Re: Surprise from the 1920s
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South Africa; probably Pretoria or neighbouring towns in what is now called Gauteng. I don't recall the ln, and she was married anyway, but almost certainly English-speaking to judge by the spelling.
As a full name, she'd have been most unlikely to have Minerva in the 1920s - the only local Minnie people I've ever known all started out as Wilhelmina.
As a full name, she'd have been most unlikely to have Minerva in the 1920s - the only local Minnie people I've ever known all started out as Wilhelmina.