Sidney William Loewenson (1916 - 1984)

Sidney William Loewenson, is the nephew, by marriage, of my niece of Rachel Levin, my 2x great aunt. Morris family tree HERE

Parents: Benjamin (Bennie) Loewenson (1884 -1946) and Annie Friedberg (1887 - 1976)

Tombstones for Sidney's parents who are buried in the Jewish cemetery in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, nowadays Zimbabwe

Born: 6 June 1916 in Que Que (now Kwekwe) in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)

The family lived in Que Que as his father was a storekeeper there(Southern Rhodesia voting register 1920-22)

Hebrew name: XXXX

Occupation: Engineer

Siblings

• Jeanette Ruth Loewenson (1915 - 1970) married Solly Lazarus in Bulawayo, Rhodesia on 7 July 1935
• Cecily Rosline (Cissie) Loewenson (1919 - 1999) married Joseph (Joe) Lazarus (1917 - 1997)
• Louis Jack Loewenson (1921 - 1944) married Joyce Hughes (1925 - ) in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales in October - December 1943

Sergeant Louis Jack Loewenson was a 22-year-old Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Flight Engineer on an overnight night bombing mission to Berlin on January 2 1944. Serving with 100 Squadron, he was among the crew of an Avro Lancaster III JB549 that failed to return from the raid. No trace of the plane or its seven crew were ever found. His son David Louis Loewenson was born, after his death, in (July - September) 1944. His widow later married Clifford John Townley Ingham and their son, James Ingham, was born in 1954

Because his remains were never recovered or identified, Louis has no known grave. He is officially commemorated on Panel 233 of the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey, England, which honours Commonwealth air forces personnel lost without trace during World War II (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)

Marriage: Leah (Lee) Morris on 5 December 1954 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Lee was 33  and Sidney 38

Marriage certificate for Lee and Sidney who were married in the Parkview Greenside synagogue, Johannesburg on 5 December 1954

Children

Their first child was born in 1955 when Sidney was 39 and Lee 33 years old. Their second and last child was born in 1957 when Sidney was 41 and Lee 36 years old 

• Barry Loewenson 1955 -
• Rene Loewenson 1957 -

Death

1 November 1984 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia age 68. He was buried in the Jewish cemetery there

Tombstone for Lee. "Here lies Leah Loewenson. Born 07.11.21 Died 05.02.11.  A woman of spirit, humour and compassion much loved by her family. May her soul be bound in the bond of eternal life."