchhike through
Europe for a year; then decided to extend my stay for another couple of years while I travelled through Canada and the USA. HOWEVER, I met my lovely wife on the Canadian prairies in
Alberta and married, raised a family, and settled down to become a Canadian citizen.
Worked in
Banks for many years; then in 1967, (Canada's Centenial Year) did a "Centenial" project of "returning to School". Attended the Univ. of Calgary, Alberta; eventually received my
Masters in Clinical Psychology; became a registered Psychologist. Worked in
Banff and Lake Louise as their Community Psychologist. Semi-retired with
Fern to
Vancouver Island where I worked again as a Psychologist - mainly with suicidal Teenagers. Did this for 16 years and finally retired at age 65 south of Nanaimo, on
Vancouver Island off the coast of Canada in the
Pacific.
I have been researching the
Joubert name for the past 40 years and have done some ground breaking research in our ancestor, Pierre
Joubert (
Jaubert) in the village of
La Motte d'Aigues on the Luberon Mountains of
Provence, Southern France.
On a map, it is located in Southern France - south of Avignon; north of Aix-en-Provence; off to the right a little, in the "V" of the
Durrance river - south of
Apt and north of
Pertuis.
I managed to trace his parents and grandparents and have their marriage contracts and wills. Very colourful documents.
I hope to establish a web page for the Joubert-Jaubert family during this next year. They were all Protestant french people (
Huguenots)
How far have you traced your
Joubert family back so far. All families in RSA were from a single ancestor, Pierre
Jaubert who escaped France in 1688 on the boat, the "
Berg China" on which he arrived with his new bride, Isabeau (Elizabeth) Richarde.
Where do you live in
America ?
Kenneth
Joubert in Canada.