A Walk Through Time

By L. A. De Buys

June 2010

Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 1 Timeline ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 Life in The Past ........................................................................................................................................... 24

Living in the 1600‘s ................................................................................................................................ 24 Living in the 1700‘s ................................................................................................................................ 25 Living in the 1800‘s ................................................................................................................................ 30 Living in the 1900‘s ................................................................................................................................ 36

Health and Medicine at the Cape of Good Hope ......................................................................................... 41 Maternity and Childbirth ........................................................................................................................ 42 Diseases and Epidemics .......................................................................................................................... 43 Treatments .............................................................................................................................................. 44 The Slave Lodge Hospital ...................................................................................................................... 45

Slavery at the Cape of Good Hope .............................................................................................................. 47 The French Huguenots ................................................................................................................................ 51 The De Buys Surname ................................................................................................................................. 53 The Infamous Coenraad De Buys ................................................................................................................ 54 Ballade van Coenraad Buys ......................................................................................................................... 67 Buyskop ....................................................................................................................................................... 69 The DE BUYS Family ................................................................................................................................ 71

First Generation ...................................................................................................................................... 71 Second Generation .................................................................................................................................. 71 Third Generation ..................................................................................................................................... 71 Fourth Generation ................................................................................................................................... 72 Fifth Generation ...................................................................................................................................... 73 Sixth Generation ..................................................................................................................................... 77 Seventh Generation ................................................................................................................................. 81 Eighth Generation ................................................................................................................................... 87 Nineth Generation ................................................................................................................................... 91 Tenth Generation .................................................................................................................................... 99 Eleventh Generation ............................................................................................................................. 103 Twelfth Generation ............................................................................................................................... 111 Thirteenth Generation ........................................................................................................................... 128 Fourteenth Generation .......................................................................................................................... 142 Fifteenth Generation ............................................................................................................................. 148

The DODGSON Family ............................................................................................................................ 149 First Generation .................................................................................................................................... 149 Second Generation ................................................................................................................................ 149 Third Generation ................................................................................................................................... 149 Fourth Generation ................................................................................................................................. 150 Fifth Generation .................................................................................................................................... 154 Sixth Generation ................................................................................................................................... 158 Seventh Generation ............................................................................................................................... 168 Eighth Generation ................................................................................................................................. 172

Other Families In The Tree ....................................................................................................................... 174 The BRAND Family ............................................................................................................................. 174 First Generation .................................................................................................................................... 174 Second Generation ................................................................................................................................ 175 Third Generation ................................................................................................................................... 179 Fourth Generation ................................................................................................................................. 186 Fifth Generation .................................................................................................................................... 191 The BUSH Family ................................................................................................................................ 193 First Generation .................................................................................................................................... 193 Second Generation ................................................................................................................................ 193 Third Generation ................................................................................................................................... 193 Fourth Generation ................................................................................................................................. 195 Fifth Generation .................................................................................................................................... 196 Sixth Generation ................................................................................................................................... 199 Seventh Generation ............................................................................................................................... 202

The CROOK Family ............................................................................................................................. 203 First Generation .................................................................................................................................... 203 Second Generation ................................................................................................................................ 203 Third Generation ................................................................................................................................... 204 Fourth Generation ................................................................................................................................. 205 Fifth Generation .................................................................................................................................... 206 Sixth Generation ................................................................................................................................... 207 The DE SOUSA Family ....................................................................................................................... 208 First Generation .................................................................................................................................... 208 Second Generation ................................................................................................................................ 208 Third Generation ................................................................................................................................... 208 Fourth Generation ................................................................................................................................. 210 Fifth Generation .................................................................................................................................... 211 The HUNT Family ................................................................................................................................ 212 First Generation .................................................................................................................................... 212 Second Generation ................................................................................................................................ 212 Third Generation ................................................................................................................................... 212 Fourth Generation ................................................................................................................................. 213 Fifth Generation .................................................................................................................................... 216 Sixth Generation ................................................................................................................................... 218 Seventh Generation ............................................................................................................................... 220 The PERRY Family .............................................................................................................................. 222 First Generation .................................................................................................................................... 222 Second Generation ................................................................................................................................ 222 Third Generation ................................................................................................................................... 222 The WRAGG Family ............................................................................................................................ 224 First Generation .................................................................................................................................... 224 Second Generation ................................................................................................................................ 224 Third Generation ................................................................................................................................... 225

Our Naval Ties .......................................................................................................................................... 226 De Oosterland ....................................................................................................................................... 226 Stirling Castle ....................................................................................................................................... 229 RHMS Ellinis Chandris ........................................................................................................................ 230

Family at War ............................................................................................................................................ 232 Fourth Frontier War - The Massacre at Zuurberg: 1811 ....................................................................... 232 The Boer War: 1880 - 1902 .................................................................................................................. 233 World War 1: 28 June 1914 – 11 November 1918 ............................................................................... 233 World War 2: 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945 ......................................................................... 234

The De Bus Family Crest .......................................................................................................................... 242 The Dodgson Family Crest ........................................................................................................................ 243 The De Sousa Family Crest ....................................................................................................................... 244 DNA Genetic Testing ................................................................................................................................ 249 Family Relationship Chart ......................................................................................................................... 251 Notes/Thanks ............................................................................................................................................. 252 Index .......................................................................................................................................................... 253

Table of Figures Graphical timeline of events in South African history .................................................................................. 3 Principal English trade routes about 1700. .................................................................................................. 26 Model of Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin ............................................................................................................. 30 Kommandant Wessels (4th person front row) with General de le Rey on his left in the Boer War ............ 35 Blood letting (breathing a vein) as depicted in an 1804 drawing ................................................................ 42 Plan of the Slave Lodge at the Cape Of Good Hope (1798) ........................................................................ 45 An artists impression of Maria Mouton's execution .................................................................................... 48 A slave being broken on the wheel .............................................................................................................. 49 The Huguenot Monument in Franschhoek, South Africa ............................................................................ 51 Distribution of Huguenots fleeing from France ........................................................................................... 52 Map of farms granted to French and Dutch Settlers up to 1700 .................................................................. 54 Palmiet Valley farmhouse (2008) ................................................................................................................ 59 A piece of the original farm house wall on Palmiet Valley (2009) ............................................................. 59 Coenraad De Buys' signature (25 May 1787 and 21 January 1788) ............................................................ 61 Coenraad De Buys - an artist‘s impression (Hazel Crampton) .................................................................... 62 Coenraad De Buys - a rather funny caricature by Dr. Jack ......................................................................... 62 Dr Johannes Van der Kemp ......................................................................................................................... 63 Machiel (De) Buys ...................................................................................................................................... 64 Cover of "Alien Inboorling" by Rian Malan ............................................................................................... 67 Map of present day South Africa showing Buyskop ................................................................................... 69 Union Building, Pretoria, South Africa ....................................................................................................... 69 President Paul Kruger around 1888 ............................................................................................................. 70 General Koos De La Rey ............................................................................................................................. 93 Brian Albert De Buys in Springs (before 1960) ........................................................................................ 104 Liz Barrie and her brothers (Around 1545) ............................................................................................... 104 Coenraad Willem De Buys during World War 2 (About 1941) ................................................................ 105 Emily De Buys (nee Homan) (About 1950) ............................................................................................. 106 Pieter, Coenraad, Emily (nee Homan), Ione (nee Brand) and Colleen (Around 1965) ............................. 107 Hester van den Berg (nee De Buys), Herman, Hendriena, Jacomina De Buys (nee Lewis), Adriaan and

Fransiena Tolmay (nee De Buys) (About 1950) ........................................................................................ 108 Pieter De Buys in Northern Africa/Egypt (1942/1943) ............................................................................. 109 Koos with Paulus, Leonard and Eugene De Buys (December 1968) ........................................................ 110 P.W. Botha during his Presidency. ............................................................................................................ 111 Wife (66) strangled with petticoat - The Mercury (06 May 2004) ............................................................ 115 Lovers jailed 15 year for murder of wife - The Mercury (07 May 2004) .................................................. 116 Sharon, Deon, Gordon, Shawn, Gertie & Freddie Fermor (Possibly about 1985) .................................... 118 Helmin (nee De Kock), Salomé and Adriaan (At) De Buys (About 1993) ............................................... 120 Hermanus, Salomé and Hester De Buys (nee Brits) at Salomé's graduation (Port Alfred, 2007) ............. 121 Peter De Buys (September 1990) .............................................................................................................. 121 Weekend Argus article on the shootout which led to Peter De Buys' death (12/13 Nov 1994) ................ 123 Paulus De Buys (About 1965) ................................................................................................................... 124 Leonardus De Buys in Lyttleton 81 T.S.D. during 1966 ........................................................................... 125 Eugene and Pieter at their wedding. Leonard De Buys is beside Pieter .................................................... 125 Ione De Buys and Alan Foxcroft ............................................................................................................... 126 Colleen, James and baby Michelle (About 1983) ...................................................................................... 126 The De Buys/Schmidt family (About 1988) .............................................................................................. 130 Dawid De Buys and his grandson Jason Van Greuning (09 Nov 2008) .................................................... 131 Michael De Buys (26 December 2007) ..................................................................................................... 138 (From left) Maxine, Tristan and Dameron De Buys (May 2009) .............................................................. 139 Maria and Tony (2007) .............................................................................................................................. 139 Dave De Buys in the army at Upington (1992) ......................................................................................... 140 John Kilian while working at General Motors during 2009 ...................................................................... 141 Wedding of Harold Dodgson and Marion Bush in late 1920's .................................................................. 151 Walter (Tusky) Dodgson in his home in a village just outside of Tadcaster, UK. The children are Matthew

and David Wragg. (January 1980) ............................................................................................................ 153 Frank Dodgson and Betty (nee Hunt)'s 40th wedding anniversary (1989) ................................................ 154 "Frank and kids at Froggy Pond" shortly after arriving in South Africa. .................................................. 155 Marlene Dodgson and Ronald Crook's wedding (About July 1954, Bolton-on-Dearne) .......................... 156

Basil Turner and Elizabeth (Little Betty) Dodgson, 19 March 1960 ......................................................... 157 Heather and Linda while they still lived in England (About 1961) ........................................................... 158 Linda, Frank and Paul Dodgson (About 1959) .......................................................................................... 159 Killer in Pollsmoor (About 1967) .............................................................................................................. 160 left to right: Paul, Philip, Andrew, Harvey and Richard Dodgson (Late 1993) ......................................... 161 Leonard De Buys and Kobus Boonzaair in Westlake (1979) .................................................................... 162 Marie and Michael Greeff at their wedding (13 March 1982) ................................................................... 162 Petro and Philip Dodgson (2006) .............................................................................................................. 163 Andy and Joyce Dodgson (nee Grewe) (Date unknown) .......................................................................... 163 Harvey Dodgson in the army (About 1983) .............................................................................................. 164 Richard, on his way to the army, with Betty Dodgson (About 1981)........................................................ 164 back, left to right: Rose Strydom and Lizel Strydom; front left to right: Michelle Strydom, Semaine

Strydom ..................................................................................................................................................... 165 Mark Whalan, Betty Dodgson (nee Crook) and Stephanie Dodgson ....................................................... 166 David Turner ............................................................................................................................................. 167 Susan Turner ............................................................................................................................................. 167 Donovan, Julie and Kathleen (About 2000) .............................................................................................. 169 Sarah and Donovan in Langebaan, Cape Town (2006) ............................................................................. 170 Sean-Paul Dogdson aged 9 months, 3 weeks and 6 days (25 December 1997)......................................... 171 Marguerite and Fleetwood Brand taken in 1951 ....................................................................................... 174 Fleetwood Brand, Ione Brand, Pieter De Buys and Leonardus De Buys - Cauvin Road, District Six.

(Around 1955) ........................................................................................................................................... 175 José Rosamond BRAMWELL (date unknown) ....................................................................................... 176 Louis, Martin and Mattie (About 1965) .................................................................................................... 176 Ione Brand aged 16 on Signal Hill (Note Table Mountain in the background) (1936) ............................ 177 Ambrose John BRAND in Cape Town. .................................................................................................... 178 Joseph, Anthony and Louis Brand (About 1942) ...................................................................................... 179 Anthony Colgen Brandt ............................................................................................................................. 180 Report of Anthony Colgen Brand's death in The Argus (04/02/1978) (Part 1) ........................................ 181 Report of Anthony Colgen Brand's death in The Argus (04/02/1978) (Continued) ................................. 182 Linnette, Joshuna, Pascal and Louis (Late 1980's) .................................................................................... 183 Kevin Brand .............................................................................................................................................. 185 Dion, Dianne, Alicia and Jacky Brandt (About 1980) ............................................................................... 186 Lawrence, Ella, Tim, Natroune, Sunya and Tyrōn at Ella‘s wedding (09 Dec 2006) ............................... 187 René and Sheldon (About 2008) ............................................................................................................... 188 Joshua (Josh) Louis Emile Brand .............................................................................................................. 189 Frank Dodgson, Paul Dodgson, Marion Dodgson (nee Bush) and Harold Dodgson on the Stirling Castle in

1962 ........................................................................................................................................................... 194 Herbert Bush (seated on the right) with friends. Date and location unknown. ......................................... 195 Harold and Betty's wedding on 4 Sept 1954 .............................................................................................. 203 Bride and Groom - Harold Dodgson and Betty Crook in 1954 ................................................................. 204 Francisco De Sousa and bride Augustina in November 1966 ................................................................... 209 Anita De Sousa and her son Cainin in 2007 .............................................................................................. 211 Alfie during World War 2 ......................................................................................................................... 213 Four generations of Bushes, Hunt and Dodgsons (About 1952) ............................................................... 214 Doris (Dot) Dodgson, Alex (A friend of Betty's) and Betty Dodgson at Coldeast (1946) ........................ 215 John and Kathy Pointer (nee Hunt) (1981) ............................................................................................... 216 Dalene and David De Buys (About 2004) ................................................................................................. 223 Four generations Dodgson/Wragg family (1978) ...................................................................................... 224 Scale model of De Oosterland ................................................................................................................... 226 The cannons from a vessel which sank in the same storm as that which sank De Oosterland .................. 228 The Stirling Castle in 1943 ........................................................................................................................ 229 The RHMS Ellinis in Sydney in 1978 ....................................................................................................... 230 Map of Italy showing the 6th South African Armoured Brigade's movements during WW2 ................... 236 The HMS Theseus (About 1950)............................................................................................................... 237 The United Nations Service Medal (Korean Clasp) and the British Korean Medal .................................. 241 De Bus family crest ................................................................................................................................... 242 The signature of Jean De Bus .................................................................................................................... 242 Dodgson family crest ................................................................................................................................. 243 Sousa/De Sousa family crest ..................................................................................................................... 244 Example of a family tree in the early stages of research ........................................................................... 245

An example of a NAAIRS search result entry ........................................................................................... 246 An example of a folder system used for genealogy research ..................................................................... 247 Modern map indicating where the ―Seven Daughters of Eve‖ would have lived ...................................... 249 All males connected by blue lines have common Y-DNA ........................................................................ 250

De Buys and Dodgson: A walk through time | 1

Introduction

The ―De Buys‖ family and branches such as ―Buys‖ have become one of the fairly common names and, in fact, an

integral part of South Africa‘s history without becoming an everyday household name. Stories of bounties on the heads

of men, deals with the ruling parties of the day and adventures in strange new lands before the Settlers and Voortrekkers

fill our past. The families involved in our tree are now spread far and wide around the planet, continually growing and

spreading its branches.

The original French family from which my family descends is the Huguenot family by the name of ―De Bus‖. Other

Buys‘s in South Africa are descended from Barend Buys and Francois Gustave Du Bois.

Barend Buys came from Braunschweig, Germany and arrived in the Cape on 9 January 1715, on the ship Risdam. His

occupation was listed as ―soldier‖ but he first worked as a stablehand for the Dutch East India Company upon arrival in

the Cape. On 26 November 1718 he signed a contract to work as a hand (labourer) for Jacobus van den Heijden. He

married in Cape Town on 12 October 1721 to the fifteen year old Alida van den Berg, whose parents were Jacobus van

den Berg and Jacomina Carteniers.

On 3 February 1722 he was given a loan farm called Witteklip, just north of Saldahna Bay. He sold the farm Blomkool

on 8 October 1722 to Andries Krugel. In 1724 his slave Andries van Ceylon stole brandy out of his seller. A Khoikoi,

named Pieter, told Barend about the theft. Barend tied Andries up and hoisted him up to the roof beams of his house.

He then beat Andries with a stick. When Andries was lowered and untied Pieter stabbed him with a knife. Andries ran

away, but later returned and burnt Barend‘s cellar down. He was caught and sentenced. His hand was chopped off and

he was strangled until he lost conciousness. His body was then placed before a fire. Barend later tied Andries on a

wheel and left him to die.1

Barend and Alida had seven daughters and three sons. Barend Buys died about 1742.

Francois Gustave Du Bois was born in Bordeaux, France on 23 April 1818 and came to South Africa around 1838. His

parents were Francois Gustave du Bois and Marié Ursula de Lesseps. Francois was a student at the Boston College in

America where he achieved the qualification of advocate. Upon his return to France, Francois decided to see more of

the world and joined the crew of a French whaling ship. On the way to the whaling waters of New Zeeland, his ship lay

at anchor in St. Helena Bay on the West Coast, to take in supplies. During this period, it is told, the captain instructed

three crew members to fetch supplies from the local farmers in the area. The three had other ideas and promptly headed

inland, abandoning their mission and also abandoning ship.The captain promptly set out after them and, with the help of

the local Veldkornet, they were captured and brought back to ship.

Francois was then given the orders to fetch supplies and he and another crewmember, Dominique Novella, set out. The

two had the same thoughts as the previous three and also headed inland and abandoned ship. (At this point one can only

presume that life aboard this whaler must have been very tough for crew members not used to the harsh conditions)

Francois and Dominique managed to hide long enough to escape the captain's search. Francois later found himself on

the farm Heuningklip owned by Nicolaas Willem Loubser. He married one of the daughters, Anna Catharina Loubser in

1842 and later settled on the farm Jacobsbaai, halfway between Vredenburg and Saldanha on the West Coast. The

couple had five children, four sons and one daughter. Francois and his family actively farmed the land - Jacobsbaai. He

never practiced as Advocate in South Africa but many came to him for legal advice. Francois died on the farm

Jacobsbaai in 1885 and was buried on the neighboring farm Oranjevlei. Over time, the grave disappeared without trace.

We also do not know where his wife was buried.

Jacobsbaai today is a pleasant holiday/retirement village. One central road of the village is called ―F Du Bois Street"

and there is also a one of the original farm buildings has been renovated and is called ―Du Bois Huis‖. The descendants

of Dominique Novella also live on the West Coast in the Vredenburg/Veldrift area.2

The ―De Buys‖ and ―Buys‖ version of the ―Du Bus‖ name most likely came about due to Dutch influences in the Cape

and the infamous renegade, Coenraad Willem Du Buis who began moving around the country and getting involved with

the indigenous people of southern Africa (which was wholly unacceptable at the time) Because of Coenraad‘s

lawlessness and perhaps his distance from the record keeping offices of the Cape Colony very little was recorded about

1 http://www.greeff.info/tng01/getperson.php?personID=I85&tree=LEGreeff

2 Ferdie du Bois [email protected]

http://www.greeff.info/tng01/getperson.php?personID=I85&tree=LEGreeff


the women he lived with and his children. For this reason tracing linage into the De Bus tree from which he stems was

difficult at times. Fortunately I was put in touch with the Human Genomic Diversity and Disease Research Unit

(University of the Witwatersrand and the National Health Laboratory Service) who had researched known offspring of

Coenraad De Buys and had recorded his DNA through his offspring. Upon testing my DNA they found that our Y

chromosome records exactly matched that of Coenraad‘s known offspring who now live in Buyskop. It proved that we

are descendants of Jean De Bus who arrived in Cape Town in April 1688 onboard De Oosterland, and inspired me to

keep on researching the family tree to find out exactly where we fit into the tree.

The Dodgson name can be traced back to 14th century Britain and Scotland. Unfortunately tracing our particular branch

of the Dodgson family did not allow us to go back that far. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote ―Alice in Wonderland‖

and other books under the name Lewis Carroll. Carroll‘s family lived in the Yorkshire area as did our Dodgson family.

We have, however, yet to find a link between the two families. Our Dodgson tree branched when Frank Dodgson left

England to settle in South Africa. His brother, Harold came to South Africa but later moved back to England and then

to Australia where he settled with his family.

Both families in the trees explored in this book were not rich or even "well off" family, yet both have fought their own

―battles‖ and survived and grown into the De Buys' and Dodgson we see today. It seems strange and somewhat poetic

that two groups of people arrived by sea to this country to live new lives – that their descendants met and married and

created many new South African families as well as families in other countries all over the world.

This document outlines the family from as far back as research allows to the current day De Buys and Dodgson family

(from the Leonard Anthony De Buys point of view) and explores the ancestors on both sides of his family. I began

researching the family history after seeing a family tree written in a large Bible my mother owns. My mother had

written the information here and some other family members had already collected, mainly Dodgson information. My

mother gave me all the information she had including a single page article on Coenraad De Buys. This sparked my

interest in family history and my research began in earnest around February 2007. The ongoing nature of families and

genealogy means that my research is by no means complete and is an ongoing task.

L. A. De Buys


Timeline

1847:

Colonial boundary

extends to the Orange River

10 January 1805:

British retake the Cape

1660 1680 1700 1720 1740 1760

1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880

1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000

19 July 1688:

Jean De Buis

arrives in the

Cape onboard

De Oosterland

1640

6 April 1652: Jan Van

Riebeeck arrives and

the VOC governs the

Cape

28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918

World War 1

1 September 1939– 2 September 1943

World War 2

29 Jun 1962:

Dodgson‘s

arrive in the

Cape

1888:

President Paul

Kruger awards the

―Buys‖ family a tract

of land now known

as ―Buyskop‖ for

services rendered to

the Transvaal

Republic

31 May 1961:

Republic of

South Africa

declared

1821:

After Coenraad‘s wife dies

he says goodbye to his

family and walks off into

the night – never to be

seen again

14 June 1873:

George

Dodgson

marries Jane

Hall in

Pontefract, UK

16 December 1880 – 23 March 1881

First Boer War

11 October 1889 – 31 May 1902

Second Boer War

About 1928:

Harold Dodgson

marries Marion Bush

in Hatfield, UK

10 May 1994:

Nelson Mandela

elected President

2 March 1653:

The first slave,

Abraham, a stowaway

from Batavia, is given

to Van Riebeeck. He is

sent back to Batavia

three years later

1690:

The Trekboer

class emerges1713:

Smallpox

epidemic in

the Cape

1734:

Groot Brak River proclaimed

the eastern boundary of the Cape

1 March 1803:

Batavia takes the Cape

1789:

Dutch East India Company

(VOC) liquidated

1771:

Cape boundary extended to

the Gamtoos River

1839:

The Great Trek begins

1881:

Britain recognizes the

South African Republic

(ZAR)

1901:

Bubonic plague in Cape

Town

31 May 1910:

Union of South

Africa declared

24 October 1761:

Coenraad De

Buys is baptised

1694:

Jean De Buis is

awarded Knolle

Vallei, but is

only given the

title deed in

1714

Figure 1: Graphical timeline of events in South African history


4th century: Bantu speaking groups settle, joining the indigenous San and Khoikhoi people.

1487: The Portuguese explorer Batholemeu Dias sails down the coast to reach southern Angola. He later lands at

present-day Walvis Bay and soon after at Lüderitz Bay.

1488: Dias succeeds in circumnavigating the Cape, naming it ―Cabo de Bõa Esperança‖ or the Cape of Good Hope.

This is a major breakthrough in the search for discovering a sea-route to India. Dias passes Mossel Bay, named ―Angra

dos Vaqueiros‖ - Bay of Cowherds - with reference to Khoikhoi herders seen on shore.

1497: Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape on way to India.

1503: Antonio de Saldanha, leading a Portuguese squadron, enters Table Bay (called Aguada da Saldanha until 1601)

owing to a navigational error. They are the first Europeans to climb Table Mountain, which they name Taboa do Cabo

(the Table Cape) because of its shape.

1 March 1510: On his way back to Portugal the Viceroy of Portuguese India, Francisco d' Almeida, is killed in a

skirmish with Khoi-Khoi, probably due to a misunderstanding arising from barter between the Khoi-Khoi and the

Portuguese at the mouth of the Salt River in Table Bay. Thereafter, Portuguese traders tend to bypass the Cape itself,

relying on Robben Island for fresh meat and water.

1575: Portuguese mariner and cartographer Manuel de Mesquita Perestrelo explores the south and south-east coast of

South Africa on a voyage for this purpose. He gives the first detailed description and draws a map of the coast.

18 June 1580: An English admiral, Francis Drake, rounds the Cape on his voyage round the world in his quest to reach

India for the English Crown. He describes the Cape in the following words: ‗This Cape is a most stately thing, and the

fairest Cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth.‘

4 August 1595: Four ships under Cornelis de Houtman reach São Bras. This is the first contact of the Dutch with the

coast of Southern Africa.

1602: The Dutch East India Company is formed

1647: A Dutch East India Company ship was shipwrecked in Table Bay. Part of the crew was left behind in order to

salvage as much of the cargo as they could, to be picked up the following year. Leendert Jansz, after returning to the

Dutch Republic, wrote a report about his experience at the Cape.

06 April 1652: The first white settlers, led by Jan van Riebeeck arrive at the Cape on board the Drommedaris. The Cape

is governed by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) until 1795

2 March 1653: The first slave, Abraham, a stowaway from Batavia onboard the Amsterfoort, is given to Van Riebeeck.

He works for the Company until sent back to Batavia three years later. 1654: Asian convicts brought to Cape as slaves

1656: Catharina Anthonis, a slave born in Bengal, was the first slave to be freed, because Jan Woutersz wanted to marry

her

1657: Slaves imported from Madagascar and Java

21 February 1657: First white free burghers (citizens), nine men received grants of land along the Liesbeeck River

(now Rondebosch)

28 March 1658: 38 male slaves and 37 female slaves from Angola, arrive in Table Bay aboard the Amersfoort

May 1658: 228 slaves from West African coast arrive in Table Bay aboard the Hassell, about 80 are shipped to Batavia

1659: Armed Hottentots (Khoikhoi) begin to resist Dutch seizure of land, leading to the First Dutch-Khoikhoi war

1660: Almond hedge planted to protect the settlement from the Hottentots (Khoikhoi)


1660: First horses arrive at the Cape from Batavia

1660: Expansion of Cape settlement

1661: Rumours noted at Cape concerning "Briqua" - later known to be Tswana

May 1662: Jan van Riebeeck leaves the Cape for Malacca

09 May 1662: Zacharias Wagenaar appointed Governor

1663: Outposts set up at Saldanha Bay and Hottentots Holland

1665: The first Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded at the Cape and the first minister Rev. J van Arkel

appointed

24 October 1665: Cornelis van Qualberg appointed Governor

1666: The foundation stones of the Castle, built to replace the existing Fort, in Cape Town were laid. Building is done

by slave labour.

1666: Settlements in Saldanha Bay and Vishoek (Fish Hoek)

1666: First Calvinist church built in Cape Town

October 1666: Cornelis van Qualbergen appointed Governor of the Cape

1667: Indians arrive at the Cape

18 June 1668: Jakob Borghorst appointed Governor

02 June 1670: Pieter Hackius appointed Governor

01 December 1671: Coenraad van Breitenbach appointed Governor

23 March 1672: Albert van Breugel appointed Governor

02 October 1672: Yobrand Godske appointed Governor

1673: Second Dutch-Khoikhoi War

1673 - 1677: Third Dutch-Khoikhoi War

02 January 1676: Johan Bax (van Herenthals) appointed Governor

1678: Settlement of Hottentots-Holland

29 June 1678: Hendrik Crulax appointed Governor

1679: Stellenbosch founded

1679: First farmers settle along the Eerste River

1679: Castle in Cape Town is completed

1679: Slave Lodge built to house Company slaves.

14 October 1679: Simon van der Stel appointed Governor of the Cape with orders to expand the colony – a task which

ran from 1679 until 1688


1685: Simon van der Stel visits Namaqualand

1685: Commissioner Hendrik van Reede (VOC) decrees that male slaves may buy their freedom for 100 guilders on

reaching the age of 25 years, provided that they have been confirmed in the Dutch Reformed Church and can speak

Dutch. The same conditions apply to female slaves, who can buy their freedom at age 22 years.

1686: Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Stellenbosch (seceded from Cape Town)

1687: Settlements along Berg River (Drakenstein, Paarl)

1688: Approximately 200 French Huguenots arrive at the Cape, settle mostly in Fransch Hoek

1690: Trekboer class emerges

1691: Dutch Reformed Church congregations founded in Drakenstein and Paarl

1698: Settlement of Wagenmaker's Vallei (Wellington)

11 February 1699: Willem Adriaan van der Stel appointed Governor

1700: VOC slave trading in Mozambique, Zanzibar and Madagascar

1700: Settlement in Land van Waveren (Tulbagh)

1701: Cattle raids by Khoisan (Hottentots and San) commence against Dutch

03 June 1707: Johan Cornelis d'Ableing appointed Governor

01 February 1708: Louis van Assenburg appointed Governor

28 December 1711: Willem Helot appointed Governor

1713: Smallpox epidemic in the Cape, introduced from India by visiting ships, decimates Hottentots (Khoisan) and kills

many whites

28 March 1714: Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes appointed Governor

1717: System of freehold title to land ends, by which time about 400 farms granted

1717: VOC resolves to keep slaves as main workforce at the Cape.

1720: Western Cape Khoikhoi reduced to labouring class

1722: Groot Constantia is built

08 September 1724: Jan de la Fontaine (provisional) appointed Governor

25 February 1727: Pieter Gysbert Noot appointed Governor

24 April 1728: Jan de la Fontaine (provisional) appointed Governor

1730: First Boers reach George area and trek inland into Langkloof

1730: The VOC imports slaves from Mozambique and Zanzibar

08 March 1730: Jan de la Fontaine appointed Governor

1732: Annual rental of a leningsplaas (loan farm) doubled to 24 Rix dollars

1732: Quitrent system of land tenure introduced


1734: Great Brak River proclaimed eastern boundary of Cape

14 November 1736: Adriaan van Kervel appointed Governor

1737: Short-lived Moravian mission to Khoikhoi

20 September 1737: Daniel van den Henghel appointed Governor

01 April 1739: Hendrik Swellengrebel appointed Governor of the Cape. He was the first South African-born Governor.

His father was a Russian from Moscow, in the service of the VOC, and his mother was Johanna Cruse, born in South

Africa.

1743: First recorded Trekboer loan farms in Roggeveld

1743: Dutch Reformed Church congregations founded in Roodezand (Tulbagh)

1745: Dutch Reformed Church congregations founded in Swartland (Malmesbury) and Swellendam

1746: Swellendam is founded

01 April 1750: Hendrik Swellengrebel appointed Governor

30 March 1751: Ryk Tulbagh appointed Governor of the Cape

1754: First recorded San resistance to Roggeveld area Trekboers

1755: Foundation stone of Old Town house in Cape Town is laid

1755: Smallpox epidemic in the Cape

1760: Jansz, Coetse with Klaas Barends and others cross the Gariep River

1761: Hendrik Hop travels to Gariep River

1765: 112 slaves from Madagascar arrive in Table Bay on board Meermin

1770: Intensive Khoisan resistance to Trekboer occupation. The resistance continues until 1799

1770: Mothibi son of Molehabangwe of Tlhaping born at Nokaneng

1771: Clashes between Trekboers and Xhosa begin as trekkers cross the Gamtoos River in the east

1771: Cape boundary crosses Gamtoos River

12 August 1774: Joachim Ammema, Baron van Plettenberg appointed Governor of the Cape

1774: General Commando mounted against San: 503 killed, 241 captured

1778: Hendrik Jacob Wikar and Robert Jacob Gordon meet Khoikhoi, Geisiqua and Tswana groups along lower and

middle Gariep which Gordon names Orange River in honour of the Netherlands Stadtholder

1778: Great Fish River becomes eastern boundary of Cape. Boundary extended to Buffels and Zak Rivers

1780: First Frontier War between Xhosa and whites

1782: First issue of paper Rix dollars, gradually replacing gold and silver coins.

1783: Le Vaillant and Van Reenen travel in Namaqualand and north of Orange River


14 February 1785: Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff appointed Governor

1786: Graaff-Reinet founded

1789: Merino sheep imported from Holland

1789-1793: Second Frontier War between Xhosa and whites

1789: French Revolution - republican sentiments spread

1790: In documented raids on "Bosjesmen" 2000 - 3000 Khoisan are killed

29 June 1791: Johannes Isaac Rhenius appointed Governor

02 September 1791: Abraham Josias Sluisken appointed Commissioner under VOC rule

1792: Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Graaff-Reinet (seceded from Tulbagh)

1792: Moravian Mission founded at Genadendal

1795: The Rix Dollar (rijksdaalder) is valued at four shillings

1795: Revolt in Swellendam

29 January 1795: The Boer republic of Graaff-Reinet was declared, but on 12 November the British took the town

back by force.

18 June 1795: First Boer revolt against the Dutch East India Company (VOC) – the Boer Republic of Swellendam was

declared under Hermanus Steyn, but the British took it back later

September 1795: J. H. Craig appointed Governor. Slaves outnumber European settlers at this time

16 September 1795: First British occupation of the Cape on behalf of the Prince of Orange.

1796: Pieter Pienaar murdered by Jager Afrikaner at Hantam. Afrikaner becomes frontier leader

23 May 1797: Duke (Graaf) van MaCartney appointed Governor of the Cape

1798: First Post Office

1798: Liquidation of Dutch East India Company (VOC)

1798: First mosque in southern Africa established in Dorp Street by Tuan Guru

1798: Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded at Swellendam.

22 November 1798: Lt-Gov Dundas appointed Governor of the Cape

1799: Third Frontier War between the Xhosa and whites

1799: Fort Frederick built in Algoa Bay by British soldiers

1799: First London Missionary Society (LMS) station - to Xam - on Zak River

1799-1802: Eastern Cape Khoikhoi revolt

18 December 1799: Sir G. Young appointed Governor

1800: Succession of frontier wars erupt as Xhosa resist colony's eastward expansion


1800: First printing press in Cape Town

1800: Government Gazette started

1801: Official expedition of Truter, Somerville, Barrow and Daniell, with missionaries Jan Matthys Kok and William

Edwards, reaches Dithakong

1801: William Anderson established mission at Aakaap and then Klaarwater (later Griquatown)

1801: Khoisan spelling book printed by LMS

20 April 1801: Lt-Gov Dundas appointed Governor of the Cape

18 February 1802: Jan Willem Janssens appointed Governor under Batavian (Bataafsck) Government??

01 March 1803: Batavian Republic (Netherlands) takes over the Cape from Britain. A rule which lasts until January

1806

1804: Heinrich Lichtenstein travels to Dithakong

1804: Uitenhage founded

1806: LMS station at Warmbad, Great Namaqualand

1806: First regular inland postal service

08 January 1806: The Battle Of Blaauwberg is waged

10 January 1806: British retake Cape following outbreak of Napoleonic Wars and Sir David Baird appointed Governor

17 January 1807: Lt-Gen Grey appointed Governor of the Cape

1807: British ban slave trade, importation of slaves to the Cape ends - however it is still legal to own slaves.

22 May 1807: Du Pre, Duke (Graaf) of Caledon appointed Governor of the Cape

1808: Clanwilliam founded

1808: Slave rebellion at the Cape led by Louis of Mauritius. British Dragoon‘s caught 326 of the marchers at Salt River.

47 of these were put to trial where nine were found guilty of treason and sentenced to be hanged, including Louis of

Mauritius.

1809: Severe drought in eastern frontier

1809: Gola's Xhosa community settles at Pramberg

1810: Montshiwa of Rolong born

1811: William John Burchell travels in the interior

1811: Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Caledon

1811: Regular circuit courts introduced

1811: Caledon and George founded

05 July 1811: Lt-Gen Grey appointed Governor

06 September 1811: Sir John Francis Cradock appointed Governor


28 December 1811: The Massacre at Zuurberg, which marked the beginning of the Fourth Frontier War between Xhosa

and whites. The Landdrost Stockenström and about a dozen of his party where killed

1812: Cradock and Grahamstown founded

1812: Molehabangwe of Tlhaping died; succeeded by son Mothibi

1813: Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in George (seceded from Swellendam)

1813: Revd John Campbell conducts mission inspection in the interior

1813: Adam Kok's people assert the name Griqua

1813: Court proceedings opened to the public

20 February 1813: British Governor introduces a policy of Anglicizing which leads to a Boere Rebellion

02 November 1813: Lord Charles Henry Somerset appointed Governor of the Cape

1814: Mail packet service started between Britain and the Cape

1814: Lord Charles Henry Somerset (1767-1831), becomes first British governor of the Cape Colony

1814: The Cape Colony is formally ceded to Britain

1815: Slagter's Nek Rebellion

1816 - 1826: Shaka Zulu founds and expands the Zulu empire, creates a formidable fighting force.

1816: Missionaries Read and Hamilton, with Hendriks, Kakkerlak and Sedras establish Kuruman Mission (LMS)

1816: Wesleyan Mission to Nama at Leliefontein

1817: Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Uitenhage

1817: Approximately 200 Scottish artisan immigrants brought to Cape by Benjamin Moodie

1818-1819: Fifth Frontier War between Xhosa and whites - Grahamstown attacked

1818: Beaufort West founded

1818: Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Cradock

1818: Settlement of land beyond Orange River

1819: Dutch Reformed Church congregations founded in Beaufort West and Somerset West

1820: Andries Waterboer elected Griqua Captain at Griquatown

1820-1821: Approximately 5000 British settlers arrive in Algoa Bay as part of the 1820 Settlers immigration scheme

and are settled in the Eastern Cape

1820: James Read produces first book in Setswana

1820: Port Elizabeth named by Sir Rufane Donkin

1820: Worcester founded

1821: Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Worcester


1821: Robert Moffat, in Namaqualand from 1817, moves to Kuruman

1822: English becomes the official language of the Cape Colony

1823: Approximately 146 Irish settlers brought to the Cape by John Ingram

1823: Difaqane (1820's) Battle of Dithakong - Manthatisi repulsed by Tlhaping with help from Griquas. Tswana to

north and east heavily disrupted by Difaqane raids

01 July 1823: Lewis Broadbent born to the wife of the Methodist missionary Samuel Broadbent at Leeudoringstad,

16km from Wolmaranstad. Lewis later became a missionary to India.

1824: First Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church

1824: Mission station at Lovedale founded

1824: Bergenaar rebellion

1824: Construction of road through Fransch Hoek Pass

1824: The Zulu chief Shaka "granted, made over and sold" Port Natal to Farewell and his companions

1824: First lighthouse opened

1824: George Thompson travels inland - naming Augrabies Falls "Cataract of King George"

Circa 1825: The Jubilee Park Cemetery in Uitenhage in use

1825: Second slave rebellion at the Cape led by Galant, a slave from the Koue Bokkeveld.

1825: First steamship in Table Bay

1825: Depreciated Rix dollar converted into British sterling

1825: Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Somerset East

1825: The Anglican St. Mary's Collegiate Church started in Port Elizabeth

10 October 1825: Birth of Paul Kruger, President of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek

1826: Adam Kok II establishes Philippolis Griqua Captaincy

1826: Dutch Reformed Church congregations founded in Clanwilliam, Colesberg, Durbanville and Tijgerberg

Circa 1828: Union Chapel (London Missionary Society - i.e. Congregational) in Port Elizabeth founded. Records start

in 1831

1828: St. Mary's Cemetery started in Port Elizabeth

1830: Road over Sir Lowry's Pass opened

1830: Full civil privileges granted to Roman Catholics in the Cape

1830: Colesberg founded

1830: Moffat's printing press transported to Kuruman by ox wagon

1831: First issue of Grahamstown Journal

1831: Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Albany


1831: First publication of De Zuid Afrikaan (ons Land)

1833: Slavery is abolished throughout the British Dominions

1833: Dutch Reformed Church parish in Piquetberg (Piketberg) founded

1833 - 1839: Approximately 750 juveniles brought to the Cape as apprentices

1834: Berlin Mission Society establishes station at Bethulie

1834: "Kommissie" treks from Cape begins

1834: King William's Town founded

1834: The Anglican St. John's Church is built in Bathurst

1834: Port Natal renamed Durban

1834 - 1835: Andrew Smith and artist Charles Davidson Bell travel to the interior

01 December 1834: Slaves officially freed but apprenticed for 4 years

21 December 1834 – September 1835: Sixth Frontier War between Xhosa and Whites.

1835: Louis Trichardt, Hans van Rensburg and Andries Potgieter trek north

1836: James Alexander travels through Namaqualand

1836: Potgieter's trekkers defeat Ndebele at the Battle of Vegkop

1836: The Great Trek has reached the Transvaal and the Free State areas

02 December 1836: First Voortrekker-government established under Gerrit Maritz

1837: Louis Trichardt arrives in Lourenco Marques

1837: Andries Potgieter and Piet Uys, helped by Rolong and Griqua tribes, defeat Ndebele at Mosega

1837: Piet Retief publishes his "Manifesto"

1837: Separate administrative districts granted to Port Elizabeth, Cradock and Colesburg

28 March 1837: Piet Retief and his "trek" leaves the Cape Colony

1838: Boers establish the Republiek of Natalia

1838: Pietermaritzburg founded

1838: Russell Road (Hyman's kloof) Cemetery established in Port Elizabeth

1838: The Great Trek

February 1838: Piet Retief and his people are murdered by Dingaan's soldiers at Dingaan's kraal

17 February 1838: Dingaan's Impis (warriors) attacked several laagers, including that of Liebenberg at Moordspruit;

Wynand Bezuidenhout's laager and the Rossouw family's laager. These attacks became known as the Bloukranz

Massacre and the Saailaager Massacre.

01 December 1838: Slaves are freed at the Cape.


04 December 1838: Britain occupies Port Natal

16 December 1838: Battle of Blood River fought. Victory by Boers against the Zulus

22 December 1838: Potchefstroom established

1839: First issue of Grahamstown Journal

1839: Dutch Reformed Church congregations founded in Bredasdorp and Riversdale

1840: The Anglican St. Katherine's Church is founded in Uitenhage

1840 - 1849: Expansion of commercial wool farmers in Karoo transforms colonial economy.

1840: Pedi migrate to work on Cape farms

1840: Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Wellington

16 October 1840: Potchefstroom, Winburg and Natalia unifies as a single Boerestaat

Circa 1841: Methodist Church founded in Port Elizabeth

1841: Missionary David Livingstone arrives in South Africa - proceeds to Kuruman before journeying through Central

Africa

1841: Trekkers council set up in Potchefstroom

1842 - 1843: War between the British and the Boers in Natal

1842: Dutch Reformed Church parish founded in Prince Albert

1842: Dick King's ride from Durban to Grahamstown

1843: Dutch Reformed Church parish founded in Richmond

1843: Natal annexed as a British Colony

1844: Access to land is changed from leasehold to free hold

1844: Hendrik Potgieter settles at Delagoa Bay

April 1844: Boers from Natal settle at Potchefstroom, after crossing the Drakensberg Mountains

1844: Victoria West established

1845: Mothibi of Tlhaping dies

1845: Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded at Mossel Bay (seceded from George)

1845: Ohrigstad founded

1845: Natal becomes autonomous district of Cape Colony

1845: Battle of Zwartkoppies

1845: Berlin Mission Society establishes station Pniel

1846: Bloemfontein founded


1846 - 1848: Seventh Frontier War between Xhosa and whites. This war was also known as the War of the Axe

1846: Approximately 103 settlers arrive in Port Elizabeth from war-torn Buenos Aires, Argentina

1846: Orange River Sovereignty

1846: Dutch Reformed Church parish founded in Burgersdorp

1847: Districts of Victoria East and British Kaffraria annexed as part of the Cape Colony

1847: East London founded

1847: Rhenish Missionary Christoph Alheit moves to Schietfontein (Carnarvon)

1847: Colonial boundary extended to Orange River

1847: Sugar cane plantations started in Natal

1847: Opening of Montagu Pass

1847: Dutch Reformed Church parish founded in Calvinia

1848: Dutch Reformed Church parish founded in Napier

1848: Boers cross the Vaal River

1848: Battle of Boomplaats

1848 - 1854: The Orange River Sovereignty is declared. The ORS was a short-lived political entity between the Orange

and Vaal rivers in southern Africa. In 1854, it became the Orange Free State, and is now the Free State.

1848: Soutpansberg (later Schoemansdal) founded

03 February 1848: Freestate annexed by British under Sir Harry Smith

23 March 1848: Approximately 163 German settlers, known as the Bergthiel Settlers, arrive in Natal

Circa 1849: The first Jewish Congregation founded in Cape Town

1849: The Byrne Settlers arrive in Natal

1850-1853: Eighth Frontier War.

1850: First Afrikaans book written by an imam (Muslim prayer leader) of slave descent

1850: Wesleyan Settlers arrive in Natal

1850: Dutch Reformed Church parish founded in Namaqualand

1851: Sugar first produced from cane in Natal

1851: Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Knysna

1852: Copper mining begins at Springbokfontein (Namaqualand) - migrant labour on small scale

1852: The New Church (Congregational / Presbyterian) established in Port Elizabeth

1852: Dutch Reformed Church parish founded in Middelburg

17 January 1852: Founding of the Transvaal Republic after the signing of the Sand River Convention


26 February 1852: Birkenhead, one of Britain‘s first Iron-hulled ships, wrecked at Gansbaai

16 March 1852: Reconciliation between Andries Pretorius and Hendrik Potgieter

1853: Hopetown established

1853: Nicholas Waterboer succeeds as Griqua Captain

1853: Dutch Reformed Church congregation founded in Oudtshoorn

1853: Settlement of Queenstown and Seymour

1853: Union Steamship Line founded

1854: First elected parliament of Cape Colony

1854: George Grey (1812-1898), Portuguese-born British colonial governor

1854: Boers defeat Ndebele at Makapansgat

1854: Dutch Reformed Church parishes established in Montagu and Queenstown

23 February 1854: The Republic of the Orange Free State established by the signing of the Bloemfontein Convention.

1855: 20 miners arrive to work in the Namaqualand copper mines

1855: Pretoria is founded

1856: Dutch Reformed Church parish founded in Murraysburg

1856: The Anglican St. Paul's Church in Port Elizabeth is founded

1856: Natal becomes a separate colony

1856 - 1857: Self-destruction of Xhosa tribe by cattle-killing

1856 - 1862: Approximately 700 juveniles arrive from Holland

1856: Approximately 3000 Crimean War veterans (German Legionnaires) settled in Kaffraria, later joined by 2700

German civilians

17 December 1856: Founding of the Boererepubliek Lydenburg

1857: Moffat completes Old Testament Bible translation into Setswana

1857: First mail contract with Union Steamship Company for regular mail service between Britain and South Africa

1857: Xhosa enter Karoo following Eastern Cape Cattle Killing

1857: Transvaal Vierkleur hoisted for the first time

1857 - 1862: Assisted immigration schemes bring about 12 000 settlers

1857: Approximately 157 Irish girls arrive on the ship Lady Kennaway, settle in British Kaffraria

1857: First Legislative Council in Natal

06 January 1857: Induction of M W Pretorius, first President of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek


23 February 1857: The Orange Free State adopts the Vierkleur flag

Circa 1858: Jewish congregation founded in Port Elizabeth

1858: The Anglican Holy Trinity Church is built in Port Elizabeth

1858: War between Orange Free State and Basotho tribe

1859: Dopper Church leaves the Dutch Reformed Church

1859: First railway in South Africa commenced in Cape Colony

Circa 1860: The first Baptist Church is started in Port Elizabeth

1860: Boer republics north of the Vaal unite South African Republic, Pretoria is chosen as capital

1860: Work began on Table Bay Docks

1860: The Catholic St. Augustine's Church is established in Port Elizabeth

1860: Indians arrive in Natal to work on sugar cane farms as indentured labourers

1860: Between 1860 and 1911 about 52 000 Indians arrive and about 50% stay

1860: Start of penny post in Cape Town

1860: First telegraph service in South Africa, between Cape Town and Simonstown

1861 - 1862: Griqua trek under Adam Kok III from Philippolis to Nomansland

1862: First railway opened in the Cape

1863: The Hill Presbyterian Church is founded in Port Elizabeth

1863: North End Cemetery established in Port Elizabeth

1864: St. George's Cemetery established in Port Elizabeth

1865 – 1866: Albania Settlement Scheme

1865: War between Orange Free State and Basothos

1865: Economic depression throughout South Africa

1865: Ostriches first domesticated

1866: India officially stops sending Indian labourers to Natal

21 April 1867: 25 carat diamond found near Hopetown

1868 - 1869: Korana War along Orange River

1869: Gold and diamond rush starts

1869: The Star of South Africa diamond discovered

1869: Railway from Port Nolloth to O'Kiep

1870 - 1871: St. Peter's Anglican Church started in Port Elizabeth

1870: Galeshewe of Tlhaping born


1870: Opening of Cape Town Docks

1870: Xam prisoners at Cape Town interviewed by Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd

1871: Discovery of diamonds on the farm Vooruitzicht, later to become New Rush and then renamed Kimberley in

1873

1871: Gold discovered in Eastern Transvaal

1871: Britain annexes the diamond fields of Kimberley and Griqualand West

1871: First mail from Cape Town to the diamond fields

1871: Griqua claim to Diamond Fields recognized; Waterboer seeks British protection.

1871: Diamond mining stimulates migrant labour, two thirds of Black workers come from Limpopo valley.

1873: Gold discovered in Lydenburg district of Transvaal

1873: Griqualand West proclaimed as a British colony

1873 - 1875: Approximately 3 300 men, women and children arrive as agricultural settlers or labourers for public works

1874: Railway line opened from Port Elizabeth to Uitenhage

1874: College founded at Stellenbosch (later Victoria College, today University of Stellenbosch)

1875: Black Flag Rebellion by white diggers at Kimberley

14 August 1875: Formation of the Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners at the home of Gideon Malherbe in Paarl

1876: First railway line in Natal

1877: "Native Locations" for Tswana established in Griqualand West

1877: Ninth Frontier War

12 April 1877: Shepstone annexes the ZAR (Transvaal) for Britain

10 May 1877: Paul Kruger leads a deputation to Britain to demand the freedom of the ZAR

1878: Telegraph service between Natal and Transvaal

1878: Walvis Bay proclaimed British territory

1878 - 1879: Griqualand West Rebellion, Korana War and the Tswana Rebellion coincide with similar conflicts

elsewhere in South Africa

14 May 1878: Paul Kruger leads second deputation to Britain to demand the freedom of the ZAR

01 September 1879: Zulu War starts, battles at Isandhlwana, Rorke's Drift and Ulundi

1880: Formation of the first branch of the Afrikaner Bond

1880: Griqualand West annexed to Cape Colony

1880: Formation of De Beers Company

1880: First legislative Council in Transvaal


16 December 1880: First shot fired in the Eerste Vryheidsoorlog (First South African War of Independence).

1881 - 1882: Tswana-Kora wars with white mercenary involvement

1881: Britain recognizes South African Republic (ZAR)

1881: Signing of peace Agreement between ZAR and Britain

28 January 1881: Battle of Laing's Nek

27 February 1881: Boers defeat Britain at Battle of Majuba

21 March 1881: Declaration of peace with Britain at the house of O‘Neill in Northern Natal

1882 - 1883: Stellaland and Goshen mercenary republics declared

1882: Abraham September (a freed slave) begins Orange River irrigation

1882: South End Cemetery in Port Elizabeth started

1882: Use of Dutch recognized in Cape Parliament

1882: Approximately 4645 settlers arrive from Britain

09 May 1882: Induction of Paul Kruger as President of ZAR

1883 - 1890: Germans occupy South West Africa and German East Africa

1883: Rev Gwayi Tyamzashe, last black man to hold a claim in Kimberley mines, loses his claim

1884 - 1885: Warren takes over Stellaland and Goshen, establishes Crown Colony of British Bechuanaland and

Bechuanaland Protectorate

1884: The Anglican St. Cuthbert's Church built in Port Elizabeth

1884: Barberton goldfields opened

16 August 1884: Formation of the Republic of Vryheid in Natal

1885: Railway line from Cape Town reaches Kimberley

1886: Discovery of gold bearing rock at Ferreira's camp, later to become Johannesburg

02 June 1887: President Paul Kruger authorises the construction of the railway line to Delagoabay

1888: British South Africa Company founded

1888: ―Rudd concession‖ signed by Lobengula

1888: President Kruger awards the "Buys" family a tract of land now known as "Buyskop" for services rendered to the

Transvaal republic

1888: Cecil John Rhodes amalgamates Kimberley mining companies as De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd

1890: Pioneer Column of Rhodes British South Africa Company departs from Kimberley to occupy Rhodesia

1890: Railway line reaches from Cape to Bloemfontein

1890: First railway line in Transvaal, from Johannesburg to Boksburg


December 1891: Inauguration of the Paardekraal Monument

1892: Railway line to Johannesburg completed with connections from Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and East London

1894: Glen Grey Act passed in Cape to control African labour and land

02 November 1894: Railway line between Lourenco Marques and Johannesburg opened

1895: The Pretoria-Delagoa Bay railway line opened by the South African Republic

1895: British Bechuanaland annexed to Cape Colony

16 December 1895: Railway line opened between Durban and Johannesburg

29 December 1895: Jameson led a force of about 500 men in a raid into the Transvaal. It was resisted by the Boers and

on 2 January 1896, at Doornkop, Jameson surrendered

1896: Rinderpest epidemic spreads through Africa and causes big loss of cattle

1896: Bechuanaland Campaign/Galeshewe's War begins at Phokwane and spreads to Langeberg

1897: Zululand incorporated into Natal

1897: Railway line opened between Cape Town and Bulawayo

18 March 1897: 5000 Boers decide to resist the British Annexation.

1899: Battle of Dundee

1899: Imperial Penny Postage adopted by Cape Colony

11/12 October 1899: First shot of the Second Vryheidsoorlog - by Coetzee at Kraaipanstasie. Over 25 000 people died

in the worlds first concentration camps as a result of this war

13 October 1899: Boers invade Natal

14 October 1899: Sieges of Mafikeng and Kimberley started

20 October 1899: Battle of Talana

21 October 1899: Battle of Elandslaagte

30 October 1899: Siege of Ladysmith started

23 November 1899: Battle of Belmont

25 November 1899: Battle of Graspan (Enslin)

28 November 1899: Battle of Modder River (Tweeriviere)

08 December 1899: Battle of Lombard's Kop

10 December 1899: Battle of Stormberg

11 December 1899: Battle of Magersfontein

15 December 1899: Battle of Colenso

1900: Sir Alfred Milner, the governor of the Cape Colony


1900: Amalgamation of Union and Castle Steamship Lines

06 January 1900: Boers attack Ladysmith

23 - 24 January 1900: Battle of Spioen Kop

07 February 1900: Battle of Vaal Krantz

15 February 1900: Relief of Kimberley

18 February 1900: Battle at Paardeberg first great British victory of the war

28 February 1900: Ladysmith relieved

07 March 1900: Battle of Poplar Grove

13 March 1900: Bloemfontein captured by the British

14 April 1900: First Boer Prisoners of War arrive in St. Helena

11 June 1900: Battle of Diamond Hill

July/August 1900: Burning of Boer farms (scorched earth) policy authorized by Lord Kitchener

1901 - 1902: 200 teachers arrive from England to teach in the British concentration camps, followed by 100 teachers

from Canada, New Zealand and Australia

1901: Bubonic plague in Cape Town

31 May 1902: Treaty of Vereeniging signed, ending Anglo-Boer War

14 July 1904: Paul Kruger dies from cardiac failure, after a period of illness. He is buried next to his wife, Gezina

Susanna Frederika Wilhelmina, in Pretoria.

1904: Chinese labourers recruited for the Transvaal mines

1907: Asiatic Registration Act passed in Transvaal, Indians oppose it

1908: Second Asiatic Registration Act passed in Transvaal, beginning of passive resistance campaigns

1909: S.S. Waratah lost between Durban and Cape Town

31 May 1910: Union of South Africa established by joining the British colonies and the Boer republics

1910: Louis Botha serves as first Prime Minister of South Africa

1910: Laying of foundation stone of Union Buildings in Pretoria

17 May 1911: Census of population taken

1913: Miners' strikes and riots on Witwatersrand. Indian riots in Natal

1913: March of Natal Indians into Transvaal

1913: Natives Land Act restricts black ownership of land

December 1913: Consecration of the Vrouemonument

28 July 1914: World War 1 commences, South Africa takes part.


15 September 1914: The Maritz Rebellion (also known as the Boer Revolt or the Five Shilling Rebellion) takes place

when several Boers support the recreation of the old Boer republics and rose up against the government of the Union of

South Africa.

20 December 1914: Cmnt Jopie Fourie executed by firing squad

1915: South West Africa and South Africa linked by railway line

1915: Afrikaans becomes the second official language, after English

20 May 1916: First publication of the Huisgenoot

18 July 1918: Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela is born a member of the Madiba clan. His tribal name, "Rolihalah",

means ―pulling the branch of a tree‖ in Xhosa, but colloquially it means ―troublemaker‖. His father gave him this name.

He is later given his English name, ―Nelson‖, by a school teacher, Miss Mdingane. Giving African children English

names was a custom among Africans in those days and was influenced by British colonials who could not easily, and

often would not, pronounce African names. It is unclear why Miss Mdingane chose the name ―Nelson‖ for Mr Mandela.

In South Africa he is often known as Madiba, this is the name of the clan of which Mr Mandela is a member. A clan

name is much more important than a surname as it refers to the ancestor from which a person is descended. Madiba was

the name of a Thembu chief who ruled in the Transkei in the 18th century.

11 November 1918: World War 1 ends

1918: Spanish Influenza Epidemic "Black October"

1919: Jan Christiaan Smuts (b. 1870 – d. 1950) Prime minister of South Africa

May 1919: First publication of the Landbou Weekblad

03 September 1919: General Hertzog leads Freedom deputation to Versailles to demand restoration of the Boer

republics

10 November 1919: Afrikaans used for the first time in Church

1921: Diamond mines closed down in Kimberley due to economic depression

04 October 1922: Inauguration of Witwatersrand University

1923: Platinum discovered in Waterberg district of Transvaal

1924: James Barry Munnik Hertzog, (1866-1942), Prime minister of South Africa

17 June 1924: General elections

1925: South Africa reverts to gold standard

1925: Recognition of Afrikaans as the second official language of the Union after English

1930: White women receive the vote

January 1932: Airmail service between South Africa and Britain started

February 1932: Wireless telephone communication established with Britain

1933: Afrikaans Bible issued

1933: South Africa House opened in London

1936: South African Broadcasting Corporation established


01 August 1936: Union Airways acquired by Government

1938: Great Trek Centenary celebrations.

1939: Jan Christiaan Smuts' second term as Prime Minister of South Africa

1 September 1939: World War II begins - South Africa takes part on the Allied side

1941: South African Forces take Mega in Southern Abyssinia

April 1941: South African Forces arrive in Egypt

2 September 1943: The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1944: The black-out in Cape Town is suspended

1944: 6th South African Armoured Division leads 8th Army offensive in Italy. South Africans were the first to enter

Florence

November 1944: Heroic stand by South African Forces at Sidi Resegh

1945: South African Forces capture Monte Sole and Monte Caprara, which were barring entering into Bologna.

Announcement made that as from the beginning of the war until 5 March 1945; more than 1 500 South African soldiers

were decorated, 2386 were mentioned in despatches and 330 were commended.

17 April 1945: 34 people killed and 90 injured in explosion of the Grand Magazine in Pretoria

1948: National Party elected to Government. Known as the beginning of apartheid era

1948: Daniel Francois Malan (1874-1959) prime minister of South Africa

December 1949: consecration of the Voortekker monument

1952: Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo open the first black legal firm in South Africa.

1958: Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (1901-1966), Prime Minister of South Africa

21 March 1960: Sharpeville Massacre, police opened fire on a crowd protesting against apartheid, killing 69 protestors.

The African National Congress (ANC) is banned

31 May 1961: South Africa leaves the Commonwealth and becomes a Republic. Charles Robberts Swart (National

Party) is elected as State President of South Africa. He serves until 1 June 1967

12 June 1964: Nelson Mandela is captured and convicted of sabotage and treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at

the age of 46, initially on Robben Island where he would be kept for 18 years

1965: Rhodesian Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI)

1 June 1967: Theophilus Ebenhaezer Donges (National Party) is elected State President of South Africa, but suffers a

stroke and dies before he takes office

1 June 1967 – 10 April 1968: Jozua François Naudé (National Party) becomes acting State President of South Africa

10 April 1968 – 09 April 1975: Jacobus Johannes Fouché (National Party) is elected State President of South Africa

1975: South African Forces in Angola

09 April 1975 – 19 April 1975: Johannes De Klerk (National Party) is acting State President of South Africa


19 April 1975 – 21 August 1978: Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs (National Party) is elected State President of South

Africa. He dies while in office.

1976 - 1981: The homelands of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei are separated from South Africa and

established as independent states

21 August 1978 – 10 October 1978: Marais Viljoen (National Party) is elected State President of South Africa

10 October 1978 – 04 June 1979: Balthazar Johannes Vorster (National Party) is elected State President of South

Africa

04 June 1979 – 3 September 1984: Marais Viljoen (National Party) is elected State President of South Africa, for the

second time

1984: Coloureds and Asians given the vote

03 September 1984 – 15 Augusst 1989: Pieter Willem Botha (National Party) becomes President of South Africa

19 January 1989 – 15 March 1989: Chris Heunis becomes acting president for P.W. Botha who suffered a stroke on

19 January 1989

15 August 1989 – 10 May 1994: President Fredrick Willem De Klerk (National Party)

02 February 1990: The start of the repealing of the apartheid laws and the ban on the ANC is lifted by President De

Klerk

11 February 1990: Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 27 years

1994: Previous homelands re-incorporated into South Africa

27 April 1994: First democratic general elections

10 May 1994 – 16 June 1999: Nelson Mandela (ANC) becomes President of South Africa. Government of National

Unity. Nelson Mandela was South Africa‘s first Xhosa speaking president.

16 June 1999: Second democratic general elections.

16 June 1999 – 24 September 2008: Xhosa speaking Thabo Mbeki (ANC) becomes President of South Africa.

25 September 2008 – 09 May 2009: Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe (ANC) becomes President of South Africa. Kgalema is

South Africa‘s first Tswana speaking president.

09 May 2009: Jacob Gedleyihlekisa 'Msholozi' Zuma assumes office as the President of South Africa.


Life in The Past

Living your life in your current day-to-day environment it may be difficult to imagine a life without the trappings and

conveniences of modern life – how many of us would turn back home if we left for work and then realized that we‘d

left our cellular phone at home? Can you imagine travelling at night without street lights or tarred roads?

Living in the 1600’s

Jan van Riebeeck arrived at the Cape on the 6th April 1652 in command of a small detachment onboard three wooden

ships the Drommedaris, Reijger and Goede Hoop. His orders were explicitly not to establish a colony, but only a

fortified trading station.

He was to sell meat, wine and vegetables and other supplies bartered from the Khoi or produced by him at a company

garden. His employers, the Dutch East India Company (VOC), had no desire to pay for the conquest and administration

of territory. Their interest was to stop a British occupation of the Cape and ensure the provision of vital supplies to their

shipping fleets en route to the East.

Following his orders, Van Riebeeck's constructed a fort with a moat and earthen walls at the water's edge and, under the

direction of gardener Hendrik Boom, beds were laid out in 'the Company Garden' just beyond the fort.

It soon became apparent that the Khoi were unable or unwilling to trade sufficient supplies. Far from being able to

supply passing ships, van Riebeeck's men found themselves short of food.

Thus, he petitioned the company to release employees from their contracts to become farmers and 20 acre plots were

allocated along the Liesbeeck River in 1657.

In a fateful move that led to the distinct multi-racial character of Cape Town, van Riebeeck ordered slaves to be brought

from Asia to help work the farms and develop the settlement.

The enclosure of land led to war with the Khoi in 1659 and the indigenous people were pushed back.

The VOC had issued firm instructions that no town should be built. Van Riebeeck, however, could not resist the

insistence of Mrs Boom, the gardener's wife, who wished to open a boarding house near the garden. She deserves the

title 'the mother of Cape Town'. By 1657, there were four taverns, providing respite to sailors for the first time. It is

interesting to note that, in 1659, Jan van Riebeeck himself made the first Cape wine.

Some free burghers, meanwhile - struggling to establish farms - gave up agriculture and turned their hand to crafts and

professions. They too persuaded van Riebeeck to permit workshops and buildings near the port. Very soon there were

four streets of buildings, which sailors referred to as 'Cape Town'.

The VOC was alarmed, and sent a message repeating that there was to be no town, only a fortified trading post. Van

Riebeeck assured them it was 'more the name than the reality'.

When van Riebeeck left on board the Mars in 1662, to take up command at the VOC post in Malacca, the Cape

Peninsula had been transformed forever. There were 200 Europeans, slaves from Asia and Africa, warfare, farms along

the Peninsula, a fort, jetty and the first streets of 'Cape Town'.

A hierarchical, diverse, multi-ethnic and stratified society had been established. He had been sent to create a trading

post, but had directed the first chapter of colonisation by violent conquest, both of the land and its people.

The power of the local Khoi had been broken, but there was soon a more powerful threat to the colony. War was

looming between Britain and Holland. Van Riebeeck's fort almost collapsed after heavy rain in 1663. The VOC

directors (Heren XVII) ordered a castle built of stone.

In 1665 slaves were put to work at a site on the shoreline, where the canons were in range of the anchorage. The large

pentagonal fort, with a bastion at each angle, became the centre of VOC government in the Cape. It contained the


residence of the governor and other officials, offices, the bakery, garrison and dungeons. It was finally completed in

1679. The fort is still in use as a barracks and open to the public.

Forty years old, well educated, widely travelled and related by marriage to a director of the VOC, Simon van der Stel

quickly developed ambitious plans for the expansion of a colony when he arrived in 1679.

Survey teams and geologists were sent out and he surveyed for himself the fertile mountain slopes beyond the Cape

Flats. One night he camped among bushes on an island in the Eerste River. He declared he would build a town along the

stream, and name it after his night in the shrubs - 'Stellenbosch'.

The land around the town would be developed for farms, and especially wine making (wine was required for the ships).

Each year he celebrated his birthday with festivities in the elegant, oak lined village he had founded, which is today an

attractive town in the winelands. He later developed farms and settlements at Paarl and Drakenstein on the Berg River.

In the beginning of 1685 in the Cape Simon van der Stel established the magnificent Groot Constantia wine farm as a

model to Dutch farmers. He was a cultured man, dismayed by the poor quality of wine production, and determined to

teach the Boers (farmers) by example.

However, soon Simon discovered a better way to improve farming. When King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes

on 18 October 1685, providing religious tolerance in France, many Huguenot (protestant) refugees made their way to

Holland. Van der Stel asked the VOC to provide passage to the Cape for any with experience of wine farming. Many

French Huguenots decided to leave Europe and escape to the new frontiers of the Cape – seeing the VOC offering as a

reprive from almost certain death.

Roughly 200 were shipped over, increasing the population by a third. They were provided with limited supplies and

sent out to establish farms, first to the region of Paarl and then to an elephant breeding ground called 'Oliphantshoek'

that later became known as 'Franschhoek'. Van der Stel may be regarded as the father of the South African wine

industry.

Simon also explored the Peninsula and named 'Simon's Bay' - a natural harbour in False Bay that was to be used

extensively in years to come, and is today the major naval base of the SA Navy. A road was built from Constantia Nek

connecting the colony to Hout Bay in 1693.

In Cape Town itself, Simon instituted a hospital in 1697. With so many sick sailors arriving at the Cape, and illness

common in the town, it was designed for 225 patients and located in the quiet of the company gardens, which was

designated a botanical garden as production shifted to the farms.3

The Company‘s hospital, in the Heerengracht, occupied two of the present blocks from the present Wale to Longmarket

Streets. It was very necessary to have such a building for the health of the Company‘s servants who often arrived in a

scurvy-stricken condition after a long sea voyage. It had accommodation for several hundred patients and its capacity

was often taxed so that many more were admitted than was good for the recovery of the sick. A new and larger hospital

was commenced in 1772 and stood on the site of the old military barracks.4


By 1700, the Cape Peninsula and the winelands were widely settled. Khoi resistance had been broken by warfare.

Extensive tracts of land had been cultivated and plantation forests established. The herds of elephants, antelope and

buffalo, hippos and lion prides had been reduced to remnant populations.

Slaves performed the hardest manual tasks and the Khoi had been put to work as shepherds. The Burghers (citizens),

many of whom had been very poor in Europe, made themselves land owners and directors.

Slowly, the ratio of females to males became more even as burghers and officials called their wives from Europe, also,

orphan girls were sent from Holland and female slaves arrived.

3 History Of Cape Town – Roddy Bray

http://www.capetown.at/heritage/index.htm 4 Social Life and Customs In The Cape Colony – Ancestry24.com


The VOC no longer tried to stop the energetic expansion of the colony, but their policy remained the same. The VOC

would maintain, at the lowest possible cost, a trading post at the Cape to supply passing ships. All that had changed was

that the products would not be acquired from the Khoi and the Company Gardens, but from the growing European

settler population. It was still to be a trading post.

But in order to derive profits, the VOC had to retain control to stop the settlers trading directly with the ships. They

supported the colony only in as much as required to make it economically productive. Their administration was

therefore small, essentially commercial, but insisted upon absolute control.

Figure 2: Principal English trade routes about 1700.5

The vessels on which they arrived were usually laden with spices and goods for the trade and the ships‘ primary

purpose was to transport supplies and goods to colonies and to trade ports. Passengers onboard the vessels were not the

primary purpose and luggage and personal items was thus kept to an absolute minimum. Dwellings were rural and

living in the area was difficult at the best of times. There was no or little schooling for children. Jan Van Riebeeck set

up a castle for security in the Cape and most settlers set up farms in the areas near to the Castle for security, access to

provisions and slaves. The Huguenots who arrived in the area between 1652 and 1690 were given farms around the

Paarl and Franschhoek areas.

It must have been an extremely difficult life and must have had the French Huguenots daily questioning their decision

to move to the Cape of Good Hope. The trip to the Cape onboard wooden sail ships, which usually took a gruelling

three months, must have been scary to start with as drinking water and food were rationed onboard the ship. In fact,

many passengers who undertook the trip died at sea. Once they arrived in the Cape life did not become easier – the

colony gave them very little to start their farms or ply their trade.

The Cape, therefore, was a 'colony' in that it was under VOC rule from Batavia, and, ultimately, Amsterdam, but there

was no sense of a colonial 'civilising' mission as seen later in Africa. There was no attempt to build a society.

Thus, there was an active and large hospital, because sailors needed to recuperate. But there were virtually no primary

schools and never a secondary school to serve the settler population. No missionaries were sent to the Cape. Few

churches were built, and the VOC maintained control of church appointments.

5 The Project Gutenberg eBook, An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England - Edward Potts Cheyney

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21660/21660-h/21660-h.htm


Local politics was strictly controlled. There was no newspaper, in fact no printing press and no encouragement given to

local politics. The Governor controlled all appointments to the main ruling councils - the Council of Burghers and

Council of Justice.

The influence of the VOC diminished with distance from Cape Town. Cape Town was the only harbour and the VOC's

purpose was to control trade, they therefore had little concern for the rural areas and did not spend significant sums on

their administration.

The powerful figures were those Boers (farmers) who had prospered and consolidated large mixed farms grazing sheep

and cattle and producing grain and grapes. These farms were like small principalities, largely self-sufficient but trading

surplus for certain luxuries.

The farms were worked by Khoi workers and slaves purchased from VOC auctions in Cape Town. Boers adopted a

paternalistic attitude to their slaves - a coercion based upon affection, petty rules and harsh discipline. Psychologically it

was a powerful mix, because it bred a feeling of inferiority. This was reinforced by the designation of childish dress

codes and names.

Wealthy burghers built impressive homesteads in a style reminiscent of Holland, which became known as 'Cape Dutch'.

Many very fine and attractive examples remain in the winelands. They also maintained houses in Cape Town and

became influential among VOC officials, often leaving their farms under the management of senior slaves to

concentrate upon their 'town affairs'.

The sons of burghers drove the expansion of the colony. In the social hierarchy that had developed, Europeans expected

to own a farm, they did not work for other farmers - that was equated with the role of slaves. They had to be 'baas' - and

so they needed farms of their own. This simple, but powerful social motivation, drove successive generations to venture

further and further away from Cape Town, creating a maverick 'frontier' racked by hostility with the Khoi San and later

the Bantu. They were called 'trekboers' .

Cape Town steadily grew during the 1700s to a population of several thousand Europeans and their slaves. Travellers

described it as a 'pretty' and 'neat' town with straight streets on a grid pattern. A tree-lined canal ran from the Company

Gardens down the main street (Heerengracht) and around the Grand Parade, flowing into the sea by the Castle.

Along the shoreline stood warehouses and shipyards and behind them townhouses with white lime plaster walls, green

shutters and thatched roofs. Since the mid-eighteenth century a distinctive Cape style had developed of a Dutch origin

but with distinctive Asian influences. There were more than a thousand houses by the mid-eighteenth century.

Each year, on average, 70 ships laid anchor in Table Bay, usually remaining for nearly a month. As visitors came ashore

along van Riebeeck's jetty by the Castle, they found a town where the impressive double storey townhouses of wealthy

burghers and VOC officials stood alongside taverns, lodgings and workshops.

The town lacked the sophistication of Amsterdam, or the exotic attractions of Batavia, and visitors commented upon the

problems of rough roads, wandering animals and open sewage, but it was generally rated an attractive town, and

particularly welcome after months at sea.

Visitors were the economic lifeblood of the town and the locals offered bed and board and developed a quiet trade

selling exotic goods from the privacy of their homes, for fear of the rules of the VOC.

Wealthy visitors could find rooms in the finer houses and wrote of the abundant, fresh food and the dancing laid on for

their enjoyment. There was also a wine shop, which offered tours of Table Mountain, complete with hampers carried by

slave porters.

Sailors found their way to boarding houses and tented camps, and filled up the taverns, which had a reputation for

prostitutes and brawls with the local soldiers. ―The Scottish Temple‖ was a popular bar and brothel and it prospered for

much of the century. Cape Town lived up to its nickname ―Tavern of the Seas‖.

In the 1700‘s the streets of Cape Town hummed with extraordinary diversity. VOC employees were drawn from all

over northern Europe - Scandinavia, Russia, UK, France, Switzerland, Germany and Holland. As the 1700s progressed

the VOC employed more Asian sailors - Indian, Japanese and Chinese.


Senior VOC officials behaved and dressed with great pomp. By contrast, VOC soldiers formed a rough underclass,

often involved in brawls with sailors living it up in the taverns.

The oppressed slave population added further to the diversity. Cape Town's slaves had origins in Eastern, West and

Southern Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius, Ceylon, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and elsewhere.

In addition, there was a growing population of mixed race people - from the pregnancies of female slaves or Khoi

women by European sailors and slave owners. In the early years of the settlement there were cases of marriages

between Europeans and slaves whom they had emancipated. There were also cases of slaves having illicit children by

Khoi women.

Apart from the slaves, there was a much smaller group of 'free blacks' - people who had been released from slavery and

Asian ex-convicts who had completed their sentences and remained - usually because they had no means to return

home. Others were simply non-Europeans who had, for whatever reason, stopped and settled at the Cape. There was a

small immigrant Chinese community, for instance, which dominated candle making.

There were, however, less than 400 free blacks at the end of the century, although they dominated the fishing industry

and also worked as artisans. They enjoyed the same status as free burghers (citizens) and were free to live anywhere in

the town. It is clear that they socialised freely with burghers, officials and sailors in the taverns.

Some free blacks owned property and were better off than some burghers, although, in general, they were worse off

than most Europeans because they started with no capital. Only at the end of the eighteenth century did some

discrimination develop and they were legally required to carry passes, like slaves.

In the 1780s Cape Town enjoyed a 'boom' decade. France and Holland were at war with Britain and French troops were

stationed in Cape Town from 1781 to 1784 to prevent a British invasion. French mercenaries remained thereafter, at

great expense to the VOC. The garrison developed the 'French lines' - a network of defences to protect the eastern

approaches to the town, and complement the VOC's 'sea lines' and Signal Hill batteries. Furthermore, French merchants

made the Cape their base for trade in the Indian Ocean and to supply French bases at Reunion and Mauritius.

All of this led to a mercantile boom. Several impressive buildings in Cape Town date back to this time, not least the

work of French military engineer Louis-Michel Thibault and the German sculptor and wood carver Anton Anreith.

They worked together on the cellar at Groot Constantia, the re-building of the Slave Lodge and, separately, on

modifications at the Groote Kerk, the Lutheran Church and Koopmans de Wet House. All of these structures can still be

seen today.

The boom, however, led to inflation. Furthermore, the VOC was in terminal decline. The British East India Company

had broken the VOC monopoly in Indonesia. Furthermore, trade was shifting to the products of India and China, where

the British were dominant.

The VOC paid no more dividends after 1782. Meanwhile, the number of its employees at the Cape tripled to 3000 as the

VOC employed mercenaries to defend the colony. Corruption and the loss of morale crippled the Company.

Jan van Riebeeck was sent to establish a fortified trading base and a company garden at the Cape. In practice he laid the

basis of a colony that expanded hundreds of miles beyond the Cape peninsula, beyond the control of the VOC itself,

which ultimately evolved to become the Republic of South Africa.

Although sailors, soldiers and officials came and went, a population developed native to the Cape that did not look to

other shores, but regarded Cape Town as home. It was a complex, eclectic and multi-cultural population, ill educated

and predominantly poor, but resourceful, with a broad base of skills, resentful of authority, and stratified into different

classes. This was not a racial order, of the type that later developed in South Africa, but an economic order. It was an

economy based upon cheap labour and slavery, enforced by law.

Under the rule of the VOC a situation developed where most Europeans owned farms or businesses and held a preferred

legal status as 'free burghers'. Most Asians worked as artisans, or held responsible clerical jobs, and were considered

senior slaves or free blacks. Some Asians and most Africans were slaves living under a harsh rule of law.

Especially in the frontier farming communities a tough, violent, ill-educated and arrogant culture had developed that

destroyed Khoikhoi society. The San would follow, and today the closest relatives of the Khoi San live outside of South


Africa, in the deserted places of Namibia and Botswana, groups such as the !Kung and G/wi. They had also engaged in

hostilities with the Xhosa on the eastern frontier - the first of many wars to follow.

The elegant towns of Stellenbosch, Tulbagh, Swellendam, Graaff-Reinet and Cape Town itself are products of the

Dutch era and retain their character to this day. The winelands owe much to Simon van der Stel, and the Franschhoek

valley was cultivated for wine making by the courage of the Huguenots he brought to the Cape. South African wines

came to prominence long before the end of the Dutch era, especially sweet desert wines like Vin de Constance,

Napoleon Boneparte's favourite wine.

Cape Town had developed as a busy and strategic port, whose significance would only grow in the following two

centuries. Agriculture was well established and although local industries were in their early stages, a broad range of

'cottage' trading and manufacturing activities had developed and some professional services were emerging.

From the 'great babel' of languages a unique form of Dutch began to emerge in the form of Afrikaans, with words

borrowed from several languages, including Khoi ('Kudu', 'Cango') and influenced by the Arabic spoken by many of the

slaves. Cape food developed as a fine fusion of eastern spice in western meals. In the following century, British

puddings would be added to produce the truly eclectic 'Cape Malay' cuisine.

Unique forms of music, weddings and festivities developed with Asian influences among the free blacks. A fine

architecture, similar to Dutch but with hints of the East and local adaptations, have given us the attractive townhouses,

homesteads and Drostdy (magistrate's houses) that are enjoyed to this day and have become known as the Cape Dutch

style.

On 9 July 1795, a squadron of the British fleet under Admiral Keith Elphinstone sailed into Simon's Town harbour,

which the VOC had neglected to fortify.

Major-General James Craig and his infantry went ashore and negotiations began, but broke down in early August. A

regiment of Khoi soldiers sent out by their masters to do battle at Muizenberg, retreated after a brief skirmish and the

town surrendered.6

Inventions in the 1700‘s included:7

The mercury thermometer was invented in 1714 and was first called the thermoscope. Even though many scientists

were inventing certain types of thermometers at the same time, Santorio Santorio was the first inventor to put a

numerical system on it. Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer.

Bartolomeo Cristofori invented the piano in 1720. It was first known as the Pianoforte. By the time Beethoven was

writing his last sonatas the piano was already one hundred years old. Since the middle of the eighteenth century the

piano has had a central place in music.


http://www.capetown.at/heritage/index.htm 7 Inventions of the 1700‟s:

http://www.gkschools.org/ms/colonies2country/inventions/index.html


Figure 3: Model of Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin8

The cotton gin was invented in 1765 by Eli Whitney. It was used to remove seeds from cotton fibres. The machine

consisted of spiked teeth mounted on a boxed revolving cylinder. The cylinder then pulled the cotton fibre through

small slotted openings to separate the seeds from the lint.

The first one-man human powered submarine, known as the Turtle submarine was invented by David Bushnell in 1776.

It was the first American submarine and had a hand-driven propeller. It was used by the Colonial Army in an

unsuccessful attempt to sink the British warship HMS Eagle. It was the first submarine to dive and surface. The turtle

would normally float with approximately six inches of exposure.

James Watt introduced an improved version of the steam engine in 1769, which led to the steamboat when John Fitch

made the first successful trial of a forty-five foot steamboat on the Delaware River on 22 August 1787. Larger vessels

were then built which carried passengers and freight between Burlington, Philadelphia, and New Jersey.

From 1768 to 1779 British explorer, navigator and cartographer James Cook mapped the boundaries of the Pacific

Ocean and discovered many Pacific Islands. He also mapped several other previously uncharted lands, including

Newfoundland. James Cook even visited the Cape of Good Hope and Saint Helena around 1771 en route back to

England.

From 1779 to 1879 the Xhosa Wars was fought between the British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South Africa.

During this war, in 1799 the Dutch East India Company is dissolved.


While the Cape Colony became more ―built up‖, life in Southern Africa was still difficult. Many differences in culture

came into play and, with squabbling and fighting constantly brewing between the Boers, British and indigenous people

of Southern Africa, Dutch-speaking farmers known as Voortrekkers were prompted to emigrate northwards away from

the Cape Colony.9

The cause of the British invasion in the Cape in 1795 was war with Napoleon. The Dutch King had fled and a puppet

regime established in Holland. Britain sent troops to the Cape before revolutionary France could capture the strategic

8 The Cotton Gin Patent - Mary Bellis

http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/ss/patent_X72_5.htm 9 Wikipedia - 1830‟s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1830s


port. It was intended as a temporary occupation, until Napoleon was defeated, and the British returned the settlement to

Dutch rule when peace was established in 1803.

In January 1806, however, hostilities resumed and the British returned to the Cape, landing to the north of the city at

Blouberg. The Scots Highlanders, blowing their pipes, advanced and the mercenaries hired to oppose them fled.

The British remained a 'temporary force' until 1814, when the comprehensive peace following Waterloo gave the Cape

to Britain. Up until that time, and for some years to come, the British were content to keep the status quo - perhaps to

the surprise of the local people.

The administration of the VOC was retained, the legal system remained Roman-Dutch law and Dutch was used widely

in government. The early Governors - like Lord Charles Somerset (1811-26) - were themselves landed aristocrats and

had much in common with the powerful Cape land owners. Furthermore the Burgher Senate continued to run the town.

The VOC was gone, with all its autocratic restrictions on trade, to be replaced by a British authority with a surprisingly

light touch.

The British garrison - at times numbering 8000 personnel - helped to stimulate the local economy and British troops

defended the eastern frontier where the trekboers had encountered the powerful Xhosa.

By 1820 only 757 British people had settled in the Cape. Meanwhile the economy had strengthened and farmers were

reaping the rewards of favourable tariffs for wine exports to Britain.

Perhaps the most memorable impression of the British in these early years was of aristocrats based in India arriving

with servants, to banquet with the Governor and set off on shooting expeditions into the interior.

In all other respects the town continued along Dutch lines, indeed with greater freedom and political participation than

they had enjoyed under the VOC. There was, in the first twenty to thirty years, considerable continuity with the past.

This suited the British, who wished to minimise administration costs and avoid confrontation.

In the early years of the nineteenth century, British merchants, mostly former employees of the British East India

Company, established companies in Cape Town to trade and export agricultural and other products.

Merchants became the driving force of a powerful and active middle class that set about bringing British liberal 'reform'

principles to Cape Town society. These values found expression in the editorials of John Fairbairn, the founder of the

first newspaper (1824) - the 'South African Commercial Advertiser'. The paper encouraged energetic support for the

emancipation of slaves, the liberalisation of trade, participation in sport, development of infrastructure, health care,

literacy, education, science, the arts and self-government.

Merchants based at the Cape were supported by 'the Trading Society' in London that lobbied the Imperial government

on their behalf. The vision was also shared by a new generation of government officials in the Cape that built

infrastructure and set about developing schools.

In combination, government and the middle class developed a vibrant civil society and a modern city at the Cape.

Societies for leisure and learning were established.

Through trade the middle class grew in wealth and power and developed the resources to establish important financial

companies in the 1830s.

The middle class aimed to re-develop the town and transform it from a 'rural' Dutch town into a colonial capital. They

argued for this on the grounds of civic pride and public health. Particularly as commerce gathered pace much of the old

Dutch town was replaced with grand new buildings.

The desire to 'modernise' Cape Town from its Dutch trappings extended also to culture. Support was given to British

missionary organisations, and more denominations sprang up. Scottish ministers were even fed into the Dutch

Reformed Church to give the church a more 'British' feel (this back-fired, the Scots became fervent Afrikaners).

However, it was the movement to abolish slavery that was to cause the biggest and most damaging break between the

British and 'Afrikaner' populations of the Cape.


The 'Dutch' Cape population (they were in fact a mix of European nationalities by origin) did not take easily to this new

mood of liberalism and change.

They and their religious ministers defended a narrow Calvinism and a slave-based economy. The ideas of the

Enlightenment and of German rationalism, still less the precepts of the French revolution, had not penetrated the Cape

under the VOC. Nor were they welcome in their distilled British form.

The energetic liberalism of the British middle class produced a response in the 'Dutch' population and newspapers

expounding conservative views were produced. De Zuid-Afrikaan was founded in 1830, and challenged liberalism and

the abolition of slavery. Dutch theatre companies, such as the 'Africander Amateurs' offered alternative plays. Dutch

societies formed for the pursuit of the arts, science, education and literature.

The Reformed Church took on a centrality to life it had not had under the VOC and became much more active. In

contrast to the British, who represented the force of colonialism, this population of European descent began to describe

itself as 'Afrikaners'. It was a loose term, probably not exclusive to whites, but all those who used the form of Dutch that

had evolved at the Cape.

In the 1830s, however, young Afrikaners in the city began to follow more liberal ways, and intermarriage between the

merchants and the daughters of prosperous burgers, and trade between burgers and merchants helped to cement bridges

across the cultural gap.

The gulf between the British and rural Afrikaner communities, however, grew wider with the emancipation of slaves

(1834) prompting ten per cent of the European population to leave the Cape, with their slaves, and cross the Vaal River

in search of independence. This 'walk out' on British rule is known as the Great Trek and has been the subject of many

books, including Mitchener's 'The Covenant'.

The gulf between British modernity and Afrikaner conservatism remained and was only closed, temporarily, when in

1848 the British government proposed to ship British convicts to the Cape. There were vociferous public protests and

the 'Neptune' was kept out at sea with her cargo of convicts for five months. Eventually she was sent on to Australia. It

was a seminal episode, for it showed that in spite of their differences the white population of the Cape would unite in

the face of a common threat to their interests.

After the end of slavery, a new, more complex society began to take shape in Cape Town.

Although the ruling class was white, so too were many of the working class. State-aided schemes brought poverty-

stricken settlers from the UK, who tried to establish themselves in the Cape. A third of all servants in 1865 were white.

The British introduced the term 'coloured' for non-Europeans, and ‗Malays‘ to refer specifically to Cape Muslims.

Records show roughly equal numbers of coloured and whites in most occupations, including the skilled professions.

Mixed marriages also continued. Some areas of the city were distinctly 'coloured' but for the most part working class

whites and coloureds lived in the same areas and pursued the same occupations.

Many Afrikaners claimed compensation payable to slave owners. With this capital they invested in property and turned

from slave-owners to slum landlords. In the absence of building restrictions (introduced 1861), houses were built

without water or sewerage disposal, separated by narrow alleyways. Areas of lower Cape Town and District 6

developed in this way, with certain 'slum lords', such as J Wicht, owning hundreds of such cramped dwellings, renting

out rooms to poor families.

The cruel poverty of these areas helped to maintain the popularity of the taverns that had developed under the VOC.

Wine and whisky, in particular, were available cheaply.

Temperance societies and later the Salvation Army and the YMCA tried to counter the rowdy alcoholism that was a

feature of city life.

The end of slavery, therefore, created a society that was much more obviously stratified, with a distinct contrast

between the bourgeoisie middle class with their regency townhouses, pianos and carriages and the extrovert, piecework

class of artisans, many of whom lived in terrible slums.


The powerful middle class aspired to political control and had, for many years, campaigned for self-government. In

1840 a Municipality was created, with councillors elected on a non-racial but qualified franchise. The qualifications

rested upon income and property ownership.

In keeping with British policy of self-government in the dominions, 'Representative Government' was established at the

Cape in 1853, hastened by the display of local political opinion over the arrival of the Neptune the previous year. This

created a 'Legislative Council' of MPs empowered to pass laws for the Colony, although administration remained under

British control.

Finally, in 1872 fully-fledged 'Responsible Government' was established, with an upper house and administrative

control. The franchise remained qualified, but non-racial. Cape Town had become a colonial capital. The impressive

Parliament buildings set in the old VOC Company Gardens were completed in 1885, and are today the South African

parliament.

A more conservative era took hold with self-government. Afrikaners were in the majority of whites, particularly in the

country districts. The terms of the franchise meant that only the landed classes could vote - and this excluded most non-

European people. Furthermore, only property owners worth more than £1000 could sit in the upper chamber.

Inevitably, the assembly was partial to commercial interests, rather than those of the poor. Policies were geared to

appeal to retailers and professionals, who made up the majority of voters. New laws such as the 'Master and Servants

Act' of 1856 did much to turn the clock back on worker's rights.

With the development of self-government, the liberal influence began to diminish. Political power had shifted to the

local population, which was mostly conservative and Afrikaans. The Cape government was dominated by the 'Afrikaner

Bond', a group of influential Afrikaner leaders focused upon promoting Afrikaner interests.

British influence was also changing. Throughout the Empire, liberal confidence was giving way to jingoism as

economic rivalry developed with Germany and the United States. Furthermore, the 'scramble for Africa' had begun:

European rivalry expressed in colonial conquest. To justify this race for African territory, a popular version of

Darwinism was giving rise to bigoted ideas of racial superiority. Such ideas fuelled a new mood of negativity in Cape

Town toward non-Europeans.

Some newspapers, like the Cape Argus, continued to appeal to public sympathy for the poor, attacking the role of

slumlords like Wicht. But others, like the Cape Times, wrote damning accounts of the 'moral pollution' of poor

neighbourhoods, laying the responsibility for the conditions at the door of the poor themselves.

Increasingly, such views carried racial overtones. The Malay were no longer characterised as 'quiet' but 'rebellious, lazy,

ignorant'. Blacks too, were labelled as 'indecent' and 'immoral'. The 'Lantern' carried an exposé in 1881 of the 'profanity,

drunkenness and immorality' of blacks living in a slum in Woodstock.

There were increasing calls for 'order' and 'control' to be exerted over these unruly, diseased and violent people, as they

were caricatured.

The battle between liberal sentiment and conservatism was fought out among politicians in the municipal and Cape

governments. Liberals tended toward greater action, and thus expenditure to alleviate social problems, but were

countered by the financial interests of ratepayers.

Factions earned names like 'the dirty party' and the 'clean party'. It was only in the 1890s that adequate water, drainage

and sewerage were introduced, under considerable pressure from the colonial health authorities.

Without political will, little was achieved to alleviate the conditions in the slums. Instead, large funds were invested in

developing infrastructure.

Railways were built, connecting Cape Town to the winelands (1863), and the length of the Peninsula (1864). Telegraph

lines were laid to Grahamstown (1863) and London (1885). Road building also continued, particularly the extraordinary

construction of mountain passes by the Bains, father and son.

The building of the harbour from 1860 was particularly ambitious and a prison for convict labour and a broad gauge

railway were constructed for the purpose.


The development of the Cape's infrastructure came just in time to capitalise on the great diamond boom that started in

1867, and the economy of the Cape grew fivefold in five years, 1870 – 1875.

Cape Town itself swelled, as immigrants settled in the city. The British and European populations grew substantially,

and other ethnic groups became more numerous, including Jews, Indians and Africans.

In 1865 the population was 28,400, in 1891 it had grown to 67,000 and in 1904 171,000. The villages and suburbs

became dense urban areas and settlements spread to the north of the city along Table Bay. The settlements were racially

mixed, although for the 'protection of public health' municipal officials began to consider moving non-whites into

separate areas.10

On January 11, 1879, the British invaded Zululand with about 7000 regular troops, a similar number of black African

"levees" and a thousand white volunteers. Ignoring advice from a number of Boer authorities, the British lost more than

1600 soldiers at the battle of Isandhlwana on 22 January 1879. President Kruger even gave them advice and took the

time to explain the need for caution, including tactics such as laargering. (drawing wagons into a defensive circle) A

British outpost at Rorke's Drift on the Zululand-Natal border withstood a second Zulu attack, however, and after

reinforcements arrived, the British managed to conquer the Zulu capital at Ulindi by July 1879. The British consolidated

their power over most of the colonies of South Africa in 1879 after the Anglo-Zulu War.

Once the Zulu were defeated, the Transvaal Boers claimed that the 1877 British annexation was a violation of the Sand

River Convention of 1852 and the Bloemfontein Convention of 1854. The Boers protested and in December 1880 they

revolted. The war began on 16 December 1880 with shots fired by Transvaal Boers (farmers) at Potchefstroom after

Transvaal formally declared independence from the United Kingdom. It led to the action at Bronkhorstspruit on 20

December 1880, where the Boers ambushed and destroyed a British Army convoy. From 22 December 1880 to 6

January 1881, British army garrisons all over the Transvaal became besieged.

The average Boer Burghers who made up their Commandos were farmers who had spent almost all their working life in

the saddle, and because they had to depend on both their horse and their rifle they were skilled stalkers and marksmen,

and became expert light cavalry. They could make use of every scrap of cover, from which they could pour in a

destructive fire. They were dressed in their everyday farming clothes, which were a neutral or earth-tone khaki clothing,

whereas the British uniforms were still bright scarlet red, a stark contrast to the African landscape, which enabled the

Boers, being expert marksmen, to easily snipe British troops from a distance. Other significant advantages to the Boers

included their widespread adoption of the breech loading rifle, which could be aimed, fired, and reloaded from a prone

position, and the Boers' unconventional military tactics, which relied more on stealth and speed than discipline and

formation.

The besieging of the British garrisons led to the Battle of Laing's Nek on 28 January 1881 where a British force

composed of the Natal Field Force under Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley attempted to break through the

Boer positions on the Drakensberg range to relieve their garrisons. But the Boers, under the command of Piet Joubert

repulsed the British cavalry and infantry attacks. Further actions included the Battle of Schuinshoogte (also known as

Ingogo) on 8 February 1881, where another British force barely escaped destruction. The final humiliation for the

British was at the Battle of Majuba Hill on 27 February 1881, where several Boer groups stormed the hill and drove off

the British, and the British commander, Major-General Sir Colley, was killed. During the Second Boer War, one of the

British slogans was ―Remember Majuba‖.


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Figure 4: Kommandant Wessels (4th person front row) with General de le Rey on his left in the Boer War11

Unwilling to get further involved in a war which was already seen as lost; the British government of William Gladstone

ordered a truce. Under instructions from the government, Sir Evelyn Wood who had replaced Colley upon his death on

27 February 1881 signed an Armistice to end the war, and subsequently a Peace Treaty with Kruger (after Brand's

assistance) at O'Neil's Cottage on 6 March, and in the final peace treaty on 23 March 1881, they gave the Boers self-

government in the Transvaal under a theoretical British oversight.12

With the 1886 discovery of gold in Transvaal, thousands of British and other prospectors and settlers streamed over the

border from the Cape Colony (annexed by Britain earlier) and from across the globe. The city of Johannesburg sprang

up as a shanty town nearly overnight as the uitlanders (foreigners) poured in and settled near the mines. The uitlanders

rapidly outnumbered the Boers on the Rand, but remained a minority in the Transvaal as a whole. The Afrikaners,

nervous and resentful of the uitlanders' presence, denied them voting rights and taxed the gold industry. The tax on a

box of dynamite was five shillings ($0.50) of the cost of five pounds ($10). These mines consumed vast quantities of

explosives and President Paul Kruger gave manufacturing monopoly rights to a non-British operation of the Nobel

Company which infuriated the British. The so-called "dynamite monopoly" became a major pretext for war which raged

from the 11th

of October 1899 to the 31st of May 1902. The war was fought between the British and the independent

Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic). After a protracted, hard-

fought war, the Second Boer War was ended by the Treaty of Vereeniging in which the Boers conceded victory to the

British and the independent republics were absorbed into the British Empire.13

The outbreak of the South African War in 1899 led to further immigration and economic growth. Cape Town did not

experience any fighting, although raiding parties did threaten the winelands. In economic terms the war was a great

boom for the city as soldiers and huge quantities of equipment passed from the harbour to the railways.

The War, however, also created growing slum areas with an influx of refugees. Families arriving without possessions

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were housed in tents along Dock Road. When disease broke out, they were shifted to Maitland, and when evicted by the

Maitland municipality they tended to drift into District Six.14

On 24 May 1844 the first electrical telegraph sent by Samuel Morse and the first postage stamp was introduced. It was

known as the Penny Black and was issued by the United Kingdom on 1 May 1840. The First Transcontinental Railroad

in the USA was built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869 and the London Fire Department was established in

1865. The late 1800‘s saw the invention of the telephone in 1876, by Alexander Graham Bell and the light bulb was

invented around this time too. The phonograph was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison.

At the close of the century development and commercial production of electric lighting and the gasoline-powered

automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach became popular as well as first commercial production and

sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings.15


After the turn of the century and improved transport systems and communications methods brought Southern Africa

almost in line with the rest of the world and Cape Town was a confident Imperial Capital. The impressive colonial City

Hall and Herbert Baker's Gothic Anglican Cathedral were completed in the first years of the century. Stevens, a British

journalist, described it as 'Denver with a dash of Delhi… neither over-industrious nor over-lazy, decently successful,

reasonably happy, wholeheartedly easy-going'.16

However, an outbreak of the plague in 1901 heightened concerns for public health and municipal officials set about

enforcing racial segregation. For this reason the first townships were developed.

Leisure was an important feature of city-life. 'Rational pastimes' were promoted, particularly to boost tourism - the pier,

bathing, concerts, theatre and cinema. Muizenberg was promoted as the 'Brighton of South Africa' and became a

popular bathing spot. Green Point common was developed for sports clubs and swimming baths were built.

Beneath this confident appearance, however, there were racial tensions as non-whites expressed resentment at the

attitudes and racial policies of the municipality.

The white community, too, was seeking a new era. A spirit of magnanimity had developed following the defeat of the

Boers in 1902. English speakers were looking forward to a new era in a united South Africa.

The National Convention of 1909, to forge peace between British and Afrikaners, established the boundaries of the

modern unified South Africa. Cape Town was to be the legislative capital, but the Executive would be based in Pretoria.

The agreement promised peace and reconciliation between English, Afrikaners, and self-government within the Empire,

but it failed to take account of black aspirations and this was to overshadow the twentieth century.

When the British arrived in 1795, Cape Town was essentially a 'Company Town', closely controlled in all aspects of life

by the VOC. The rural areas were distant and largely independent of the town. Slaves were the backbone of the small

economy.

In 1910 Cape Town was an imperial capital of a large and strategically important colony. It's population was heading

for two hundred thousand. The abolition of monopolies and slavery had led to greater economic freedom, and liberalism

encouraged a free society. It had a large and active commercial class, civil society and local political movements.

Slavery had been abolished and a highly complex multi-cultural society had emerged, stratified into widely differing

classes and identities. Whites dominated the upper classes but whites were also present in the lower classes, and there

were non-whites in professional occupations. Racism was on the rise and beginning to inform political policy, but was

not yet the determining factor of Cape Town society.

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A strong liberal tradition was established in the town in the first half of the century by the emerging British middle

class. Their efforts led to the growth of many centres of education, religion and publishing, many of which continue to

this day.

The middle class also established strong business institutions, several of which are still trading. With active imperial

officials, they helped to push through programmes that created the modern city and its infrastructure. Their welfare

work gave rise to charitable works and church missions that created a more compassionate society.

As self-government developed in the second half of the century, the combination of emerging English chauvinism and

Afrikaner conservatism led to a less compassionate and more overtly racist and prejudiced society. The discovery of

diamonds and then gold, then the South African War created successive economic booms.

Workers came from rural areas and across the continent to find work. A significant black population began to grow. The

benefits of these booms, however, were not shared, and the divisions of wealth became more extreme with slums

growing around the city. On health grounds the first 'township' was set aside for blacks outside the city.

On 31 May 1910, the unification of South Africa brought to an end the old colonial certainties. Previously Cape Town

stood as an Imperial Capital of The Cape Colony. That colony was now simply a Province of the new Union of South

Africa. The grand parliament buildings in Cape Town became the legislative capital of the new state, but Pretoria was

made the administrative capital.

It was soon clear that real power and influence would no longer lie in Cape Town but in the Transvaal, the old

Afrikaans republics that included the economic centre of the Rand (the gold seam at Johannesburg) and the political

capital at Pretoria. Furthermore, Durban's port was proving more profitable than Cape Town's due to its easy access to

the Transvaal.

Losing economic and political influence, Cape Town promoted itself as a cultural centre and worked to define South

African identity in terms of its Cape Town roots - the arrival of van Riebeeck and the Imperial era.

Divisions in Cape Town society became very plain during World War 1 and were compounded by a depression in the

1920s. In the new era Cape Town was increasingly subject to the hardline, racially-minded politics of the Transvaal,

and racist attitudes hardened.

Although not as swiftly as Johannesburg, Cape Town became an industrial city as the port expanded and motor cars,

electricity and cinema arrived. Electricity reached people's homes in the 1930s and the Table Bay power station was

built in 1936 bringing a significant increase to Cape Town's revenues.

Images of the city in the early twentieth century are characterised by the pier built in 1925. But demands for improved

city infrastructure and new docks led to the demolishing of the pier in 1940 to make way for a massive land reclamation

scheme which extended the city, created land for freeways and wharfs for the modern port.

In the process, concrete replaced the old seafront and these developments marked a new, disconnected and imposing

era. Capetonians came to associate the pier with a pre-apartheid Cape Town when social relations were more easy

going, the pace of life slower and the town was by the sea.

Many of the monuments and buildings that characterise Cape Town today were erected in the early twentieth century.

Some, like Rhodes Memorial (1912) represent a nostalgia for the Imperial era, others celebrated the VOC era.

The 'Cape Dutch' movement begun by Cecil Rhodes inspired his architect Sir Herbert Baker and organisations such as

The South African National Society. Numerous farm houses, Cape Dutch buildings, the Old Supreme Court and the

Castle were preserved. Baker and his followers popularised building in the Cape Dutch style of gables, thatch,

verandahs and whitewash.

Organisations such as the Van Riebeeck Society (1918) projected Cape Town as the 'Mother City' of South Africa, the

cornerstone of its cultural heritage. They defined South Africa and its heritage in terms of the arrival of Europeans at the

Cape.

Other developments consolidated Cape Town's place as a cultural centre. The University of Cape Town (UCT) was

formally established in 1918 following bequests from mining magnates, and was built on land bequeathed by Rhodes


from his Groote Schuur estate. The Campus buildings were completed in 1930 by J.M. Solomon, one of Herbert Baker's

associates.

Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens were established in 1913, as a showcase for Southern African flora. The National

Gallery was built with public gardens containing World War 1 war memorials. In 1930 the Place Name Committee

decided that 'Capetown' be renamed Cape Town, as the former was considered undignified.

Although Cape Town asserted itself as the 'Mother City' of the South Africa, nevertheless there remained a strong

attachment to the UK, and not only among English-speaking whites, but also among others who sensed that the new

conservative order would treat them less favourably than the liberal regime of Britain.

The mood was well expressed during the royal family visit in 1947. The city arranged a series of flamboyant spectacles

to welcome King George and his family from banquets to firework displays, balls, reviews and garden parties that

included mock 'Malay' weddings. The connection to Britain helped Capetonians feel part of the international

community which was perceived to be 'civilised'.

Migration to Cape Town continued during the twentieth century with an influx of people considered Bantu, Coloured

and Afrikaans, European and Jewish, Indian and West Indian. Prejudice and government policy frustrated and separated

these groups.

Coloured people struggled, and failed, to forge a clear identity or a consistent political voice. In the face of economic

hardship, rejection and discrimination the group was too diverse to respond to the pressures upon it.

Bantu (blacks) were growing in number and the first half of the twentieth century saw the politicisation of Cape Town's

black residents. Major influences were the First World War, living conditions within the city, unionisation and political

leadership - both local and international.

Through discriminatory employment practices wealth became tied to race. The ruling elites consistently differentiated

groups, with whites receiving preferential treatment and attention. Increasingly, economic differences separated the

races into different suburbs, churches and facilities. Laws and policies also enforced some segregation, but only on the

political margins was their opposition to increasing racial division.

Amidst racial division and economic problems, Afrikaners asserted their culture, especially in language and literature.

Although many Afrikaners spoke English and remained loyal to the moderate United Party led by Jan Smuts, there were

others that turned to the rising tide of rightwing Afrikaner nationalism.

In 1933 South Africa's largest fascist organisation, the South African Gentile National Socialist Movement (the

Greyshirts) was established at the Koffeehuis, the favourite meeting place of the Afrikaner nationalists in Cape Town.

Shortly before, South Africa's Nazi Party was founded by Professor Hermann Bohle. This rightwing tide would in due

course find expression in the National Party Government of 1948 that brought in Apartheid.

Between the two world wars, Cape Town developed into a modern industrial city but did not grow at the same pace as

Johannesburg. Manufacturing in Cape Town remained within the food, drink, tobacco, clothing and printing industries.

Large increases in the population and ambitious urban planning led to the development of 'Garden Cities', townships

and a massive land reclamation scheme along the city foreshore.

Overall, however, the city remained locked in an economic depression between the Wars, especially during the 1920s.

The sustained economic crisis led to deep poverty and a related increase in crime.

Whites were protected from the worst of the economic crisis through government policies that provided better education

to whites, employment opportunities and support for Afrikaner businesses. By the 1940s, legal backing was given to

segregated workplaces and suburbs, to the advantage of whites and the exclusion of others, especially blacks. Steadily

the city became divided on racial lines.

The first squatter camps developed around the city and poor inner city areas like District 6 became more crowded. In

1923 the Urban Areas Act was passed forcing Africans to live in designated locations. A new location named Langa

was opened to replace the overcrowded Ndabeni township in 1927. Langa was designed to provide authorities with the

maximum control over access. The name "Langa" is a shortening of "Langalibalele", the name of a rebel Hlubi chief


who lived there after his release from Robben Island in 187517

. Various laws regulated behaviour in the township and it

was ruled by a superintendent.

Cape Town was declared a 'closed city' to control further black migration. However, during the Second World War

migration rules were relaxed. The failure to provide housing for the large numbers that arrived led to the development

of large squatter areas. A humiliating 'reception centre' was established at Langa to process newcomers and many blacks

were forced to leave.

During the first half of the twentieth century Cape Town lost its place as the pre-eminent city of Southern Africa. With

the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, government and political power shifted to the Transvaal.

Although the population continued to grow rapidly and the city became industrialised, it fell behind the booming

economy of Johannesburg. Nevertheless, it found its place in South Africa as a cultural centre - expressing South

Africa's heritage in terms of European settlement and the British Empire.

The racial prejudices and attitudes that had developed toward the end of the British era were reinforced and extended by

the policies of the Afrikaans-dominated government in Pretoria. Increasingly, whites benefited from discriminatory

policies while others were impoverished by the Depression. The city became increasingly divided along racial lines.

The older suburbs still contained a mixture of coloured and whites, and areas like District 6 remained mixed. But, new

townships, like Langa, were designed specifically for blacks, with an emphasis upon state control. Laws restricted the

migration of blacks to the city.

Nevertheless, in 1948 four-fifths of Africans still lived outside locations (townships). Many lived in shanty towns, some

of which also had coloured populations. Older areas like District 6, that were mostly coloured, also contained a mixture

of Indians, some whites and blacks.

Some workplaces became segregated and, increasingly, education and employment policies ensured that racial divisions

characterised the workplace. Some public and leisure institutions were segregated including swimming pools, hospitals

and law courts and some cinemas, hotels, cafes and the main beaches. But still there was no uniform policy of

segregation or formal racial categorisation.

In 1948, however, a government was elected committed to a policy of apartheid, a policy of universal segregation that

would ruthlessly categorise and divide the population.18

South Africa began to grow alongside other countries in the world, but when they formed a republic on 31 May 1961, it

was ostracized by the rest of the world because of its Apartheid policy (meaning ―separate-ness‖ in Afrikaans) which

was a system of racial segregation from 1948.

Many large international corporations withdrew from the country, but South Africa refused to give in to pressure to

drop its Apartheid policy. It continued to grow and became one of the most economical stable countries in the Southern

African region - in spite of the boycotts against it.

Apartheid was dismantled in a series of negotiations between the governing National Party, the African National

Congress and a wide variety of other political organisations from 1990 to 1993. Negotiations took place against a

backdrop of political violence in the country, including allegations of a state-sponsored third force destabilising the

country. The negotations resulted in South Africa's first multi-racial election, which was won by the African National

Congress.19

The negotiations culminated in democratic elections in 1994 when freed ―freedom fighter‖ Nelson Mandela

was elected president of South Africa.

Through his 27 years in prison, much of it spent in a cell on Robben Island, (A small jail island off Cape Town) Nelson

Mandela became the most widely known figure in the struggle against apartheid. Among opponents of apartheid in

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South Africa and internationally, he became a cultural icon as a proponent of freedom and equality while the apartheid

government and nations sympathetic to it condemned him and the ANC as communists and terrorists.20

Technical and industrial advances and two world wars made the 1900‘s a period of great growth but also a period of

great tragic destruction by means of powerful war machines in both the West and the East.

It seemed as if the building of factories, discoveries and inventions of the early 1900‘s led to more discoveries and

inventions and therefore accelerated the world‘s progress, changing the way that people went about their daily lives.

Motor vehicles, aeroplanes and telephones became commonplace, and in the second half of the century television,

computers, the internet and cellular phones dominated most people‘s thoughts and lives! Although life became more

comfortable for those who could afford it there are millions who live below the breadline throughout the world. Those

who can afford comfortable lives have to keep working at maintaining their lifestyle and for most of these people it

means working for large corporations or the government.

Compared to the last two hundred years in South Africa the 1900‘s saw the greatest change and number of changes in

social, economic and political development. South Africa participated in both the World Wars but was thankfully

spared from damage to the country‘s infrastructure due to it‘s location on the planet.

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Health and Medicine at the Cape of Good Hope

Without doubt, life was extremely difficult for Huguenots in the Cape, beginning with the rigours of sailing across or

down the Atlantic. Respiratory diseases, ―fever‖ (undiagnosed beyond that) and malnutrition were afflictions that

passengers and crew alike suffered from during these voyages. The longest voyage (by a few days) on which the

refugees departed, took place from March to August 1688 on the Berg China. This ordeal resulted in the deaths of 30 of

the refugees, including six women. Interestingly, Pierre Joubert left the Netherlands married to one woman and arrived

at the Cape married to another, leaving us with the assumption that his first wife had died en route.

Earlier, the Oosterland, carrying 29 passengers, 107 seamen and 105 soldiers, saw the loss of a woman, but witnessed

the birth of a child during the voyage. The child‘s mother was fortunate in that her husband was the surgeon, Jean Prieur

du Plessis. Another baby was born on one of the ships which were moored in Table Bay. In that case, one may assume

that the other women on board assisted with the delivery, aided perhaps by the ship‘s doctor, who would have been a

barber-surgeon.

Records indicate that deaths on t‘ Wapen van Alkmaar, numbered 37, with 104 survivors placed in the VOC hospital on

arrival. It is known that some of the dead as well as some survivors were Huguenots. As noted earlier, the new arrivals

suffered from weakness, if not fevers and malnutrition, as a result of the hardships and deprivations experienced during

the months under sail. Add these disabilities to the pre-existing weaknesses that prevailed among the majority of the

refugees – they had endured the hardships of hunger and whichever type of temporary lodging they could find, often in

woods or, if they were fortunate, in lean-to shelters as they made their way out of France into the New Netherlands or to

the western coast, where they hid away on various types of small vessels in order to get to England. Once the majority

of the refugees were safe from their French pursuers, they had little money to secure decent lodging or work in their

respective places of exile, which is why most of them elected to sail on to the Cape. Thus, one may postulate that many

of them were not in robust health when they set off on the long voyages to these remote frontier settlements.

After the refugees had survived the arduous voyage, they had to adjust to a new and different climate. The climatic

changes were dramatic in comparison with what they had experienced in Northern Europe. The disease environment,

too, was different. In those days, diseases were closely associated with climate, and diagnoses were often made based

on the prevailing conditions. Seasons at the Cape were reversed: rain fell heavily during the winter because of westerly

winds meeting with a warm front causing piercingly strong, chilly winds. This rain and wind often produced respiratory

illnesses. The summers were insufferably hot for the little band of French Huguenots, yet this was the season when the

crops had to be gathered, vegetable gardens cleared of produce, canning and preserving done, as well as the demanding

labour associated with grapepicking (many of the Huguenots engaged in viticulture). Typical of the weather, was an

entry in the diary of Adam Tas, which reads that in early January 1705, a ―north wind blew on the 5th... still raining

with no let up on the 8th‖ and part of a neighbour‘s crop - that of a refugee - had been destroyed.

Medical care was inconsistent. Huguenot surgeons were few and the language barriers separated groups of people,

especially the women in terms of seeking treatment from respectively English or Dutch speakers. Jean Prieur du Plessis

had arrived at the Cape in 1688. Jean returned to Holland in the ship Janslandt in 1693 and return to the Cape in 1703.

Jean‘s son Charl remained in the Cape and went on to become a practicing doctor. Jean Prieur du Plessis was followed

by Paul Lefevre, an employee of the VOC, and was therefore based in Cape Town where very few of the refugees were

close enough to avail themselves of his services.

Gideon le Grand had arrived at the Cape by 1698 and was based in Stellenbosch. Last among this group was Jean

Durand, who settled on a farm by 1690, but seems not have been active in practising medicine, preferring instead to

engage in farming and local administration. Le Grand kept a journal regarding his practice. Only partial entries survive,

but it is known that he treated French Huguenots, including Maria Jeanne du Pré, plus various children of the refugees.

Gideon recorded, in January and February 1710, bled ―Jeanneton‖, a daughter of Jean du Buis. There are, however, no

baptism records available for her. Many records where lost early in the 18th

century, which could explain why no record

was found; alternatively, it could be possible that she died while still very young.

It is also possible that the ―Jeanneton‖ to which Gideon referred was Johanna Terrier (Jean‘s stepdaughter) because

Gideon also saw ―Suzon‖, who he documented as the daughter of Jean Du Buis. The ―daughter‖ he referred to was the

stepdaughter Suzanne Terrier.21

Gideon le Grand lived in Paarl and passed away some time in 1710.

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Focus on The DE BUS/(DE) BUYS Family – J. E. Malherbe


Figure 5: Blood letting (breathing a vein) as depicted in an 1804 drawing22

In terms of medical knowledge, almost all of the authorities believe that these men at the Cape were barber-surgeons.

By the 1670s, the French Protestants had been virtually shut out of universities. France had a guild of barber-surgeons

dating from the thirteenth century. They were broken down into two categories – that of "petit bourgeoisie" or the lesser

"barbitonsores". There is no way of knowing into which category these men fell, or if they were divided between the

two. How informed they were regarding modern medical knowledge at the time, is unknown. It would depend to some

extent on personal and professional relationships between university-trained physicians who were Roman Catholic, and

the dissident barber-surgeons in their respective provinces.

Maternity and Childbirth

Bachelor Peter Kolbe (an astronomer) judged that the women at the Cape gave birth much more easily than in Europe.

Swedish physician Carl Peter Thunberg, who as far as is known, never delivered a baby at the Cape made this same

assumption. These stereotypes are contradicted in part by a contemporary obstetrician who noted that the more children

a woman bore, the more likely a quicker and often easier labour would be. Overall, Huguenot women were prolific

childbearers and tended to produce, on average, a child every 2 years, with some bearing 11 to 12 children in total.

It was a French Protestant doctor who first opened a school of midwives in sixteenth-century Europe and it was

Ambroise Paré who insisted that women take to the bed to deliver. It is not known if the refugee women delivered on a

bed, used a birthing stool, or assumed any of several positions – from kneeling to squatting – to aid the child down the

birth canal. At the Cape both Kolbe and Thunberg found that women nursed their own babies, although when the

mothers died or were incapacitated, the children would be farmed out to other nursing mothers, including perhaps the

―other‖ in both places.

Records of the number of still births and mortality among infants at either of these frontiers are lacking. Published

genealogies at the Cape, which account for less than half of the number of refugee families, bare hints of childhood

mortality. Bachelor Kolbe noted that European women at the Cape who breast-fed their children were ―most grievously

afflicted with sore breasts... their breasts are frequently very cruelly pained and their nipples are almost always the

same‖. As a result, he thought that they weaned their children too fast.

Du Plessis returned to Europe within a few years after his arrival. His first wife died there, and he returned in 1700,

married to midwife Maria Buisset. She was the only French-speaking midwife at the Cape. Surely Buisset was kept

busy, but most of the births at the Cape were presided over by female members of the family and neighbours (including

those who spoke no French).

One may assume that the rigours of successive childbearing took the life of Ann Retief, who had borne four sons and

six daughters at the time of her death in 1710, when she was only thirty-nine. Jacquemine des Prez died at thirty-six

leaving behind eleven children. Complications from childbearing included breech births, haemorrhaging and puerperal

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fevers. In addition, there were holes and tears to the wall and mouth of the vagina. Those who survived the fevers and

damage done to their bodies would have required time to heal, but in most cases, women were up and about very

quickly – some even on the very day they gave birth. One aid to the pain of childbirth was a bit of brandy, and it was

common practice during labour to rub the body with oil, or to provide women with a variety of herbs to consume.

In this era, many medical authorities believed that the uterus was the source of conditions such as hysteria among

women. No doubt, many held this view at the Cape, where it was commonly believed that conception could only take

place when a woman achieved orgasm along with her male partner. The dual pleasure theory held that the female egg

was released from the uterus at orgasm while the male sperm was sent out to join it through copulation. There is no

hyperbole in Peter Kolbe‘s statement that women at the Cape were ―generally modest, but no flinchers from conjugal

delights. They are excellent breeders.

It is unlikely that the devout French Huguenot women resorted to abortion. Deformed babies were thought to result

from indecent sexual relations. These included any position for coitus except with the man on top, burrowing into his

vagina field as he might otherwise sow his crops from above. At the Cape, at least two children were probably crippled

at birth. These were Stephen, son of Martha Rousseau and Francois du Toit, and Jacob, the son of Susanne Gardiol and

Abraham de Villiers. Babies were taken to breast on demand. At which age solid food was introduced, is not known,

but the timing no doubt depended on the inclination of the mother. Weaning in France (and Northern Europe) ranged

from twenty-one to twenty-four months in the seventeenth century, to ten months in the eighteenth. Children ate what

was served at the table as soon as they were able to chew. Prior to that, in what will seem unhygienic to modern readers,

mothers would often partially chew the food and then pass it on to their babies.

Diseases and Epidemics

Once reaching the Cape they suffered from contagious diseases; smallpox, dysentery, measles, and infectious diseases.

The ship Joanna Cathaerina in 1673 brought 221 slaves and within fourteen months 129 slaves had died. The ship

Voorhout brought 257 slaves, mainly children in 1676 and within three and a half months 92 were dead.23

Relying solely on the primary data provided in J.G. le Roux‘s "Hugenote bloed in ons", one can get a partial idea of

mortality between 1688 and 1700. In that twelve-year period, a total of 86 refugees died, meaning that as many as 79

may have lived on (48 refugees had no death-dates listed). A cursory gleaning of the wills left by Huguenot men before

1700, indicates that the death-rate among the newer arrivals was high. About ten per cent of them left probated wills

and this number gives an indication of deaths in the first decade there. Surely the death-rate was higher. Only those who

were able to write a will, or had access to materials on which to write it, with witnesses available, did so.

Yellow Fever epidemics caused considerable loss of life for the refugees. Yellow Fever was one of the many diseases

that killed many people in the 1700s. Death from Yellow Fever was common because no cure was available. The

symptoms start with headaches, chills, and a general ache in back, arms, and legs. This is followed by a high fever for

about 3 days, after which the fever goes away, but only for a couple of hours. The high fever then returns and as red

blood cells are destroyed the skin and eyes turn yellow. The patient then begins to vomits black blood because of

bleeding in the nose, gums, and intestines. As the person's pulse grows weak, they start to become confused and

delirious. Also, tiny red bumps may appear on the skin. Death follows shortly after.24

Gout troubled the adults and Kolbe believed the condition derived from excessive consumption of alcohol. Another

source agreed, noting that gout generally attacked those aged persons who ―have spent most of their lives in ease,

voluptuousness, high living, and too free use of wine and other spirituous liquors‖. ―Putrid fevers‖ (probably typhoid)

also afflicted the refugees.

At the Cape, epidemics also took their toll. When smallpox broke out in Cape Town in 1713, the epidemic followed two

years of drought. Just as the much-needed rains started falling, the colony had to deal with this epidemic that was

introduced via the linens on a ship. Smallpox was especially hard on the Khoi, who had no natural immunity, but it also

had a severe impact on the Europeans. The Huguenots were mostly located in the Drakenstein, at Franschhoek, around

Stellenbosch, and a few had moved into Wagonmakers Valley by that time. Many people were dying in the outlying

districts and were not able to seek out a notary to make wills and as a result, there is very little data regarding the deaths

of Huguenots – both women and men.

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Van Rensburg Genealogy - Andre van Rensburg

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Medicine in the 1700‟s

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Surely Anne Fouché and Elizabeth Joubert succumbed to smallpox as their wills were probated in 1713. The ―pokkies‖

claimed at least 1 585 Europeans that year. J.A. Heese found that of these, 875 were children. One report to the

Netherlands in June 1713 noted that there were not ―20 healthy people in Drakenstein‖.

Interestingly, Marie Grillion makes the point that her husband, Gideon Malherbe, died of "natural causes", yet when the

distraught widow and mother was forced to make an accounting of their holdings that, in turn, revealed that her husband

and three of her children had died due to smallpox.

Other afflictions troubled the Huguenots at the Cape - anxious mothers had to deal with sore eyes – a ―distemper‖ that

was worse in summer months. While old people suffered from ―a scalding rheum that issued abundantly from the eyes‖,

the ―greatest rate falls on the children‖, and thus efforts were made to keep them out of the rays of the sun. One of the

Huguenot surgeons treated these eye conditions with drops and ―Spanish fly‖. Kolbe added soreness of the throat to the

list of chronic illnesses.

Worms afflicted them too, especially the children. Intestinal parasites were common in that era. In London, the

Spitalfields Project involved the excavation and examination of primarily French Huguenot skeletons that had been

buried from 1729 to the mid-nineteenth century. Between eight hundred and a thousand bodies were exhumed, with

about half of them examined. Among the findings was a high incidence of infant mortality, which the examiners

attributed to intestinal worms. Traveller and physician Anders Sparrman referred to worms as a ―troublesome disorder

in rural areas‖. Another traveller wrote about ―dirty scabby children‖ whose condition he thought was caused by

intestinal worms. Certainly intestinal worms contributed to anaemia, but probably were not directly responsible for the

deaths that the medical examiners in the Spitalfields Project noted in their study.

Another source of illness was rotten teeth. Dental caries and gum diseases were problems in eighteenth-century Europe,

where there were some rudimentary forms of treatment available. At this time it was commonly believed that dental

caries were caused by worms in the teeth that had to be dislodged ―by compounds of myrrh and aloes‖. Periodontal

diseases were not being diagnosed at that time and one can only infer that such agonies as infection and abscess had to

run their course until the teeth simply fell out.

In discussing epidemics and diseases, treatments and the persons responsible for administering them, have barely been

mentioned. Clearly, when a doctor, whatever his limits of training, was available in these first decades on the frontier,

the Huguenots availed themselves of him. As has been seen, Gideon le Grand treated the refugees at the Cape. Despite

the role of the ruling hand of the patriarch in others areas of their lives, it was primarily the women who treated their

own illnesses and those of their children. Men were probably responsible for gleaning knowledge of local herbs, roots

and plants from ―others‖ that were long resident in specific areas. The Khoi had their own treatments for various

ailments that plagued them – as had been witnessed by observers such as Laguat at the Cape.

At the Cape at least one Huguenot had some background as an apothecary. Isaac Taillefert‘s father had been an

apothecary in France, as was one of his brothers. While he is often listed as an apothecary, Taillefert‘s skills were those

of a hat-maker. He was also a farmer, and it is likely that he drew on memories of herbal medications from his father‘s

pharmacy. In 1698 a French Huguenot traveller remarked on his garden: ―[It] may very well pass for fine. Nothing, I

think, there is wanting‖. In fact few medications as we know them, were available. For purposes of treatment, most

people made do with herbs, roots, leaves, and even fruits and vegetables.

Treatments

This period in Early Modern European medical history was influenced by the humoral theory posited by Galen, with

medical treatment predicated on balancing the humors. The primary means of achieving this aim were through

laxatives, emetics and bleeding - with the occasional blister applied to relieve ―pressure‖ on an affected area of the

body.

At the Cape, they certainly had a copy of "Pharmacopoeia Belgica", or "the Dutch Dispensary Revised and Confirmed

by the College of Physicians in Amsterdam", which was translated into English in 1659. This volume would have been

invaluable not only as a medical reference for herbs, roots, plants and various trees, but also to advise gardeners what to

plant. In these volumes, one finds references to vegetables ranging from asparagus to artichokes, parsley and radish

(used as a diuretic). Felix fern was ―good against worms‖, while tameric [turmeric] was ―good against yellow jaundice‖

and fennel ―good for the eyes‖. Rhubarb strengthened the liver; ginger ―warms the stomach and expels wind‖;

pomegranate seeds ―dry and bind very much‖; while aloes (in abundance at the Cape) ―comforts the brain‖. Lavender

and rosemary were good against colds, and St. John‘s wort cured sciatica. Melon ―seeds moves urine‖ and natrutil seeds


of cretfes ―kills the child in the womb‖. Other medications especially useful for women and children were date stones

(presumably ground) and sage. Damask plums were used to ―loosen the belly‖ while ―sour prunes bind the belly‖.

Elephant‘s teeth and ivory (also in abundance at the Cape) were ―good to coat and stop Fluxes of blood‖. Leeches were

used to ―suck away melancholy bloods‖. Gideon le Grand employed ―cinnamon, terebinth, crocus, ginger, piper and

sweet oil...

Three types of African wood sorrel were employed to treat scurvy, while garden garlic had a multitude of uses. A

physician and a European resident both discounted rhinoceros horn. Still, ―the fine shavings were taken internally‖ and

were thought by the locals to cure convulsions and spasms in children. Women in the country brewed a local bush tea

(Bobonia cordata) as cure for various internal ailments. They learned to do this from the Khoi or San, while the San also

taught them to turn to rooibos tea that had medical properties when taken internally or when ground leaves and bark

were applied externally.25

The Slave Lodge Hospital

Figure 6: Plan of the Slave Lodge at the Cape Of Good Hope (1798)

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Health Issues Pertaining to French Huguenot Women and Children at the Cape of Good Hope and in Charles Town, Carolina, 1685-1720 -

Patricia Romero


The above figure shows the ground plan of the Slave Lodge retraced by Jessie Breytenbach from the LN Wildt plan,

1798, in the William Fehr Collection. The locations of areas which have already been excavated are numbered on the

plan.

The hospital in the eastern wing of the Slave Lodge treated slaves and Khoi women who suffered from venereal

diseases. Slaves who suffered from leprosy were sent to a house on the seafront to prevent the spread of the disease to

other slaves. Sailors and soldiers were treated in a different hospital, opposite the Slave Lodge.

The Slave Overseer supervised the doctor even though the hospital was administratively not part of the Slave Lodge. Dr

Thiele was reported in 1805 as not fulfilling his duties, including not reporting regularly. A commission of enquiry

consisting of the Attorney-General, G. Beelearts van Blokland, a clerk, R. De Klerk Dibbetz, and a certain Wedeman

were appointed to look into the administration of the hospital. They found that Thiele was an alcoholic who neglected

his duties.

A new doctor, Dr Dunlop was appointed by the new British government in 1806. Dunlop complained that the hospital

was very dirty and requested that it be cleaned. He also ordered new bedding. Dunlop also had to attend to slaves at

various work stations throughout the Cape Colony. He soon complained about his salary of 24 Rix Dollars per month

and his, allegedly, useless assistant. The assistant was fired and his salary of 15 Rix Dollars added to that of Dunlop‘s.

Dunlop‘s salary was later increased by Lieutenant-General Grey to 77 Rix Dollars per month.

It seems as if the hospital was kept in a better condition under the British than by their predecessors. Dr W.H. Lys

succeeded Dunlop in 1813. Between 1679 and 1811 some 9 000 slaves, convicts and the mentally ill lived in the Slave

Lodge building.26

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The Slave Lodge -

http://www.iziko.org.za/sh/resources/slavery/slavelodge.html

http://www.iziko.org.za/sh/resources/slavery/slavelodge.html


Slavery at the Cape of Good Hope

By 1658 there were 11 slaves, eight women and three men at the Cape. One of these, Abraham, was a stowaway who, in

1653, arrived from the East aboard the ship Malacca, claiming to have run away from his master, Cornelis Lichthart of

Batavia. Abraham was set to work at the Cape.

Later, Jan Van Riebeeck frequently repeated his request for more slaves, suggesting that slaves could work the nearby

saltpans so that salt could be profitably exported, they could also hunt seals, or assist with agricultural tasks. He argued

that slave labor would be cheaper than Company servants, as they did not have to be paid a salary. However, although

the Company was reluctant to agree, fate was more obliging.

On 28 March 1658, the ship Amersfoort, which two months earlier had intercepted a Portuguese slaver bound from

Angola to Brazil, arrived in Table Bay with a shipment of slaves. The Portuguese ship had surrendered 250 of a cargo

of 500 slaves to the Amersfoort. Many slaves died before reaching the Cape, and a few were on sent to Batavia. Of the

38 men and 37 women who remained, 21 men and 22 women were set to work in the fields and gardens. The rest were

assigned to various Company officials.

A second group of slaves was purchased at Popo on the West African coast, and arrived at the Cape in May 1658

aboard the ship Hasselt. Van Riebeeck described the 228 newly enslaved people as ‗exceptionally handsome, sturdy and

cheery‘. About 80 were shipped to Batavia, the remainder being sold to free burghers and Company officials. As with

the Angolans, many of these slaves from Guinea were soon to die of disease, and their numbers diminished rapidly.

Rijckloff van Goens, a Company commissioner, instructed Van Riebeeck to treat slaves well. They were to be taught

the basic principles of agriculture and a trade. As the company had hoped there would be no need to send more free men

to the Cape, a considerable financial saving. The slaves were not to speak or be spoken to in Portuguese — Dutch was

the official language spoken between owner and slave. According to some observers, the patois that ensued eventually

evolved into the Afrikaans language. (Language was indeed a barrier even among the slaves, as they came from many

different parts of the world).

Slaves were the forced labor, which not only transformed a small refreshment station into a significant agricultural

colony - but also in many ways, transformed agriculture in the Western Cape.

They were a class who could not enter into any legal contract, or property. In civil law they simply did not exist - but

criminal law was a savage reality.

Almost from the start, slaves began to runaway, because of ill treatment, overwork and the natural desire to live as a

free person. The perils of the unknown were preferable to the humiliation and degradation of slavery - something that

the settlers could not acknowledge. ‗These ignorant people,‘ wrote a disgruntled owner, ‗still believe that they will be

able to reach some country where they will be relieved of their bondage,‘ and he ended with the prediction that ‗they

may expect nothing else than to be destroyed in a most miserable manner by hunger, the beasts of prey, or brutal

natives‘. Indeed, many of the runaways did come to a miserable end. But few returned voluntarily to the misery of

enslavement. Soldiers and burghers were sent in pursuit, and Khoikhoi were offered tobacco or brandy to track down

runaways, though without much success. It was only when Khoikhoi hostages were taken and kept at the fort against

there will that the Khoikhoi showed any interest in co-operating.

The Statutes of India, promulgated in 1642, controlled slave ownership and all matters relating to slaves. But, in

practice, slave-owners themselves were the immediate instrument of control and punishment. The Statutes permitted a

slave-owner to punish his slaves for a mild offence with extra duties, but beating and flogging were forbidden. When

the free burghers were allowed to buy slaves, Van Riebeeck made it a condition that they keep a whip or lash in the

house for chastising their slaves. But when, almost immediately, slaves began to escape, he allowed owners to keep

escaped slaves in chains. Where owner‘s thought that slaves deserved severe punishment, they were to report to the

Council of Justice. Slaves, in turn, were to report ill treatment, although it is debatable whether slaves fully understood

this.

The "whites" fear of an uprising is reflected in a law, which forbade more than two slaves belonging to different

owners, to meet at anytime. There was also a curfew, which required any slaves out of doors after 10pm to carry a

lantern, unless accompanying a member of the owner‘s family. In practice, slaves often disregarded these restrictions


and pursued their amusements such as gambling with dice, cockfighting, fishing, drinking coffee or brandy, and even

smoking opium.

Under criminal law - and there were many offences which, when carried out by a slave, were crimes - slaves received

harsh punishment. Exceptions were made in the case of bigamy and adultery, for which whites were severely punished

and not the slaves.

A law forbidding sexual intercourse between white men and slave women was broken with impunity. In one case,

however, a soldier named Jan Rutter and a slave named Catrijn van de Kaap were found guilty of this offence. Rutter

was sentenced, and deprived of one month‘s salary, while his partner was sentenced to be flogged and to work for six

months in chains.

It was considered more reprehensible if a white woman committed adultery with a slave than if a white man did. Hester

Jansz, found guilty at the Cape of committing this offence on the island of Mauritius, was sentenced to be flogged and

to work for five years in chains. The slave‘s fate was not recorded at the Cape.

An example of such a case is that of Maria Mouton, who was the third daughter of the Huguenot Jacques Mouton and

Maria de Villiers. Maria Mouton married Frans Joosten and they farmed in the Twenty-four Rivers area.

In 1714 Joosten was brutally murdered by Maria and her slave lover, Titus of Bengal. The two of them had a sexual

relationship for three years. Titus and his accomplice, Fortuijn of Angola, received the sentence of being impaled and

after their death their heads were cut off and displayed on poles for the others to see on the highway.27

Figure 7: An artists impression of Maria Mouton's execution

In the case of gambling, which was forbidden, the court ordered two young officials to repay a slave, Catrijn van

Bengalen, 50 of 80 rix-dollars, which they won from her in an evening of card playing. In addition, the officials were

fined, but there appears to have been no charge against Catrijn.

A privately owned slave, Paul van Malabar, was found guilty of keeping a female Company slave named Calafora in his

room for three days and nights he was sentenced, to be flogged and branded — not for the sexual offence, but for

depriving the Company of the labour of one of its slaves. Calafora was pregnant and sentence was postponed until after

she gave birth.

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Slaves sent by their owners beyond a certain distance were obliged to carry a pass, signed by the owner, stating the

particulars of the mission. Owners who could not write had to buy a lead token from the Company, engraved with the

names of owner and slave, which served as a pass. Anyone who arrested a slave without a pass received a reward from

the slave's owner.

Farm slaves often worked under the immediate supervision of a mondoor (overseer), who was a slave, usually Cape

born and chosen for this senior position by his owner. A mondoor received benefits, such as permission to sleep in the

women's section of the slave quarters. Other supervisors were the knechte, unskilled European laborers or soldiers of

the lowest rank, who were not far above the slaves in the social hierarchy. The knechte had to keep the balance between

a high rate of production and the welfare of the slaves who, in turn, felt they were overworked and retaliated with

violence - fights between knechte and slaves were frequent.

An owner who felt that his slave deserved a beating could take him to special assistants of the Fiscal (prosecutor),

known as ‗kaffirs‘, in order to be flogged. The kaffirs were Asians who had committed criminal offences in other Dutch

colonies and been banished to the Cape, where they now served as an elementary police force.

Justice was rigorously administered - and sentences were barbaric in the extreme. Runaway slaves who were recaptured

were flogged, branded with a red-hot iron on the back or cheek and sentenced to a lifetime in chains. A second attempt

to run away would result in the slave having his ears, the tip of his nose and, possibly, his right hand cutoff. This

practice of mutilation was later discontinued, not for humanitarian reasons, but out of consideration for those who might

take offence on seeing the disfigurements. Runaways were often hanged, which was also the sentence meted out to

slaves found guilty of theft. A slave woman found guilty of murdering her baby (on dubious evidence, although she

‗confessed‘ under torture) was sentenced to have both breasts torn from her body with red-hot pincers, after which she

was to be burnt. But the Council of Justice reduced the sentence - it felt it would be more merciful for Susanna to be

sewn into a sack and dropped from a ship, far out in Table Bay.

A slave who raised his hand, armed or not, against his owner, or against any other European, meant slow and painful

torture on the wheel (instrument that disjointed and broke bones), but did not actually kill. A slave woman who set fire

to her owner‘s house was chained to a stake and burnt to death. The remains of executed criminals were usually left on

display, until devoured by scavengers, at the place of execution or at the crime scene, as a ‗warning‘ to other slaves.

Figure 8: A slave being broken on the wheel28

The most severe sentence imposed on a white for the murder of a slave during the Dutch period is thought have been

that against burgher Godfried Meyhuijsen who, after beating one of his slaves to death, was taken to the place of

execution, blindfolded and made to kneel while the executioner swung a sword above his head to signify that he

deserved to die. After that, he was banished for life to Robben Island and the Company confiscated all his possessions.

The British took a different view, however. In 1822, Wilhelm Gebhart, 22-year-old son of the Dutch Reformed Church

minister in Paarl, appeared before Chief Justice Sir John Truter, charged with the murder of a slave, Joris of

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http://www.gapingmaw.com/59619/


Mozambique, whom Gebhart had allegedly beaten to death. A plea of manslaughter was rejected, and Gebhart was

found guilty of willful murder and hanged. Some legends have grown around the Gebhart case, presenting the young

man as a victim of a slave conspiracy. 29

Statistics on the population in the Cape:

In 1677 there where 100 free burghers and 19 European women30

In 1688 there were 254 Christian men, 88 Christian women, 231 Christian children, 230 slavemen, 44 slave

women, 36 slave children

In 1694 there were 446 Christian men, 295 Christian women, 431 Christian children, 325 slavemen, 64 slave

women, 58 slave children

Thus in 1688 there were 484 men to 132 women

In 1694 there were 771 men to 359 women31

The male/female ratio needs to also take into account all the company servants who were predominately males. In the

book The Shaping of South African Society (edited by Elphick and Gilliomee) it is stated that in 1664 out of 178

company employees only 6 had their wives with them.32

Fresh produce, such as fruit and vegetables grown in the gardens of Table Valley, as well as produce brought in by

farmers from the outlying districts, were sold at the Greenmarket Square and the Old Town House by slaves earning

their "coolie money" (derogatory term used for slave earnings). The slaves used a tavern next to the Old Town House

for drinking and gambling. Important notices and proclamations were read from the Town House balcony, including the

slave code, which read:33

Slaves must go barefoot and must carry passes.

Any slave who stops in the street to talk to other slaves may be beaten.

No meeting in bars, no buying of alcohol, no groups on public holidays.

No gathering near church doors during a service.

Any slave out after dark must carry a lantern.

Curfew - slaves must be indoors by 22:00.

No singing, whistling or noise at night.

Not allowed to own and carry guns.

Flogging and chaining for insulting a free man or making false accusations.

Any slave who dares to strike a slave-holder must be put to death.

Free black women are not allowed to be as well dressed as respectable burghers' wives and must carry passes.

Year Sale prices for adult male slaves in Rix Dollars

1658 25 - 33,3

1662 100

1674 100

1677 30 concessionary price

1697 50 – 133

1712 60 – 90

1768 60 – 333

1783 100 - 730

An estimated 63 000 slaves were imported between the mid-17th century and the early 19th century from Indonesia,

India, Ceylon, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Angola and Mozambique.34

29

History of Slavery

http://www.rebirth.co.za/slaves_and_settlers_a.htm 30

What's in a (South African) name? - Sharon Marshall

http://www.southafrica.info/about/history/mixedmarriages-genealogy.htm 31

Het Nederduitsch Zuid-Afrikaansch Tydschrift 1824-1843 as published by the South African Library 1981 32

Good Enough to be a Lover

http://www.cape-slavery-heritage.iblog.co.za/2008/04/17/good-enough-to-be-a-lover/ 33

Cape Gateway

http://www.capegateway.gov.za/eng/pubs/public_info/P/82884/3 34

Cape Gateway

http://www.capegateway.gov.za/eng/pubs/public_info/P/82884/3

http://www.rebirth.co.za/slaves_and_settlers_a.htm

http://www.southafrica.info/about/history/mixedmarriages-genealogy.htm

http://www.cape-slavery-heritage.iblog.co.za/2008/04/17/good-enough-to-be-a-lover/

http://www.capegateway.gov.za/eng/pubs/public_info/P/82884/3


The French Huguenots

Figure 9: The Huguenot Monument in Franschhoek, South Africa

The Huguenot movement began to take shape after 31st October 1517 with the publication of Martin Luther‘s 95 theses

against corruption in the Roman Catholic Church - the only official Christian church at the time. He soon had many

supporters, who became known as Protestants, throughout Europe.

John Calvin was a French Protestant who published his Institutio Christianae Religionis in 1536. He was particularly

well supported by Protestants in Switzerland, France, Scotland and the Netherlands. Known later on as Huguenots, the

French Protestants were joined by the Waldensians in 1562.

The Roman Catholic Monarchy oppressed the Huguenot movement, considering it to be a threat to both the Church and

the might of the King. The persecution of the Huguenots began during the rule of Francis I (1515-1547) and became

particularly bad while Henry II (1547-1559) was on the throne.

The next king was Francis II (1559-1560) who was a minor, married to Mary, Queen of Scots. After his sudden death

he was succeeded by his brother Charles IX (1560-1574). Charles IX was also a minor, whose mother, Catherine De

Medici acted as Regent. She tried to promote peace between the Catholics and Protestants by granting certain privileges

to the Huguenots by means of the Edict of St. Germain (17th January, 1561).

The peace became short-lived when on 1st March 1562, a number of Catholics descended on a large Huguenot

assembly in Vassy, killing 30 and wounding about 200. The Wars of Religion which followed (1562-1598), were a

direct consequence of these Vassy murders. Numerous attempts at bringing about peace followed, but these attempts

proved unsuccessful.

By August 1570, the Regent Catherine de Medici was forced to declare the Peace of St Germain to prevent the

Huguenots from taking Paris. Gaspard de Coligny succeeded in obtaining freedom of religious practice in all cities

except Paris. Gaspard De Colingy was an Admiral of France as well as Governor of Picardy. He joined the Protestants

in 1559, soon becoming their leader and spokesman.


The Peace of St Germain had illustrated clearly just how much power was vested in the Huguenots. The Catholics

feared this power and it was decided to eliminate the Huguenots, particularly their leaders.

With the marriage of Prince Henry of Navarre, a Huguenot, to Marguerite de Valois (daughter of Catherine de Medici)

on 23rd and 24th August 1572 a golden opportunity presented itself. During this Feast of St Bartholomew, thousands of

Huguenots, including De Coligny, were massacred in Paris by the soldiers of the King. Henry of Navarre escaped, but

in the weeks following, murder and mayhem spread throughout France. Many Huguenots fled to other European

countries as a result.

Charles IX was succeeded by his brother Henry III (1574-1589) and, as he was childless, was succeeded by Henry of

Navarre as Henry IV (1589-1610). Having adopted Catholicism for political reasons, Henry IV remained well disposed

towards the Huguenots and was able to bring an end to the Religious Wars with the Peace of Vervins. On 13th April

1598 through the proclamation of the Edict of Nantes, he provided the Huguenots with more religious and political

freedom than ever before. Under his reign France became united and a period of peace followed.

In his attempt to impose an absolute monarchy (the divine right of kings) in France, Cardinal Richelieu, Prime Minister

to Louis XIII (1610-1643) decided to deprive the Huguenots of all political freedom, even in their fortified cities. In

reaction, the Huguenots decided in 1621 to resume the Religious Wars. Despite Huguenot opposition, Richelieu took

their last fortified city, La Rochelle on 28th October 1628. The Merciful Edict of Nîmes (1629) gave the Huguenots a

certain right of existence but their political power was permanently removed. After the death of Louis XIII in 1643, his

widow, Anne of Austria acted as regent for their son. In the same year Cardinal Mazarin succeeded Richelieu who had

died the previous year. Under their leadership, there was a certain measure of tolerance towards the Huguenots. During

the civil wars known as the Fronde Resistance (1648-1652) the Huguenots were loyal to Mazarin and were duly

rewarded by the Declaration of St. Germain (1652) in which the King expressed his satisfaction with their behaviour.

Shortly after this, however, their privileges were further limited and the last Protestant or Huguenot Synod met in

Loudin in 1659.

After the death of Mazarin in 1661, Louis XIV (1643-1715) the Sun King, began his reign. He went to great lengths to

convert the Huguenots. When even the billeting of dragoons, the infamous Dragonnades, in Huguenot households, had

no effect, he proclaimed the Edict of Fontainebleau on 17th October 1685. This revoked the Edict of Nantes and

resulted in the Huguenot persecutions resumed. Once again, the Huguenots fled in large numbers (200 000 and more) to

other countries in Europe as well as England and America. The Netherlands received a large number of refugees, some

of whom came to the Cape.35

Distribution of fleeing Huguenots:

Dutch Republic: 50 – 60 000 individuals

England: 40 – 50 000 individuals

Germany: 25 – 30 000 individuals

Switzerland: 22 000 individuals

Ireland: 10 000 individuals

America: 10 000 individuals

N, E, Europe: 2 000 individuals

Cape of Good Hope: 400 individuals36

Figure 10: Distribution of Huguenots fleeing from France

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The Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland

http://www.huguenotsociety.org.uk/history/

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The De Buys Surname

The surname ―De Buys‖ which our family now uses was not always written as ―De Buys‖. Like many other surnames

in South Africa and the world it was changed due to the new countries people moved to, illiteracy and the

pronounciation of names. The name was changed possibly due to spoken versus written word and the fact that the

written word was taken down in Dutch.

Jean, who fled France in 1688, spelt his name as De Bus, but it was written as "De Buijse" on the passenger list of the

Oosterland. This is more than likely due to the fact that Jean boarded the Oosterland in the Netherlands. The Dutch

East India Company records mostly used "De Buys", while the forms "De Buis", "Du Buis", "Buis" and "Buys" were

often used for his descendents.37

Coenraad De Buys also changed the name by dropping the ―De‖ out at some stage, possibly to avoid being found by the

authorities of the time.

Approximate

year

Spelling Details

1640 DE BUS The original French version of the name

1688 DE BUIJSE As seen on a document signed by Jean DE BUS who

arrived in the Cape in April 1688. This is how the surname

was recorded on the passenger list of De Oosterland. Jean,

who arrived in the Cape when he was only 18 years old,

seems to have been educated as he was able to sign his

name in quite a steady hand.

1688 onwards DU BUIS As on Company documents and baptism records around the

Cape, more than likely due to Dutch influence in the Cape.

1800 DE BUYS Documentation regarding Coenraad De Buys now at the

national archives

1820 BUYS Documentation regarding Coenraad De Buys and the

―Buys‖ people (now found at Buysdorp)

1880 DE BUIJS Probably Dutch misspelling of the name

1900 DE BUŸS Could the diaeresis have come from a Dutch misspelling of

the name?

1950 DE BUYS Family records of living relatives

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The Infamous Coenraad De Buys

Coenraad Willem De Buys was the second son of Johannes De Buys (1730-1769, grandson of Jean de Bus of Calais,

who in 1688 arrived with the Huguenots as a farmer) and his wife Christina Scheepers (widow of Dirk Minnie).

Several years after arriving in the Cape Jean De Bus (who because of the Dutch influence in the Cape was called Jan Du

Buis) and the other Huguenots were granted farms around the Drakenstein area by the Dutch East India Company

(VOC). These farms were granted to Huguenots who were struggling to settle down and forge a new life in the Cape

Colony. G. C. Botha mapped these farms in 170038

and drew up the following map:

Figure 11: Map of farms granted to French and Dutch Settlers up to 1700

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The French Refugees at the Cape - G. C. Botha Pages 117 - 124


Grants of Land at Drakenstein and surroundings given to or held by the Refugees before 1700:39

Reference:

Old

Stellenbosch

Freehold,

Volume

Grantee Description or Name of Farm Number

on map

Grant Remarks

2:72 Arniel, Martin La Terre de Luc (near French Hoek) 9 18.12.1713 Granted

18.10.1694

1:393 Barre, Louis Le Rooke (or Rocque), Oliphants Hoek

(now French Hoek)

10 22.12.1694

1:280 Benezet, Pierre Languedoc, Simonsberg, Drakenstein 15 1.8.1691

1:377 Bruere, Estienne Rust en Werk, in Dal Josaphat 54 28.8.1694 granted 1692

2:38 Du Buis, Jean Now known as Knolle Vallei, near Palmier

Rivier

42 11.5.1712 This farm was

previously held

by Paul

Godefroy

2:74 ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― 42 3.1.1714 granted 1694

1:306 Cloudon, Jean De Goede Hoop (in present town of Paarl) 36 12.12.1692 granted 1688

1:308 Cordier, Louis Bethel (now Nantes) at Perlberg 45 31.1.1692 granted 1689

1:435 Cronier, Estienne Olyfenhout, Wagenmaker's Vallei (near

present Wellington Station)

64 28.2.1699

1:437 Cronier, Pierre Now known as Versailles, Wagenmaker's

Vallei

61 28.2.1699

1:429 des Pres, Sr.,

Hercules

Den Soeten Inval (now Paarl Station) 32 15.10.1697 Granted 1692

1:453 des Pres, Philip Klip Vallei, Wagenmaker's Vallei 57 28. 2. 1699

1:403 Drakenstein

Congregation

48 morgen S.W. to Babylons Toren, N.E. to

Berg River, S.E. to Land of A. D. v. Eck

and N.W. to that of Jacs. v. d. Heyden

31 22.12.1694

1:443 Drouin, Philip De Groene Fontein, Wagenmakersvallei 63 28. 2.1699

1:411 du Toit, Francois Die Kleine Bos, Dal Josaphat 51 18. 3. 1695 Granted 1692

1:441 du Tuillet, Jean Hexenberg, WagenmakersVallei 62 28. 2.1699

1:461 Fouche, Philip De Wilde Paarde Jagt, Drakenstein 38 28. 2.1699

1:475 Fourie(Fleury),

Louis

De Slange Rivier, Wagenmakers Vallei 65 28. 2.1699

1:465 Fracasse, Matthieu Orleans, near Palmiet River 75 morgen 46 28. 2.1699

1:282 Garde, Jean Rhone, Drakenstein 17 1. 8.1691

2:82 Gardiol, Jean La Kot(La Cotte), Oliphants Hoek 7 18.12.1713 Granted 1694

1:379 de Gournay,

Salomon

Salomons Vallei, on Wilde Paarde River 40 21.10.1694 Granted 1692

1: 284 Hugo, Daniel Sion on Berg River, Drakenstein 26 1.8.1691

1:371 Imbert, Jean Languedoc, near Palmiet River 44 17.4.1694 Granted 1689

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2:52 Joubert, Pierre La Provence, Oliphants Hoek 8 11.5.1712 Granted 1694

1:391 Jourdaan, Pierre Cabriere, Oliphants Hoek 6 22.12.1694

1:274 de la Noy, Nicolas W.S.W. to Simons Berg, S.S.E. to Dwars

River (near farm Bossendal)

19 25.10.1690

2:4 de la Noy, Heirs of

late Susanna de

Vos, widow of

Nicolas

De Goede Hoop, Simons Berg 16 23.5.1708 Had been

granted 20

years earlier

1:266 Lekkerwyn

(Lecrevent) Ary (of

Boshof)

Lekkerwyn, Drakenstein 21 25.10.1690

2:66 Le Long, Jean Bossendal, Drakenstein 18 24.1.1713

1:439 le Riche, Louise Kromme Rivier, Wagenmakers Vallei 59 28.2.1699 granted 1685

& 1686

1:304 le Roux, Gabriel La Concorde (now in town of Paarl) 35 3.3.1692 granted 1689

1:477 le Roux, Jean Paris, near Salomon's Vallei 39 28.2.1699

1:286 Lombard, Pierre E.N.E. to Berg River, N.N.W. to Daniel

Hugo

24 1.8.1691

2:70 Malan, Jacques La Motte, Oliphants Hoek 4 18.12.1713 granted 1694

2:78 Gideon, Malherbe Normandie, Drakenstein 2 18.12.1713 granted 1694

2:46 Manier, Jean Calais, Dal Josaphat 48 11.5.1712 granted 1692

1:292 Marais, Charles Le Plessis Marle 25 1.12.1693 granted 1688

1:455 Marais, Charles De Fortuin, Wagenmaker's Vallei 55 28.2.1699

1:457 Marais, Cluade Wel van Pas, Wagenmaker's Vallei 56 28.2.1699

1:310 Meyer, Pierre W.S.W. to Simons Berg, E.N.E. Land of

van Lier and de la Noy and S.S.E. to P.

Jacob*

20 8.7.1692 granted 1690

2:12 Niel, Estienne La Dauphine, Oliphant's Hoek 1 14.8.1710 surveyed 1694

1:373 Nourtie (Nortier)

Daniel

La Motte, near Simon's Berg and Babylons

Toren

28 14.8.1694 granted 1690

1:387 Nourtier, Jean Frediks Berg, next to above farm 29 22.12.1694

1:385 Parisel, Jean and

Jan Doerangh

(Durand)

Bergen Henegouwen, Drakenstein 30 21.10.1694

1:375 Pinard, Jacques Lustig Aan, Wilde Paarde Rivier 37 27.8.1694 granted 1692

1:463 Retief, Francois La Paris, near farm of P. Rousseau 23 28.2.1699

1:383 Roes, Jean, see

(Roux)

2:76 Roi, Jean Lormarins, Drakenstein 13 19.12.1714 granted 1694

1:443 De Rouen, see

Drouin

1:423 Rousseau, Pierre L'Arc d'Orleans 22 17.12.1695 granted 1694

1:383 Roux, Jean, de

Normandy

In Dal Josaphat, next to farms of Vivier and

Bruere

53 21.10.1694 granted 1692

1:427 Roux, Pierre Winterhoek, Oliphants Hoek 14 11.11.1696 granted 1694

1:276 de Savoye, Jacques Vrede en Lust, Simon's Berg 27 15.4.1694 granted 1688

1:449 de Savoye, Jacques In Wagenmaker's Vallei 60 28.2.1698

1:381 Senecal, David De Hartenbeests Kraal, on Wilde Paarde

Rivier

41 21.10.1694 granted 1692

1:421 Simond, Pierre,

minister of the

French

Congregation

Bethlehem, Simon's Berg 11 28.3.1698 granted

1.9.1694


1:300 Taillefert, Isaac Picardie, Paarl 33 1.8.1691

1:447 Taillefert, Isaac Leeuwen Vallei, Wagenmakers Vallei 58 28.2.1699

1:302 Taillefert, Jean Laborie (Paarl) 34 1.8.1691

2:14 Theron, Jacques Land on Palmiet River, next to Jan Imbert,

Jan Roux of Provence and Paul Godefroy

43 8.11.1710 surveyed 1690

2:16 de Villiers,

Abraham

Champagne, Oliphants Hoek 5 25.1.1711 surveyed 1694

2:54 de Villiers, Jacob La Bri, Oliphants Hoek 3 11.5.1712 granted 1694

2:80 de Villiers, Pierre Burgogne (Burgundy), Oliphants Hoek 2 18.12.1713 granted 1694

1:365 Vivier, Abraham Schoongezigt 49 22.2.1694 granted 1690

1:369 Vivier, Jacques Goede Rust, Dal Josaphat 52 22.2.1694 granted 1690

1:367 Vivier, Pierre Non Pareille, Dal Josaphat 50 22.2.1694 granted 1690

1:471 Veron, Amant St. Omer, Dal Josaphat 47 28.2.1699

1:446 Bisseux, Jacob Erf in Table Valley, Block LL, No 7 1.12.1702 Site of "Ons

Land"

Editorial

Office, Burg St

1:322 Jourdan, Pierre Erf in Table Valley, Block L, No 9 9.11.1699 In Shortmarket

St., a couple of

doors off Long

St.

2:200 Jourdan, Pierre Erf In Table Valley, Block W, No 10 25.1.1711

1:450 la Grange, Pierre Erf In Table Valley, Block LL, No 12 1.2.1702 Corner of

Wale and Long

Street

2:122 le Roux, Jean de

Normandy

Erf In Table Valley, Block MM, No 7 20.9.1707 Corner of

Long and

Longmarket

Sts.

2:348 le Roux, Jean de

Normandy

"Lang Verwagt" aan de Kloof van

Stellenbosch

8.7.1721

2:282 Marais, Ignatius De Lange Fontein, at Elsjes Kraal, Cape

District

14.10.1714

2:256 Meyer, Pierre A piece of garden land annex his garden 1.8.1714

1:380 Pouission, Martin Lovenstein at Tigerberg 12.8.1701

2:124 Sollier, Durand Erf in Table Valley, Block GG, No 5 16.1.1708 In St George's

St., site of

"Cape Times"

2:184 Sollier, Durand A garden plot in Table Valley 1.12.1709

2:268 Viviers, Abraham Menie or Menin on Compagnies Rivier

(tributary to Berg River)

28.8.1714

2:178 Bruere, Estienne De Veerkeyker (sic) in't Land van Waveren,

South to Slangen HOek (now in Worcester

District)

12.1.1712

1:217 Cellier, Josue Het Kruys Pad, Stellenbosch 15.3.1712

2:200 De Clercq,

Abraham

The Cattle Post, Vogel Vallei, Roodesand

Kloof

7.9.1734 Held by him

on loan for

several years.

Granted on

account of his

poverty and

large family

2:30 Cordier, Jacob De Vondeling, Wagenmakers Vallei 11.5.1712 granted 1706

2:96 du Pree, Philip Artois, in't Land van Waveren (now near

Wolseley, district Tulbagh)

4.8.1714 Held by him

for eight years

on loan


2:98 du Pree, Philip De Hoop, in't Land van Waveren (now near

Wolsley, district Tulbagh)

3.9.1714 A mill theron,

he had

purchased the

"Opstal" a year

previous

2:60 du Toit, Francois Zoetnedal, annex to Wagenmakers Vallei 11.5.1712

2:122 du Toit, Francois Limiet Rivier on the Compagnies Rivier,

Waveren, above the Company's Old Post

23.8.1715

1:51 du Toit, Guillaume Aan't Pad Stellenbosch 2.9.1692 Held in 1687

1:507 du Toit, Guillaume Sonqus Deurdrift over Berg River (In

Malmesbury district)

26.9.1704

Hanseret, see

Rochefort

2:174 Hugot, Daniel De Leeuw Kuyl, Zwarland S. to Riebeeck

Kasteel, E to Berg R. and W. to Piquetberg

12.11.1721

2:34 Jacob, Daniel Land in Wagenmakers Vallei 11.5.1712 granted 1702

2:128 Joubert, Jean

(Jugbert)

Monpeliers, Waveren (near Tulbagh) 30.8.1714 Held for

several years

on loan

2:291 Joubert, Josua De Koo, district of Swellendam 12.1.1759 do

2:150 Joubert, Pierre De Plaisant Plaats over the Breede River

(near Wolseley)

26.5.1716 Held for about

seven years on

loan

2:188 de Labuscagne,

Pieter

Pontak, Paarl, 2 morgen 3.8.1723

1:107 le Febre, Pierre Fleurbaay, Stellenbosch 28.7.1695 Held in 1694

1:93 Margra, Jean "An die Latry genaamd," Stellenbosch 8.6.1694 Held in 1687

2:58 Moi (Mouy), Pierre De Krakeelhoek, Wagenmakers Vallei 11.15.1712 granted 1705

2:170 Mouton, Jacob Steenwerk over the Twenty Four Rivers 15.7.1720

2:86 Niel, Estienne Bossjesmansfonteyn, towards the Groot

Paardeberg

28.8.1714

2:40 Potier, Jacob Het Doolhof, Wagenmakers Vallei 11.5.1712 granted 1707

1:517 Pouission, Martin Slent (Paarl District) 1.1.1707

2:134 Prevot, Abraham Amaquas Eyland on Berg River 16.9.1714 Held by him

for several

years on loan

2:36 Retief, Francois Patats Kloof, at foot of Habiquas Berg,

Wagenmakers Vallei (near Wellington)

11.5.1712

1:186 Rochefort, Pierre

and Gerrit Hanseret

Vlottenburg, Stellenbosch 10.1.1707

1:511 Rousseau, Pierre Vleesbank (to South of Hermon Station) 26.9.1704

2:126 Theron, Jacob Terhone, Waveren (probalby Le Rhon, near

Tulbagh)

30.8.1714

1:49 Villion, Francois Idas Vallei, Stellenbosch 2.9.1692 Given in 1682

Jean was only 18 years old when he arrived in the Cape and little is know about what he did upon arriving in the Cape.

Jean, more than likely, worked as a farm hand and learnt to farm around the Cape until 1694 when he was awarded the

farm ―Pamiet Vallei‖, which still exists today, and later, in 1704, he was awarded a farm which is now known as

"Knolle Vallei" in the Palmietrivier area near Paarl. He only received the title deed for the loan farms on 11 May

1712.40

The farm ―Palmiet Vallei‖ is now owned by Fred Uhlendorff who bought the farm in 1996. He set about restoring the

estate as it was relatively run down.

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Figure 12: Palmiet Valley farmhouse (2008)

Most of the buildings on the farm have been rebuilt and all that remains of the original farmhouse is a small piece of

wall which Jean would have build with his bear hands, along with several neighbours who helped each other with

building and preparing their fields.

Figure 13: A piece of the original farm house wall on Palmiet Valley (2009)

Jean married Sara Jacob in 1700 in the Drakenstein, and their son Jean was born on 09 September 1709. Jean died

some time after 1725. In 1730 Jean junior married Elsje Holman (The surname is sometimes documented as Hofman).

Elsje was a "Cape Dutch" woman who had slave blood. For nearly 40 years he held a loan farm called Bergfontein on

the Cape side of the Gouritz River and became so prosperous that at the time of Jean's death in 1779 his estate realized

nearly 6000 rixdollars. The size of their establishment can be judged by the fact that they had nine slaves, who fetched

1852 rixdollars at the sale.

These nine slaves were41

:

Aly van Sambara

Fortyn van Ceylon

Marius van de Kust

Antony van Madagaskar

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October van Mosambique

Maarz van Bougies

Adomis van de Caab

Truy van Bougies

Lea van de Caab

Jean and Elsje were stock-farmers too, as there are records of them renting other loan farms for grazing purposes.

Jean and Elsje's first son Johannes, who was born in 1731, married Christina Scheepers in 1752. Christina was a widow

with 5 children who was eight years his senior. They had 2 daughters and 3 sons. One of their sons was to become the

infamous Coenraad Du Buis. Coenraad's parents belonged to the congregation of "'t land van Waveren" but they

brought him to Cape Town to be christened in Cape Town on the 24th of October 1762. The sponsors, his godparents,

were Jean Las, an uncle by marriage, and Geertruy Minnie, his half-sister. Coenraad was named after Christina's father,

Coenraad Scheepers. At his christening he must have been at least a year old, as in July 1769 his age was given as 8

years old. He was probably born on the farm Wagensbooms River, beyond the Cogman's Kloof.

Part of his childhood was spent on his father's loan farm, de Eselsjagt, in the Upper Langkloof, but his father died in

1769 a poor man. His estate only realized 743 rixdollars; he had no slaves and only the barest necessities in the way of

household goods. In the same year Coenraad's favourite half-sister, Geertruy Minnie, married David Senekal and the

following year Coenracad's mother followed her example and married David's younger brother, Jacob Senekal.

Where Coenraad spent the rest of his childhoot is not known, but he certainly had a little schooling and learnt to write,

either from the usual itinerant schoolmaster, or from his mother.

At the age of 21, Coenraad was living with his godmother, Geertruy and her husband David Senekal in the Swellendam

district. He worked as a "knegt" (Foreman) for his brother-in-law for a half share of the butter, which David was to take

to Cape Town with his wagon and oxen. After six months he left and sued David for his share, but lost the case. He

appealed the case to the Council of Justice at the Cape, but the case was brought before the Landdrost again, and this

time David was ordered to take the butter to Cape Town at the first opportunity and to pay the costs.

After this little family dispute, Coenraad must have decided to follow his elder brother, Johannes' example and go

farming. He took on loan, for one year, the farm just left by Johannes, "de Brakke rivier, aan de Lange Cloof en over de

Attaquas Cloof". He was of age, and had probably received from the Orphan Chamber his share of his father's and his

grandfathers' estates.

The Orphan Chambers had existed in the different states of the Netherlands for some time and this Dutch Law was

extended to the territories of the Dutch East India Company. The Orphan Chamber (Weeskamer) was set up in 1673 and

functioned throughout the VOC period and into the early British period. During the British period, a form of the Orphan

Chamber continued under the jurisdiction of the High Court, but only to take care of orphans and no longer to

administer estates.

The end of the Company's rule was a period of trouble and strife between the free burghers and the officials at the Cape.

Memorials of complaints were drawn up and taken to Amsterdam by deputation, who was to lay them before the

Seventeen. It is certain that Coenraad took a keen interest in this controversy, because one of the points of the

Memorial of 1779, referred to his uncle Jacobus De Buys. The Memorial states that Jacobus van Staden and Jacobus

De Buys complained at the Cape to the Fiscal of the conduct of the Landdrost of Swellendam. The Fiscal had them

arrested promptly and placed in prison for a year, after which they were released without trial and without any

compensation for their loss of honour, goods and cattle. The memorialists added that to that day, no one knew what

their crime had been.

It appears that the Landdrost had written to the Cape, complaining that these two burghers had entered his house and

behaved in a very violent manner, having cursed, pushed and beaten him. De Buys even fired his gun at him. The

Fiscal had been instructed to investigate and to punish the offenders, who were taken into custody, as soon as possible.

Although Coenraad was only a child when his uncle was imprisoned in 1772, we may be sure that the subject was again

heatedly discussed in his family circle at the time of the Memorials (1779 - 1782). He had thus, no doubt, learnt his

lesson of dissatisfaction with, and opposition to authority by the time he followed his brother to the eastern frontier in

1785.42

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Coenraad De Buys – The First Transvaler - Agatha Elizabeth Schoeman (1938)


Less than 2 years later he joined relatives on the Bushmans River, engaged in illicit cattle-barter with the Xhosa from

1784, supplied timber for the building of the new Graaff-Reinet drostdy, and in 1790 had 3 farms registered in his

name: Brandwagt, De Driefonteinen and Boschfontein.

Coenraad had grown up to be (according to tradition) a giant of a man, powerfully built and exceptionally tall - almost

seven feet according to traveller M.H.C. Lichtenstein.

Figure 14: Coenraad De Buys' signature (25 May 1787 and 21 January 1788)


Figure 15: Coenraad De Buys - an artist‟s impression (Hazel Crampton)43

Figure 16: Coenraad De Buys - a rather funny caricature by Dr. Jack44

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The Sunburnt Queen – Hazel Crampton 44

The Renegade Route - Limpopo Living- Festival 2008/09 (Article: Chris Marais, Artwork: Dr Jack)


Coenraad did not contract a regular marriage before 1812 but, fairly early in his life, seems to have formed a liaison

with Maria van der Horst, a Coloured woman by whom he had at least eight children from 1782 to 1805. All of them

were baptized later when he was living in the district of Swellendam or George. Some of these children married whites

but little is known of them or their mother Maria. It is also not known when and if they remained with De Buys during

his subsequent wanderings.

Living on the Bushmans River De Buys soon quarrelled with the Xhosa of the Suurveld. He also forged the names of

signatories to a petition that he had materially altered, defaulted on his loan-farm rent in 1792, and clashed with the

landdrost of Graaff-Reinet, H.C.D. Maynier, under whom he and others refused, after 1789, to serve during the Second

Frontier War, a war which had, to a great extent, been provoked by the actions of De Buys and other irresponsible

people. The Xhosa in the Suurveld, the 'field-cornets' and, above all, Maynier himself accused him of being a turbulent

spirit stirring up strife on the frontier by his high-handed treatment of the non-whites.

When Maynier himself had been expelled in February 1795 and the short-lived separatist administration had been

established in Graaff-Reinet, De Buys, known for his strong Patriot and anti-Orange sentiments, was again persona

grata with the Graaff-Reinet burghers for a time as on 14 June 1796 he had volunteered, moreover, to help them by

controlling the Xhosa on the frontier. His strongly anti-British influence with the Xhosa was, however, one of the main

reasons why he was not included in the general amnesty of 12 September 1796, granted in Graaff-Reinet by the new

British government at the Cape. De Buys was ordered to leave the Colony and on 14 February 1798 a reward of 100 rix-

dollars was offered for him by the Governor, Earl Macartney. By adding political agitation to robbery and violence

among the Suurveld Xhosa he condemned himself to more than 6 years as an outlaw with the Xhosa beyond the Fish

River, for, despite various attempts to obtain his pardon, he kept to his expressed intention not to return as long as the

Colony was under British rule.

The Van Jaarsveld rebellion (21 January 1799) brought him back to the Colony for a short period (28 January 1799 to

20 February 1799), when he played a leading role in the plan to get the support of the Xhosa for the burghers. Sensing

the futility of this attempt at insurrection, De Buys attempted to obtain a pardon through the landdrost before returning

to Ngqika, in whose territory he must have heard of the fate of the rebel ringleaders and realized that there was no hope

of his being pardoned at that juncture. He seems to have spent much of 1799 in trying to get to the Portuguese East

Coast and, when this failed, he remained with the Tambookies (Thembu). Thus reports by both Boer and British leaders

that he planned to invade the Colony at the head of a Xhosa army can be discounted. Even Maynier states that De Buys

had no share in the Third Frontier War (1799-1802).

Figure 17: Dr Johannes Van der Kemp

By 20 September 1799 De Buys was back with Ngqika on the Tyume River (present day Alice), where he met and

befriended the London Missionary Society (L.M.S.) missionary Dr Johannes T. van der Kemp, with whom he

ultimately settled beyond the Keiskamma on land which Ngqika granted him to satisfy De Buys, who was strongly

influencing the young Rarabe chief at the time. It was also around this time that Coenraad hunting countless lions and

elephants‖. When a liaison developed between De Buys and Ngqika's mother, Yese, a most capable and highly

esteemed woman, this influence increased considerably. He never seems to have lived with her although he evidently

regarded himself as a modern patriarch, during his sojourn among the Xhosa. To his credit it must be said that he

remained a true friend to Van der Kemp, whom he delivered safely in the Colony on 27 April 1801, despite the


difficulties of a four months' trek via the Kei River and the Stormberg mountains. During their trip to Graaff Reinet they

were attacked by Bushmen several times and at least five of their party were killed. Van der Kemp nearly drowned

crossing a river, but Coenraad bravely saved him by grabbing his coat and lifting him out of the water. Van der Kemp

remained in Graaff Reinet to work among the many Khoikoi assembled there. De Buys himself returned for a time to

the Tambookies but was with Ngqika when the Batavian Republic took over the government of the Cape in March

1803.

Soon afterwards an anonymous memorandum, probably written by Maynier and submitted to the Batavian government,

referred to De Buys as 'the moving cause of all unpleasantness with the Kaffirs' on account of the cruelties perpetrated

by him on Bantu and Hottentots, and a man known to the Graaff-Reinet officials as a very troublesome character. But

on 8 April 1803 the new Governor, General J.W. Janssens, while on his way to the frontier, wrote to De Buys,

requesting his assistance in negotiating peace with the Suurveld Xhosa. After some hesitation he met the Governor at

Kookhuis, on the Fish River (15 June 1803), bringing with him papers to explain his conduct during the British period

and arranging shortly afterwards the historic meeting of Janssens with Ngqika at the Kat River (23 June 1803), at which

De Buys was present and when he acted as the interpreter.

Janssens was not impressed by De Buys's appearance and manner, but ordered him to return to the Colony with a few

White renegades who lived among the Xhosa. De Buys was pardoned and was given a farm, De Opkomst aan de

Kouga, in the lower Langkloof, in November 1803. After several delays, De Buys moved reluctantly to the Langkloof,

where the Commissioner-General, Jacob Abraham de Mist, and his party met him at Avontuur on 31 December 1803.

The man whom an associate had shortly before described to the government as 'an intriguer, without a single friend,

who had been a good-for-nothing since his earliest youth and had always been a firebrand and persecutor among

Christians as well as Blacks' impressed De Mist, who had a long discussion with him and remarked on his uncommon

height, the strength yet admirable proportion of his limbs, his excellent carriage and a certain modesty and reserve in

manner and conversation.

Figure 18: Machiel (De) Buys

For almost eleven years De Buys remained on De Opkomst with his numerous household, the members of which he

never returned in the official census until that of 1813, when he described his wife as a certain Elizabeth 'born in the

land of the Makina, beyond the Tamboekies', by whom he had had 2 sons, Gabriel and Michiel and whom he had

married at Swellendam on 7 December 1812. De Buys did not get on very well with his neighbours and, after his

evidence against Martha Ferreira, the accused in a criminal trial on 3 October 1812, and the general reaction to his

marriage he left the Colony in disgust. Martha was accused of abusing and murdering some of her mixed-blood

(―bastaard‖) servants.45

After living in the vicinity of what is now Beaufort-West in the Nuweveld, he and some non-whites, including members

of his own household, crossed the Orange River and proved a constant menace to mission work, especially at

Klaarwater (Griquatown), from where many reports about his raids reached the Colony. There is scarcely any evidence

that he returned to 'Kaffirland' or played any part in the Slagtersnek rebellion of 1815, as is sometimes assumed.

Attempts by the colonial authorities and Andries Stockenström, the landdrost of Graaff-Reinet, to apprehend him while

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Of Warriors, Lovers and Prophets – Max Du Preez


he was living among the Griquas, failed. De Buys and his followers had moved, by 1815, to the western Transvaal and

stayed in the north as the 'guest' of various chieftains like Moroka, Moletsane, Sekwati and Makaba. It is known that De

Buys lived among the Hurutshe at their old kraal Tshwenyane (at the Enzelsberg, Marico) after 1815 and was given the

sobriquet 'Môre' (his greeting to them in the morning).

During 1816 three slaves from a farm in the Sueewberg escaped to the Orange River. Andries Stockenström believed

that the plot had concerned more than just those three and that ―the slaves of field cornet [Andries Burger] and his

brother Schalk Burger had for some time back been planning such a scheme, proposed by one of those now absent, who

had been enticed thereto by some Bastards who had visited Graaff-Reinet, with a party of missionaries some time

before, and had promised him safe retreat where he never again would be found; but the remainder not being able to

procure horses, were left behind, as the principals fearing that their plot would be discovered, could wait no longer.‖

These Bastards who offered safe retreat to the slaves would more than likely have been Coenraad and his family who

would have visited Graaff-Reinet around this time.

At the same time, Stockenström believed that there were several other slaves who had escaped from the colony and who

had been planning to join the Tswana, but found that the latter were so exasperated by the raids of Coenraad De Buys

and other fugitives from the colony that they would not accept any escaped slaves into their ranks. Stockenström

therefore allowed three burghers to go to the Griquas to recover these slaves, and wrote to the missionary at Griqua

Town, William Anderson, to persuade him to return the slaves to them.

In the event, they had little success. One of the slaves who had escaped from Andries Burger later achieved a certain

amount of fame. Indeed, he was one of the two runaways to the north, of whom a certain amount is known. His name

was Joseph Arend and he was later to become Robert Moffat's first convert. He had been born at the Cape in about 1781

and trained as a builder and thatcher, after the manner of the Cape interior. By his mid-thirties, Andries Burger allowed

him a certain amount of independence. For instance, he was hired out as a servant to John Campbell during his first

itineration through the South African mission field. The relative independence of a skilled tradesman, partially at least

the master of his own time, could not easily be reconciled with the discipline a slave-owner wished to impose on his

property. It was, he later recalled, 'severe treatment from his master [that] had determined him to abscond beyond the

limits of the colony'. He described it as a harrowing experience:

―He was two months on the journey from his master's house, north of Graaff Reynet (Graaff Reinet), till he

reached the Great Orange River, seventeen days of which he lived on the bark of mimosa tree. His strength

was so reduced by hunger that he could only proceed very slowly. On the 17th day, he thought he must have

died had he not shot a Guinea fowl. On reaching a Coranna kraal, on the Great River, he was so exhausted that

for eleven days he was hardly able to move from the spot on which he lay down. The Corannas trented him

kindly, and he remained with them six months.‖

At this stage, living in all probability on the middle reaches of the Orange, around modern Bethulie, Arend was out of

reach of organized Griqua power, as the Griquas did not move to Philippolis for another decade. Nevertheless, when he

heard that the Griquas had sent three escaped slaves back to the colony, he decided to make sure he remained out of

their grasp. Moreover, he had evidently stolen a gun and probably, despite his description of the journey, a horse -

something that Campbell with his evangelical rectitude did not mention - and preferred to make better use of it, and his

various skills, than was possible in the precarious, uncertain and essentially poverty-stricken life of the IKora. Perhaps,

in addition, he had already met Coenraad De Buys, the giant Afrikaner frontier man who at this time was moving north

from the Lang Kloof to Transorangia with the clan he had himself propagated. This was largely because, it would seem,

his trading activities with the Xhosa had gone sour on him, as the customers to whom he had given goods on credit had

reneged on him and his Cape Town backers were now dunning him. At all events, the two, Joseph Arend and Coenraad

De Buys, with the latter's adherents, formed a formidable partnership in the dangerous business of interior elephant

hunting, trading and raiding. Arend was soon able to amass a considerable quantity of ivory, but because neither he nor

Buys could sell directly to the colony, they made an abortive attempt to open up trade links with Delagoa Bay

(Maputo). Arend, with his stock of ivory and cattle, settled down near the new mission station of Kuruman.

Unlike many of the runaways, Arend had not rejected all aspects of colonial culture. Rather he wished to gain full

acceptance into it - a far-sighted decision with his progeny in mind. That and no doubt a genuine religious calling - for

there were few whose evidences of conversion satisfied the fastidious Moffat, the strictest of all missionaries in this

regard - led him first to build the mission house and church in Kuruman and then to be received into the church as

Moffat's first full convert. But his 'owner' was also to be satisfied. Through the mediation of the traveler George

Thompson, Arend used some of the ivory he had collected to buy himself free, for 1,500 Rixdollars. Within the orbit of


colonial South Africa, even far beyond its borders, property rights still had to be respected even by those men and

women who were the property.46

Travelling northwards, Coenraad was perhaps the first white man, after the ill-fated expedition of Cowan and Donovan

in 1809, to see the Limpopo River. Dr Alexander Cowan and Lieutenant E.D. Donovan led an expedition in 1808 to

spy out the trade route north of Dithakong and down the Limpopo valley to Delagoa Bay. Cowan and Donovan perished

on the Limpopo in the country of the Laka of chief Mapela, a group of "Tebele" traders and raiders living in the hill-

forts of the Waterberg mountains south-east of present Martin's Drift. It is believed that they died of malarial fever-

hardly surprising as it was now the wet summer period of 1808-1809. One story claims that they were deliberately

drowned, thrown into the raging Limpopo river with their wagons, because a Laka rain-doctor claimed that the rotating

wagon-wheels were tokens of witchcraft which would stop the rain. The horses of the intruders were eaten, and found to

be rather disgusting, just like zebra meat.

Remains of Cowan and Donovan's expedition are said to have been found along the Limpopo River in the 1850‘s -

including regimental buttons of the 83rd regiment of the British Army (from Donovan's tunic), pocket knives and "other

trifles"47

In about 1821, while trekking eastwards along the river, his wife died of fever. It is said, De Buys, grief-stricken,

addressed his family and left that night, never to be seen again. It is possible that he succumbed to fever while on trek in

the wilderness, probably in the direction of Inhambane.

The descendants that he left in the Soutpansberg when he disappeared included not only the two sons of Elizabeth, his

Tambookie wife, but others, of whom four sons are known. Doris Buys, another son, is mentioned by Louis Tregardt

and assisted Andries Hendrik Potgieter in 1846 in his attack on the Pedi, east of the Olifants River. These descendants

became the 'Buysvolk' (Buys People). The eldest, Gabriel, took a message for Louis Tregardt to Lourenço Marques and

others rendered valuable service as wagon-drivers and assistants. The 'Buysvolk' or 'Buys-Basters' to this day inhabit the

settlement of Mara-Buys and its surrounding area, thirty miles west of the town of Louis Trichardt, which was formed

after 1885 on land granted to the Buys descendants in perpetual quitrent by President Paul Kruger of the Transvaal

Republic.48

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Cape of Torments – Slavery and Resistance in South Africa – Robert Ross 47

Makgowa, Mahaletsela, and Maburu: traders and travellers before c.1820 - PULA Journal of African Studies, vol. 11, no. 1 (1997) - Neil Parsons 48

Ancestry24: Coenraad Du Buis

http://www.ancestry24.co.za


Ballade van Coenraad Buys

Figure 19: Cover of "Alien Inboorling" by Rian Malan

My naam is Coenraad Buys. Ek kom van Swellendam

Die Britte wil my beetkry en by die nek ophang

Beskuldig my van diefstal. Opstook en hoogverraad

Ek wil die Xhosa aan die gang kry en die Britte huis toe jaag

Hulle sê ek is 'n skelm. Veedief en moordenaar

Ek sal dit liewer so stel: Ek's half-mens, half-maanhaar

Pasop vir jou osse en jou dogtertjies so ryp

As ek vir jou goed lus is sal ek dit alles net so gryp

Ek konkel met die Xhosa, ek trou hul koningin

Vat vir my 'n Boesmanvrou en 'n weghol Kaap-slawin

Sestien donker virgins, vyftien duisend vee

Ek toring oor die landskap, ek lewe soos 'n leeu

En weet jy wat? Ek like dit so, om sonder wet te leef

Sonder stink van huigelaars wat na mag en rykdom streef

Xhosa vra my oor Empire, oor Kerk en Kompanje

Ek sê daadie ouens ken ek en hulle vertrou ek nie

Die Kaap maak my swartgallig, allie reëls en akkerbou

Elke Sondag kerk toe. G'n plek vir donker vrou

Ek sukkel daar met asemhaal. Iets binne my gaan dood

Ek laai my wa vol kruit Vat koors na die verre noord


Vyftien jaar, vyftien jaar trek ons die vreemde in

Ek en my Basterkinders, die vroue wat ek bemin

Ons volg die olifante, ons volg die awendster

Op soek na Jerusalem maar die Nyl lê te ver

Daar êrens in die noorde tref ons 'n bose pes

Daar val my donker liefling, my beste swart prinses

Ek wou nie langer leef nie met 'n hart wat so seer pyn

Ek't my mense tot siens gesê en innie nag verdwyn

Hoog innie lug sweef ‗n valk op die wind verby

Verdwyn innie mis bo kranse waar daar drakens bly

Nou woon ek innie wolke ver bo die Soutpansberg

En watch hoe ouens daaronder hulself oor my vererg

Ek was ver die voorste trekker, maar die volk sê ek is sleg

Weens lus vir donker vroue en verwerping van die reg

So die volk het my begrawe terwyl liberals hande klap

Hulle's ook bang dat Coenraad Buys uit vergetelheid ontsnap

Ek lag lekker op my wolkie , my vroue saam met my

Ek weet presies wie ek is, maar sê my - wie is jy?

En laastens wil ek dankie sê vir elk sonsondergang

Vir 'n land wat wyd en oop was, en ek vry innie groot eensaam

Vir die sagte vel van vroue, en wind wat wolke ja

My naam is Coenraad Buys, ek kom van Afrika

South African artist Rian Malan performed ―Ballade vir Coenraad Buys‖ and released the track on his album ―Alien

Inboorling‖ which was released in 2005. One of my favourite pieces of text from an e-mail Rian sent is ―It pains me that

we weren't taught about him in school. What a role model!‖. ―Alien Inboorling‖ is distributed by SONY/BMG.


Buyskop

Figure 20: Map of present day South Africa showing Buyskop

Buyskop is situated approximately four miles North of Warmbaths in the foothills of the Soutpansberg mountains and is

approximately 11000 hectares. The Buys people who live there have been confronted with successive political

dispensations over the years. Having over decades developed autonomous structures and procedures of local

governance, the ‗fit‘ with the pre-1994 South African government was as comfortable as it was unacceptable to the new

post-1994 democracy. Still, their history of interaction and intermarriage with surrounding communities has shaped

perceptions of phenotypical and genotypical singularity. This has resulted in strategies to articulate their autochthony in

order to define their ethnicity and to develop a kind of ‗moral geography‘, their model of space, of their land.

The area is a well known and historical summit. Buyskop was used as a halfway house during the Republican days for

the mail coach that travelled between Pretoria and Pietersburg, providing travellers with fresh horses and possibly a

place to rest. The mountain was also found to contain a sandstone formation. This stone was mined and used for the

erection of a portion of Pretoria's Union Buildings. Sir Herbert Baker was the architect of the 275m long Union

Building, which is the Residence of the South African Presidency and government.

Figure 21: Union Building, Pretoria, South Africa


The Buyskop mountain has an interesting history and owes it's name to a Coenraad De Buys who was forced to flee the

Cape Colony at the beginning of the 19th Century. He fled north with his two sons Machiel and Gabriel and a number

of natives as bodyguards.

Tradition relates that they incurred the wrath of a number of local tribesmen in the area and were driven to the mountain

and encircled. The natives tried to get them to surrender by thirst, eight days later Coenraad De Buys made his

appearance and dumbfounded the natives who ware expecting surrender, by swinging a skin of water over the top of the

mountain and declaring that he had certain higher powers on his side that enabled him to get water on the dry mountain

top. Terrified by this state of affairs the natives decided to cease hostilities and put an end to the seige on Buyskop.

Figure 22: President Paul Kruger around 1888

In 1888 President Paul Kruger granted this exclusive tract of land to the ―Buys‖ family for services rendered to the

Transvaal Republic. Three of the nine offspring of Coenraad and the niece of the great Matabele king, Mzilikazi, the

brothers Michael, Gabriël and Doris, played a decisive role, not only in the establishment of Buysdorp and the early

dynamics of the region, but were eventually instrumental in the development of a value system of exclusivity despite a

lifetime of intensive involvement with other people in the area.

Buysdorp (‗Buys Town‘) is in many ways a misnomer because it has a distinctly rural character, with homesteads and

smallholdings scattered over 11000 hectares to the extent that many are not within sight of each other. The tract of land

comprises four farms, Buishoek, Buysdorp, Buisplaas and Mara. The Buys ‗family‘ (as they refer to themselves and this

includes the extended family of Buys descendants plus affines) have allocated themselves 260 allotments of 100 x 200

metres each on three of these farms, the fourth being leased to an ‗outside‘ farmer. The plots are for building a house

on, and for cultivation – water for irrigation is obtained from perennial streams (now piped) fed by fountains in the

towering Soutpansberg (‗Salt Pan Mountain‘, named for a salt pan to the west of its extremity). The residents also have

access to communal grazing and may rent additional land for cultivation. Die Plaas (‗The Farm‘ as it is referred to by

the locals) includes both the mountainous, fairly high rainfall area of lush trees and bush, and sprawling sweetveld

plains offering grazing for livestock.49

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Identify Politics and the Politics of Identity: An Exclusive Hybrid Community Negotiates Ethnicity, Place and Contemporary South African

Realities - Michael de Jongh, University Of South Africa.

http://www.emich.edu/coer/Journal/de_Jongh.html


The DE BUYS Family

From one De Bus who landed in South Africa a large, diverse family grew. The De Buys name has become part of

South Africa‘s unwritten history.

First Generation

1.1. Jean DE BUS was born about 1615 in Calais, Pas-De-Calais, France and died.

Jean married Marie BOCQUET.

Marie was born on October 6th, 1618 in Wormhout,59470,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France and died.

The two children of this family are:-

1. Jean DE BUS born May 13th, 1642 in Wormhout,59470,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France and died

Aug 15th, 1670 in Guines, Pas-De-Calais, France.

2. Marie DE BUS born ~1643.

Second Generation

2.1. Jean DE BUS was born on May 13th, 1642 in Wormhout,59470,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France and died

on August 15th, 1670 in Guines, Pas-De-Calais, France.

Jean married Isabeau DE LA BECQUE on December 26th, 1669 in Marcq, Pas-De-Calais, France in a

religious ceremony witnessed by Jean de Croix and Judith de le Becques (her sister). Isabeau was born about

1648 in Guines, Pas-De-Calais, France and died on December 30th, 1679.

It is unlikely that Jean and Isabeau had more than one child as Jean (their son) was born 1 month after Jean senior

passed away after only 8 months of marriage.

The son of this family is:-

1. Jean DE BUIS born Sep 6th, 1670 in Guines, Calais, France and died >1725 in Drakenstein, Cape

Province, South Africa.

2.2. Marie DE BUS was born about 1643 and died.

Marie married François FEMERY.

François was born on September 23rd, 1643 and died.

Third Generation

3.1. Jean DE BUIS was born on September 6th, 1670 in Guines, Calais, France and his christening took place

there on September 14th, 1670. He died after 1725 in Drakenstein, Cape Province, South Africa.

Jean was the "Stamvader" (progenitor) of the DE BUYS/BUYS surname in South Africa.

Jean, who had been living in Calais, France in 1686, arrived in the Cape as a refugee on The Oosterlandt, which left

Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands on the 29th January 1688, and reached Table Bay on the 26th April, 1688, after a

most successful voyage of two months and ten days.

The ship was a Dutch VOC ship and was a much larger built ship than the Voorschooten, measuring one hundred

and sixty feet. She brought out twenty-four refugees. One of then was Jacques de Savoye of Aeth, a wealthy merchant.

Jean Prier du Plessis of Poitiers, who had practised as a surgeon, and Isaac Taillefert of Chateau Thierry, a hat-

maker, were also on board; they all brought out their wives and children.

Jean, however, seems to have travelled alone, without his mother, siblings, a wife or children.

The Oosterland sunk off Cape Town, South Africa in 1697. The wreck was discovered in 1988.

Several years after landing in the Cape Jean was awarded a farm "Palmiet Valleij" in 1694. The farm still exists


today and is in the Paarl area. In 1712 he was given the farm "Knolle Vallei" in the Drakenstein district.

Jean's occupation was an agriculturist.

Jean married Sara JACOB about 1700 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa in a religious ceremony. Sara was

born on October 7th, 1677 in Vieille Eglise, near Calais, France and her christening took place on October

31st, 1677 in Guines, Calais, France. She died after 1701.

The four children of this family are:-

1. Sara DU BUIS born ~Nov 11th, 1701 and died ~1766 in Simondium, Stellenbosch.

2. Marie DU BUIS born Oct 4th, 1704 and died ~1741 in Cape, South Africa.

3. Jean DU BUIS born Sep 9th, 1709 and died Nov 1779.

4. Jacob DU BUIS born Mar 13th, 1712 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa.

Fourth Generation

4.1. Sara DU BUIS was born about November 11th, 1701 and her christening took place on November 11th,

1701 in Simondium Church, Paarl. She died about 1766 in Simondium, Stellenbosch.

Sara married Pieter SWART on June 15th, 1721 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa in a religious ceremony.

Pieter was born in 1701 in Netherlands and died before August 22nd, 1756 in Uilenkraal, Bredasdorp.

The nine children of this family are:-

1. Johannes SWART born Mar 13th, 1722 in Cape Colony and died ~1780 in Cape Colony.

2. Margaretha (Martha) SWART born Dec 10th, 1723.

3. Pieter SWART born May 14th, 1726 and died Aug 1st, 1802.

4. Sara Johanna SWART born Sep 11th, 1728 and died Aug 6th, 1770.

5. Maria Elizabeth SWART born Jul 7th, 1731.

6. Cornelia SWART born Sep 30th, 1733 and died ~1774.

7. Jacobus Johannes SWART born Mar 24th, 1736.

8. Susanna Hermina SWART born Aug 25th, 1738 and died Aug 28th, 1821 in Cape, South Africa.

9. Daniel Andries SWART born Jan 24th, 1741.

4.2. Marie DU BUIS was born on October 4th, 1704 and her christening took place on October 4th, 1704 in

Palmietrivier, Paarl, Cape Town. She died about 1741 in Cape, South Africa.

It's more than likely that Marie died while giving birth to Susanna Elisabeth, her 5th child.

Marie married Cornelis VAN LEEUWEN in 1725 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa in a religious

ceremony. Cornelis was born about 1700 in Holland and died.

The five children of this family are:-

1. Geertruyd VAN LEEUWEN born Feb 24th, 1726.

2. Hendrik VAN LEEUWEN born Sep 11th, 1729.

3. Sara Johanna VAN LEEUWEN born Feb 15th, 1733 in Stellenbosch.

4. Maria Elizabeth VAN LEEUWEN born Mar 30th, 1738.

5. Susanna Elisabeth VAN LEEUWEN born Aug 20th, 1741.

4.3. Jean DU BUIS was born on September 9th, 1709 and his baptism took place on September 22nd, 1709 in

Drakenstein. He died in November 1779.

Jean married Louisa (Elsie/Esjie) HOLMAN on October 8th, 1730 in Paarl, Cape of Good Hope, South

Africa in a religious ceremony. Elsie/Esjie was born on November 16th, 1710 in Swellendam, Cape of Good

Hope, South Africa. and her baptism took place on December 16th, 1710 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa.

The seven children of this family are:-


1. Johannes (Jean) DU BUIS born Jan 1st, 1731 in Cape Province , South Africa and died ~Sep 1769 in

Eseljagt, Upper Langkloof.

2. Sara DU BUIS born ~Dec 7th, 1732 and died Aug 5th, 1766 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

3. Jacobus DU BUIS born May 1737 in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. and died Nov

22nd, 1826 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

4. Maria DU BUIS born ~Aug 20th, 1741.

5. DU BUIS born ~Aug 20th, 1741.

6. Maria Elisabeth DU BUIS born ~May 19th, 1743 and died Oct 14th, 1773.

7. Susanna Johanna DU BUIS born ~Feb 20th, 1746 and died Jan 26th, 1825 in Stellenbosch.

4.4. Jacob DU BUIS was born on March 13th, 1712 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa and his christening took place

on March 13th, 1712 in Paarl, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Jacob married Maria WEKSTEEN on February 26th, 1736 in Cape, South Africa in a religious ceremony.

Maria was born about 1716 in Paarl, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa and died.

The daughter of this family is:-

1. Catharina DU BUIS born ~Dec 26th, 1736.

Fifth Generation

5.1. Johannes SWART was born on March 13th, 1722 in Cape Colony and his christening took place on March

13th, 1722. He died about 1780 in Cape Colony.

Johannes married Elsabe JANSEN on July 19th, 1750 in Cape Colony in a religious ceremony. Elsabe was

born about 1727 in Cape Colony and died after 1770 in Cape Colony.


1. Petrus SWART born 1753 in Cape Colony.

5.2. Margaretha (Martha) SWART , known as Martha, was born on December 10th, 1723 and her christening

took place on January 23rd, 1724.

Martha married Pieter WIESE on October 23rd, 1740 in a religious ceremony. Pieter was born about 1718

and his christening took place on March 6th, 1718.

5.3. Pieter SWART was born on May 14th, 1726 and died on August 1st, 1802.

Pieter first married Maria Catharina BURY on December 28th, 1751 in a religious ceremony. Maria was

born about 1734 and her christening took place on July 11th, 1734. She died on October 25th, 1764.


1. Petrus Gerhardus SWART born Jun 7th, 1753 and died <Jun 7th, 1763.

2. Johannes Nicolaas SWART

3. Jacobus SWART

4. Daniel Johannes SWART

5. Catharina Johanna SWART

6. Sara Johanna SWART

7. Hendrik Andries SWART

Pieter next married Jacoba Margaretha SWART on December 2nd, 1766 in a religious ceremony. Jacoba

was born on July 1st, 1749 and her christening took place on December 28th, 1749. She died on September

9th, 1826 in Swellendam, Cape, South Africa.

The eight children of this family are:-

1. Dirk Hermanus SWART born Sep 22nd, 1772 and died <Sep 22nd, 1782.

2. Jacoba Catharina SWART born Aug 27th, 1782.


3. Nicolaas SWART

4. Elizabeth Helena SWART

5. Pieter SWART

6. Johannes (Jan) Cornelius SWART

7. Nicolaas Barend SWART

8. Gerhardus Paulus SWART

5.4. Sara Johanna SWART was born on September 11th, 1728 and died on August 6th, 1770.

Sara married Hendrik GELDENHUYS on July 26th, 1750 in a religious ceremony. Hendrik was born about

1717 and his christening took place on July 12th, 1717.

5.5. Maria Elizabeth SWART was born on July 7th, 1731 and died.

Maria first married Hermanus PIETERSE on October 27th, 1748 in a religious ceremony. Hermanus was

born about 1717 and his christening took place on September 19th, 1717.


1. Pieter Johannes PIETERSE

2. Bernardus Jacobus PIETERSE

Maria next married Johannes Gideon DE WEGE on March 12th, 1780 in a religious ceremony. Johannes

was born about 1750 and his christening took place on November 8th, 1750.

Maria next married Casparus BESTER.

Casparus was born about 1756 and his christening took place on March 14th, 1756.

5.6. Cornelia SWART was born on September 30th, 1733 and died about 1774.

Cornelia married Hans Jacob BRITS on April 4th, 1751 in a religious ceremony. Hans was born about 1726

and his christening took place on July 21st, 1726.

5.7. Jacobus Johannes SWART was born on March 24th, 1736 and his christening took place on July 22nd,

1736.

Jacobus first married Lavina Catharina APPEL on April 16th, 1759 in a religious ceremony. Lavina was

born about 1742 and her christening took place on November 4th, 1742 in Stellenbosch.


1. Adriana (Johanna) SWART

2. Petrus SWART


4. Jacobus Johannes SWART

Jacobus next married Anna Elizabeth HUMAN on September 30th, 1770 in a religious ceremony.

5.8. Susanna Hermina SWART was born on August 25th, 1738 and her christening took place on November

16th, 1738. She died on August 28th, 1821 in Cape, South Africa.

Susanna married Dirk Cornelius UYS on April 18th, 1756 in a religious ceremony. Dirk was born on March

19th, 1734 in Cape, South Africa and his christening took place on March 19th, 1734 in Stellenbosch. He

died on February 9th, 1802 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa.

5.9. Daniel Andries SWART was born on January 24th, 1741 and his christening took place on February 19th,

1741.


Daniel first married Elsie BOTHA on September 11th, 1768 in a religious ceremony. Elsie was born about

1752 and her christening took place on January 18th, 1752.


1. Petrus Jacobus SWART born ~1771.

2. Petrus Jacobus SWART born ~1773.

3. Daniel Andries SWART born ~1774.

4. Maria Catharina SWART born ~1789.

5. Catharina Maria SWART

6. Jacobus Johannes SWART

7. Dirk Cornelis SWART


Daniel next married Maria Catharina CORDIER.

Maria was born on October 12th, 1755 in Bredasdorp, Cape of Good Hope and her christening took place on

October 12th, 1755.


1. Daniel Andries SWART

2. Elsabe Susanna SWART

5.10. Geertruyd VAN LEEUWEN was born on February 24th, 1726 and her christening took place on April 24th,

1726 in Cape Colony.

5.11. Hendrik VAN LEEUWEN was born on September 11th, 1729 and his christening took place on September

11th, 1729 in Cape Colony.

5.12. Sara Johanna VAN LEEUWEN was born on February 15th, 1733 in Stellenbosch and her christening took

place on February 15th, 1733 in Cape Colony.

Sara married Lucas Jansen VAN VUUREN on September 17th, 1747 in Tulbagh, Cape, South Africa in a

religious ceremony. Lucas was born on July 30th, 1724 in Cape Colony and his christening took place on

July 30th, 1724 in Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

The six children of this family are:-

1. Maria Elisabeth VAN VUUREN born 1749 and died Jul 22nd, 1799.

2. Lucas Cornelis VAN VUUREN born 1754.

3. Johanna Catharina VAN VUUREN born 1760.

4. Daniel VAN VUUREN born ~1760.

5. Susanna Magdalena VAN VUUREN born 1763.

6. Stephanus Petrus VAN VUUREN born 1766.

5.13. Maria Elizabeth VAN LEEUWEN was born on March 30th, 1738 and her christening took place on March

30th, 1738 in Cape Colony.

5.14. Susanna Elisabeth VAN LEEUWEN was born on August 20th, 1741 and her christening took place on

August 20th, 1744 in Cape Colony.

Susanna married Gerrit SCHEEPERS on May 9th, 1762 in Tulbagh, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa in a

religious ceremony. Gerrit was born on November 7th, 1734 in Paarl, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa and

his christening took place on November 7th, 1734 in Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

5.15. Johannes (Jean) DU BUIS , known as Jean, was born on January 1st, 1731 in Cape Province , South Africa

and his christening took place on April 1st, 1731 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Jan owned the farm De Ezeljacht in the Langkloof area.


He died about September 1769 in Eseljagt, Upper Langkloof.

Jan died suddenly after having severe abdominal pains and convulsions. His son, Coenraad, believed that his mother

poisoned his father.

Rumours where also spread that Christina murdered her first husband too.

Jean married Christina SCHEEPERS on January 9th, 1752 in Tulbagh, South Africa in a religious ceremony.

Christina was born on December 5th, 1723 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa and her christening took place

there on December 5th, 1723.


1. Johannes DU BUIS born 1754 and died Nov 14th, 1840 in Ezeljachts, George, Cape Province, South

Africa.

2. Christina Elizabeth DU BUIS born ~Feb 11th, 1755 and died Dec 5th, 1842 in Paardeberg,

Stellenbosch.

3. Elizabeth (Elsje) DU BUIS born ~Jun 13th, 1756 and died ~1828.

4. Coenraad (Kgowe) DE BUYS born 1761 in Wagenboomrivier, Montagu and died >1822 in

Portuguese East Africa.

5. Fredrik Petrus DU BUIS born ~1765 in Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died Aug

12th, 1838 in Gauritz River, South Africa.

5.16. Sara DU BUIS was born about December 7th, 1732 and her baptism took place on December 7th, 1732.

She died on August 5th, 1766 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Sara married Johannes Bernardus LAAS.

Johannes was born about 1728 in Swellendam, Cape, South Africa and died.


1. Johannes Jacobus LAS born ~1761.

5.17. Jacobus DU BUIS was born in May 1737 in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. and his

baptism took place on November 17th, 1737 in Swellendam, Cape, South Africa. He died on November

22nd, 1826 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Jacobus married Catharina PIENAAR on May 5th, 1759 in Swellendam, Cape, South Africa in a religious

ceremony. Catharina was born about 1743 and her christening took place on August 11th, 1743 in

Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa.

5.18. Maria DU BUIS was born about August 20th, 1741 and her baptism took place on August 20th, 1741.

Maria married Johann Friedrich PEENS.

Johann was born in 1730 in Eisenach and died on February 3rd, 1777.

5.19. DU BUIS , known as Pieter, was born about August 20th, 1741 and his christening took place on August

20th, 1741. General Notes: GISA records indicate that Pieter was not legally married, had various "wives" and lived in the George

area. In 1790 he was a fairly well off farmer. Peiter was listed as a member of the Church at George 18/10/1815.

His children were all baptised much later in life.

First Pieter and <Unknown> were once in a long term relationship.

The daughter of this relationship is:-

1. Christina Magdalena Johanna DE BUYS born ~1794 in Tulbagh, Cape Of Good Hope.

Next Pieter and Elizabeth VAN DER KAAP were in a committed relationship

Next Pieter and Maria Elizabeth OELOFSE were in a committed relationship


Maria was born about 1746 and her baptism took place on September 4th, 1746 in Paarl.

Next Pieter and Maria VAN STADEN were in a committed relationship


1. Maria Magdalena DE BUYS born ~1764.

5.20. Maria Elisabeth DU BUIS was born about May 19th, 1743 and her baptism took place on May 19th, 1743.

She died on October 14th, 1773.

It's interesting to note that Maria and her husband, Johannes, died on same day. Unfortunately the cause of death is not

known.

Maria married Johannes Frederik VAN RENSBURG on May 6th, 1759 in Stellenbosch in a religious

ceremony. Johannes was born about June 17th, 1736 and died on October 14th, 1773.

5.21. Susanna Johanna DU BUIS was born about February 20th, 1746 and her baptism took place on February

20th, 1746. She died on January 26th, 1825 in Stellenbosch.

Susanna first married Hermanus Barend VAN DER SCHYFF on May 6th, 1764 in Cape of Good Hope,

South Africa in a religious ceremony. Hermanus was born about 1742 in Swellendam, Cape, South Africa

and died.

Susanna next married J. W. MULLER on April 1st, 1792 in a religious ceremony. J. was born about 1742 in

Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. and died.

5.22. Catharina DU BUIS was born about December 26th, 1736 and her baptism took place on December 26th,

1736.

Sixth Generation

6.1. Petrus SWART was born in 1753 in Cape Colony and her baptism took place there on February 25th, 1753.

6.2. Petrus Gerhardus SWART was born on June 7th, 1753 and his christening took place on July 15th, 1753.

He died before June 7th, 1763. Death Notes: He died as a child.

6.3. Johannes Nicolaas SWART

6.4. Jacobus SWART

6.5. Daniel Johannes SWART

6.6. Catharina Johanna SWART

6.7. Sara Johanna SWART

6.8. Hendrik Andries SWART

6.9. Dirk Hermanus SWART was born on September 22nd, 1772 and died before September 22nd, 1782.

6.10. Jacoba Catharina SWART was born on August 27th, 1782 and her christening took place on November

17th, 1782.

6.11. Nicolaas SWART


6.12. Elizabeth Helena SWART

6.13. Pieter SWART

6.14. Johannes (Jan) Cornelius SWART , known as Jan,

6.15. Nicolaas Barend SWART

6.16. Gerhardus Paulus SWART

6.17. Pieter Johannes PIETERSE

6.18. Bernardus Jacobus PIETERSE

6.19. Adriana (Johanna) SWART , known as Johanna,

6.20. Petrus SWART


6.22. Jacobus Johannes SWART

6.23. Petrus Jacobus SWART was born about 1771 and his christening took place on March 24th, 1771.

6.24. Petrus Jacobus SWART was born about 1773 and his christening took place on May 2nd, 1773.

6.25. Daniel Andries SWART was born about 1774 and his christening took place on March 13th, 1774 in

Tulbagh, Cape, South Africa.

6.26. Maria Catharina SWART was born about 1789 and her christening took place on October 18th, 1789.

6.27. Catharina Maria SWART

6.28. Jacobus Johannes SWART

6.29. Dirk Cornelis SWART


6.31. Daniel Andries SWART

6.32. Elsabe Susanna SWART

6.33. Maria Elisabeth VAN VUUREN was born in 1749 and her christening took place on July 6th, 1749. She

died on July 22nd, 1799.

6.34. Lucas Cornelis VAN VUUREN was born in 1754 and his christening took place on February 15th, 1754.

Lucas married Johanna Sophia CAMPHER on March 21st, 1773 in a religious ceremony. Johanna was born

in 1758 and her christening took place on March 26th, 1758.


1. Anna Elizabeth JANSE VAN VUUREN born 1775.


6.35. Johanna Catharina VAN VUUREN was born in 1760 and her christening took place on December 25th,

1760.

6.36. Daniel VAN VUUREN was born about 1760 and died.

6.37. Susanna Magdalena VAN VUUREN was born in 1763 and her christening took place on April 2nd, 1763.

6.38. Stephanus Petrus VAN VUUREN was born in 1766 and his christening took place on March 23rd, 1766.

6.39. Johannes DU BUIS was born in 1754 and his baptism took place on February 3rd, 1754 in Swellendam,

Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.. He died on November 14th, 1840 in Ezeljachts, George, Cape Province,

South Africa.

Johannes' will which was drawn up on the 30th of November 1826 and is housed at the National Archives in Cape Town,

shows that he did not have many posessions (it states that his estate was worth less than 40 Pounds) and was in debt

to his three sons-in-law to about 1000 Pounds.

Johannes married Maria PIENAAR on November 20th, 1774 in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South

Africa. in a religious ceremony. Maria was born about 1753 and her christening took place on January 21st,

1753 in Drakenstein, Cape, Cape, South Africa.

The three children of this family are:-

1. Christina Catharina DU BUIS born 1776.

2. Johanna Elizabeth DU BUIS born 1778 in Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died

>1820.

3. Maria DU BUIS born ~Oct 17th, 1779.

6.40. Christina Elizabeth DU BUIS was born about February 11th, 1755 and her baptism took place on February

11th, 1755 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa. She died on December 5th, 1842 in Paardeberg,

Stellenbosch.

Christina submitted a will in Cape Town in 1838.

Christina married Gerhardus (Gerrit) SCHOLTZ on July 15th, 1789 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa in a

religious ceremony.

Gerrit was born about March 17th, 1765 in Stellenbosch and died.

6.41. Elizabeth (Elsje) DU BUIS , known as Elsje, was born about June 13th, 1756 and her baptism took place on

June 13th, 1756 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa. She died about 1828.

Elsje first married Johann Christian MANGELSDORF on December 25th, 1776 in a religious ceremony.

Johann was born about 1749 in Maagdeburg, Preussen and his christening took place about 1750 in

Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Elsje next married Johann Wilhelm STEUDLE on June 13th, 1779 in a religious ceremony. Johann was born

about 1727 in Backnang, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg and his christening took place there about 1747.

Elsje next married Johann Wilhelm Friedrich SCHMIDT on December 21st, 1794 in a religious ceremony.

Johann was born in Stuttgart, Germany and died on March 3rd, 1822.

Hugenot museum gives wedding date as 11/12/1794

6.42. Coenraad (Kgowe) DE BUYS , known as Kgowe, was born in 1761 in Wagenboomrivier, Montagu and his

baptism took place on October 24th, 1762 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa. He died after 1822 in

Portuguese East Africa.


After his favourite wife died of Yellow Fever he told his children that he was going and that they must stay there and not

follow him, that night Coenraad left and was never seen again.

By this time Coenraad was suffering quite badly with rheumatoid arthritis and had suffered a stroke which left his

speach difficult and his left side of his body paralized.

Death from malaria is highly likely.

Coenraad is said to have sired 315 mixed-race children by a variety of black and Khoisan wives and had over 3000

grandchildren.

At age 22, he had a loan farm near Willowmore (or De Opkomst near Kareedouw). Shortly afterwards he had a loan

farm in the Zuurveld, east of the Bushman's River. He owned or loaned three farms in the Eastern Cape (Zuurveld):

Brandwagt, De Driefonteinen and Boschfontein.

The historian Peter M. Sebina derived Kgowe, Coenraads nickname which was given to him by the Xhosa, from an

ancient Tswana verb go kgowa, meaning "to peel with a knife"- because the painfully sunburnt Coenraad had left

him with red skin that "was regarded as bare flesh peeled off with a knife".

Kgowe and Hendrik Christoffel JANSE VAN RENSBURG had a close friendship.

Coenraad and Hendrik had a strong feeling of kinsmanship for the South African that they regarded each other as

cousins.

Kgowe first married Maria VAN DER HORST in 1768 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa in a ceremony.

Maria was born about 1766 and her christening took place on November 20th, 1815 in Swartland, Cape Of

Good Hope, South Africa.

The twelve children of this family are:-

1. Elizabeth DE BUYS born ~1782.

2. Coenraad Willem DE BUYS born ~1791.

3. Johannes DE BUYS born Sep 29th, 1792 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

4. Aletta DE BUYS born Jul 1st, 1795 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

5. Petrus DU BUIS born ~1798 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died Jan 1st, 1860 in

Matabeleland, Southern Rhodesia.

6. Eliza DE BUYS born Oct 17th, 1805.

7. Anna (Eliza) Elizabeth DE BUYS born Oct 17th, 1805 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died

~1839.

8. Maria Magdalena DE BUYS born <Mar 25th, 1807.

9. George Frederik DE BUYS born <May 31st, 1807.

10. Elisabeth ("Een Bejaarde Dochter") DE BUYS born <Mar 26th, 1810.

11. Theodorus (Doris) Cornelius BUYS born Oct 3rd, 1810 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and

died ~1865 in Ohrigstad.

12. Alexander BUYS

Kgowe next married Elisabeth on December 7th, 1812 in Swellendam, Cape, South Africa in a religious

ceremony. Elisabeth was born about 1782 in in the land of the Makonas, behind the Tamboeken and died

about 1821.

This is the first recorded marriage between a white man and a black woman at the Cape. Some sources indicate the

marriage date as 5 Jul 1809.


1. Philip DE BUYS born ~1791 and died ~Dec 28th, 1811 in Zuurberg Pass, Eastern Cape.

2. Gabriel BUYS born Sep 17th, 1808 and died ~1883 in North of the Limpopo.

3. Michael BUYS born Jan 21st, 1812 in Cape Colony and died Jul 1st, 1888.

4. Jan DE BUYS born ~1814 in Cape Colony.


Next Kgowe and Yese were in some sort of a relationship.

Next Kgowe and Nomente were in some sort of a relationship.

Kgowe next married <Unknown>.


1. Baba BUYS

6.43. Fredrik Petrus DU BUIS was born about 1765 in Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and his

baptism took place there on January 3rd, 1765. He died on August 12th, 1838 in Gauritz River, South

Africa.

Fredrik married Sophia Maria VIVIERS.

Sophia was born about 1772 in Cape, South Africa and her christening took place on October 18th, 1772 in

Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa..


1. Christina DU BUIS born ~May 19th, 1795 and died May 30th, 1845.

2. Maria Gerbregt DU BUIS born ~Dec 9th, 1797 in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

and died 1868.

3. Sophia Maria DU BUIS born ~Mar 22nd, 1800 in Buffelsdrift, Mossel Bay and died Aug 12th, 1876

in Witklip, dist. Bethlehem, OFS.

4. Elsie Margaretha DU BUIS born ~Jan 2nd, 1803.

5. Anna Margaretha DU BUIS born Nov 6th, 1806 in Riversdale, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

6. Johannes DU BUIS born ~1809 in Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died Jan 19th,

1874.

6.44. Johannes Jacobus LAS was born about 1761 and his christening took place on November 15th, 1761.

6.45. Christina Magdalena Johanna DE BUYS was born about 1794 in Tulbagh, Cape Of Good Hope and died.

Christina first married Cornelis Jacobus FABER about 1805 in Tulbagh, Cape Of Good Hope in a religious

ceremony. Cornelis was born before July 25th, 1773 and died on March 9th, 1816.

Christina next married Jan Lodewyk BOOYSEN on January 25th, 1818 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape,

South Africa in a religious ceremony. Jan was born before February 19th, 1797 and died.


1. Anna Elizabeth BOOYSEN born Aug 2nd, 1819.

6.46. Maria Magdalena DE BUYS was born about 1764 and her baptism took place on October 20th, 1815 in

Swartland, Cape Of Good Hope.

Maria first married Johannes Cornelis KOOPMAN about 1816 in Tulbagh, Cape, South Africa in a religious

ceremony. Johannes was born in 1787 in Graaff-Reinet and died.

Maria next married Hermanus VAN DER HORST.

Hermanus was born about 1788 and died.

Seventh Generation

7.1. Anna Elizabeth JANSE VAN VUUREN was born in 1775 and her christening took place on November 5th,

1775.

Anna married Johannes STEYN on May 2nd, 1790 in a religious ceremony. Johannes was born in 1765 and

his christening took place on February 3rd, 1765.



1. Johanna Sophia STEYN born 1805 and died May 12th, 1835 in Boesmansrivier Farm, Albanie, Cape

Province.

7.2. Christina Catharina DU BUIS was born in 1776 and her christening took place about June 23rd, 1776 in

Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa.

Christina married Hendrik Christoffel JANSE VAN RENSBURG on October 17th, 1790 in Cape of Good

Hope in a religious ceremony. Hendrik was born about 1771 and his christening took place on April 14th,

1771 in Paarl, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.


1. Hendrik Christoffel JANSE VAN RENSBURG

7.3. Johanna Elizabeth DU BUIS was born in 1778 in Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and her

christening took place on May 3rd, 1778 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa. She died after 1820.

Johanna married Gerrit VAN ROOYEN on February 15th, 1795 in Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope, South

Africa in a religious ceremony. Gerrit was born about 1775 and his christening took place on November 5th,

1775 in Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.


1. Adriana Wilhelmina VAN ROOYEN born Apr 12th, 1818 in George, Cape, South Africa and died

May 20th, 1913 in Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal, South Africa.

7.4. Maria DU BUIS was born about October 17th, 1779 and died.

Maria married Cornelis Lourens CAMPHER.

Cornelis was born about 1770 and his christening took place on October 7th, 1770 in Swellendam, Cape,

South Africa.


1. Johannes CAMPHER born ~1800.

7.5. Elizabeth DE BUYS was born about 1782 and her baptism took place on December 5th, 1812 in Cape Of

Good Hope, South Africa.

Elizabeth married "white" and raised her children as "white"

Elizabeth married Johan Michael SOWIETSKY on August 5th, 1809 in Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope,

South Africa in a religious ceremony.

7.6. Coenraad Willem DE BUYS was born about 1791 and died.

Coenraad married "white" and raised his children as "white"

Coenraad married Catharina Dorothea MEIRING on January 8th, 1811 in Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope,

South Africa in a religious ceremony. Catharina was born before May 6th, 1790 and her christening took

place on May 6th, 1790.


1. Maria Elizabeth DE BUYS born Jun 25th, 1812 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died ~1885.

2. Coenraad Willem DU BUIS born Feb 3rd, 1815 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

3. Christina Petronella DE BUYS born Oct 6th, 1816 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died Oct

5th, 1885 in Doornvlei Dist,Hay,Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

4. Albertus Johannes DE BUYS born Apr 19th, 1819 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

5. Catharina Dorothea DE BUYS born Apr 7th, 1821 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

6. Johannes Petrus DE BUYS born May 17th, 1822.

7. Johannes Petrus DE BUYS born Apr 3rd, 1826.


8. Petrus Johannes DE BUYS born Nov 8th, 1828.

7.7. Johannes DE BUYS was born on September 29th, 1792 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and his

baptism took place on May 31st, 1807.

Sarah Elizabeth Millin (Author of King of the Bastards) writes that one day, while travelling north, Coenraad sent two of

his sons by Maria, Johannes and Petrus to get various goods at the Orange (river). The goods included two new

wagons; two new tents; guns and ammunition; food and tools; things for presents and material to make clothes.

Coenraad, expecting the sons to return with new wagons and the goods, gave his oldest wagon to Sibonello (to

console him on the loss of his brother in an earlier skirmish with the Mantati).

The two brothers never returned.

It would seem that this was the beginning of Coenraads downfall as many records state that towards the end he had

no oxen, no more ammunition and no wagon to travel any further.

First Johannes and <Unknown> were in some sort of a relationship.

The two children of this relationship are:-

1. Coenraad DE BUYS

2. Andries DE BUYS

Johannes next married Christina Johanna Maria HECTER on September 25th, 1831 in Beaufort West, Cape

Of Good Hope, South Africa in a religious ceremony. Christina died in 1881.

7.8. Aletta DE BUYS was born on July 1st, 1795 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and her christening took

place on March 26th, 1810.

Aletta married Andries VAN ROOYEN on April 15th, 1813 in Tulbagh, Cape, South Africa in a religious

ceremony. Andries was born on October 20th, 1794 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa and his christening

took place there on June 21st, 1795. He died on May 15th, 1859 in Beaufort, Cape Of Good Hope, South

Africa.

The ten children of this family are:-

1. Andries Johannes Coenraad VAN ROOYEN born Jun 1st, 1814 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape,

South Africa and died Nov 23rd, 1873 in Boshof, Orange Free State, South Africa.

2. Aletta Catharina VAN ROOYEN born Jun 9th, 1817 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

3. Willem Jacobus Lourens VAN ROOYEN born Mar 23rd, 1819 in Cape of Good Hope.

4. Cornelis Petrus VAN ROOYEN born Feb 25th, 1822 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony.

5. Coenraad VAN ROOYEN born Aug 3rd, 1824 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony.

6. Theunis Jacobus VAN ROOYEN born Apr 29th, 1827 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony.

7. Joel VAN ROOYEN born Sep 7th, 1829 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony.

8. Johanna Maria VAN ROOYEN born Dec 4th, 1832 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony.

9. Hendrika Wilhelmina VAN ROOYEN born Aug 6th, 1836 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony.

10. Theodorus VAN ROOYEN born Oct 21st, 1837 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony.

7.9. Petrus DU BUIS was born about 1798 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and his baptism took place on

December 5th, 1812 in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.. He died on January 1st, 1860 in

Matabeleland, Southern Rhodesia.

Sarah Elizabeth Millin (Author of King of the Bastards) writes that one day, while travelling north, Coenraad sent two of

his sons by Maria, Johannes and Petrus to get various goods at the Orange (river). The goods included two new

wagons; two new tents; guns and ammunition; food and tools; things for presents and material to make clothes.

Coenraad, expecting the sons to return with new wagons and the goods, gave his oldest wagon to Sibonello (to

console him on the loss of his brother in an earlier skirmish with the Mantati).

The two brothers never returned.


It would seem that this was the beginning of Coenraads downfall as many records state that towards the end he had

no oxen, no more ammunition and no wagon to travel any further.

Piet was listed in the battle of Blood River.

Lists of Names by Estelle Pretorius and Prof. Bart Oberholzer (slight differences between the two)

Die Wenkommando volgens al die beskikbare bronne, by J.P. Oberholzer “B” refers to the list of commando

members listed in the “Bloedrivierse Eeufees gedenkboek”.

The origins of this list and its sources are not known.

Petrus' death notice lists his mother as a "Maria Trotsky".

Petrus' occupation was Farmer.

Petrus married Anna Maria FRITS on April 3rd, 1831 in Beaufort West, South Africa in a religious

ceremony. Anna was born on October 11th, 1805 and died about 1857.


1. Martha Elizabeth Adriana DU BUIS born ~1831.

2. Albertina Catharina DU BUIS born Oct 14th, 1831.

3. Petrus Johannes DU BUIS born Nov 16th, 1832 in Cape Colony and died Dec 13th, 1880 in

Kimberley, South Africa.

4. Joseph Coenraad DU BUIS born Apr 15th, 1834 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

5. Maria Petronella DU BUIS born ~1836 and died <1900.

6. Coenraad Willem DU BUIS born ~1837 in Cape, South Africa and died ~1884.

7.10. Eliza DE BUYS was born on October 17th, 1805 and died.

7.11. Anna (Eliza) Elizabeth DE BUYS , known as Eliza, was born on October 17th, 1805 in Cape Of Good Hope,

South Africa and her baptism took place on July 5th, 1809 in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South

Africa.. She died about 1839.

Anna filed a will in 1833.

Eliza married Gert Willem Petrus BALIE on January 7th, 1827 in Beaufort West, Cape Of Good Hope,

South Africa in a religious ceremony. Gert was born on January 20th, 1800 and died in 1839.


1. Anna Elisabeth BALIE born ~1824 in Vlugefontein,Gouph, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

7.12. Maria Magdalena DE BUYS was born before March 25th, 1807 and her christening took place on March

25th, 1807 in Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

Maria married Johannes Marthinus VAN DER HORST on October 7th, 1816 in Tulbagh, South Africa in a

religious ceremony.

7.13. George Frederik DE BUYS was born before May 31st, 1807 and his christening took place on May 31st,

1807 in Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

7.14. Elisabeth ("Een Bejaarde Dochter") DE BUYS , known as "Een Bejaarde Dochter", was born before March

26th, 1810 and her baptism took place on March 26th, 1810.

7.15. Theodorus (Doris) Cornelius BUYS , known as Doris, was born on October 3rd, 1810 in Cape Of Good

Hope, South Africa and his baptism took place on January 4th, 1811 in Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope,

South Africa. He died about 1865 in Ohrigstad.

In March 1850 the Volksraad recieved a letter from the Govenor of Mozambique, J. C. de Andradez, accusing Doris of

the murder of 6 "handelskaffers" and the theft of their goods. The Volksraad did not deal with the matter immediate


as there were several other complains being received with regard to Doris. The charges against Doris were later

dropped by the Volksraad.

Doris first married <Unknown>.

Doris next married <Unknown>.

7.16. Alexander BUYS

Alexander married Kato.


1. Andries BUYS born Nov 12th, 1910 in Buysdorp, Transvaal, South Africa and died <1988.

7.17. Philip DE BUYS was born about 1791 and died about December 28th, 1811 in Zuurberg Pass, Eastern Cape.

BUYS, Philip (killed at The Massacre at Zuurberg)

Possibly a son of b3 c1 d4 Coenraad de Buys, see [DSAB 2, p. 163]. In the Dutch original of CO 2580 he is "een

Bastaard", and in the English version he is "a Baster Hottentot". See also [SAG 1, pp.523-4].

Philip's occupation was Government Interpreter.

7.18. Gabriel BUYS was born on September 17th, 1808 and his baptism took place on August 24th, 1811 in

Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa. He died about 1883 in North of the Limpopo.

Gabriel married <Unknown>.


1. Petrus Johannes DE BUYS born ~1854.

7.19. Michael BUYS was born on January 21st, 1812 in Cape Colony and his baptism took place on June 25th,

1812 in Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa. He died on July 1st, 1888.

Michael, Gabriël and Doris, with their families as well as other Buys, at first settled on a farm at Goedgedacht and later

at Kranskop in the Soutpansberg. It was to these places that Michael arranged for a Scottish missionary couple,

Reverend Alexander MacKidd and his wife, to come to live and to work amongst the Buys people and this they did

from May 13, 1863. It was in fact this missionary who facilitated their access to these farms which belonged to

neighbouring farmers. Michael often related how his father Coenraad read to the family from the Bible and prayed,

and this made a profound impression on him. Ironically though, the Buyses had by now, in general, Michael

included, adopted the practices of the local black communities, polygyny included, circumcision being the only one

strongly discouraged by him. He soon forbade his children to marry more than one wife, although he „took‟ some 20

women in the course of his life – he did however eventually relinquish all but one of these wives. Both the influence

and the demands of the mission and the missionaries resulted in the Buyses increasingly rejecting what was regarded

as black/heathen customs and practices. They furthermore regarded themselves as superior and demanded to no

longer be part of a mixed congregation and to be educated separately and not in Sotho but in Dutch.

Michael Buys was concerned about the future of his offspring. At all costs he wanted to prevent further „verswarting‟

(blackening) and purposely endeavoured to ensure that marriage should only take place between „those of a kind‟. In

his view whiteness of skin was the Buyses most important asset.

Michael married <Unknown> about 1840 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa in a ceremony.


1. Andries BUYS born ~1842 in Soutpansberg.

2. <Unknown> born ~1860 in Buysdorp.

7.20. Jan DE BUYS was born about 1814 in Cape Colony and died.

7.21. Baba BUYS


By the time that Baba was born Coenraad had sired so many children that naming them became an unimportant task...

the poor child was therefore never given a name and remained Baba until his death!

In 1830 Baba acted as an interpreter for Mzilikazi when he spoke to the traveller W. C. Harris.

7.22. Christina DU BUIS was born about May 19th, 1795 and her christening took place on May 19th, 1795 in

Stellenbosch, Cape Province, South Africa. She died on May 30th, 1845.

Christina married Petrus Johannes OOSTHUYZEN on July 4th, 1815 in Caledon, Cape Of Good Hope,

South Africa in a religious ceremony. Petrus was born about 1794 and his christening took place on January

20th, 1794 in Cape, South Africa.

7.23. Maria Gerbregt DU BUIS was born about December 9th, 1797 in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South

Africa. and her baptism took place on December 9th, 1797 in Stellenbosch. She died in 1868.

Maria married Jacobus Hendrikus PIETERSE on July 14th, 1822 in Swellendam, Cape, South Africa in a

religious ceremony. Jacobus was born about 1808 in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. and

died.


1. Sophia Hendrika PIETERSE born Sep 30th, 1834 and died Oct 18th, 1881 in Harrismith, OFS.

7.24. Sophia Maria DU BUIS was born about March 22nd, 1800 in Buffelsdrift, Mossel Bay and her baptism

took place on March 22nd, 1800. She died on August 12th, 1876 in Witklip, dist. Bethlehem, OFS.

Sophia first married Hendrik Franciscus HEYMANS on March 8th, 1828 in NG Kerk, George in a religious

ceremony. Hendrik was born before April 13th, 1796 in Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and

died on March 19th, 1867 in Zeekoegat, Heilbron, OFS.

Sophia next married Jacob Johannes JANSEN VAN RENSBURG.

7.25. Elsie Margaretha DU BUIS was born about January 2nd, 1803 and her baptism took place on January 2nd,

1803.

7.26. Anna Margaretha DU BUIS was born on November 6th, 1806 in Riversdale, Cape Of Good Hope, South

Africa and her baptism took place on August 18th, 1807 in Droogrivier, Cape.

Anna married Christoffel VAN ZYL on July 31st, 1829 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa in a religious

ceremony. Christoffel was born on May 4th, 1783 in Bosjesveld, Cape and his christening took place on

June 6th, 1784 in Paarl, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.


1. George Frederk VAN ZYL born Nov 23rd, 1834 in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

2. Stoffelina Johanna VAN ZYL born May 20th, 1836 in Cape of Good Hope.

3. Christoffel Johannes VAN ZYL born Feb 4th, 1838 in Cape of Good Hope.

4. Elsje Magdalena VAN ZYL born May 1st, 1840 in Riversdale, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

5. Hendrik A VAN ZYL born Jan 22nd, 1842 in Riversdale, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

7.27. Johannes DU BUIS was born about 1809 in Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and his

christening took place on November 13th, 1809 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. He died on January

19th, 1874.

Johannes married Martha Magdalena FERREIRA in 1830 in Swellendam, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

in a religious ceremony. Martha was born on July 16th, 1812 in Uitenhage, Cape Colony.

Date of birth calculated from the NAAIRS death notice, which gave day of her death and stated that Martha was 69

years, 11 months and 17 days old.


She died on July 3rd, 1882 in District of Winburg.


1. Martha Magdalena DE BUYS born Jul 17th, 1831 in Riversdal, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa and

died Sep 25th, 1913 in Mooifontein, Winburg.

7.28. Anna Elizabeth BOOYSEN was born on August 2nd, 1819 and died.

Eighth Generation

8.1. Johanna Sophia STEYN was born in 1805 and her christening took place on May 20th, 1805. She died on

May 12th, 1835 in Boesmansrivier Farm, Albanie, Cape Province.

Johanna married Barend Jacobus DE LANGE on August 8th, 1819 in Cradock, Cape Province in a religious

ceremony. Barend was born in 1794 and his christening took place on June 15th, 1794. He died on

November 18th, 1856 in Boesmansrivier Farm, Albanie, Cape Province.


1. Christina DE LANGE born Apr 21st, 1828.

8.2. Hendrik Christoffel JANSE VAN RENSBURG

Hendrik married Susanna Jacoba JANSE VAN RENSBURG in June 1811 in Swellendam, Cape of Good

Hope, South Africa in a religious ceremony.

8.3. Adriana Wilhelmina VAN ROOYEN was born on April 12th, 1818 in George, Cape, South Africa and died

on May 20th, 1913 in Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal, South Africa.

Adriana married Adrianus (Lang Adriaan) Johannes Gy- bertus DE LA REY on May 20th, 1838 in George,

Cape, South Africa in a religious ceremony. Lang Adriaan was born on December 25th, 1812 in Cape of

Good Hope, South Africa and his christening took place on November 9th, 1813 in George, Cape, South

Africa. He died on December 6th, 1891 in Delareyskraal, Bloemhof, Transvaal, South Africa.


1. Adrianus Johannes Gysbertus DE LA REY born May 24th, 1846 in Winburg, Orange Free State,

South Africa and died Jul 8th, 1938 in Delareyskraal, Bloemhof, Transvaal, South Africa.

2. Jacobus (Koos) Hercules DE LA REY born Oct 22nd, 1847 in Doornfontein, Winburg, OFS and died

Sep 15th, 1914 in Langlaagte, Transvaal, South Africa.

8.4. Johannes CAMPHER was born about 1800 and his baptism took place on February 4th, 1800.

Johannes married Isabella Frederika JANSE VAN RENSBURG.

8.5. Maria Elizabeth DE BUYS was born on June 25th, 1812 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and her

baptism took place on November 26th, 1815 in Swartland, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa. She died

about 1885.

Maria married Johan Hendrik LOTTERING on January 6th, 1833 in Beaufort West, Cape Of Good Hope,

South Africa in a religious ceremony. Johan died about 1871.

8.6. Coenraad Willem DU BUIS was born on February 3rd, 1815 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and his

baptism took place on November 26th, 1815 in Swartland, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

Coenraad married his cousin.

Coenraad married Anna Elisabeth BALIE on May 22nd, 1842 in Beaufort West, Cape Of Good Hope, South

Africa in a religious ceremony. Anna was born about 1824 in Vlugefontein,Gouph, Cape Of Good Hope,

South Africa and died.



1. Elizabeth Catharina DE BUYS born Aug 29th, 1842 in Colesberg, Cape of Good Hope.

8.7. Christina Petronella DE BUYS was born on October 6th, 1816 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and

died on October 5th, 1885 in Doornvlei Dist,Hay,Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

Christina married Barend Johannes KOORZEN in a religious ceremony. Barend died about 1891.

8.8. Albertus Johannes DE BUYS was born on April 19th, 1819 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and his

baptism took place on May 27th, 1819 in Beaufort West, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

Albertus married Louisa Johanna VAN HEERDEN on December 30th, 1849 in Colesburg, South Africa in a

religious ceremony. Louisa was born about 1829 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

The eleven children of this family are:-

1. Catharina Dorothea Elizabeth DE BUYS born May 26th, 1850 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

2. Louisa Johanna DE BUYS born 1852 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

3. Maria Elizabeth DE BUYS born Sep 25th, 1854 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

4. Coenraad Wilhelm DE BUYS born May 17th, 1856 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

5. Alida Johanna DE BUYS born Mar 27th, 1858 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

6. Alwyn Johannes DE BUYS born Sep 10th, 1860 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

7. Albertus (John) Johannes DE BUYS born Aug 14th, 1862 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa and

died May 14th, 1949 in Nazareth Home, Johannesburg.

8. Maria Magdalena DE BUYS born Jan 8th, 1865 in Hanover, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

9. Schalk Willem DE BUYS born Oct 2nd, 1866 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died 1950.

10. Johannes Petrus DE BUYS born Jun 24th, 1870 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

11. Joseph Benjamin DE BUYS born Oct 19th, 1872 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died 1911.

8.9. Catharina Dorothea DE BUYS was born on April 7th, 1821 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and her

baptism took place on February 3rd, 1822 in Beaufort West, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

Catharina married Alywn Jacobus VAN HEERDEN in a religious ceremony.


1. Lydia Maria DE BUYS born Oct 2nd, 1846.

8.10. Johannes Petrus DE BUYS was born on May 17th, 1822 and his baptism took place on February 6th, 1824

in Beaufort West, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

8.11. Johannes Petrus DE BUYS was born on April 3rd, 1826 and his baptism took place on December 3rd,

1826.

8.12. Petrus Johannes DE BUYS was born on November 8th, 1828 and his baptism took place on August 22nd,

1829 in Beaufort West, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

8.13. Coenraad DE BUYS

8.14. Andries DE BUYS

8.15. Andries Johannes Coenraad VAN ROOYEN was born on June 1st, 1814 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape,

South Africa and his christening took place there on February 24th, 1815. He died on November 23rd, 1873

in Boshof, Orange Free State, South Africa.

8.16. Aletta Catharina VAN ROOYEN was born on June 9th, 1817 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

and her christening took place there on October 12th, 1817.


Aletta married Augustus Hendrik ilhelm HERMANS on August 10th, 1833 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony

in a religious ceremony. Augustus was born about 1813 in Cape of Good Hope and died.

8.17. Willem Jacobus Lourens VAN ROOYEN was born on March 23rd, 1819 in Cape of Good Hope and his

christening took place on April 8th, 1819 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony.

8.18. Cornelis Petrus VAN ROOYEN was born on February 25th, 1822 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony and his

christening took place there on June 9th, 1822.

8.19. Coenraad VAN ROOYEN was born on August 3rd, 1824 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony and his

christening took place there on July 17th, 1825.

Coenraad married Soetje Davina Martha VAN LOCHERENBEERG about 1851 in Cape of Good Hope in a

religious ceremony. Soetje was born about 1828 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa and died.


1. Soetje Davina Martha VAN ROOYEN born Apr 23rd, 1852 in Somerset East, Cape of Good Hope.

8.20. Theunis Jacobus VAN ROOYEN was born on April 29th, 1827 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony and his

christening took place there on October 14th, 1828.

8.21. Joel VAN ROOYEN was born on September 7th, 1829 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony and his christening

took place there on December 6th, 1829.

Joel married Maria Anna Catharina BOOYSEN about 1854 in Cape of Good Hope in a religious ceremony.

Maria was born about 1833 in Cape of Good Hope and died.

8.22. Johanna Maria VAN ROOYEN was born on December 4th, 1832 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony and her

christening took place there on December 30th, 1832.

8.23. Hendrika Wilhelmina VAN ROOYEN was born on August 6th, 1836 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony and

her christening took place there on August 14th, 1836.

8.24. Theodorus VAN ROOYEN was born on October 21st, 1837 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony and his

christening took place there on December 10th, 1837.

8.25. Martha Elizabeth Adriana DU BUIS was born about 1831 and her christening took place on April 4th,

1831 in Beaufort West, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

8.26. Albertina Catharina DU BUIS was born on October 14th, 1831 and died.

8.27. Petrus Johannes DU BUIS was born on November 16th, 1832 in Cape Colony and his baptism took place

on April 28th, 1833 in Colesberg, Cape of Good Hope. He died on December 13th, 1880 in Kimberley,

South Africa.

Petrus' occupation was Farmer.

Petrus married Catharina Maria PRETORIUS on October 1st, 1850 in Potchefstroom, Hervormde Kerk in a

religious ceremony. Catharina was born about 1835 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died in 1875.


1. Johanna Christina Jacoba DU BUIS born Jul 29th, 1852 in Transvaal, South Africa.

2. Petrus DU BUIS born Feb 10th, 1855 in Transvaal, South Africa and died Jun 23rd, 1916 in Taung.

3. Anna Maria DU BUIS born May 28th, 1857 in Transvaal, South Africa.

4. Catharina Maria DU BUIS born Jun 8th, 1862 in Transvaal, South Africa.

5. Johannes Gerhardus Hendrikus DU BUIS


8.28. Joseph Coenraad DU BUIS was born on April 15th, 1834 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died.

Joseph and Johannes Gerhardus Hendrikus PRETORIUS had a harmonious relationship.

Joseph married Johanna Christina Jacoba PRETORIUS on November 25th, 1854 in Potchefstroom,

Hervormde Kerk in a religious ceremony. Johanna was born about 1834 in Cape Of Good Hope, South

Africa and her christening took place on November 25th, 1854 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa.


1. Josephina Petronella DU BUIS born Jan 2nd, 1854 in Transvaal, South Africa.

2. Anna Maria DU BUIS born Apr 1st, 1856 in Transvaal, South Africa.

3. Petrus DU BUIS born Jun 23rd, 1857 in Transvaal, South Africa.

4. Johannes Gerhardus Hendrikus DU BUIS born Aug 3rd, 1861 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

5. Catharina Maria DU BUIS born Jan 15th, 1863 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

8.29. Maria Petronella DU BUIS was born about 1836 and died before 1900.

Maria married Gert Cornelius Adriaan PRETORIUS.

Gert was born in 1833 and died.

8.30. Coenraad Willem DU BUIS was born about 1837 in Cape, South Africa and died about 1884.

Coenraad married Susanna Josina GOUS about 1857 in Cape, South Africa in a religious ceremony.

Susanna was born on August 6th, 1837 in Cradock, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa and died on December

11th, 1910.


1. Petrus DE BUYS born Jul 5th, 1858 in Transvaal, South Africa.

2. Coenraad Wilhelm DE BUYS born ~1861 in Chichilies and died ~1900.

8.31. Anna Elisabeth BALIE was born about 1824 in Vlugefontein,Gouph, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

and died.

Anna married Coenraad Willem DU BUIS on May 22nd, 1842 in Beaufort West, Cape Of Good Hope, South

Africa in a religious ceremony. Coenraad was born on February 3rd, 1815 in Cape Of Good Hope, South

Africa and his baptism took place on November 26th, 1815 in Swartland, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.


1. Elizabeth Catharina DE BUYS born Aug 29th, 1842 in Colesberg, Cape of Good Hope.

8.32. Andries BUYS was born on November 12th, 1910 in Buysdorp, Transvaal, South Africa and died before

1988.

Andries married Sannie BUYS.

Sannie was born in 1914 in Buysdorp, Transvaal, South Africa and died before 1985.

8.33. Petrus Johannes DE BUYS was born about 1854 and died.

Petrus married <Unknown>.


1. Gabriel DE BUYS born <1874.

8.34. Andries BUYS was born about 1842 in Soutpansberg and his baptism took place on February 17th, 1867 in

Stellenbosch, Cape Province, South Africa.

8.35. <Unknown> was born about 1860 in Buysdorp and died.


Josef married Salfie (Ellen) Feya BUYS about 1881 in Buysdorp in a religious ceremony. Ellen was born

about 1862 in Buysdorp and died.


1. Katrina BUYS born ~1882 in Buysdorp and died Nov 1979.

2. Sameul BUYS born ~1886 in Buysdorp and died <1997.

3. Coenraad BUYS born 1893 in Buysdorp and died Jun 13th, 1965.

4. Salfie BUYS born ~1897 in Buysdorp and died <1992.

5. Louis BUYS born ~1899 in Buysdorp and died <1991.

6. Daniël BUYS born May 14th, 1902 in Buysdorp, Transvaal, South Africa and died Jun 4th, 1983.

8.36. Sophia Hendrika PIETERSE was born on September 30th, 1834 and her christening took place on March

22nd, 1835 in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.. She died on October 18th, 1881 in

Harrismith, OFS.

8.37. George Frederk VAN ZYL was born on November 23rd, 1834 in Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South

Africa and died.

George married Catharina Jacomina Louisa SCOTT on June 20th, 1853 in Riversdal in a religious ceremony.

Catharina was born on May 29th, 1835 in Riversdal and her baptism took place on September 13th, 1835 in

Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

8.38. Stoffelina Johanna VAN ZYL was born on May 20th, 1836 in Cape of Good Hope and died.

8.39. Christoffel Johannes VAN ZYL was born on February 4th, 1838 in Cape of Good Hope and died.

8.40. Elsje Magdalena VAN ZYL was born on May 1st, 1840 in Riversdale, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

and died.

8.41. Hendrik A VAN ZYL was born on January 22nd, 1842 in Riversdale, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and

died.

8.42. Martha Magdalena DE BUYS was born on July 17th, 1831 in Riversdal, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

and died on September 25th, 1913 in Mooifontein, Winburg.

Martha married William Edward SCOTT on August 7th, 1848 in Riversdal in a religious ceremony. William

was born on August 3rd, 1826 in Swellendam, Cape, South Africa and died on November 26th, 1880 in

"Welgevonden", district of Winburg.


1. Frederik Petrus SCOTT born Jun 11th, 1859 in Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa and died

May 16th, 1935.

Nineth Generation

9.1. Christina DE LANGE was born on April 21st, 1828 and her christening took place on September 14th,

1828 in Uitenhage, Cape Province.

Christina married Pieter Willem DURAND on April 21st, 1842 in Glen Lynden, Cape Province in a religious

ceremony. Pieter was born on February 25th, 1816 and his christening took place on March 10th, 1816 in

George, Cape Province.


1. Anna Catharina DURAND born ~1845.

9.2. Adrianus Johannes Gysbertus DE LA REY was born on May 24th, 1846 in Winburg, Orange Free State,

South Africa and died on July 8th, 1938 in Delareyskraal, Bloemhof, Transvaal, South Africa.


"Klein Adriaan" de la Rey

De la Rey, Adrianus Johannes Gysbertus (Subscriber Content)('Klein Adriaan') (*Winburg dist., 24.5.1846 -

†Delareyskraal, Schweizer-Reneke, 8.7.1938), Boer combat general, was the son of Adrianus Johannes Gysbertus de

la Rey ('Lang Adriaan', †1891) and his wife, Adriana Wilhelmina van Rooyen (†1912); he was an elder brother of the

famous General J.H. (Koos) de la Rey.

In 1848 his parents moved to the Western Transvaal, where he grew up. De la R. achieved renown through his part in

the struggle between the chiefs on the western border of the Transvaal. He was one of the leaders of the Boers who

negotiated with the Korana chief David Massouw,* and was also one of the founders of the Republic of Stellaland in

1883. Later on, when the Stellalanders pressed for incorporation in the Transvaal Republic, De la R. and G.J. van

Niekerk,* the Administrator of Stellaland, were in 1883 delegated to negotiate with President S.J.P. Kruger.*

However, under the provisions of the London Convention (27.2.1884), only a portion of Stellaland was incorporated,

the largest part being proclaimed a British protectorate. De la R. moved to the Western Transvaal and subsequently

became involved in the squabbles on the south-western border.

At the time of the Jameson Raid (1895-96), De la R. was one of the first burghers who rode out to intercept the

enemy. According to N.J. Hofmeyr, General P.A. Cronje* divided his fighting force into two on this occasion and

placed 'de welbekende Adriaan de le Reij' (the well-known Adriaan de la Rey) in charge of one commando.

On the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899) De la R. was among the burghers who went on commando.

Shortly afterwards he became adjutant to his brother, J.H. de la Rey, who had meanwhile been made a general, and

whom he accompanied to Vryburg, taking part in various battles. After Magersfontein (11.12.1899), De la R. was

sent to Colesberg where he fought in further encounters but was recalled to the Orange Free State after General P.A.

Cronje's surrender (27.2.1900), to check the British march on Bloemfontein. After the enemy's occupation of this

town (13.3.1900) De la R., now a temporary general, took part in the battle of Brandfort, where though wounded in

the arm he fought until the battle ended. Although he was offered the rank of 'veggeneraal' (combat general) several

times, he preferred not to have this rank permanently.

De la R. was taken prisoner forty-eight kilometres north of Vryburg on 11.5.1902, but since peace was already being

negotiated he was allowed to travel unmolested to join his wife and children in the concentration camp at Merebank,

Natal. When peace had been concluded De la R. had the task of building up his farm again. During the disturbances

of 1914 his sympathies lay with the rebels. He took no part in the armed resistance itself because he was captured on

his farm and imprisoned. However, three of his sons, among whom was Pieter who later became a senator, joined

forces with General J.C.G. Kemp.*

De la R. married Hester Susanna Cornelia Celliers (†15.10.1928) and had thirteen children. Four of them died in the

concentration camp at Klerksdorp during the Second Anglo-Boer War. De la R. was an intrepid soldier, greatly

esteemed by his fellows. In contrast to his brother Koos, who was a particularly tall man, 'Klein Adriaan' or 'Oom

Adaan' - as he was also sometimes called - was slight of stature. There is a photograph of De la R. in Oost (infra)

and a caricature in Kruger's Residence in Church Street, Pretoria.

O.J.O. FERREIRA

9.3. Jacobus (Koos) Hercules DE LA REY , known as Koos, was born on October 22nd, 1847 in Doornfontein,

Winburg, OFS and died on September 15th, 1914 in Langlaagte, Transvaal, South Africa.


Figure 23: General Koos De La Rey

General Jacobus Herculaas De la Rey - The Lion of Western Transvaal

"The greatest natural soldier that SA has yet produced"

Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey was born on 22 October 1847 on the farm Doornfontein in the Winburg district. He was

the sixth child of Adrianus Johannes Gysbertus de la Rey and his wife Adriana Wilhelmina, born Van Rooyen. Shortly

after the battle of Boomplaas in 1848, his parents move to the farm Welverdiend in the current Wolmaransstad

district.

De la Rey received little formal education, but the veld school, his parents' devoted attention and his superior

intelligence ensured worthy moulding. After the discovery of diamonds his parents moved to Kimberley, where the

young De la Rey with one scotch-cart and four oxen as beginning, later became a successful transport driver.

At the age of eighteen De la Rey participated in the Second Basuto War and his behaviour was even then

characterised his courage and crafty tactics. In 1876 he commanded the burghers of Makwassie as field-cornet in a

war against Sekoenie. In the same year he was married to Jacoba Elizabeth Greeff, a marriage that bore twelve

children.

Military Expertise

During a planning assembly at Balmoral in June 1900, it was commissioned to Gen. De la Rey to reclaim Western

Transvaal from the British. On 11 June 1900, he commenced with the revival phase when he triumphed over Col. H.

Roberts at Silkaatsnek. Several burghers who had stopped fighting, took up their weapons again and joined De la

Rey after that and was especially focused on isolated British units. Also it was important to Gen. De la Rey to make

the Boer authority felt in the whole Western Transvaal and consequently he appointed among others magistrates for

the area and launched an effective military re-organisation.

On 3 December 1900 a valuable hit was made when 126 wagons with clothes, boots and Christmas delicacies were

took from the British. This success was followed by a victory in collaboration with Gen. Beyers' forces over Gen.

Clements on 13 December 1900 at Nooitgedacht. The official British losses were 638 while on the Boer side only 17

were killed and 61 were wounded. De la Rey's excellent methods of fighting and military expertise clearly showed in

the last-mentioned two battles. His excellent planning, scouting and good knowledge of the terrain, as well as speed

of attack and thus the surprise element, bore fruit.

De la Rey and his burghers divided into three groups to surround the enemy and also to make use of the deliberate

"flee method", that was also known as "flee with courage". De la Rey let the enemy charge after them several times to

rapidly turn around and attack an isolated flank or camp.

De la Rey divided the whole western front into smaller commandos and placed the Rustenburg and Krugersdorp


commandos under his supervision. In 1901 several English commanders among others Methuen, Dixon, Cunningham

and Kekewich, were sent to capture De la Rey, however without any success. It was during this period that Gen. De

la Rey commenced with his famous storm chase technique and caused the enemy great losses. The burghers refined

the art to shoot from the saddle during a storm chase in stead of getting off. One of the immense victories that De la

Rey had at Ysterspruit on 25 February 1902 was distinct proof of the success he had with this tactic and rightly

assigned him the name "Lion of Western Transvaal".

The Battle of Tweebosch (De Klipdrift) on 7 March 1902 topped everything on De la Rey's efficiency as cavalry

general. Remarkably it was De la Rey who was responsible for the first shots of the Anglo-Boer War, who

commanded the Boer forces during this last battle.

Lord Methuen was wounded during the battle of Tweebosch and was arrested by De la Rey. However, Gen. De la

Rey freed Methuen so that he could receive better medical attention, a deed with which he thoroughly impressed the

outside world and also tied the bond of a lifelong friendship with Methuen.

Peace

The initial conditions of peace was unacceptable to De la Rey, but nevertheless it was he that convinced the burghers

and among others also Gen. C.R. de Wet to lay down arms with a short speech on 29 May 1902. He felt that his

commandos could continue but that the rest of the country was in bad shape. Among others he said:

" Here we speak of faith; what is faith? Faith is: Lord, Thy will be done , not my will to be a victor."

He was one of the co-signatories on the evening of 31 May 1902 of the Peace Treaty of Vereeniging.

During the war De la Rey's wife, Nonnie, supported him in an extraordinary manner. During the first phase she often

visited him on commando and from 1 December 1900 she stayed in close contact with him when she and the children

roamed in the veld for 19 months.

Siener van Rensburg

Siener van Rensburg also had a great influence on De la Rey. It is even claimed that Koos de la Rey consulted him

before each battle. In the judgement of some of De la Rey's actions during the war, Van Rensburg's influence can

indeed be seen, as it reveals an element of naïvety that is not in line with Gen. De la Rey's personality.

During the second half of 1902 De la Rey was sent to Europe with Gens. Botha and De Wet to raise funds for the

rebuilding of the former republics. In 1903 Gen. De la Rey was also sent to India to convince a number of Boer

prisoners-of-war that did not want to take the oath.

After the war

After the peace the De la Reys established themselves on the destroyed farm outside Lichtenburg and rebuilt it from

scratch. However, the war took its toll and by 1907 six of his twelve children died.

Koos de la Rey did not actively participate in politics, but was a member of the "Het Volk" party and a supporter of

Gen. Louis Botha. In 1908/09 he was elected as member of the Transvaal delegation at the National Conference.

Thereafter he was appointed senator and was co-founder of the National Party. In 1913 he tried in vain to settle the

quarrel between Botha and Hertzog.

In 1914 De la Rey was placed in command of the government forces during the strike in Johannesburg. With the

outbreak of the First World War in the same year, De la Rey could not identify himself with the decision of Gen.

Botha. To launch an attack on the German- South West Africa for England, was too much and he decided to attend a

meeting of the rebellion in Potchefstroom. The same day that Gen. Beyers resigned as Comdt-gen. Of the Active Boer

Force, De la Rey left per car for Potchefstroom from Pretoria with Gen. Beyers. At a roadblock that was set up for

the absconding Foster gang, the driver neglected to stop and a ricochet bullet hit Gen. De la Rey in the back. He died

tragically on 15 September 1914.

De la Rey is described as the greatest natural soldier that South Africa has yet produced. Battles such as at

Magersfontein and Tweebosch (De Klipdrift) distincted De la Rey as a master in position warfare and as an

extraordinary cavalry general that outwitted the enemy.

In the S.A Biographical Dictionary Prof. J. S. du Plessis wrote:

"His faith in God was the power that supported his determined actions; in the war history he wrote his name as

unequalled tactician whose deeds also made him remarkable as soldier."

Compiled by the War Museum of the Boer Republics, Bloemfontein

Koos married Jacoba (Nonnie) Elizabeth GREEFF.


Nonnie was born on May 28th, 1856 in Tulbagh, Cape, South Africa and died on August 11th, 1923 in

Transvaal, South Africa.


1. Susanna Maria M DE LA REY born Jan 4th, 1878.

2. Adriana Wilhelmina DE LA REY born Feb 21st, 1879.

3. Adriaan DE LA REY born Nov 26th, 1880 and died Nov 28th, 1899.

4. Hendrik Adriaan DE LA REY born Jan 1882 and died 1882.

5. Jacobus H DE LA REY born Dec 11th, 1883.

6. Hendrik A. G. DE LA REY born Sep 1st, 1885.

7. Jacoba E. DE LA REY born Feb 19th, 1887.

8. Johanna E. DE LA REY born Jan 12th, 1889.

9. Pieter DE LA REY born Jun 6th, 1890 and died Mar 1891.

10. Magdalena M. M. DE LA REY born Feb 20th, 1892.

11. Hester Gertina DE LA REY born Nov 9th, 1894.

12. Gabriel J DE LA REY born Apr 20th, 1897.

9.4. Elizabeth Catharina DE BUYS was born on August 29th, 1842 in Colesberg, Cape of Good Hope and died.

Elizabeth married <Unknown> on February 17th, 1873 in Hopetown, Cape Colony in a religious ceremony.

9.5. Catharina Dorothea Elizabeth DE BUYS was born on May 26th, 1850 in Cape Of Good Hope, South

Africa and died.

9.6. Louisa Johanna DE BUYS was born in 1852 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died.

9.7. Maria Elizabeth DE BUYS was born on September 25th, 1854 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and

died.

9.8. Coenraad Wilhelm DE BUYS was born on May 17th, 1856 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and his

baptism took place on November 25th, 1856 in Hanover.

Coenraad declared himself insolvent in 1883, along with his father. At the time they were living on a rented farm called

Boschkop.

Coenraad married Johanna Aletta BEYLEVELD in 1886 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa in a religious

ceremony. Johanna was born about 1865 in Middelburg, Transvaal and died about 1955.


1. Albertus Johannes DE BUYS born ~Mar 16th, 1885 in Middelburg, Cape of Good Hope and died Nov

16th, 1935 in No 3, Foxglove Road, Primrose, Germiston.

2. Catharina Johanna Helena DE BUYS born Feb 5th, 1887 and died ~1954.

3. Lucy DE BUYS

4. Janet DE BUYS

9.9. Alida Johanna DE BUYS was born on March 27th, 1858 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died.

9.10. Alwyn Johannes DE BUYS was born on September 10th, 1860 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and

died.

Alwyn married Aletta Barendina BEYLEVELD on November 16th, 1885 in Cape Of Good Hope, South

Africa in a religious ceremony. Aletta was born about 1863 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa and died.


1. Albertus Johannus DE BUYS born Nov 26th, 1886 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died

~1935.


2. Catharina Johanna DE BUYS born Sep 6th, 1889 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa.

3. Louisa Johanna DE BUYS born Mar 21st, 1893 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died May

13th, 1943 in Athlone Nursing Home, Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa.

4. Alida Bernardina DE BUYS born Feb 5th, 1898 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

5. <Unknown>

6. <Unknown>

7. <Unknown>

9.11. Albertus (John) Johannes DE BUYS , known as John, was born on August 14th, 1862 in Cape of Good

Hope, South Africa and died on May 14th, 1949 in Nazareth Home, Johannesburg.

John married Edith Catharine HARTLEY in 1895 in a religious ceremony. Edith was born about 1872 and

died on July 11th, 1935 in 67A Beaconsfield Avenue, Vereeniging.


1. Albert Christopher Hartley DE BUYS born Apr 4th, 1898 and died Aug 24th, 1945.

2. Hazel Gladys DE BUYS died ~1972.

3. Ivy Gwendoline DE BUYS

4. Freda DE BUYS

5. Grace DE BUYS

6. Ethel DE BUYS

7. Dorris DE BUYS

8. Llewellyn William DE BUYS died ~1967.

9. Allen DE BUYS

9.12. Maria Magdalena DE BUYS was born on January 8th, 1865 in Hanover, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

and died.

Maria married Hendrik Johannes Joachim BEYLEVELD about 1882 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa in

a religious ceremony. Hendrik was born on October 5th, 1861 in Middelburg, Cape Of Good Hope and died.


1. Gerhardus Petrus BEYLEVELD born Apr 30th, 1884 in Middelburg, Cape of Good Hope.

2. Hendrik Johannes Joachim BEYLEVELD born Jul 21st, 1889 in Middelburg, Cape of Good Hope.

9.13. Schalk Willem DE BUYS was born on October 2nd, 1866 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died in

1950.

Schalk's Death Notice at the National Archives shows him as unmarried.

9.14. Johannes Petrus DE BUYS was born on June 24th, 1870 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died.

9.15. Joseph Benjamin DE BUYS was born on October 19th, 1872 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died

in 1911.

9.16. Lydia Maria DE BUYS was born on October 2nd, 1846 and died.

9.17. Soetje Davina Martha VAN ROOYEN was born on April 23rd, 1852 in Somerset East, Cape of Good Hope

and her christening took place there on June 27th, 1852.

9.18. Johanna Christina Jacoba DU BUIS was born on July 29th, 1852 in Transvaal, South Africa and died.

Johanna married Thomas SLATTER.


9.19. Petrus DU BUIS was born on February 10th, 1855 in Transvaal, South Africa and his christening took place

there on February 10th, 1855. He died on June 23rd, 1916 in Taung.

Petrus and his wife, could not write. Documents relating to the couple held at the National Archives in Cape Town, show

that they signed the documents by marking it with an "X".

Petrus' occupation was Bricklayer.

First Petrus and Anna (Annie) STIGLING were married.

Annie's christening took place on July 29th, 1798 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. She died about 1890

in Kimberley, South Africa.


1. DU BUIS

Petrus next married Johanna Petronella STIGLING.

9.20. Anna Maria DU BUIS was born on May 28th, 1857 in Transvaal, South Africa and died.

9.21. Catharina Maria DU BUIS was born on June 8th, 1862 in Transvaal, South Africa and died.

9.22. Johannes Gerhardus Hendrikus DU BUIS

9.23. Josephina Petronella DU BUIS was born on January 2nd, 1854 in Transvaal, South Africa and died.

Josephina married Matthys Adriaan LUDIK.

Matthys was born on July 17th, 1874 in Transvaal and died.


1. Margaretha Wilhelmina LUDIK born ~1886.

9.24. Anna Maria DU BUIS was born on April 1st, 1856 in Transvaal, South Africa and died.

9.25. Petrus DU BUIS was born on June 23rd, 1857 in Transvaal, South Africa and died.

9.26. Johannes Gerhardus Hendrikus DU BUIS was born on August 3rd, 1861 in Cape of Good Hope, South

Africa and died.

9.27. Catharina Maria DU BUIS was born on January 15th, 1863 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died.

Catharina married Richard MYER.

9.28. Petrus DE BUYS was born on July 5th, 1858 in Transvaal, South Africa and his christening took place on

December 7th, 1858 in Griekwastad, South Africa.

Witnesses to the baptism were P de Buys Ma Ca de Koker.

9.29. Coenraad Wilhelm DE BUYS was born about 1861 in Chichilies and died about 1900.

In 1882 Coenraad registered as a member of the Griquastad Dutch Reformed Church. He gave his age as 20 years old

and listed his father as a C. De Buys. The membership record gave his place of birth as "Chichilies". In 1882, when

he got married he gave his residence as Danielskuil.

In 1892 he lived in Rietfontein, wyk Elandsriver, dist Rustenburg

Coenraad's occupation was Shop assistant.

Coenraad married Johanna Dorothea MULLER on January 28th, 1882 in St. Mary's Church, Barkly West in

a religious ceremony conducted by minister Robert Herbert Godwin and witnessed by Thomas FLEMING


and Annie Catherine Mary LORENZO. Johanna was born about August 14th, 1863 in KaapKolonie, South

Africa and died on October 16th, 1892 in Gamaperry, district of Kuruman.


1. Petrus (Peter) DE BUYS born Aug 30th, 1882 in Griekwastad, South Africa and died Aug 4th, 1954

in Boksburg-Benoni Hospitaal, South Africa.

2. Coenraad Willem DE BUYS born Jul 24th, 1884 and died ~1954.

3. Susara Gesina DE BUYS born Jul 12th, 1886.

9.30. Gabriel DE BUYS was born before 1874 and his baptism took place on April 3rd, 1874 in Stellenbosch.

Gabriel married Maomela.

Maomela was born before 1874 and her christening took place on April 3rd, 1874 in Stellenbosch, Cape

Province, South Africa.

9.31. Katrina BUYS was born about 1882 in Buysdorp and died in November 1979.

9.32. Sameul BUYS was born about 1886 in Buysdorp and died before 1997.

9.33. Coenraad BUYS was born in 1893 in Buysdorp and died on June 13th, 1965.

Coenraad married Sarina BUYS about March 1912 in Kranspoort, Transvaal, South Africa in a religious

ceremony. Sarina was born about 1894 in Buysdorp, Transvaal, South Africa and died before 1970.

9.34. Salfie BUYS was born about 1897 in Buysdorp and died before 1992.

9.35. Louis BUYS was born about 1899 in Buysdorp and died before 1991.

9.36. Daniël BUYS was born on May 14th, 1902 in Buysdorp, Transvaal, South Africa and died on June 4th,

1983.

From about 1948 to about 1969 Daniël's occupation was Evangelist for Verenigende Gereformeerde Kerk, in

Buysdorp.

Daniël married Hariet Hendrika BUYS on May 14th, 1935 in Buysdorp, Transvaal, South Africa in a

religious ceremony. Hariet was born on October 28th, 1911 in Buysdorp, Transvaal, South Africa and died

on June 10th, 1996.


1. Josef BUYS born Apr 2nd, 1941 in Buysdorp, Transvaal, South Africa and died <1990.

2. Simeon BUYS

9.37. Frederik Petrus SCOTT was born on June 11th, 1859 in Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa and died

on May 16th, 1935.

Frederik's occupation was Boer (Veelsgeluk, Soutpan, oor Brandfort).

Frederik married Sophia Maria JANSEN VAN RENSBURG on January 8th, 1882 in a religious ceremony.

Sophia was born on June 14th, 1863 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died on June 25th, 1903.


1. Frederik Petrus SCOTT born Apr 22nd, 1895 in Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa and died

1898.

2. <Unknown>

3. <Unknown>

4. <Unknown>

5. <Unknown>


6. <Unknown>

Tenth Generation

10.1. Anna Catharina DURAND was born about 1845 and died.

Anna married Abraham Lodewicus BOTHA about 1868 in Glen Lynden, Cape Province in a religious

ceremony. Abraham was born on January 31st, 1844 and his christening took place on May 12th, 1844 in

Glen Lynden, Cape Province.


1. Cornelis Frederik BOTHA born Apr 25th, 1870.

2. Pieter Willem BOTHA born Dec 14th, 1872 and died Dec 13th, 1955 in Heilbron, Free State.

10.2. Susanna Maria M DE LA REY was born on January 4th, 1878 and died.

10.3. Adriana Wilhelmina DE LA REY was born on February 21st, 1879 and died.

10.4. Adriaan DE LA REY was born on November 26th, 1880 and died on November 28th, 1899.

10.5. Hendrik Adriaan DE LA REY was born in January 1882 and died in 1882.

10.6. Jacobus H DE LA REY was born on December 11th, 1883 and died.

10.7. Hendrik A. G. DE LA REY was born on September 1st, 1885 and died.

10.8. Jacoba E. DE LA REY was born on February 19th, 1887 and died.

10.9. Johanna E. DE LA REY was born on January 12th, 1889 and died.

10.10. Pieter DE LA REY was born on June 6th, 1890 and died in March 1891.

10.11. Magdalena M. M. DE LA REY was born on February 20th, 1892 and died.

10.12. Hester Gertina DE LA REY was born on November 9th, 1894 and died.

10.13. Gabriel J DE LA REY was born on April 20th, 1897 and died.

10.14. Albertus Johannes DE BUYS was born about March 16th, 1885 in Middelburg, Cape of Good Hope and

died on November 16th, 1935 in No 3, Foxglove Road, Primrose, Germiston.

Albertus' death notice states that he was a "Phthisis pensioner". Phthisis is an archaic name for tuberculosis, so it's

more than likely that this is what caused his death.

Albertus and Johanna Josephine VAN ZYL were married.

10.15. Catharina Johanna Helena DE BUYS was born on February 5th, 1887 and her baptism took place on April

17th, 1887 in Middelburg, Transvaal. She died about 1954. General Notes: Lived at no 6, Lewis Road, Auckland Park in November 1935 with her mother.

Catharina married SCOTT.

10.16. Lucy DE BUYS

Lived at no 2, McCefftry Street, Kimberley in November 1935.


Lucy married VILJOEN.

10.17. Janet DE BUYS

Lived in Parktown North in November 1935.

Janet married POSTESTER.

10.18. Albertus Johannus DE BUYS was born on November 26th, 1886 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and

died about 1935.

Albertus lived on a farm in Middelburg.

Albertus married Anna Magdalena OOSTHUIZEN.

Anna was born in 1889 and died about 1929.


1. Abraham Jacobus DE BUYS born May 3rd, 1918.

10.19. Catharina Johanna DE BUYS was born on September 6th, 1889 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and

died.

Individual source(s):

10.20. Louisa Johanna DE BUYS was born on March 21st, 1893 in Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa and died

on May 13th, 1943 in Athlone Nursing Home, Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa.

Individual source(s):


1. Helen VAN DER DECKER

10.21. Alida Bernardina DE BUYS was born on February 5th, 1898 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa and died.

10.22. <Unknown>

10.23. <Unknown>

10.24. <Unknown>

10.25. Albert Christopher Hartley DE BUYS was born on April 4th, 1898 and died on August 24th, 1945.

Albert contracted Malaria during the end of World War 2 and died of Black Water Fever in hospital on returning to

South Africa. It was quite a shock to his family as his wife was left to take care of 4 young children.

During the Second World War Albert served in the South African Corps of Signals (G.H.Q. Signal Corp.) and recieved

the 1939/45 Star, the Africa Star, The War Medal 1939/45 and the Africa Service Medal.

Albert seems to have died during the war as he is listed in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website as a

Sergeant (Service number: 212969). His grave is in the THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY (Grave

Number 100)

Albert married Winifred May FRANKISH.


1. Maureen born Feb 26th, 1928.

2. Brian Albert DE BUYS born Apr 8th, 1929 in Pietersburg, South Africa and died ~2002.

3. Wendy DE BUYS


4. Elaine DE BUYS

10.26. Hazel Gladys DE BUYS died about 1972.

Hazel first married BISSCHOFF.

Hazel next married Richard BOOTH.

Richard died about 1949.

10.27. Ivy Gwendoline DE BUYS

Ivy married Harry WHITFIELD.

Harry died about 1955.

10.28. Freda DE BUYS

10.29. Grace DE BUYS

Grace married Sam MORRIS.

10.30. Ethel DE BUYS

Ethel married Ronald PRIVETT.

10.31. Dorris DE BUYS

Dorris married Edward NIBLETT.

10.32. Llewellyn William DE BUYS died about 1967.

10.33. Allen DE BUYS

10.34. Gerhardus Petrus BEYLEVELD was born on April 30th, 1884 in Middelburg, Cape of Good Hope and

died.

10.35. Hendrik Johannes Joachim BEYLEVELD was born on July 21st, 1889 in Middelburg, Cape of Good Hope

and died.

10.36. DU BUIS

10.37. Margaretha Wilhelmina LUDIK was born about 1886 and died.

10.38. Petrus (Peter) DE BUYS , known as Peter, was born on August 30th, 1882 in Griekwastad, South Africa and

his christening took place there on September 14th, 1882. His godmother was Susara Josina GOUS. He died

on August 4th, 1954 in Boksburg-Benoni Hospitaal, South Africa.

He drew up a will on 27-05-1952. In 1954 he was living at 1ste Straat 9a, Boksburg-Noord

Petrus was an artillerist for the OVS/State in the Anglo-Boer War. He was listed on the Medal Roll of Boer Members of

Artillery and Related Units 1899-1902.

RANK: Artillerist

UNIT: Staatsartillerie

AWARD: ABO

Peter's occupation was Policeman.


Peter first married Isabella Frederika DE VILLIERS on November 26th, 1907 in Harrismith in a religious

ceremony. Isabella was born on July 10th, 1875 and her christening took place on August 15th, 1875 in

Caledon, South Africa.

Peter next married Lily Mary.

10.39. Coenraad Willem DE BUYS was born on July 24th, 1884 and his baptism took place on March 9th, 1885 in

Highlands, Transvaal, South Africa. He died about 1954. He was buried in Boksburg, South Africa.

In 1907 Coenraad send a request for money from his mother, Johanna's estate and that request was sent from

Lindleyspoort.

In 1940 Coenraad lived in Leydt Street, Rustenburg, Transvaal.

Coenraad's occupation was Labourer.

Coenraad first married Hester Magdalena DU PLESSIS.

Hester was born about June 1874 and died on June 9th, 1922 in Boomstraat, Rustenburg.


1. Johanna Magdalena DE BUYS born ~1909.

2. Coenrad Willem DE BUYS born Dec 26th, 1911 and died Jan 9th, 1997.

3. Lily DE BUYS born 1912.

4. Herman (Oupa Tys) Jacobus DE BUYS born Mar 2nd, 1913 and died Sep 30th, 1993.

5. Pieter Johannes DE BUYS born Apr 21st, 1915 in Daspoort, Transvaal, South Africa and died Jul 5th,

2003 in Potchefstroom, South Africa.

6. Jacobus Daniel DE BUYS born Jan 7th, 1918 and died ~1976.

7. Hester DE BUYS born 1919.

Coenraad next married Sarah (Mita) E. ROBBERTZ after 1922 in a religious ceremony. Mita died about

1965.


1. Willem Coenrad DE BUYS born Feb 15th, 1925 and died Feb 28th, 1993 in Boksburg, South Africa.

2. Sally DE BUYS born ~1931 and died ~1975.

3. San DE BUYS

10.40. Susara Gesina DE BUYS was born on July 12th, 1886 and died.

10.41. Josef BUYS was born on April 2nd, 1941 in Buysdorp, Transvaal, South Africa and died before 1990.

10.42. Simeon BUYS

Simeon was the Chairperson of the Buysdorp Management Committee, around 2007/2008

10.43. Frederik Petrus SCOTT was born on April 22nd, 1895 in Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa and

died in 1898.

10.44. <Unknown>

10.45. <Unknown>

10.46. <Unknown>

10.47. <Unknown>

10.48. <Unknown>


Eleventh Generation

11.1. Cornelis Frederik BOTHA was born on April 25th, 1870 and died.

11.2. Pieter Willem BOTHA was born on December 14th, 1872 and his christening took place on January 19th,

1873 in Cradock, Cape Province. He died on December 13th, 1955 in Heilbron, Free State.

First Pieter and Elizabeth Magdalena Johanna Cornelia JACOBS were married.

Elizabeth was born in 1881 and died on March 29th, 1910 in Senekal, Free State.

Pieter next married Hendrina Christina DE WET.

Hendrina was born on October 7th, 1874 in Lindley, Free State and died on October 19th, 1945 in Senekal,

Free State.


1. Pieter Willem BOTHA born Jan 12th, 1916 in Telegraaf, Paul Roux, Free State and died Oct 31st,

2006 in Die Anker, Wildernis, Cape Province.

11.3. Abraham Jacobus DE BUYS was born on May 3rd, 1918 and died.

Abraham married Catharina Jacomina DU PLESSIS.

Catharina was born on June 7th, 1924.


1. Susanna (Dalene) Madalena DE BUYS born Apr 6th, 1948 in Nigel.

2. Elizabeth (Eliza) DE BUYS born Jun 20th, 1950 in Nigel.

3. Albertus Johannes DE BUYS born Nov 12th, 1954 in Nigel.

11.4. Helen VAN DER DECKER

Helen married DU PLESSIS.

11.5. Maureen was born on February 26th, 1928.

Maureen and Arthur KETJEN were married.

Arthur died about 1990.

11.6. Brian Albert DE BUYS was born on April 8th, 1929 in Pietersburg, South Africa and died about 2002.

Brian's occupation was Electrical and mechanical engineer for Pilkington Glass.


Figure 24: Brian Albert De Buys in Springs (before 1960)

Brian married Elizabeth (Liz) Margriet BARRIE.

Figure 25: Liz Barrie and her brothers (Around 1545)

Liz was born on September 30th, 1930 in Witbank, South Africa.


1. Sharon Elizabeth DE BUYS born May 1st, 1956 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

2. Mark DE BUYS born 1958 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

3. Keith Robert DE BUYS born 1961 in Umtali, Southern Rhodesia.

11.7. Wendy DE BUYS


Wendy married MCCRACKEN.

11.8. Elaine DE BUYS

11.9. Johanna Magdalena DE BUYS was born about 1909.

Johanna married BOTHA.

11.10. Coenrad Willem DE BUYS was born on December 26th, 1911 and died on January 9th, 1997. He was

buried on January 10th, 1997 in Potchefstroom, South Africa.

1. Deceased name: Coenraad Willem De Buys

2. ID No - 1112265019002

3 Died - 09/01/97

4. Buried - 10/01/97

5. Age- 85 years

6. Cause of death - Larynx Karsinoon (Throat cancer)

7. Grave no - E2/175

8. Residential address - 90 Klerk str (Potchefstroom)

9. He was buried on the single grave without any family member nearby.

Figure 26: Coenraad Willem De Buys during World War 2 (About 1941)

Coenrad's World War 2 signup shows him living at Johnson Street, Rustenburg, Transvaal

His ID number was: 1112265019002

Coenrad and Andries Hendrik COERTZE had a close friendship.

Coenrad first married Emily HOMAN.


Figure 27: Emily De Buys (nee Homan) (About 1950)

Emily was born on November 25th, 1913 in Rustenburg, South Africa and died on September 15th, 1976 in

Klerksdorp, South Africa.


1. Coenraad Willem DE BUYS born Feb 13th, 1934 and died Sep 2nd, 2002.

2. James DE BUYS born Jun 24th, 1936.

3. Heila Magdalena DE BUYS born Dec 8th, 1937 and died Apr 20th, 2004 in Newcastle, South Africa.

4. Hester (Vos) Magdalena DE BUYS born Mar 8th, 1939.

5. Adriana (Lil) Magdalena DE BUYS born Nov 16th, 1940.

6. Emily (Em) DE BUYS born ~1946.

7. Daniel (Dan or Daan) Sarel DE BUYS born Jan 10th, 1947 in Rustenburg, South Africa and died Sep

5th, 1986 in Ventersdorp, South Africa.

8. Hendrina (Gertie) Hattie Gertrude DE BUYS born Sep 21st, 1949.

9. Johanna (Collie) Magdalena DE BUYS born ~1950 and died ~1970.


Figure 28: Pieter, Coenraad, Emily (nee Homan), Ione (nee Brand) and Colleen (Around 1965)

Coenrad next married Phillipina Johanna JACOBS in Potchefstroom, South Africa in a religious ceremony.

Phillipina was born on July 31st, 1931.

Next Coenrad and <Unknown> had an affair.


1. <Unknown>

11.11. Lily DE BUYS was born in 1912.

Lily divorced Hendrik HOMAN.

11.12. Herman (Oupa Tys) Jacobus DE BUYS , known as Oupa Tys, was born on March 2nd, 1913 and died on

September 30th, 1993. He was buried in Old Cemetery, Ventersdorp, South Africa. (Grave A 081)

Lived at 2 Carmichael Street, Ventersdorp (1960)

Oupa Tys married Jacomina Hendrina LEWIS on May 25th, 1961 in Rustenburg in a ceremony.


The Master of the Court issued a re-marriage certificate to him

Figure 29: Hester van den Berg (nee De Buys), Herman, Hendriena, Jacomina De Buys (nee Lewis),

Adriaan and Fransiena Tolmay (nee De Buys) (About 1950)

Jacomina was born on December 5th, 1915 and died on November 11th, 1960 in Potchefstroom Hospital.


1. Francina (Ous) Jacoba DE BUYS born Dec 23rd, 1937.

2. Hester (Hettie) Magdalena DE BUYS born Sep 10th, 1942.

3. Jacomina (Driena) Hendrina DE BUYS born Oct 14th, 1944 and died Jul 30th, 2007.

4. Adriaan (At) Stephanus Coenraad DE BUYS born Apr 12th, 1947.

5. Hermina (Bokkie) Cathrina DE BUYS born Mar 2nd, 1952.

6. Hermanus Jacobus DE BUYS born Aug 4th, 1957.

11.13. Pieter Johannes DE BUYS was born on April 21st, 1915 in Daspoort, Transvaal, South Africa and died on

July 5th, 2003 in Potchefstroom, South Africa. He was cremation in Klerksdorp, South Africa.


Figure 30: Pieter De Buys in Northern Africa/Egypt (1942/1943)

Pieter was sent to North Africa while Ione was pregnant with Paulus and Pieter only came back from the war when

Paulus was about 2 years old. Pieter and Paulus were

never close. The war had made Pieter a really hard and difficult man who found it very difficult to show any sort of

emotion towards family.

Pieter was awarded the following WW II medals:

1939-45 Star

Africa Star

Italy Star

Defence Medal (British)

The War Medal 1939 - 45

Africa Service Medal

Pieter first married Ione Mary BRAND on May 14th, 1939 in St Mary's Cathedral, Cape Town, RSA in a

religious ceremony. Ione was born on November 1st, 1920 and died on December 8th, 1986 in Cape Town,

South Africa.


1. Pieter (The Huys and Peter) DE BUYS born Apr 17th, 1940 in Kaapstad and died Nov 24th, 1994 in

Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, RSA.

2. Paulus (The Flat) Christian Wilhelm DE BUYS born Feb 3rd, 1943 and died Jan 12th, 2001 in

Robertson, Western Cape, South Africa.

3. Leonardus (The Lent, Len and Pops) David DE BUYS born Jul 2nd, 1947 in 26 Cauvin Road, District

Six, Cape Town, South Africa.

4. Eugene (Nina) DE BUYS born Feb 21st, 1949.

5. Colleen Margaret DE BUYS born Aug 2nd, 1960 in Military Hospital, Wynberg, Cape Town.

Pieter next married Anna Elizabeth DU TOIT about 1987 in a civil ceremony. They were divorced on June

29th, 1994. Anna was born on January 21st, 1922.

Pieter next married Brenda Merle on November 4th, 1994 in a civil ceremony. Brenda was born on March

19th, 1943.


11.14. Jacobus Daniel DE BUYS , known as Koos, was born on January 7th, 1918 and died about 1976.

Figure 31: Koos with Paulus, Leonard and Eugene De Buys (December 1968)

Went to WW2 with Oupa (PJ) Listed as entering the army as a painter. A note on his WR6 form says that he was not

entitled to medals.

Koos' occupation was Painter in public administration.

Koos first married <Unknown>.

Koos next married Alida Maria SWART.

11.15. Hester DE BUYS was born in 1919.

11.16. Willem Coenrad DE BUYS was born on February 15th, 1925 and died on February 28th, 1993 in Boksburg,

South Africa.

Signed up as a painter in the Army. Note on the army sign up says: Left big toe missing, two fingers on his left hand and

tattoo marks on both legs. He was in a train accident or was hit by a train when he was younger.

France and German Star Serial no 8727

The War Medal 1939 - 45

Africa Service Medal

Lists father as Coenraad Willem De Buys, Kruger Street, Rustenburg

Willem married Johanna Jacoba VAN STADEN.

Johanna was born on May 28th, 1932 and died on January 1st, 1998.


1. Willem Coenraad DE BUYS born Feb 16th, 1951.

2. Albertus (Stompie) Johannus DE BUYS born Feb 17th, 1952.

3. Pieter Barnard DE BUYS born Apr 1st, 1953 and died ~Sep 2002.

4. Walter Leon DE BUYS born Jun 2nd, 1955.

5. Daniel DE BUYS born Sep 14th, 1956.

6. Ronnie DE BUYS born Dec 14th, 1957.

7. Juanita Marina DE BUYS born Nov 12th, 1961.

8. George DE BUYS


11.17. Sally DE BUYS was born about 1931 and died about 1975.

Sally married MATHEE.

11.18. San DE BUYS

San married BOTES.


1. Anne BOTES

Twelfth Generation

12.1. Pieter Willem BOTHA was born on January 12th, 1916 in Telegraaf, Paul Roux, Free State and died on

October 31st, 2006 in Die Anker, Wildernis, Cape Province. The funeral took place on November 8th, 2006

in George, Cape, South Africa. He was buried on November 8th, 2006 in George, Cape, South Africa.

Figure 32: P.W. Botha during his Presidency.

Die Anker was Pieter's residence.

Pieter Willem Botha worked as the Prime Minister of South Africa between 1978 and 1984 and was the first executive

State President from 1984 to 1989. He resigned after suffering a stroke while in office.

P.W., as he was also known, was a long-time leader of South Africa's National Party and a staunch advocate of the

apartheid system.

Pieter was nicknamed "Die Groot Krokodil" (Afrikaans for "The Big Crocodile") by the general public.

Pieter first married Barbara ROBERTSON in 1998 in a religious ceremony.

Next Pieter and Anna (Elize) Elizabeth ROSSOUW were married.

Elize was born on May 6th, 1922 and died on June 6th, 1997.


1. Elanza BOTHA

2. Amelia BOTHA

3. Rozanne BOTHA

4. Rossouw BOTHA

5. Pieter Willem BOTHA


12.2. Susanna (Dalene) Madalena DE BUYS , known as Dalene, was born on April 6th, 1948 in Nigel.

Dalene married Diederik Jurgens Vos MAARTENS on April 3rd, 1971 in Bloemfontein, OFS, South Africa

in a religious ceremony. Diederik was born on January 22nd, 1948 in Matatiele.


1. Mathys Daniel MAARTENS born Oct 10th, 1972 in Bloemfontein, OFS, South Africa.

2. Abraham Jacobus MAARTENS born Mar 22nd, 1975 in Bloemfontein, OFS, South Africa.

3. Diederik Jurgens Vos MAARTENS born Aug 5th, 1977 in Sandton, South Africa.

12.3. Elizabeth (Eliza) DE BUYS , known as Eliza, was born on June 20th, 1950 in Nigel.

Eliza married Pierre Jacobus MARAIS.

Pierre was born on October 27th, 1947 in Hofmeyr.


1. Petrus Jacobus MARAIS born Aug 28th, 1974 in Hofmeyr.

2. Rene MARAIS born Jun 21st, 1976 in Hofmeyr.

12.4. Albertus Johannes DE BUYS was born on November 12th, 1954 in Nigel.

Albertus married Ingrid Marie BATTENHAUSSEN on December 17th, 1977 in Bloemfontein, OFS, South

Africa in a religious ceremony. Ingrid was born on July 7th, 1956 in Bloemfontein, OFS, South Africa.


1. Abraham (Abri) Jacobus DE BUYS born Jun 6th, 1980 in Bloemfontein, OFS, South Africa.

2. Friedrich (Callie) Carl DE BUYS born Jan 13th, 1983 in Bloemfontein, OFS, South Africa.

3. Albert Johannes DE BUYS born May 6th, 1985 in Cradock, Cape Province.

12.5. Sharon Elizabeth DE BUYS was born on May 1st, 1956 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Sharon's occupation was Teacher.

Sharon married Adam WARD in Umtali, Rhodesia in a religious ceremony. Adam was born on August 31st,

1952 in Cambridge, United Kingdom.


1. Brett WARD born Mar 11th, 1980 in Salisbury, Rhodesia.

2. Sean WARD born Apr 10th, 1981 in Zimbabwe.

12.6. Mark DE BUYS was born in 1958 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Mark's occupation was Deputy Head, Boys' Prep for St. Stithians College.

Mark married Josaphine Anne FOURIE.

Josaphine was born in 1959.


1. Brian Michael DE BUYS born 1987.

2. Kerryn Laurie DE BUYS born 1990.

12.7. Keith Robert DE BUYS was born in 1961 in Umtali, Southern Rhodesia.

Keith studied at the University of Cape Town in 1980‟s

Keith's occupation was Quantity Surveyor.

Keith married Michelle Ann RILEY in 1990 in a religious ceremony. Michelle was born in 1963 in Rugby,

England.



1. Taine Dillon DE BUYS born 2000 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

12.8. Coenraad Willem DE BUYS was born on February 13th, 1934 and died on September 2nd, 2002.

He was buried by the state as his children refused to bury him.

Coenraad first married Susara (Sarie) Jacoba JORDAAN in a religious ceremony. They were divorced about

1973 requested by the wife. Sarie died in 2005 in Vereeniging, South Africa.


1. Andre DE BUYS born Apr 20th, 1963 and died Aug 10th, 1997.

2. Coenraad (Coenie) Willem DE BUYS

3. Stephanus (Stefaans) DE BUYS died 2005 in Vereeniging, South Africa.

4. James DE BUYS

5. Antoinette DE BUYS

6. Ronel DE BUYS

Next Coenraad and Cornelia (Meidjie) REYNEKE were living together.

Meidjie was born on July 23rd, 1936 in Bloemhof.


1. Alida (Lida) DE BUYS born Jun 4th, 1972 in Frankfort, Free State, South Africa.

2. Coenraad (Ouboetie) Willem DE BUYS born Feb 1st, 1977 in Newcastle, Kwazulu - Natal, South

Africa.

12.9. James DE BUYS was born on June 24th, 1936.

James has type 2 diabetes.

James married Johanna Susanna SWANEPOEL on March 30th, 1957 in Klerksdorp, South Africa in a

religious ceremony. Johanna was born on May 4th, 1930.


1. Rhoda DE BUYS born Mar 2nd, 1960.

2. Dawid DE BUYS born Dec 20th, 1961.

12.10. Heila Magdalena DE BUYS was born on December 8th, 1937 and died on April 20th, 2004 in Newcastle,

South Africa.

Heila had been married for 28 years to Albertus (Bert), having married him shortly after her divorce from Stephanus.

Bert had an affair with a 15 year old black girl, Zanele Mdluli, who then got pregnant. He told her to murder Heila

and she said that she could not do it alone. So they got help from an unemployed woman, Dolly Mbatha. Bert

promised to pay each of them R 10 000 for their assistance.

One day they went to Heila's house, but found that she had visitors, so they returned early the next morning and Bert

gave her tea which contained sleeping pills. He then let the two women into the house who then strangled Heila with

a petticoat that they found on a day-bed. Bert watched. The young girl also proceeded to rip Heila's tongue out!

Dolly then attempted to break Heila‟s neck.

Dolly, who had children to look, received a 25 year sentence (primarily because she had acted out of greed), while

Zanele and Bert received a 15 year sentence each.

Heila first married Stephanus (Sweetie-Pie) Naude SMITH on December 17th, 1955 in Potchefstroom, South

Africa in a religious ceremony. They were divorced on March 27th, 1975 in Pretoria, South Africa.

Sweetie-Pie was born on February 7th, 1926 and died in August 1992.

The ten children of this family are:-

1. Coenraad (Coenie) Willem SMITH born Nov 2nd, 1956.

2. Stephanus (Steve) Naude SMITH born ~1957.

3. Emily (Millie) SMITH born Dec 14th, 1959.


4. Linda SMITH born Aug 24th, 1961.

5. Leon SMITH born 1963.

6. Andre SMITH born Dec 29th, 1964 and died Sep 2nd, 2001.

7. Heila (Magda) Magdalena SMITH born Jan 25th, 1966.

8. Amelia SMITH born Mar 5th, 1968.

9. Daniel (Danie) Sarel SMITH born Oct 5th, 1969.

10. Riaan SMITH born Dec 20th, 1970 and died Dec 1978.

Heila next married Albertus (Bert) Petrus VAN LOGGERENBERG in 1977 in a religious ceremony. Bert

was born on May 27th, 1936.


Figure 33: Wife (66) strangled with petticoat - The Mercury (06 May 2004)


Figure 34: Lovers jailed 15 year for murder of wife - The Mercury (07 May 2004)50

50

The two figures above were created from screenshots of The Mercury‘s website using actual content from the original newspaper articles.


12.11. Hester (Vos) Magdalena DE BUYS , known as Vos, was born on March 8th, 1939.

Vos married Jan (Jan Kampies) VAN DER VYWER on June 4th, 1957 in Potchefstroom, South Africa in a

religious ceremony. Jan Kampies was born on April 5th, 1936.


1. Jacobus (Cobus) Christiaan VAN DER VYWER born Apr 8th, 1958 and died Mar 31st, 1999.

2. Emily (Emsie) VAN DER VYWER born Aug 12th, 1960.

3. Esmeralda (Nan) Magdalena VAN DER VYWER born Jun 19th, 1962.

4. Lorinda Charmaine VAN DER VYWER born Jul 17th, 1964.

5. Janine Valerie VAN DER VYWER born Mar 1st, 1966.

6. Zelda Zuzette VAN DER VYWER born Jul 8th, 1969.

7. Belinda Louise VAN DER VYWER born Nov 8th, 1970.

8. Laomi Lizandra VAN DER VYWER born Mar 15th, 1972.

9. Jan (Jansie) Abraham VAN DER VYWER

12.12. Adriana (Lil) Magdalena DE BUYS , known as Lil, was born on November 16th, 1940.

Lil lives in Potgietersrus.

Lil and Karel (Callie) Johannes BAM were married.

Callie was born on April 8th, 1938 and died on August 19th, 1978.


1. Karel (Johan) Johannes BAM born Apr 6th, 1960 and died Jul 21st, 2000.

2. Yvonne BAM born Jun 12th, 1962.

3. Irine BAM born Nov 23rd, 1963.

4. Magdalena (Lily) BAM born Jan 1st, 1965.

12.13. Emily (Em) DE BUYS , known as Em, was born about 1946.

Em married Joseph (Joos) BEZUIDENHOUT.


1. Adele BEZUIDENHOUT

2. Jacques MARKOS

12.14. Daniel (Dan or Daan) Sarel DE BUYS , known as Dan or Daan, was born on January 10th, 1947 in

Rustenburg, South Africa and died on September 5th, 1986 in Ventersdorp, South Africa.

In 1967 Daniel lived in 35 Wentzel Street, Meiringspark, Klerksdorp. In 1978 his residence was listed as 886, Vyfhoek,

Potchefstroom.

In September 1976 he was involved in a motor accident which left him without the use of his left leg. He could not

complete his apprenticeship/work (painting contractor) and began subcontracting work. The economic situation left

to the demise of his business.

(Source: Court records: 14 Nov 1978)

Dan or Daan married Margaretha (Rita) Magdalena NORVAL on August 14th, 1967 in Potchefstroom, South

Africa in a religious ceremony. Their marriage was annulled on April 23rd, 1974 in Pretoria, South Africa.

Rita was born on March 14th, 1947.

Daniel and Margaretha's marriage was anulled on 23 April 1974 and they got remarried in Potchefstroom in 1976.



1. Coenraad (Connie) Johannes DE BUYS born Dec 12th, 1964.

2. James (Jimmy) DE BUYS born Sep 30th, 1966.

3. Daniel (Mannetjie) Sarel DE BUYS born Sep 23rd, 1970.

4. Anne-Marie DE BUYS born Oct 31st, 1977 and died Jun 3rd, 2005.

5. Paul DE BUYS born Dec 29th, 1979 and died Nov 29th, 2007 in Bloemfontein, SA.

12.15. Hendrina (Gertie) Hattie Gertrude DE BUYS , known as Gertie, was born on September 21st, 1949.

Gertie was diagnosed with stomach cancer on 03 December 2008 and lives in Amanzimtoti.

Gertie first married Frederick Roland FERMOR on April 29th, 1966 in a religious ceremony. They were

divorced on June 11th, 1997. Frederick was born on February 9th, 1947.


1. Shawn Roland FERMOR born Mar 7th, 1967.

2. Gordon Patrick FERMOR born Sep 22nd, 1968.

3. Deon Fredrick FERMOR born Jan 17th, 1970.

4. Sharon FERMOR born Nov 24th, 1971.

Figure 35: Sharon, Deon, Gordon, Shawn, Gertie & Freddie Fermor (Possibly about 1985)

Gertie now married George (Paul) WATKINS on December 10th, 1998 in a religious ceremony. Paul was

born on October 10th, 1974.

12.16. Johanna (Collie) Magdalena DE BUYS , known as Collie, was born about 1950 and died about 1970.

Collie first married MARKOS.


1. Jacques MARKOS


Collie next married Chris VAN BILJON.

12.17. <Unknown>

12.18. Francina (Ous) Jacoba DE BUYS , known as Ous, was born on December 23rd, 1937.

Ous married Hendrik TOLMAY on September 10th, 1954 in Ventersdorp, South Africa in a religious

ceremony. Hendrik was born on September 2nd, 1936.


1. Jacomina Hendrina TOLMAY

2. Hendrik Jacobus TOLMAY

3. Hermanus Jacobus Adriaan TOLMAY

4. Christoffel TOLMAY

12.19. Hester (Hettie) Magdalena DE BUYS , known as Hettie, was born on September 10th, 1942.

Hester divorced Jan on 18 Feb 1969 while Jan was incarcerated for theft at the Barberton prison in the Transvaal.

Hettie first married Jan (Chapinni) Chappini LOMBARD on March 12th, 1960 in Ventersdorp, South Africa

in a religious ceremony. They were divorced on August 2nd, 1969 in Johannesburg requested by the wife.

Chapinni was born on April 12th, 1932 and died in Pretoria, South Africa.


1. Ronette LOMBARD born Feb 1st, 1961.

2. Johan Pierre LOMBARD born Jan 13th, 1962.

3. Cecilia LOMBARD born Apr 7th, 1963.

4. Jan Chappini LOMBARD born Oct 1st, 1964.

Next Hettie and Johan VAN DER BERG were married.

Johan was born on July 9th, 1945 and died on December 26th, 1989.


1. Kobus VAN DER BERG born Feb 17th, 1971.

12.20. Jacomina (Driena) Hendrina DE BUYS , known as Driena, was born on October 14th, 1944 and died on

July 30th, 2007.

Driena married MANS.


1. Magda MANS

2. Fritz MANS

3. Theuns MANS

12.21. Adriaan (At) Stephanus Coenraad DE BUYS , known as At, was born on April 12th, 1947.

Lived at 10 Neptune Street, Langlaagte Noord, Johannesbug

At's occupation was Shift driver.

At married Helmin DE KOCK.

Helmin was born in 1948.


Figure 36: Helmin (nee De Kock), Salomé and Adriaan (At) De Buys (About 1993)

12.22. Hermina (Bokkie) Cathrina DE BUYS , known as Bokkie, was born on March 2nd, 1952.

Bokkie and Helena Elizabeth VAN ZYL were fused, i.e.inseparable.

12.23. Hermanus Jacobus DE BUYS was born on August 4th, 1957.

Lived at 32 Fisher Street, Krugersdorp West (1983)

30 Reyger Street, Quelleriepark, Krugersdorp (1989)

Hermanus' occupation was Diesel Machanic.

Hermanus and Helena Elizabeth VAN ZYL were fused, i.e.inseparable.

Hermanus married Hester Maria BRITS.

Hester was born on March 6th, 1959.


1. Salomé DE BUYS born Jul 9th, 1989.


Figure 37: Hermanus, Salomé and Hester De Buys (nee Brits) at Salomé's graduation (Port Alfred, 2007)

12.24. Pieter (The Huys and Peter) DE BUYS , known as The Huys and Peter, was born on April 17th, 1940 in

Kaapstad and died on November 24th, 1994 in Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, RSA.

Figure 38: Peter De Buys (September 1990)

Pieter was shot twice during a robbery. He went into a coma after being shot and passed away two weeks later.


The Huys and Peter's occupation was Security guard for Transcash.

First The Huys and Peter and Pamela (Pam) Amonda BROWN were married but the marriage was anulled.

Peter had the marriage annulled by the Roman Catholic church


1. Larry Pieter DE BUYS

The Huys and Peter next married Joan Susan Wilhelmina PREHN on April 16th, 1973 in Bellville in a civil

ceremony. Joan was born on March 9th, 1940.


1. Michael Joseph DE BUYS born Mar 21st, 1971 in Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa.


Figure 39: Weekend Argus article on the shootout which led to Peter De Buys' death (12/13 Nov 1994)


12.25. Paulus (The Flat) Christian Wilhelm DE BUYS , known as The Flat, was born on February 3rd, 1943 and

died on January 12th, 2001 in Robertson, Western Cape, South Africa. He was cremated. According to the

1989 voters roll ―The Flat‖ gave his occupation as an assistant electrician.

Figure 40: Paulus De Buys (About 1965)

"The Flat" as he was known to family members had quite a rough life. The first time he saw his father was when he was

around 3 years old and his father had just come back from his duties during World War 2. Coming home his father

saw him playing in the yard with a bottle in his mouth. He walked up to "The Flat" and ripped the bottle from his

mouth, threw it away and said: "No son of mine sucks on a bottle!".

Flat never really had a steady job or steady life for that matter - he moved from place to place doing odd job's

earning his keep at boarding houses. Flat spent quite a bit of time in and out of jail for petty crimes such as drunk

and disorderly behaviour and petty theft - he in fact once stole a packet of sausages from a shop with the intention of

getting caught so as to have somewhere to sleep that night!

"The Flat" often referred to prison as "The City of Keys".

12.26. Leonardus (The Lent, Len and Pops) David DE BUYS , known as The Lent, Len and Pops, was born on

July 2nd, 1947 in 26 Cauvin Road, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa.


Figure 41: Leonardus De Buys in Lyttleton 81 T.S.D. during 1966

The Lent, Len and Pops' occupation was Horticulturist for Blouberg Municipality.

The Lent, Len and Pops married Heather Mae DODGSON on October 2nd, 1968 in The Monastery,

Heathfield, Bergvliet, Cape Town, South Africa in a religious ceremony. Heather was born on February

28th, 1950 in Mexborough, UK.


1. Leonard (Tony) Anthony DE BUYS born Sep 6th, 1969 in Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa.

2. Christopher (Dave) David DE BUYS born Jan 13th, 1972.

12.27. Eugene (Nina) DE BUYS , known as Nina, was born on February 21st, 1949.

Figure 42: Eugene and Pieter at their wedding. Leonard De Buys is beside Pieter

First Nina divorced Pieter KILIAN.


1. Adriaan KILIAN born ~Dec 1968.


2. John KILIAN born ~1970.

Next Nina divorced Alan FOXCROFT.

Figure 43: Ione De Buys and Alan Foxcroft

Nina now married Vladimir Ilich PETROV.

Vladimir was born on March 1st, 1968.

12.28. Colleen Margaret DE BUYS was born on August 2nd, 1960 in Military Hospital, Wynberg, Cape Town.

First Colleen divorced James Henry LEWIS.

James was born on November 7th, 1956.


1. Michelle Mary LEWIS born Aug 6th, 1982 in Marifont Nursing Hospital, Sunnyside, Pretoria.

2. James (Assie) Henry LEWIS born May 25th, 1987 in Marifont Nursing Hospital, Sunnyside Pretoria.

Figure 44: Colleen, James and baby Michelle (About 1983)

Now Colleen and Benjamin (Benny) DU PLESSIS are living together.

Benny was born on January 11th, 1958.

12.29. Willem Coenraad DE BUYS was born on February 16th, 1951.

Willem and his sibilings were sent to an orphanage from 1960 to 1965 and during that time he did not have much contact

with the rest of his family


Willem and Willem (Seun) Coenraad DE BUYS have a close friendship.

First Willem and Janette Ida MARSBURG were married.

Janette was born in 1952 and died on July 2nd, 1997.


1. Nicoleen DE BUYS born Dec 3rd, 1978.

Willem now married Ansie HOPLEY.

Ansie was born on August 9th, 1958.

12.30. Albertus (Stompie) Johannus DE BUYS , known as Stompie, was born on February 17th, 1952.

Stompie and Willem (Seun) Coenraad DE BUYS are estranged.

Stompie first married Hester Johanna Albertina MEYER in 1972 in Boksburg, South Africa in a religious

ceremony. Hester was born in 1958 and died in 1980.


1. Willem (Seun) Coenraad DE BUYS born Oct 27th, 1973.

2. Marie (Toetsie) Elizabeth Isabella DE BUYS born Mar 14th, 1975.

Suzan was born in 1963.

12.31. Pieter Barnard DE BUYS was born on April 1st, 1953 and died about September 2002.

Pieter married Alida Johanna Francina VAN DER MERWE.

Alida was born in 1954.


1. Pieter Willem DE BUYS born Jun 19th, 1973.

2. Fransica DE BUYS

12.32. Walter Leon DE BUYS was born on June 2nd, 1955.

Walter married Anna Elizabeth Sophia KRUGER.

Anna was born in 1959.

12.33. Daniel DE BUYS was born on September 14th, 1956.

Daniel married Angeline FERREIRA in 1979 in Boksburg in a religious ceremony. They were divorced

about 1991. Angeline was born in 1960.


1. Sharlene DE BUYS born Mar 26th, 1980 in Boksburg Benoni Hospital.

2. Anthony DE BUYS born Jun 8th, 1981 in Boksburg Benoni Hospital.

12.34. Ronnie DE BUYS was born on December 14th, 1957.

Ronnie's occupation was Butcher.

Ronnie married Christina Magdalena PEENS.

Christina was born in 1961.

12.35. Juanita Marina DE BUYS was born on November 12th, 1961.

12.36. George DE BUYS

12.37. Anne BOTES


Thirteenth Generation

13.1. Elanza BOTHA

13.2. Amelia BOTHA

13.3. Rozanne BOTHA

13.4. Rossouw BOTHA

13.5. Pieter Willem BOTHA

13.6. Mathys Daniel MAARTENS was born on October 10th, 1972 in Bloemfontein, OFS, South Africa.

13.7. Abraham Jacobus MAARTENS was born on March 22nd, 1975 in Bloemfontein, OFS, South Africa.

13.8. Diederik Jurgens Vos MAARTENS was born on August 5th, 1977 in Sandton, South Africa.

13.9. Petrus Jacobus MARAIS was born on August 28th, 1974 in Hofmeyr.

13.10. Rene MARAIS was born on June 21st, 1976 in Hofmeyr.

13.11. Abraham (Abri) Jacobus DE BUYS , known as Abri, was born on June 6th, 1980 in Bloemfontein, OFS,

South Africa.

13.12. Friedrich (Callie) Carl DE BUYS , known as Callie, was born on January 13th, 1983 in Bloemfontein, OFS,

South Africa.

13.13. Albert Johannes DE BUYS was born on May 6th, 1985 in Cradock, Cape Province.

13.14. Brett WARD was born on March 11th, 1980 in Salisbury, Rhodesia.

13.15. Sean WARD was born on April 10th, 1981 in Zimbabwe.

13.16. Brian Michael DE BUYS was born in 1987.

13.17. Kerryn Laurie DE BUYS was born in 1990.

13.18. Taine Dillon DE BUYS was born in 2000 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

13.19. Andre DE BUYS was born on April 20th, 1963 and died on August 10th, 1997.

13.20. Coenraad (Coenie) Willem DE BUYS , known as Coenie,

Coenraad disappeared without a trace from his last know abode in Ventersdorp. He had serious diabetes and is

presumed dead.

Coenie married Charmayne Florence ROODT in a religious ceremony. They were divorced on December

18th, 1979.


1. Marius DE BUYS born <1979.

13.21. Stephanus (Stefaans) DE BUYS , known as Stefaans, died in 2005 in Vereeniging, South Africa.


Stefaans took care of his mother until he passed away in 2005. Apparently it became too much for her and she passed

away shortly afterwards too. It is assumed that he had diabetes.

13.22. James DE BUYS

13.23. Antoinette DE BUYS

13.24. Ronel DE BUYS

13.25. Alida (Lida) DE BUYS , known as Lida, was born on June 4th, 1972 in Frankfort, Free State, South Africa.

Lida married Jonathan FERRIER.


1. Samantha FERRIER

2. Nakita FERRIER

3. Richard FERRIER

13.26. Coenraad (Ouboetie) Willem DE BUYS , known as Ouboetie, was born on February 1st, 1977 in Newcastle,

Kwazulu - Natal, South Africa.

13.27. Rhoda DE BUYS was born on March 2nd, 1960.


Figure 45: The De Buys/Schmidt family (About 1988)

Front: Monique De Buys, Werner De Buys & Renier De Buys

Middle: Johanna De Buys (nee Swanepoel) with Cami on her lap, James De Buys

Back: Maxie De Buys (nee Oliver), Sunette van Greuning (nee De Buys), Rhoda Schmidt (nee De Buys) and

Peter Schmidt

Rhoda married Peter Wolfgang SCHMIDT on June 17th, 1983 in Klerksdorp, South Africa in a religious

ceremony. Peter was born on August 23rd, 1954.


1. Monique (Niq) Renee PELSER born Nov 20th, 1994.

2. Caryn-Marlize (Cami) JANSEN born Jan 15th, 2004.

13.28. Dawid DE BUYS was born on December 20th, 1961.

Dawid first married Henrita (Rita) WILTERS on February 22nd, 1988 in Klerksdorp, South Africa in a

religious ceremony. They were divorced in July 1989. Dawid then married Rita on June 14th, 2002 in

Potchefstroom, South Africa in a religious ceremony. Rita was born on May 25th, 1961.

Dawid and Henrita got remarried on 14 June 2003, but have since separated.


1. Armin Henrich DE BUYS born Dec 25th, 1989.


Dawid next married Maxie OLIVIER on August 25th, 1989 in Klerksdorp, South Africa in a religious

ceremony. They were divorced in November 2001. Maxie was born on June 13th, 1968.


1. Sunette DE BUYS born May 18th, 1990.

2. Werner DE BUYS born Dec 14th, 1992.

3. Renier DE BUYS born Oct 17th, 1994.

Figure 46: Dawid De Buys and his grandson Jason Van Greuning (09 Nov 2008)

13.29. Coenraad (Coenie) Willem SMITH , known as Coenie, was born on November 2nd, 1956.

Coenie married Sandra ELS.


1. Ettienne SMITH born Jun 2nd, 1978.

2. Edwin SMITH

3. Eugene SMITH

4. Eben SMITH

13.30. Stephanus (Steve) Naude SMITH , known as Steve, was born about 1957.

Steve divorced Amanda ELS.


1. Ronnie SMITH

2. Ursula SMITH

3. Cherleen SMITH


13.31. Emily (Millie) SMITH , known as Millie, was born on December 14th, 1959.

Millie married Christiaan STEYN on February 19th, 1977 in a religious ceremony. Christiaan was born on

September 28th, 1952.


1. Christiaan (Christo) STEYN born Jul 3rd, 1977.

2. Christelle STEYN born May 6th, 1979.

3. Leonie STEYN born Dec 23rd, 1998.

13.32. Linda SMITH was born on August 24th, 1961.

Linda married Willie HATTINGH.


1. Zanelle HATTINGH born Apr 7th, 1987.

2. Chantelle HATTINGH born Jan 2nd, 1992.

13.33. Leon SMITH was born in 1963.

Leon married Alida MOSTERT on April 8th in a religious ceremony.


1. Tracy-Lee SMITH

2. Abigail SMITH

13.34. Andre SMITH was born on December 29th, 1964 and died on September 2nd, 2001.

Andre divorced Lee-Ann JONES.


1. Ivan SMITH

13.35. Heila (Magda) Magdalena SMITH , known as Magda, was born on January 25th, 1966.

Magda married Willem (Wilie) Jacobus MOSTERT on April 25th, 1986 in a religious ceremony. Wilie was

born on March 24th, 1965.


1. Simone MOSTERT born Apr 17th, 1987.

2. Maryke MOSTERT born May 14th, 1992.

13.36. Amelia SMITH was born on March 5th, 1968.

Amelia married Andre OLIVIER on September 2nd, 1996 in a religious ceremony. Andre was born on July

11th, 1964.


1. Luzanne OLIVIER born Apr 28th, 1987.

2. Zelne OLIVIER born Mar 16th, 2005.

13.37. Daniel (Danie) Sarel SMITH , known as Danie, was born on October 5th, 1969.

Danie first married Esme BESTER on August 4th, 2004 in Welkom, OFS, South Africa in a religious

ceremony.

Next Danie divorced Tertia COETZER.


1. Ryno SMITH born Dec 12th, 1994.


2. Alvin SMITH born May 27th, 1997.

13.38. Riaan SMITH was born on December 20th, 1970 and died in December 1978.

13.39. Jacobus (Cobus) Christiaan VAN DER VYWER , known as Cobus, was born on April 8th, 1958 and died

on March 31st, 1999.

Cobus was a recording artist and has released several LP's. He particularly enjoyed singing country style music.

First Cobus divorced Susanna Aletta Sophia Johanna CORNELIUS.

Susanna was born on September 5th, 1962.


1. Lizanda Bianca VAN DER VYWER born Sep 25th, 1979.

2. Zianne Chrizelle VAN DER VYWER born Aug 10th, 1980.

Cobus next married Letisha VAN STADEN.

Letisha was born on April 10th, 1956.


1. Marshall VAN DER VYWER born Jun 15th, 1992.

13.40. Emily (Emsie) VAN DER VYWER , known as Emsie, was born on August 12th, 1960.

Emsie divorced Isaac Theo William DE VILLIERS.

Isaac was born on August 31st, 1946.


1. Theo William DE VILLIERS born Nov 14th, 1977.

2. Angelique Shaska DE VILLIERS born Dec 20th, 1979.

13.41. Esmeralda (Nan) Magdalena VAN DER VYWER , known as Nan, was born on June 19th, 1962.

Nan married Christo JOUBERT on March 4th, 1983 in a religious ceremony.


1. Christo JOUBERT born Dec 9th, 1984.

2. Christiaan (Tiaan) JOUBERT born Jul 9th, 1986.

13.42. Lorinda Charmaine VAN DER VYWER was born on July 17th, 1964.

Lorinda married Marthinus Christoffel BOTHA on October 19th, 1984 in a religious ceremony.


1. Chrisinda BOTHA born May 9th, 1987.

2. Marthinus (Marnus) Christoffel BOTHA born Dec 21st, 1989.

13.43. Janine Valerie VAN DER VYWER was born on March 1st, 1966.

Janine divorced (JJ) STRYDOM.

13.44. Zelda Zuzette VAN DER VYWER was born on July 8th, 1969.

Zelda married Marius JOUBERT on October 4th, 1995 in a religious ceremony. Marius was born on

October 13th, 1964.


1. David (Niel) Daniel JOUBERT born Mar 3rd, 1986.

2. Zenilda Roxette JOUBERT born Jan 23rd, 1991.


13.45. Belinda Louise VAN DER VYWER was born on November 8th, 1970.

Belinda married Gerhard.


1. Gert Jacobus VAN DER VYWER born Oct 9th, 1988.

2. Gerlouise Jacolinda VAN DER VYWER born Oct 27th, 1991.

3. Sandra-Lee Veruschka VAN DER VYWER born Feb 10th, 1994.

13.46. Laomi Lizandra VAN DER VYWER was born on March 15th, 1972.

Laomi divorced Frederick (Frikkie) Jacobus JANSE VAN RENSBURG.

Frikkie was born on July 6th, 1968.


1. Laruschka Chardone JANSE VAN RENSBURG born Nov 5th, 1994.

2. Derik JANSE VAN RENSBURG born Jan 6th, 2003.

13.47. Jan (Jansie) Abraham VAN DER VYWER , known as Jansie,

Jansie married Alta.


1. Sarinda VAN DER VYWER

2. Nikita VAN DER VYWER

3. Romeo VAN DER VYWER

4. Juliet VAN DER VYWER

13.48. Karel (Johan) Johannes BAM , known as Johan, was born on April 6th, 1960 and died on July 21st, 2000.

Johan divorced Gabriella.


1. Tyrone BAM born Apr 1st, 1982.

13.49. Yvonne BAM was born on June 12th, 1962.

Yvonne first married Jan Cornelius YONKER on August 8th, 2008 in Westonaria, South Africa in a religious

ceremony. Jan was born on July 29th, 1951.

Next Yvonne divorced Willem Abraham BOTHA.

Willem was born on July 25th, 1961.


1. Delenne BOTHA born Jan 23rd, 1982.

2. Annolenne BOTHA born May 2nd, 1984.

3. Chardenne VAN DER MERWE born Jul 26th, 1995.

13.50. Irine BAM was born on November 23rd, 1963.

First Irine and <Unknown> were in some sort of a relationship.


1. Adriana (Adri) BAM

Next Irine divorced Martiens BEYLEVELD.

Next Irine divorced Jakobus Daniel JORDAAN.



1. Jacobus Jacques JORDAAN born Apr 5th, 1983.

Irine now married Johannes (Gerhard) Gerhardus BARNARD on July 8th, 1980 in a religious ceremony.

Gerhard was born on July 8th, 1966.


1. Rene Elaine BARNARD born Feb 16th, 1991.

2. Ryno Gerhard BARNARD born May 19th, 1995.

13.51. Magdalena (Lily) BAM , known as Lily, was born on January 1st, 1965.

Lily first married George DE JAGER on March 27th, 1982 in a religious ceremony. George was born on

September 7th, 1956.


1. Marlyn DE JAGER born Sep 7th, 1984.

Lily next married ERASMUS on June 11th, 1998 in a religious ceremony.

Next Lily and Robert COX were in some sort of a relationship.

Robert was born on December 11th, 1968.


1. Nikita COX born Oct 14th, 1988.

13.52. Adele BEZUIDENHOUT

Adele married Ronnie GERBER.


1. <Unknown>

2. <Unknown>

3. <Unknown>

13.53. Jacques MARKOS

First Jacques divorced Barbara.


1. <Unknown>

2. <Unknown>

3. <Unknown>

Jacques now married <Unknown>.

13.54. Coenraad (Connie) Johannes DE BUYS , known as Connie, was born on December 12th, 1964.

Connie married Aletta (Alet) Hendrina SMOOK on October 1st, 1994 in Bloemfontein, SA in a religious

ceremony. Alet was born on November 22nd, 1968.


1. Christhean (Thean) DE BUYS born Aug 31st, 1995.

2. Henrico (Rico) DE BUYS born Sep 6th, 1999.

13.55. James (Jimmy) DE BUYS , known as Jimmy, was born on September 30th, 1966.

Jimmy first married Adie LAMPRECHT on July 23rd, 2004 in Senekal, South Africa in a religious

ceremony. Adie was born on September 9th, 1959.


1. Adriaan LAMPRECHT born May 12th, 1983.


2. Zander LAMPRECHT born Jun 3rd, 1985.

Next Jimmy divorced Frieda VAN NIEKERK.

Frieda died in 2005.

13.56. Daniel (Mannetjie) Sarel DE BUYS , known as Mannetjie, was born on September 23rd, 1970.

Mannetjie divorced Geraldine.

Geraldine was born on August 10th, 1972.

13.57. Anne-Marie DE BUYS was born on October 31st, 1977 and died on June 3rd, 2005.

Anne-Marie had severe Diabetes since childhood, and it eventually caused her death along with kidney failure.

Anne-Marie married Ettienne NEL on October 26th, 2003 in Bloemfontein, SA in a religious ceremony.

Ettienne was born on July 3rd, 1975.

13.58. Paul DE BUYS was born on December 29th, 1979 and died on November 29th, 2007 in Bloemfontein, SA.

He was cremation on December 4th, 2007 in NG kerk Universitasrif.

Paul was returning home after dropping his fiance, Marizaan, off at her house. Paul could have been driving fast. It

was raining and Paul's vehicle hit a patch of water in the road, he lost control fo the vehicle and died in the resulting

crash.

Paul and Marizaan were engaged to be married.

13.59. Shawn Roland FERMOR was born on March 7th, 1967.

Shawn first married Ina OLIVER on October 21st, 1988 in a religious ceremony. They were divorced in

1995. Ina was born on June 2nd, 1967.


1. Rolene FERMOR born May 2nd, 1992.

2. Shawn Roland FERMOR born Jun 24th, 1997.

Shawn now married Linda SANDERS on October 11th, 1996 in a religious ceremony. Linda was born on

January 2nd, 1969.


1. Reuben FERMOR born Apr 29th, 1998.

2. Duanne FERMOR born Jun 24th, 2002.

13.60. Gordon Patrick FERMOR was born on September 22nd, 1968.

Gordon married Rika BOTHA.

Rika was born on June 12th, 1970.


1. Clinton FERMOR born Jul 23rd, 1992.

2. Ruan FERMOR born Apr 7th, 2000.

3. Divan FERMOR born Dec 8th, 2002.

13.61. Deon Fredrick FERMOR was born on January 17th, 1970.

Deon separated from Yolandi SWANEPOEL.

Yolandi was born on June 6th, 1975.


1. Ryno FERMOR born Mar 21st, 1998.

2. Meagan FERMOR born May 4th, 2002.


13.62. Sharon FERMOR was born on November 24th, 1971.

Sharon married Theunis VAN ROOYEN.

Theunis was born on February 27th, 1970.


1. Donovan VAN ROOYEN born Apr 29th, 1993.

2. Nicole VAN ROOYEN born Oct 21st, 2000.

13.63. Jacomina Hendrina TOLMAY

13.64. Hendrik Jacobus TOLMAY

13.65. Hermanus Jacobus Adriaan TOLMAY

13.66. Christoffel TOLMAY

13.67. Ronette LOMBARD was born on February 1st, 1961 and died.

13.68. Johan Pierre LOMBARD was born on January 13th, 1962.

Johan married Leonie MATTHYSEN.

13.69. Cecilia LOMBARD was born on April 7th, 1963.

Cecilia married Phillipes FOLLENS.

13.70. Jan Chappini LOMBARD was born on October 1st, 1964.

13.71. Kobus VAN DER BERG was born on February 17th, 1971.

13.72. Magda MANS

Magda lives in Potchefstroom.

13.73. Fritz MANS

Contact details: Telephone: 0843003254 .

Fritz divorced <Unknown>.


1. Aidon MANS

13.74. Theuns MANS

Theuns divorced <Unknown>.


1. Tinika MANS

2. MANS

13.75. Salomé DE BUYS was born on July 9th, 1989.

13.76. Larry Pieter DE BUYS


Larry married Michelle.


1. <Unknown>

2. <Unknown>

13.77. Michael Joseph DE BUYS was born on March 21st, 1971 in Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa.

Figure 47: Michael De Buys (26 December 2007)

Michael married Natalie Roberta HILL about 1990 in a civil ceremony. Natalie was born on January 26th,

1971.


1. Dameron DE BUYS born Nov 4th, 1991 in Libertas Hospital, Goodwood, Cape Town.

2. Maxine Maria DE BUYS born Sep 7th, 1995 in Libertas Hospital, Goodwood, Cape Town.

3. Tristan DE BUYS born Jun 4th, 1999 in Milnerton Medi Clinic, Milnerton, South Africa.


Figure 48: (From left) Maxine, Tristan and Dameron De Buys (May 2009)

13.78. Leonard (Tony) Anthony DE BUYS , known as Tony, was born on September 6th, 1969 in Mowbray, Cape

Town, South Africa.

From September 16th, 1998 Tony‟s worked as a consultant for Business Connexion. He resigned on February 28th,

2007.

During Tony's stay at Business Connexion he worked at the Truworths Head Office in Cape Town and then moved to

Marine and Coastal Management which is a government department which is the regulatory authority responsible

for managing all marine and coastal activities.

From March 1st, 2007 he was a consultant for PBT Group and resigned on February 28th, 2008 to work as and

Oracle DBA for ID Consulting.

Figure 49: Maria and Tony (2007)


Tony married Maria F. DE SOUSA on January 6th, 1995 in Tableview, Cape Town, RSA in a religious

ceremony. Maria was born on December 4th, 1969 in Vincent Palotti, Cape Town, South Africa.


1. Michael Chad DE BUYS born Nov 4th, 1993 in Somerset Hospital, Green Point, Cape Town, South

Africa.

2. Kayleigh Amber DE BUYS born Dec 10th, 1999 in Milnerton Medi Clinic, Milnerton, South Africa.

13.79. Christopher (Dave) David DE BUYS , known as Dave, was born on January 13th, 1972.

Figure 50: Dave De Buys in the army at Upington (1992)

Dave served in the Transport Section (TPT) in Upington 8SAI from January 1991 to December 1991 during his

National Service call up to the South African Defence Force.

Dave married Dalene PERRY on July 17th, 2004 in Parow, Cape Town in a religious ceremony. Dalene was

born on April 1st, 1981 in Karl Bremer Hospital, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa.

13.80. Adriaan KILIAN was born about December 1968.

Adriaan was a policeman in South Africa, but has since emigrated to New Zealand with his family.

Adriaan married <Unknown>.


1. <Unknown>

2. <Unknown>

3. <Unknown>

13.81. John KILIAN was born about 1970.

John's occupation was Stock Controller for General Motors.


Figure 51: John Kilian while working at General Motors during 2009

John married Shiminais.


1. Troy KILIAN born ~2006.

2. Simone KILIAN born ~2008.

13.82. Michelle Mary LEWIS was born on August 6th, 1982 in Marifont Nursing Hospital, Sunnyside, Pretoria.

Michelle and John Anthony PAULSEN were living together in a platonic relationship then separated.

John was born on April 1st, 1966.


1. Casidy Colleen Bonita LEWIS born Apr 28th, 2007 in Glynnwood Hospital, Benoni.

13.83. James (Assie) Henry LEWIS , known as Assie, was born on May 25th, 1987 in Marifont Nursing Hospital,

Sunnyside Pretoria.

Assie married Karen DE VROOM on April 3rd, 2010 in Pretoria, South Africa in a religious ceremony.

Karen was born on November 18th, 1986.

13.84. Nicoleen DE BUYS was born on December 3rd, 1978.

Nicoleen married KLEE.


1. KLEE

13.85. Willem (Seun) Coenraad DE BUYS , known as Seun, was born on October 27th, 1973.

Seun and Willem Coenraad DE BUYS have a close friendship. Seun and Albertus (Stompie) Johannus DE

BUYS are estranged.

Seun married Anneline SLABBERTS on October 21st, 2000 in a religious ceremony. Anneline was born on

July 12th, 1967.


1. Charl DE BUYS born Oct 4th, 2003.

13.86. Marie (Toetsie) Elizabeth Isabella DE BUYS , known as Toetsie, was born on March 14th, 1975.

13.87. Pieter Willem DE BUYS was born on June 19th, 1973.


Pieter married Jacoba DIEDERIKS in 1999 in a religious ceremony. Jacoba was born on December 1st,

1978 in Van der Bijl Park, Gauteng, South Africa.


1. Robert Jacob Johannes DE BUYS born Sep 6th, 1998 in Rustenburg, South Africa.

2. Abigail DE BUYS born Oct 10th, 2000 in Rustenburg, South Africa.

3. Tanika DE BUYS born Jun 7th, 2004 in Rustenburg, South Africa.

13.88. Fransica DE BUYS

13.89. Sharlene DE BUYS was born on March 26th, 1980 in Boksburg Benoni Hospital.

Sharlene married Jude COLLINS on November 30th, 2006 in a religious ceremony. Jude was born on April

23rd, 1971.


1. Rogue Les-Ann COLLINS born ~2004.

2. Kaiden COLLINS born Apr 14th, 2010.

13.90. Anthony DE BUYS was born on June 8th, 1981 in Boksburg Benoni Hospital.

Fourteenth Generation

14.1. Marius DE BUYS was born before 1979.

14.2. Samantha FERRIER

14.3. Nakita FERRIER

14.4. Richard FERRIER

14.5. Monique (Niq) Renee PELSER , known as Niq, was born on November 20th, 1994.

Rhoda and Peter adopted Niq on 14 June 1996.

14.6. Caryn-Marlize (Cami) JANSEN , known as Cami, was born on January 15th, 2004.

Cami's mother worked on a wine farm, Vierkant Plaas in Stellenbosch.

14.7. Armin Henrich DE BUYS was born on December 25th, 1989.

14.8. Sunette DE BUYS was born on May 18th, 1990.

First Sunette and Morne ELS were in some sort of a relationship.

Sunette now married Johannes Barnard VAN GREUNING on November 17th, 2007 in Orkney, South Africa

in a religious ceremony. Johannes was born on May 25th, 1985.


1. Ryan VAN GREUNING born Mar 25th.

2. Jason VAN GREUNING born Feb 7th, 2008.

14.9. Werner DE BUYS was born on December 14th, 1992.

14.10. Renier DE BUYS was born on October 17th, 1994.


14.11. Ettienne SMITH was born on June 2nd, 1978.

Ettienne married Pamela SMITH on April 23rd, 2005 in a religious ceremony. Pamela was born on

November 18th, 1983.

14.12. Edwin SMITH

Edwin married Jenny.

14.13. Eugene SMITH

Eugene married Marina.


1. Anthea SMITH

14.14. Eben SMITH

14.15. Ronnie SMITH

14.16. Ursula SMITH

Ursula married Jaco.

14.17. Cherleen SMITH

Cherleen married Fanie.


1. Sune

2. <Unknown>

14.18. Christiaan (Christo) STEYN , known as Christo, was born on July 3rd, 1977.


1. Skye STEYN born Jun 16th, 2004.

14.19. Christelle STEYN was born on May 6th, 1979.

Riaan was born on February 8th, 1978.

The son of this relationship is:-

1. Juan VAN ZYL born Mar 23rd, 2006.

14.20. Leonie STEYN was born on December 23rd, 1998.

14.21. Zanelle HATTINGH was born on April 7th, 1987.

14.22. Chantelle HATTINGH was born on January 2nd, 1992.

14.23. Tracy-Lee SMITH

14.24. Abigail SMITH

14.25. Ivan SMITH

14.26. Simone MOSTERT was born on April 17th, 1987.


Simone married Gian DE KLERK on April 25th, 2008 in Sasolburg, South Africa in a religious ceremony.

Gian was born on January 20th, 1981.

14.27. Maryke MOSTERT was born on May 14th, 1992.

14.28. Luzanne OLIVIER was born on April 28th, 1987.

14.29. Zelne OLIVIER was born on March 16th, 2005.

14.30. Ryno SMITH was born on December 12th, 1994.

14.31. Alvin SMITH was born on May 27th, 1997.

14.32. Lizanda Bianca VAN DER VYWER was born on September 25th, 1979.

Lizanda married Barry GENIS.


1. <Unknown>

2. <Unknown>

14.33. Zianne Chrizelle VAN DER VYWER was born on August 10th, 1980.

Zianne married <Unknown>.

14.34. Marshall VAN DER VYWER was born on June 15th, 1992.

14.35. Theo William DE VILLIERS was born on November 14th, 1977.

14.36. Angelique Shaska DE VILLIERS was born on December 20th, 1979.

Angelique divorced Kenneth.


1. Shaskin Genevere born Sep 2000.

14.37. Christo JOUBERT was born on December 9th, 1984.

Christo married <Unknown>.

14.38. Christiaan (Tiaan) JOUBERT , known as Tiaan, was born on July 9th, 1986.

14.39. Chrisinda BOTHA was born on May 9th, 1987.

14.40. Marthinus (Marnus) Christoffel BOTHA , known as Marnus, was born on December 21st, 1989.

14.41. David (Niel) Daniel JOUBERT , known as Niel, was born on March 3rd, 1986.

Niel married Wilmie PRETORIUS.

Wilmie was born on October 14th, 1988.


1. Danielle JOUBERT born Sep 26th, 2008.

14.42. Zenilda Roxette JOUBERT was born on January 23rd, 1991.


14.43. Gert Jacobus VAN DER VYWER was born on October 9th, 1988.

14.44. Gerlouise Jacolinda VAN DER VYWER was born on October 27th, 1991.

14.45. Sandra-Lee Veruschka VAN DER VYWER was born on February 10th, 1994.

14.46. Laruschka Chardone JANSE VAN RENSBURG was born on November 5th, 1994.

14.47. Derik JANSE VAN RENSBURG was born on January 6th, 2003.

14.48. Sarinda VAN DER VYWER

14.49. Nikita VAN DER VYWER

14.50. Romeo VAN DER VYWER

14.51. Juliet VAN DER VYWER

14.52. Tyrone BAM was born on April 1st, 1982.

Tyrone married Mala.

Mala was born on February 14th, 1984.


1. Trent BAM born Nov 5th, 2008.

14.53. Delenne BOTHA was born on January 23rd, 1982.

Delenne married Barry VAN TONDER.


1. Barry VAN TONDER born 2001.

2. Juante VAN TONDER born 2005.

3. De-Andre VAN TONDER born 2008.

14.54. Annolenne BOTHA was born on May 2nd, 1984.

Annolenne and <Unknown> were in some sort of a relationship.


1. Michaela BOTHA born Apr 9th, 2003.

14.55. Chardenne VAN DER MERWE was born on July 26th, 1995.

14.56. Adriana (Adri) BAM , known as Adri,

Adri married Johannes (Fanie) Stephanus DU TOIT.


1. Devon DU TOIT born Dec 25th, 1999.

14.57. Jacobus Jacques JORDAAN was born on April 5th, 1983.

Jacobus married Nicolene TALJAARD on November 19th, 2005 in a religious ceremony.


1. Jacques JORDAAN born Feb 9th, 2007.


14.58. Rene Elaine BARNARD was born on February 16th, 1991.

14.59. Ryno Gerhard BARNARD was born on May 19th, 1995.

14.60. Marlyn DE JAGER was born on September 7th, 1984.

Marlyn married Enric HAYWARD on December 11th, 2003 in a religious ceremony.


1. Melanie HAYWARD born Jan 18th, 2004.

2. Melissa HAYWARD born Dec 11th, 2005.

3. Marlene HAYWARD born Oct 6th, 2007.

14.61. Nikita COX was born on October 14th, 1988.

14.62. <Unknown>

14.63. <Unknown>

14.64. <Unknown>

14.65. <Unknown>

14.66. <Unknown>

14.67. <Unknown>

14.68. Christhean (Thean) DE BUYS , known as Thean, was born on August 31st, 1995.

14.69. Henrico (Rico) DE BUYS , known as Rico, was born on September 6th, 1999.

14.70. Adriaan LAMPRECHT was born on May 12th, 1983.

14.71. Zander LAMPRECHT was born on June 3rd, 1985.

14.72. Rolene FERMOR was born on May 2nd, 1992.

14.73. Shawn Roland FERMOR was born on June 24th, 1997.

14.74. Reuben FERMOR was born on April 29th, 1998.

14.75. Duanne FERMOR was born on June 24th, 2002.

14.76. Clinton FERMOR was born on July 23rd, 1992.

14.77. Ruan FERMOR was born on April 7th, 2000.

14.78. Divan FERMOR was born on December 8th, 2002.

14.79. Ryno FERMOR was born on March 21st, 1998.

14.80. Meagan FERMOR was born on May 4th, 2002.


14.81. Donovan VAN ROOYEN was born on April 29th, 1993.

14.82. Nicole VAN ROOYEN was born on October 21st, 2000.

14.83. Aidon MANS

14.84. Tinika MANS

14.85. MANS

14.86. <Unknown>

14.87. <Unknown>

14.88. Dameron DE BUYS was born on November 4th, 1991 in Libertas Hospital, Goodwood, Cape Town.

14.89. Maxine Maria DE BUYS was born on September 7th, 1995 in Libertas Hospital, Goodwood, Cape Town.

14.90. Tristan DE BUYS was born on June 4th, 1999 in Milnerton Medi Clinic, Milnerton, South Africa.

14.91. Michael Chad DE BUYS was born on November 4th, 1993 in Somerset Hospital, Green Point, Cape Town,

South Africa.

14.92. Kayleigh Amber DE BUYS was born on December 10th, 1999 in Milnerton Medi Clinic, Milnerton, South

Africa.

14.93. <Unknown>

14.94. <Unknown>

14.95. <Unknown>

14.96. Troy KILIAN was born about 2006.

14.97. Simone KILIAN was born about 2008.

14.98. Casidy Colleen Bonita LEWIS was born on April 28th, 2007 in Glynnwood Hospital, Benoni and her

baptism took place on August 11th, 2007 in Pretoria, South Africa.

14.99. KLEE

14.100. Charl DE BUYS was born on October 4th, 2003.

14.101. Robert Jacob Johannes DE BUYS was born on September 6th, 1998 in Rustenburg, South Africa.

14.102. Abigail DE BUYS was born on October 10th, 2000 in Rustenburg, South Africa.

14.103. Tanika DE BUYS was born on June 7th, 2004 in Rustenburg, South Africa.

14.104. Rogue Les-Ann COLLINS was born about 2004.

14.105. Kaiden COLLINS was born on April 14th, 2010.


Fifteenth Generation

15.1. Ryan VAN GREUNING was born on March 25th.

15.2. Jason VAN GREUNING was born on February 7th, 2008.

15.3. Anthea SMITH

15.4. Sune

15.5. <Unknown>

15.6. Skye STEYN was born on June 16th, 2004.

15.7. Juan VAN ZYL was born on March 23rd, 2006.

15.8. <Unknown>

15.9. <Unknown>

15.10. Shaskin Genevere was born in September 2000.

15.11. Danielle JOUBERT was born on September 26th, 2008.

15.12. Trent BAM was born on November 5th, 2008.

15.13. Barry VAN TONDER was born in 2001.

15.14. Juante VAN TONDER was born in 2005.

15.15. De-Andre VAN TONDER was born in 2008.

15.16. Michaela BOTHA was born on April 9th, 2003.

15.17. Devon DU TOIT was born on December 25th, 1999.

15.18. Jacques JORDAAN was born on February 9th, 2007.

15.19. Melanie HAYWARD was born on January 18th, 2004.

15.20. Melissa HAYWARD was born on December 11th, 2005.

15.21. Marlene HAYWARD was born on October 6th, 2007.


The DODGSON Family

Unfortunately no link to the Lewis Carroll Dodgson‘s has been established as yet, but our branch of the

Dodgson family remains an interesting and colourful one.

First Generation

1.1. Benjamin DODGSON was born about 1795 and died before 1851.

Benjamin married Elizabeth ARNOLD.

Elizabeth was born about 1795 and died after 1851.


1. Teresa DODGSON born ~1835 in Darrington, UK.

2. John DODGSON born ~1837 in Darrington, UK.

3. Frank DODGSON born ~1837 in Kirk Smeaton, Yorkshire, UK.

4. Benjamin DODGSON born ~1841 in Womersley, UK.

5. Amey DODGSON born ~1843 in Barmbow, UK.

6. Arnold DODGSON born ~1849 in Kirk Smeaton, Yorkshire, UK.

7. George DODGSON born ~1850 in Kirk Smeaton, Yorkshire, UK.

Second Generation

2.1. Teresa DODGSON was born about 1835 in Darrington, UK and died.

2.2. John DODGSON was born about 1837 in Darrington, UK and died.

2.3. Frank DODGSON was born about 1837 in Kirk Smeaton, Yorkshire, UK and died.

2.4. Benjamin DODGSON was born about 1841 in Womersley, UK and died.

2.5. Amey DODGSON was born about 1843 in Barmbow, UK and died.

2.6. Arnold DODGSON was born about 1849 in Kirk Smeaton, Yorkshire, UK and died.

2.7. George DODGSON was born about 1850 in Kirk Smeaton, Yorkshire, UK and died.

General Notes: George was a farmer in the Birkin area

George's occupation was Farmer/Labourer.

George married Jane HALL on June 14th, 1873 in Pontefract, UK in a religious ceremony.

Jane was born on August 12th, 1854 and died on February 29th, 1908. Death Notes: Not 100% sure if the death information relates to the same person


1. David DODGSON born ~1878.

2. Walter DODGSON born ~1880.

3. Henry DODGSON born ~1881.

4. Frank DODGSON born Jul 27th, 1882 and died ~1941.

5. Tilly DODGSON

Third Generation

3.1. David DODGSON was born about 1878 and died.


3.2. Walter DODGSON was born about 1880 and died.

3.3. Henry DODGSON was born about 1881 and died.

3.4. Frank DODGSON was born on July 27th, 1882 and died about 1941.

Frank's occupation was Lorry Driver for John Smith Brewery.

Frank married Emily LARDER on May 17th, 1902 in Tadcaster, UK in a religious ceremony.

Emily was born on January 7th, 1878 and her baptism took place on January 19th, 1878 in

Tadcaster, UK. She died in 1956 in Bolton-On-Dearne, UK. Death Notes: After Frank passed away she moved to Bolton-On-Dearne, UK to stay with her family


1. Jenny DODGSON born ~1902.

2. Maud Evelyn Jane DODGSON born Jan 11th, 1903 in Wighill Road, Tadcaster.

3. Nellie DODGSON born ~1904 in Tadcaster, UK and died ~1963 in Bolton-upon-

Dearne, Yorks, England.

4. Elsie DODGSON born ~1906.

5. Harold DODGSON born Apr 24th, 1908 in Tadcaster, UK and died Oct 26th, 1983 in

Dapto, NSW, Australia.

6. George DODGSON born ~May 5th, 1908 in Hodgson Terrace, Tadcaster and died ~Feb

15th, 1992 in Tadcaster, England.

7. John Wiiliam DODGSON born ~1912 in Hodgson Terrace, Tadcaster.

8. Mary DODGSON born ~1914 in Hodgson Terrace, Tadcaster.

9. Walter (Tusky) Henry DODGSON born ~Apr 25th, 1915 in Hodgson Terrace,

Tadcaster.

10. Dorothy DODGSON born ~1918.

11. Eric David DODGSON born ~1920 in Castle Hill Terrace, Tadcaster.

12. Muriel DODGSON born Dec 14th, 1922 in Tadcaster, UK and died Jan 31st, 2009 in

Pennsylvania, USA.

3.5. Tilly DODGSON

Fourth Generation

4.1. Jenny DODGSON was born about 1902 and died.

4.2. Maud Evelyn Jane DODGSON was born on January 11th, 1903 in Wighill Road, Tadcaster

and her baptism took place on January 11th, 1903.

4.3. Nellie DODGSON was born about 1904 in Tadcaster, UK and died about 1963 in Bolton-

upon-Dearne, Yorks, England.

Nellie married George GARBUTT on January 2nd, 1926 in a religious ceremony witnessed by

Frank Dodgson and Herny Garbutt. George was born about 1904 and died about 1950.


1. May GARBUTT born ~1927.

2. Jenny GARBUTT born ~1928.

3. Lily GARBUTT born ~1929.

4. GARBUTT

5. GARBUTT

6. GARBUTT


4.4. Elsie DODGSON was born about 1906 and died.

Elsie married George Henry CUMBERLAND on May 20th, 1929 in UK in a religious

ceremony witnessed by W.R. Cumberland and Frank Dodgson. George was born about 1906

and died about 1976.


1. Rita CUMBERLAND born ~1931 in Tadcaster, UK.

2. Ron CUMBERLAND born ~1932 in Tadcaster, UK.

3. Brian CUMBERLAND born ~1933.

4.5. Harold DODGSON was born on April 24th, 1908 in Tadcaster, UK and died on October 26th,

1983 in Dapto, NSW, Australia.

Death Notes: He died of lung cancer in a nursing home in Dapto, NSW, Australia. He was a lovely man,

with lots of 'stories' about his life and everything else. If he didn't have a story about something then he

would make one up!

(Source: Nita Wragg)

Figure 52: Wedding of Harold Dodgson and Marion Bush in late 1920's

1. Harold Dodgson (born 1908)

2. Marion Dodgson (nee Bush)

3. William (Billy) Bush.

4. Mary Bush (nee Pickergill)

(Granny Bush)

5. Elsie Cumberland (nee Dodgson)

6. Rita Cumberland (Elsie‘s

daughter)

7. Emily Dodgson (nee Larder)

8. Frank Dodgson (born 1882)

9. Herbert Bush

10. Walter (Tusky) Dodgson

11. Harold Dodgson‘s grandmother

12. Eric Dodgson

13. Harold Dodgson‘s sister known as Aunty Ginny

14. Mary Dodgson


15. Dorothy Dodgson

16 – 21. Unknown.

Harold's occupation was Coal miner.

Harold married Marion BUSH about 1928 in Pontefract, UK in a religious ceremony. Marion

was born on January 29th, 1911 in Yorkshire, UK and died about 1984 in Warrawong, NSW,

Australia.

Death Notes: She died in hospital of a heart attack. She was great lady, who loved to cook, knit and

crochet. She always had a project on the go, and knitted and crocheted without patterns.



1. Frank Kenneth DODGSON born Jan 14th, 1931 in Tadcaster, UK and died May 14th,

1993 in Sydney, Australia.

2. Harold William DODGSON born Jun 16th, 1932 in 84 Broadway, Hatfield, Doncaster.

3. Marlene Rose DODGSON born Apr 13th, 1938 in Mexborough, UK and died ~1984 in

Wollongong, NSW, Australia.

4. Elizabeth (Little Betty) Joan Ann DODGSON born Oct 31st, 1939 and died Apr 10th,

2009.

4.6. George DODGSON was born about May 5th, 1908 in Hodgson Terrace, Tadcaster and died

about February 15th, 1992 in Tadcaster, England.

George married Elsie SHROUDER.

Elsie was born on January 1st, 1913 in MIDDLESBROUGH Cleveland England and her

baptism took place on June 26th, 1910.


1. Brenda DODGSON born ~1930.

2. Lilian DODGSON born ~1931.

3. Pamela Emily DODGSON born Dec 30th, 1940.

4. Mary DODGSON born 1943 in TADCASTER North Yorkshire England.

4.7. John Wiiliam DODGSON was born about 1912 in Hodgson Terrace, Tadcaster and his

baptism took place on May 26th, 1912.

Warrener? was born about 1913 and died about 1955.


1. George DODGSON born ~1923.

Rose was born about 1913.

4.8. Mary DODGSON was born about 1914 in Hodgson Terrace, Tadcaster and her baptism took

place on March 8th, 1914.

Mary married Alf COX.

Alf was born about 1915 and died in 1975.

4.9. Walter (Tusky) Henry DODGSON , known as Tusky, was born about April 25th, 1915 in

Hodgson Terrace, Tadcaster and his baptism took place about April 25th, 1915.


Figure 53: Walter (Tusky) Dodgson in his home in a village just outside of Tadcaster, UK.

The children are Matthew and David Wragg. (January 1980)

Apparently Walter had fallen out of a tree when he was young and broke his front teeth. From that day

until he died he was called "Tusky" by everyone how knew him.

Tusky married Florence FENTON.

Florence was born about 1915.


1. Pauline DODGSON born ~1941.

4.10. Dorothy DODGSON was born about 1918 and died.

Dorothy married Chris KNIGHT.

Chris was born about 1918.


1. Christine KNIGHT born ~1939.

2. Norma KNIGHT born ~1940.

4.11. Eric David DODGSON was born about 1920 in Castle Hill Terrace, Tadcaster and his baptism

took place on September 12th, 1920.

Eric first married Madge TURNER about 1953 in a religious ceremony. Madge was born about

1912 and died.

Next Eric and <Unknown> were married.

died about 1945.

4.12. Muriel DODGSON was born on December 14th, 1922 in Tadcaster, UK and died on January

31st, 2009 in Pennsylvania, USA. General Notes: Muriel was a WAAF during the war.

She married an American GI and went to live in Pennsylvania, USA. She had children who live in

Pennsylvania.

Muriel married Joseph Francis YUSCHAK in London, England in a religious ceremony.

Joseph was born on March 7th, 1920 in Pennsylvania, USA and died on December 19th, 1998

in Catasauqua, Lehigh, Pennsylvania.


1. Margaret YUSCHAK born ~1943.

2. Valerie YUSCHAK born ~1943.


Fifth Generation

5.1. May GARBUTT was born about 1927.

5.2. Jenny GARBUTT was born about 1928.

5.3. Lily GARBUTT was born about 1929.

5.4. GARBUTT

5.5. GARBUTT

5.6. GARBUTT


1. <Unknown>

5.7. Rita CUMBERLAND was born about 1931 in Tadcaster, UK and died.

Rita married Archie BOTTERHILL.

5.8. Ron CUMBERLAND was born about 1932 in Tadcaster, UK.

5.9. Brian CUMBERLAND was born about 1933.

5.10. Frank Kenneth DODGSON was born on January 14th, 1931 in Tadcaster, UK.

Figure 54: Frank Dodgson and Betty (nee Hunt)'s 40th wedding anniversary (1989)

He died on May 14th, 1993 in Sydney, Australia. He was cremation on May 19th, 1993 in

Lakeside Crematorium, Dapto, Australia.

Frank first married Betty HUNT on April 30th, 1949 in Southhampton, UK in a religious

ceremony. Betty was born on April 22nd, 1931 in Bishops Waltham, UK.


1. Heather Mae DODGSON born Feb 28th, 1950 in Mexborough, UK.

2. Linda Joy DODGSON born Aug 1st, 1952.

3. Paul (Doggie) Kenneth Frank DODGSON born Mar 4th, 1956 and died Jun 2nd, 1995.

4. Marie Elaine DODGSON born Jul 8th, 1957.

5. Phillip Simon DODGSON born Jul 22nd, 1959.


6. Andrew (Andy) Roy DODGSON born Aug 21st, 1960.

7. Harvey Scott DODGSON born Nov 26th, 1961.

8. Richard Davidson DODGSON born May 9th, 1963.

9. Rose Marion DODGSON born Jun 29th, 1964.

Figure 55: "Frank and kids at Froggy Pond" shortly after arriving in South Africa.

Frank and Doreen PRATT had an affair in Southhampton, UK around 1951.


1. Malcolm Kenneth Norman DODGSON born ~May 1952.

5.11. Harold William DODGSON was born on June 16th, 1932 in 84 Broadway, Hatfield,

Doncaster.

On Jan 1 1954 Harry was working in York but went to his parents for Christmas and New Year. On New

Years eve, Marlene asked Harry to take her to a dance. Harry did not want to go but she persuaded

him to go. Harry later found out that she had a date with Ronnie Crook, but their father would not let

her go unless Harry escorted her. This was because, after the dance, as there was no buses at that late

hour she would have had to walk home about one and half miles home. It was at this dance that met

Betty.

Harold and Nita Elizabeth DODGSON are estranged.

Harold married Betty CROOK on September 4th, 1954 in Bolton-upon-Dearne, UK in a

religious ceremony. Betty was born on July 5th, 1936 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Sth Yorks,

England.


1. Nita Elizabeth DODGSON born Apr 1st, 1956 in Grimsby, Lincs, England.

2. Theresa Marion DODGSON born Mar 24th, 1959 in Southampton, Herts, England.

3. Stephanie Mary DODGSON born Jun 17th, 1964 in Cape Town, South Africa.

5.12. Marlene Rose DODGSON was born on April 13th, 1938 in Mexborough, UK and died about

1984 in Wollongong, NSW, Australia.


Figure 56: Marlene Dodgson and Ronald Crook's wedding (About July 1954, Bolton-on-

Dearne)

From left to right: Charlie Crook (Ronnie's father); Mrs Crook (Ronnie's mother); unknown,

possibly a friend of Ronnie‘s; Norma Crook (Ronnie's sister). Although she doesn't look it, she

is the same age as Betty; Ronnie Crook (The groom); Marlene Dodgson (The bride); Basil

Turner, betty‘s boyfriend; Betty Dodgson; Marion Dodgson (nee Bush); Harold Dodgson

Marlene married Ronald (Ronnie) CROOK about July 1956 in Bolton on Dearne, Yorkshire in

a religious ceremony. Ronnie was born about 1938.


1. Christopher CROOK born Dec 26th, 1956 in England.

5.13. Elizabeth (Little Betty) Joan Ann DODGSON , known as Little Betty, was born on October

31st, 1939 and died on April 10th, 2009.


Figure 57: Basil Turner and Elizabeth (Little Betty) Dodgson, 19 March 1960

Little Betty married Basil TURNER on March 19th, 1960 in St Andrews Church, Bolton-upon-

Dearne, Yorkshire, UK in a religious ceremony. Basil was born on April 1st, 1932 and died in



1. David Andrew TURNER born Nov 1st, 1961 in Wath-upon-Dearne or Mexborough,

Yorkshire, England.

2. Susan TURNER born Dec 8th, 1963 in Wath-upon-Dearne or Mexborough, Yorks,

England.

5.14. Brenda DODGSON was born about 1930.

Brenda married Donald BOWN.

Donald was born about 1933 in Pontefract.


1. Ruth BOWN born ~1965 in Pontefract.

2. Mark BOWN born ~1969 in Pontefract.

5.15. Lilian DODGSON was born about 1931.

5.16. Pamela Emily DODGSON was born on December 30th, 1940.

Pamela first married Cyril (Geoff) Geoffrey BROGDEN.

Geoff was born on October 31st, 1939 in York, England.


1. Carol BROGDEN born Jun 30th, 1968 in Fulford.

2. Stuart (Stu) BROGDEN born Sep 8th, 1972 in York.

Pamela now married Cecil (Cec) WHITE.

Cec was born about March 14th, 1931 in Barkston Ash.


1. Helen (Helen) Louise WHITE born Jul 7th, 1972 in York.

2. Sarah (Sarah) Jane WHITE born Oct 7th, 1973 in York.

5.17. Mary DODGSON was born in 1943 in TADCASTER North Yorkshire England.


Mary married Ronald (Ron) LONGBOTTOM.

Ron was born about 1942 in Leeds?.


1. Dawn LONGBOTTOM born ~1970 in Leeds.

5.18. George DODGSON was born about 1923.

5.19. Pauline DODGSON was born about 1941.

5.20. Christine KNIGHT was born about 1939.

5.21. Norma KNIGHT was born about 1940.

5.22. Margaret YUSCHAK was born about 1943.

Margaret first married Edward Francis CLARK in 1984 in a religious ceremony.


1. Elizabeth (Libby) Jane Hall CLARK born 1990.

2. Edward Francis CLARK

3. Sara Pierce CLARK

4. Christopher Dodgson CLARK

Margaret now married Robert MAHAR.

5.23. Valerie YUSCHAK was born about 1943.

First Valerie divorced John TREBY.


1. John TREBY

Valerie next married Clarence BOGLI.

Sixth Generation

6.1. <Unknown>

6.2. Heather Mae DODGSON was born on February 28th, 1950 in Mexborough, UK.

Figure 58: Heather and Linda while they still lived in England (About 1961)


Heather was named after Betty's best friend. They also had a pact to name their first son Paul (should

they have a son).

Heather married Leonardus (The Lent, Len and Pops) David DE BUYS on October 2nd, 1968

in The Monastery, Heathfield, Bergvliet, Cape Town, South Africa in a religious ceremony.

The Lent, Len and Pops was born on July 2nd, 1947 in Cauvin Road, District Six, Cape Town,

South Africa.


1. Leonard (Tony) Anthony DE BUYS born Sep 6th, 1969 in Mowbray, Cape Town, South

Africa.


6.3. Linda Joy DODGSON was born on August 1st, 1952.

Figure 59: Linda, Frank and Paul Dodgson (About 1959)

Linda first married William (Killer) Carl FITZGERALD on March 17th, 1969 in a civil

ceremony. Killer was born on March 14th, 1946.


Figure 60: Killer in Pollsmoor (About 1967)


1. Donovan Tasio FITZGERALD born Apr 2nd, 1974.

Next Linda divorced Lourens (Lorry) KRUGER.


1. Owen DODGSON born Aug 7th, 1976.

Linda now married Frans KASSELMAN on January 2nd, 1988 in a religious ceremony. Frans

was born on January 27th, 1950.

6.4. Paul (Doggie) Kenneth Frank DODGSON , known as Doggie, was born on March 4th, 1956

and died on June 2nd, 1995.

Paul got his name "Paul" from a pact between Betty and her best friend - they'd agreed to call their

first son, should they have a son, Paul.


Figure 61: left to right: Paul, Philip, Andrew, Harvey and Richard Dodgson (Late 1993)

Paul and Leslie Alexandra HUMPHRIES were married.

Leslie was born on May 21st, 1959.


1. Bruce Anthony DODGSON born Oct 8th, 1976.

2. Jeremy Kenneth DODGSON born Apr 22nd, 1979.

6.5. Marie Elaine DODGSON was born on July 8th, 1957.

Marie's earliest memories are those of a house in the UK. She vividly remembered a couch facing a

fireplace and a wide staircase opposite the front door. She remembered making hot chocolate for her

siblings who were playing outside. She later dicovered that this was their house in Hinkler Road...

When she was on holiday in the UK in 2004 she visited the house and the owners permitted her to

walk through the house. It must have been a surreal experience. When Marie visited the UK in 2006

she saw that the house was up for sale.

Marie taught at the Enchanted Garden Playgroup in Noordhoek, South Africa as a preschool teacher

and enjoyed scrapbooking as a hobby.

First Marie and Matthys (Kobus) Johannes Jacobus BOONZAAIER were married.

Kobus was born on May 4th, 1959 and died on November 18th, 1981.


Figure 62: Leonard De Buys and Kobus Boonzaair in Westlake (1979)

Leonard and Kobus prepared this Chevrolet Firenza they did up for Bruce Terry (Driver) and

Guy Hodgson (Navigator). Leonard sprayed the vehicle, while Kobus worked on the motor.

Heather and Marie (their wife‘s at the time) hand-painted the driver and navigator‘s names on

the vehicle.

Marie then married Michael (Mike) GREEFF on March 13th, 1982 in a religious ceremony.

Mike was born on October 29th, 1952.

Figure 63: Marie and Michael Greeff at their wedding (13 March 1982)


1. Donovan GREEFF born Sep 3rd, 1982 in False Bay Hospital, Fish Hoek, South Africa.

2. Angelique GREEFF born Aug 18th, 1985 in False Bay Hospital, Fish Hoek, South

Africa.

6.6. Phillip Simon DODGSON was born on July 22nd, 1959.


Figure 64: Petro and Philip Dodgson (2006)

Phillip married Petronella (Petro) Cornelia ELOFF on November 27th, 1999 in a civil

ceremony. Petro was born on August 26th, 1976.

6.7. Andrew (Andy) Roy DODGSON , known as Andy, was born on August 21st, 1960.

Figure 65: Andy and Joyce Dodgson (nee Grewe) (Date unknown)

Andy married Joyce GREWE in a civil ceremony. Joyce was born on July 16th, 1964.


1. Cassandra DODGSON born Jun 16th, 1986.

2. Dwayne DODGSON born Sep 12th, 1989.

6.8. Harvey Scott DODGSON was born on November 26th, 1961.

By the time Harvey was born Frank and Betty had ran out of names. They found a magazine with an

advert for "Harvey, Tiles and Scott Timbers" and they derived the name "Harvey Scott" from that

company's name.


Figure 66: Harvey Dodgson in the army (About 1983)

Harvey married Melissa BURTON in 1997. Melissa was born on March 14th, 1963.


1. Liam DODGSON born Feb 9th, 2001.

6.9. Richard Davidson DODGSON was born on May 9th, 1963 delivered by Richard Davidson.

Richard was named after the doctor attending at the birth, he was "Dr Richard Davidson".

Figure 67: Richard, on his way to the army, with Betty Dodgson (About 1981)

Richard married Elizabeth in a civil ceremony. Elizabeth was born on August 28th, 1975.


1. Sean-Paul DODGSON born Mar 26th, 1997.

2. Saskia DODGSON

6.10. Rose Marion DODGSON was born on June 29th, 1964.


Figure 68: back, left to right: Rose Strydom and Lizel Strydom;

front left to right: Michelle Strydom, Semaine Strydom

Rose was named after both maternal grandmothers because Betty saw a vision of Rose (her grandmother)

while giving birth and was told that she was going to have a daughter and that everything was going

to be fine.

Rose married Johan STRYDOM and they later divorced.


1. Semaine STRYDOM born Dec 4th, 1986.

2. Elizabeth STRYDOM born Apr 11th, 1989.

3. Michelle STRYDOM born May 31st, 1996.

Rose then married Jack BEKKER on October 29th, 2005 in Bothasig, Cape Town, South Africa

in a religious ceremony. Jack was born on July 11th, 1968.

6.11. Malcome Kenneth Norman DODGSON was born about May 1952.

Malcome approached Frank when Frank was living in Da Gama Park, Cape Town, South Africa, and

asked to meet the family etc. Frank brushed him off saying that it was a closed case.

6.12. Nita Elizabeth DODGSON was born on April 1st, 1956 in Grimsby, Lincs, England and her

baptism took place in 1964 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Nita's occupation was Administrator.

Nita and Harold DODGSON are estranged. She and Theresa Marion DODGSON are

estranged.

Nita married Arthur (John) John WRAGG on April 30th, 1974 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Sth

Yorkshire, England in a religious ceremony. John was born on December 23rd, 1951 in

Barnsley, Sth Yorks, England.


1. Matthew (Matt) John WRAGG born Sep 8th, 1978 in Wollongong, NSW, Australia.

2. David WRAGG born Oct 30th, 1979 in Wollongong, NSW, Australia.

3. Sarah (Sarah or Sezza) Elizabeth WRAGG born Feb 13th, 1987 in Baulkham Hills,

NSW, Australia.


6.13. Theresa Marion DODGSON was born on March 24th, 1959 in Southampton, Herts, England

and her baptism took place in Cape Town, South Africa.

Theresa and Nita Elizabeth DODGSON are estranged.

Theresa married Michael (Mick) BATTERHAM.

Mick was born about 1956 in Sydney, NSW, Australia.


1. Daniel BATTERHAM born about 1989 in Liverpool/Fairfield - New South Wales

Australia.

2. Jessica (Jesse) BATTERHAM born about 1991 in Liverpool/Fairfield - New South

Wales Australia.

6.14. Stephanie Mary DODGSON was born on June 17th, 1964 in Cape Town, South Africa and her

baptism took place there in 1964.

Stephanie's occupation was Nurse.

Figure 69: Mark Whalan, Betty Dodgson (nee Crook) and Stephanie Dodgson

Stephanie married Mark WHALAN on August 11th, 1984 in Greenacre, NSW, Australia in a

religious ceremony. Mark was born on January 7th, 1959 in Sydney, NSW, Australia.


1. Kirstie Ann WHALAN born Jun 23rd, 1989 in Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2. Adrian WHALAN born Jul 9th, 1992.

6.15. Christopher CROOK was born on December 26th, 1956 in England.

Christopher married Maureen PAWELEK.

Maureen was born about 1957.


1. Dean CROOK born about 1976 in Wollongong & Illawarra - New South Wales

Australia.

2. Lisa CROOK born about 1977 in Wollongong & Illawarra - New South Wales Australia.


6.16. David Andrew TURNER was born on November 1st, 1961 in Wath-upon-Dearne or

Mexborough, Yorkshire, England and his baptism took place there.

Figure 70: David Turner

David's occupation was in media.

First David divorced <Unknown>.

Next David divorced <Unknown>.

David next married Debbie.

Sheila was born about 1956 in England.

6.17. Susan TURNER was born on December 8th, 1963 in Wath-upon-Dearne or Mexborough,

Yorks, England.

Figure 71: Susan Turner

Susan married Alan Franc BASA on October 3rd, 1987 in Figtree, NSW, Australia in a

religious ceremony. Alan was born on January 21st, 1962 in Wollongong, NSW, Australia.


1. Claire Louise BASA born Jan 24th, 1991 in Wollongong & Illawarra - New South

Wales Australia.


2. Ryan Michael BASA born Nov 27th, 1993 in Wollongong & Illawarra - New South

Wales Australia

6.18. Ruth BOWN was born about 1965 in Pontefract.

6.19. Mark BOWN was born about 1969 in Pontefract.

6.20. Carol (Carol) BROGDEN , known as Carol, was born on June 30th, 1968 in Fulford.

Carol's occupation was a manager for Tesco.

Carol first married Nigel (Podder) Paul PEARSON on March 12th, 1988 in Selby in a religious

ceremony. Podder was born on November 5th, 1965 in Wakefield.


1. Matthew (Matt) Paul PEARSON born Jul 17th, 1988 in York.

2. Carl (Carl) James PEARSON born Aug 18th, 1991 in York.

Steve was born on December 26th, 1960 in Sherburn in Elmet.

6.21. Stuart (Stu) BROGDEN , known as Stu, was born on September 8th, 1972 in York.

Stu's occupation was Gardener.

6.22. Helen (Helen) Louise WHITE , known as Helen, was born on July 7th, 1972 in York.

Helen married Jonathan BROWN.

Jonathan was born about 1962 in Sheffield.


1. Henry Andrew BROWN born Apr 29th, 2001 in Sheffield.

2. Daniel BROWN born Aug 7th, 2003 in Sheffield.

6.23. Sarah (Sarah) Jane WHITE , known as Sarah, was born on October 7th, 1973 in York.

Sarah married David (Dave) MOTHERSDALE on September 2nd, 2006 in Churchills York in a

religious ceremony. Dave was born about January 2nd, 1963 in York?.

6.24. Dawn LONGBOTTOM was born about 1970 in Leeds.

Seventh Generation

7.1. Leonard (Tony) Anthony DE BUYS , known as Tony, was born on September 6th, 1969 in

Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa.

From September 16th, 1998 Tony's occupation was Consultant contractor for Business

Connexion. He resigned on February 28th, 2007.

During Tony's stay at Business Connexion he worked at the Truworths Head Office in Cape Town and

then moved to Marine and Coastal Management which is a government department which is the

regulatory authority responsible for managing all marine and coastal activities.

From March 1st, 2007 his occupation was Consultant contractor for PBT Group. He resigned on

February 28th, 2008. From March 1st, 2008 his occupation has been Oracle DBA for ID Consulting.

Tony married Maria Fatma DE SOUSA on January 6th, 1995 in Tableview, Cape Town, RSA

in a religious ceremony. Maria was born on December 4th, 1969 in Vincent Palotti, Cape

Town, South Africa.



1. Michael Chad DE BUYS born Nov 4th, 1993 in Somerset Hospital, Green Point, Cape

Town, South Africa.

2. Kayleigh Amber DE BUYS born Dec 10th, 1999 in Milnerton Medi Clinic, Milnerton,

South Africa.


Dave served in the Transport Section (TPT) in Upington 8SAI from January 1991 to December 1991

during his National Service call up to the South African Defence Force.

Dave married Dalene PERRY on July 17th, 2004 in Parow, Cape Town in a religious

ceremony. Dalene was born on April 1st, 1981 in Karl Bremer Hospital, Bellville, Cape Town,

South Africa.

7.3. Donovan Tasio FITZGERALD was born on April 2nd, 1974.

Donovan married Julie Cecelia KILIAN on September 28th, 1996 in a religious ceremony.

Julie was born on September 28th, 1978.


1. Kathleen FITZGERALD born Mar 13th, 1998.

Figure 72: Donovan, Julie and Kathleen (About 2000)

7.4. Owen DODGSON was born on August 7th, 1976.

7.5. Bruce Anthony DODGSON was born on October 8th, 1976.

Bruce and Jo-anne LAWSON are in a committed relationship

Jo-anne was born on March 18th.


1. Liam Anthony DODGSON born Nov 25th, 2007 in Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom.

7.6. Jeremy Kenneth DODGSON was born on April 22nd, 1979.

Jeremy married Claire LAWSON on November 13th, 1999 in a religious ceremony.


1. Brendan Paul DODGSON born Jun 4th, 1999 in Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom.

2. Shaun Dennis DODGSON born May 30th, 2002 in Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom.


7.7. Donovan GREEFF was born on September 3rd, 1982 in False Bay Hospital, Fish Hoek, South

Africa.

Figure 73: Sarah and Donovan in Langebaan, Cape Town (2006)

Donovan played bass for the band SideArm66 in Cape Town.

Donovan got engaged to Sarah GUERIN on August 14th, 2007 on an island off the coast of

Australia. Donovan then married Sarah on September 5th, 2008 in Kirstenbosch Gardens, Cape

Town, South Africa in a religious ceremony. Sarah was born on September 7th, 1975.


1. Eben Jake GREEFF born May 24th, 2010.

7.8. Angelique GREEFF was born on August 18th, 1985 in False Bay Hospital, Fish Hoek, South

Africa.

Angelique studied to be a preschool teacher and taught at the Enchanted Garden Playgroup in

Noordhoek, South Africa with her mother, Marie.

7.9. Cassandra (Cassie) DODGSON , known as Cassie, was born on June 16th, 1986.

Cassie married Wayne STOFFBERG on April 5th, 2009 in Simonstown, Cape Town in a

religious ceremony. Wayne was born on March 30th, 1981.

7.10. Dwayne DODGSON was born on September 12th, 1989.

7.11. Liam DODGSON was born on February 9th, 2001.

7.12. Sean-Paul DODGSON was born on March 26th, 1997.


Figure 74: Sean-Paul Dogdson aged 9 months, 3 weeks and 6 days (25 December 1997)

7.13. Saskia DODGSON

7.14. Semaine STRYDOM was born on December 4th, 1986.

Semaine married Marius PIETERSE on July 25th, 2009 in Gauteng, South Africa in a religious

ceremony.


1. Jordan Lee PIETERSE born Jul 23rd, 2008 in Gauteng, South Africa.

2. Megan Alexis PIETERSE born May 31st, 2010.

7.15. Elizabeth STRYDOM was born on April 11th, 1989.

7.16. Michelle STRYDOM was born on May 31st, 1996.

7.17. Matthew (Matt) John WRAGG , known as Matt, was born on September 8th, 1978 in

Wollongong, NSW, Australia and his baptism took place in 1987 in Bossley Park, NSW,

Australia.

Jo was born about 1980.


1. Alex WITT born ~2000.

2. Caitlyn WITT born ~2002.

7.18. David WRAGG was born on October 30th, 1979 in Wollongong, NSW, Australia and his

baptism took place in Bossley Park, NSW, Australia.

David's occupation was Area Manager.

Anna was born about 1977 in Melbourne, Vic, Australia and her baptism took place there.

7.19. Sarah (Sarah or Sezza) Elizabeth WRAGG , known as Sarah or Sezza, was born on February

13th, 1987 in Baulkham Hills, NSW, Australia and her baptism took place in 1987 in Bossley

Park, NSW, Australia.

7.20. Daniel BATTERHAM was born about 1989 in Liverpool/Fairfield - New South Wales

Australia and his baptism took place there.


7.21. Jessica (Jesse) BATTERHAM , known as Jesse, was born about 1991 in Liverpool/Fairfield -

New South Wales Australia and her baptism took place there.

Jesse and <Unknown> were in a short term or casual relationship at one time.


1. Thomas BATTERHAM born Jul 2007.

7.22. Kirstie Ann WHALAN was born on June 23rd, 1989 in Sydney, NSW, Australia and her

baptism took place in Liverpool/Fairfield - New South Wales Australia.

7.23. Adrian WHALAN was born on July 9th, 1992.

7.24. Dean CROOK was born about 1976 in Wollongong & Illawarra - New South Wales Australia.

7.25. Lisa CROOK was born about 1977 in Wollongong & Illawarra - New South Wales Australia.

7.26. Claire Louise BASA was born on January 24th, 1991 in Wollongong & Illawarra - New South

Wales Australia and her baptism took place in 1991 in Figtree, NSW, Australia.

7.27. Ryan Michael BASA was born on November 27th, 1993 in Wollongong & Illawarra - New

South Wales Australia and his baptism took place in 1994 in Albion Park, NSW, Australia.

7.28. Matthew (Matt) Paul PEARSON , known as Matt, was born on July 17th, 1988 in York.

Matt's occupation was a Trainee Mechanic.

7.29. Carl (Carl) James PEARSON , known as Carl, was born on August 18th, 1991 in York.

7.30. Henry Andrew BROWN was born on April 29th, 2001 in Sheffield.

7.31. Daniel BROWN was born on August 7th, 2003 in Sheffield.

Eighth Generation

8.1. Michael Chad DE BUYS was born on November 4th, 1993 in Somerset Hospital, Green Point,

Cape Town, South Africa.

8.2. Kayleigh Amber DE BUYS was born on December 10th, 1999 in Milnerton Medi Clinic,

Milnerton, South Africa.

8.3. Kathleen FITZGERALD was born on March 13th, 1998.

8.4. Liam Anthony DODGSON was born on November 25th, 2007 in Poole, Dorset, United

Kingdom.

8.5. Brendan Paul DODGSON was born on June 4th, 1999 in Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom.

8.6. Shaun Dennis DODGSON was born on May 30th, 2002 in Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom.

8.7. Eben Jake GREEFF was born on May 24th, 2010.

8.8. Kayla Elisabeth DODGSON was born on November 22nd, 2009.

8.9. Jordan Lee PIETERSE was born on July 23rd, 2008 in Gauteng, South Africa.


8.10. Megan Alexis PIETERSE was born on May 31st, 2010.

8.11. <Unknown> was born in June 2010.

8.12. Thomas BATTERHAM was born in July 2007.


Other Families In The Tree

As with any family tracing its roots will expose many other families who ―made their mark‖ the family.

The families listed in this section are no more important that those not listed and are no less important than

the families detailed in this document, they are, however, families whose information which we have

managed to find in tracing the ancestry of the De Buys and Dodgson families.

The BRAND Family

The descendants of Fleetwood BRAND, the earliest known BRAND in the family tree:

First Generation

1.1. Fleetwood Reginald Louis BRAND died on May 10th, 1962 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Fleetwood lived in Cauvin Road, District Six a few houses from Pieter De Buys' house. He used to wrap

sweets in paper and when he saw the De Buys children playing in the yard he would throw the sweets

to them.

Fleetwood was a cabinet maker by profession. He worked for Atkinsons Coach Works at some stage.

During the great depression there was little work for cabinet makers and Fleetwood felt that he was

too good to perform any other type of work and the family fell on hard times when he did not find

another job. The family used to send the children to the local cafes to ask for bread with the excuse

that they were going to make rock buns from the old bread, but it was actually for the family to eat.

One day a truent office came to the house to look for one of the children as he had not been to school

for a few days. His mother (Margerite) was angry and ready to punish the child. When he came home

later that day his mother asked where he had been and he took some money out and put it on the

kitchen table, giving it to his parents. He had been working instead of going to school for the whole

week to make some money for the family and had been paid.

Figure 75: Marguerite and Fleetwood Brand taken in 1951


Figure 76: Fleetwood Brand, Ione Brand, Pieter De Buys and Leonardus De Buys - Cauvin Road, District

Six. (Around 1955)

Fleetwood married Marguerite.

Marguerite died in 1961 in 26 Cauvin Road, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa.


1. Louis Emile Eustatius BRAND born Jul 2nd, 1915 in South Africa and died Dec 27th,

1985.

2. Ione Mary BRAND born Nov 1st, 1920 and died Dec 8th, 1986 in Cape Town, South

Africa.

3. Fleetwood BRAND died Sep 21st, 1994 in Cape Town, South Africa.

4. Patrick (Paddy) BRAND died in Cape Town, South Africa.

5. Ambrose John BRAND died Oct 11th, 1951 in Cape Town, South Africa.

6. Rita (Girlie) BRAND died in Cape Town, South Africa.

Second Generation

2.1. Louis Emile Eustatius BRAND was born on July 2nd, 1915 in South Africa and died on

December 27th, 1985. He was buried in He is buried in Maitland Cemetery.. General Notes: Louis served in the army during World War 2 from 1939. He was captured by the

Germans in North Africa. While a prisoner of war they cut off his ring finger. He escaped and hid in

Italy, even living in a potato field for a while, until he returned to South Africa in 1944.

Louis and Ambrose were very close - they always rented/bought houses within 2 to 3 doors from one

another.

Louis and Fleetwood BRAND were the best of friends.

Louis first married José Rosamond BRAMWELL in a religious ceremony. They were divorced

in 1944. José was born about October 10th, 1915 in Port Elizabeth and died on November 17th,

2000 in Cape Town, South Africa.


1. Joseph BRAND born Jul 11th, 1936.

2. Anthony Colgen BRANDT born Sep 26th, 1938 and died Jan 31st, 1976.


3. Louis BRAND born Sep 2nd, 1940 and died 1992.

Figure 77: José Rosamond BRAMWELL (date unknown)

Louis next married Matthew (Matty) Jewel NAGEL.

Figure 78: Louis, Martin and Mattie (About 1965)

Mattie was born on January 8th, 1929 in Cape Town and died in 2002. She was buried in

Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town.



1. Martin BRAND born Jan 24th, 1964 in Cape Town.

2.2. Ione Mary BRAND was born on November 1st, 1920 and died on December 8th, 1986 in Cape

Town, South Africa.

Ione worked at Cape Times until she got married.

Ione married Pieter Johannes DE BUYS on May 14th, 1939 in St Mary's Cathedral, Cape

Town, RSA in a religious ceremony. Pieter was born on April 21st, 1915 in Daspoort,

Transvaal, South Africa and died on July 5th, 2003 in Potchefstroom, South Africa. He was

cremation in Klerksdorp, South Africa.


1. Pieter (The Huys and Peter) DE BUYS born Apr 17th, 1940 in Kaapstad and died Nov

24th, 1994 in Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, RSA.

2. Paulus (The Flat) Christian Wilhelm DE BUYS born Feb 3rd, 1943 and died Jan 12th,

2001 in Robertson, Western Cape, South Africa.

3. Leonardus (The Lent, Len and Pops) David DE BUYS born Jul 2nd, 1947 in 26 Cauvin

Road, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa.

4. Eugene (Nina) DE BUYS born Feb 21st, 1949.

5. Colleen Margaret DE BUYS born Aug 2nd, 1960 in Military Hospital, Wynberg, Cape

Town.

Figure 79: Ione Brand aged 16 on Signal Hill (Note Table Mountain in the background) (1936)

2.3. Fleetwood BRAND died on September 21st, 1994 in Cape Town, South Africa. General Notes: Fleetwood worked for Silverleaf Bakery around 1968 and arranged a 3 tier wedding cake

for Leonardus De Buys. Betty Dodgson was quite outraged at the price of the cake as it cost R 120,

which in those days was a lot of money. The cake, however, was beautiful, complete with extra slices

of cake for the guests.

Later Fleetwood worked at the Paarden Eiland Power Station and retired before it was demolished.

Fleetwood and Louis Emile Eustatius BRAND were the best of friends.

Fleetwood married Cathrin (Pally) Georgene NAGEL.

Pally was born on February 15th, 1930 and died on July 19th, 1991 in Cape Town, South

Africa.



1. Fleetwood BRAND born Feb 1st, 1954.

2. Gerald (Gerry-Boy) BRAND born Sep 6th, 1955 and died Feb 22nd, 2007.

2.4. Patrick (Paddy) BRAND , known as Paddy, died in Cape Town, South Africa.

Paddy married Daphne CAPES.


1. Kevin BRAND born 1953.

2. Ambrose BRAND

2.5. Ambrose John BRAND died on October 11th, 1951 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Figure 80: Ambrose John BRAND in Cape Town.

Ambrose married Mona (Bubbles) Alice THATCHER They were divorced in 1945 in Cape

Town.


1. John (Johnny) BRAND

2. Theresa BRAND

3. BRAND


2.6. Rita (Girlie) BRAND , known as Girlie, died in Cape Town, South Africa.

Girlie married Jim (Jimmy) GREEN.


1. Donna GREEN

2. Valerie (Val) GREEN

Third Generation

Figure 81: Joseph, Anthony and Louis Brand (About 1942)

3.1. Joseph BRAND was born on July 11th, 1936.

During the apartheid era, when the government called for people to be classified Anthony had himself

reclassified as a "coloured" because his skin color was fairly dark and because he wanted to married

a coloured woman. He was disowned by his family.

Joseph was a quality controller for the Chrysler Motor Corporation.

Joseph married Johanna VAN SCHOOR on September 5th, 1960 in Cape Town, South Africa

in a religious ceremony. Johanna was born on March 19th, 1938.


1. Mark BRAND

2. Janine BRAND

3. Richard BRAND

4. Maria BRAND

5. Paul BRAND

6. Phillip BRAND

3.2. Anthony Colgen BRANDT was born on September 26th, 1938 and died on January 31st, 1976.

He was buried in Plumstead Cemetery, Cape Town.


Anthony died after being in hospital for a week as a result of injuries sustained after falling out of a fire

truck after the door that he was leaning against opened at the Roeland Street Fire Brigade. He was

first taken to the Woodstock Hospital and then moved to Groote Schuur Hospital.

His heart was donated to Mr Goosen who died later from trauma due to a leg amputation.

Figure 82: Anthony Colgen Brandt

Anthony's surname was changed (by adding a 't' at the end possibly due to a spelling error by the midwife.

Anthony worked at Atkinsons Motors in Elsie's River, then trained as a Monk in Stellenbosch and

finally became a corporal in the fire department.

Anthony married Phyllis PETTIT on June 25th, 1965 in St. Ignatius Church, Landsdowne,

Greenwood and Wade Roads, Claremont in a religious ceremony. Phyllis died on November

25th, 2008 in Oncology Unit, Tygerberg Hospital.. The funeral took place on November 28th,

2008 in Salvation Army Hall, Goodwood. She was cremation.


1. Dianne Colleen BRANDT born Mar 17th, 1960.

2. Dion BRANDT born Sep 8th, 1965 in Mowbray Maternity Home, Cape Town.

3. Jacqueline (Jacky) Anne BRANDT born Jul 4th, 1968 in Kingsbury Hospital,

Claremont.

4. Alicia BRANDT born May 13th, 1970 in Kingsbury Hospital, Claremont.


Figure 83: Report of Anthony Colgen Brand's death in The Argus (04/02/1978) (Part 1)


Figure 84: Report of Anthony Colgen Brand's death in The Argus (04/02/1978) (Continued)

3.3. Louis BRAND was born on September 2nd, 1940 and died in 1992. He was cremation.

Louis died of a heart attack after running a half marathon at Old Mutual. At the time of his death he had

already had several slient heart attacks deduced due to the amount of scarring on the heart.

Louis initially studied to be a priest at John Vienna Seminary in Pretoria, then became a Policeman where

he attained the rank of Warrant Officer and studied chartered accounting part-time.

Louis changed his surname by adding a 'T' at the end after some reseach and finding that this was the

way the surname used to be spelt.

At the time of his death he was working for Old Mutual as the manager or a mainframe finance

software package called Millennium.


Figure 85: Linnette, Joshuna, Pascal and Louis (Late 1980's)

Louis married Linnette Susanna STANDER in 1970 in a religious ceremony. Linnette was

born on July 12th, 1948 in Cape Town.


1. Sheldon BRANDT born Mar 6th, 1970.

2. Pascal Stander BRANDT born Apr 3rd, 1984.

3. Joshua (Josh) Louis Emile BRANDT born Aug 29th, 1988.

3.4. Martin BRAND was born on January 24th, 1964 in Cape Town.

Martin married Linda LOTZ on January 14th, 1984 in Cape Town in a religious ceremony.

They were divorced on May 17th, 1996 in Cape Town. Linda was born on May 30th, 1964.


1. Chantelle Louise BRAND born Dec 7th, 1986.

2. Andrea Charlene BRAND born Nov 17th, 1988.

3.5. Pieter (The Huys and Peter) DE BUYS , known as The Huys and Peter, was born on April

17th, 1940 in Kaapstad and died on November 24th, 1994 in Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape

Town, RSA.

Pieter was shot twice during a robbery. He went into a coma after being shot and passed away two weeks

later.

The Huys and Peter's occupation was Security guard for Transcash.

First The Huys and Peter and Pamela (Pam) Amonda BROWN were married but Petere had the

marriage was annulled by the Roman Catholic Church


1. Larry Pieter DE BUYS

The Huys and Peter next married Joan Susan Wilhelmina PREHN on April 16th, 1973 in

Bellville in a civil ceremony. Joan was born on March 9th, 1940.



1. Michael Joseph DE BUYS born Mar 21st, 1971 in Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa.

3.6. Paulus (The Flat) Christian Wilhelm DE BUYS , known as The Flat, was born on February

3rd, 1943 and died on January 12th, 2001 in Robertson, Western Cape, South Africa. He was

cremation.

According to the 1989 voters roll Paulus gave is occupation as an assistant electrician

"The Flat" as he was known to family members had quite a rough life. The first time he saw his father was

when he was around 3 years old and his father had just come back from his duties during World War

2. Coming home his father saw him playing in the yard with a bottle in his mouth. He walked up to

"The Flat" and ripped the bottle from his mouth, threw it away and said: "No son of mine sucks on a

bottle!".

Flat never really had a steady job or steady life for that matter - he moved from place to place doing

odd job's earning his keep at boarding houses. Flat spent quite a bit of time in and out of jail for petty

crimes such as drunk and disorderly behaviour and petty theft - he in fact once stole a packet of

sausages from a shop with the intention of getting caught so as to have somewhere to sleep that night!

"The Flat" often referred to prison as "The City of Keys".

3.7. Leonardus (The Lent, Len and Pops) David DE BUYS , known as The Lent, Len and Pops,

was born on July 2nd, 1947 in 26 Cauvin Road, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa.

The Lent, Len and Pops' occupation was Horticulturist for Blouberg Municipality.

The Lent, Len and Pops married Heather Mae DODGSON on October 2nd, 1968 in The

Monastery, Heathfield, Bergvliet, Cape Town, South Africa in a religious ceremony. Heather

was born on February 28th, 1950 in Mexborough, UK.



Africa.


3.8. Eugene (Nina) DE BUYS , known as Nina, was born on February 21st, 1949.

First Nina divorced Pieter KILIAN.


1. Adriaan KILIAN born ~Dec 1968.

2. John KILIAN born ~1970.

Next Nina divorced Alan FOXCROFT.

Nina now married Vladimir Ilich PETROV.

Vladimir was born on March 1st, 1968.

3.9. Colleen Margaret DE BUYS was born on August 2nd, 1960 in Military Hospital, Wynberg,

Cape Town.

First Colleen divorced James Henry LEWIS.

James was born on November 7th, 1956.


1. Michelle Mary LEWIS born Aug 6th, 1982 in Marifont Nursing Hospital, Sunnyside,

Pretoria.

2. James (Assie) Henry LEWIS born May 25th, 1987 in Marifont Nursing Hospital,

Sunnyside Pretoria.


Now Colleen and Benjamin (Benny) DU PLESSIS are living together.

Benny was born on January 11th, 1958.

3.10. Fleetwood BRAND was born on February 1st, 1954.

Fleetwood's occupation was Cargo Co-ordinator for SA Port Operations (ex Portnet).

Fleetwood first married Helena Johanna Fredricka MEYER on May 26th, 2003 in a civil

ceremony.

Fleetwood next married Berendina Elizabeth DELPORT They were divorced in 2001.


1. Nicole BRAND born Jul 26th, 2002.

3.11. Gerald (Gerry-Boy) BRAND , known as Gerry-Boy, was born on September 6th, 1955 and died

on February 22nd, 2007.

Gerry-Boy married <Unknown> They were divorced about 2002.


1. Gerry BRAND

2. Jonathan BRAND

3. Jacqueline BRAND

3.12. Kevin BRAND was born in 1953. General Notes: Kevin is an prolific artist in Cape Town.

Figure 86: Kevin Brand

Kevin married Dr SHEPPARD.

3.13. Ambrose BRAND

3.14. John (Johnny) BRAND , known as Johnny,

3.15. Theresa BRAND

3.16. BRAND

3.17. Donna GREEN


3.18. Valerie (Val) GREEN , known as Val,

Fourth Generation

4.1. Mark BRAND

4.2. Janine BRAND

4.3. Richard BRAND

4.4. Maria BRAND

4.5. Paul BRAND

4.6. Phillip BRAND

4.7. Dianne Colleen BRANDT was born on March 17th, 1960.

Dianne was conceived out of wedlock and was given up for adoption at birth.

Dianne first married Warren Keith ATKINSON on November 11th, 1983 in Simonstown, Cape

Town in a religious ceremony. They were divorced on September 8th, 1989 in Cape Town.

Warren was born on January 4th, 1958 in Johannesburg.


1. Kerri-Leigh (Kerri) ATKINSON born Jun 22nd, 1984 in Kingsbury Hospital,

Claremont.

Dianne now married Ellimer John BUSH on August 2nd, 1990 in Sabi, Eastern Transvaal in a

religious ceremony. Ellimer was born on November 22nd, 1945 in Durban.


1. Georgia Ameé BUSH born Aug 17th, 1991 in Johannesburg.

2. Connor Hew BUSH born Mar 5th, 1994 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Figure 87: Dion, Dianne, Alicia and Jacky Brandt (About 1980)


4.8. Dion BRANDT was born on September 8th, 1965 in Mowbray Maternity Home, Cape Town

and his christening took place in St. Pius 10 conducted by Father Nicholson.

Dion's occupation was Captain for SANDF.

Dion married Amanda DEYZEL on September 12th, 1984 in Wynberg Courts, cape Town in a

civil ceremony. Amanda was born on January 14th, 1964 in Uitenhage, Eastern Province.


1. Ella-Marie (Ella) BRANDT born Jul 28th, 1983 in Mowbray Maternity Home, Cape

Town.

2. Anthony Colgen BRANDT born Feb 15th, 1989 in 2 Military Hospital, Wynberg.

4.9. Jacqueline (Jacky) Anne BRANDT , known as Jacky, was born on July 4th, 1968 in Kingsbury

Hospital, Claremont and her christening took place in St. Pius 10 conducted by Father

Nicholson.

Figure 88: Lawrence, Ella, Tim, Natroune, Sunya and Tyrōn at Ella‟s wedding (09 Dec 2006)

Jacky married Lawrence Mathew MILWARD-BRIDGES on September 26th, 1992 in

Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa in a religious ceremony. Lawrence was born on June 30th,

1969 in St. Joseph's Maternity Home (Now called Vincent Pallotti).


1. Natroune MILWARD-BRIDGES born Feb 29th, 1996 in Ten Einde Farm, Stilbaai,

Cape Province.

2. Sunya MILWARD-BRIDGES born Jul 1st, 1998 in 8 Napier Road, Plumstead, Cape

Town.

3. Tyrōn MILWARD-BRIDGES born Mar 2nd, 2002 in 8 Napier Road, Plumstead, Cape

Town.

4.10. Alicia BRANDT was born on May 13th, 1970 in Kingsbury Hospital, Claremont and her

christening took place in St. Pius 10 conducted by Father Nicholson.

Alicia first married Keith CHANDLER on February 11th, 1989 in a religious ceremony. They

were divorced on October 19th, 1992. Keith was born about 1969.



1. Natasha Jade born Nov 22nd, 1988 in Mowbray Maternity Home, Cape Town.

Alicia next married Ross MCDERMOT on February 21st, 1996 in a religious ceremony. Ross

was born on March 16th, 1965.


1. Liam Ross MCDERMOT born Apr 19th, 1996 in Karl Bremer Hospital, Bellville, Cape

Town, South Africa.

Next Alicia and Sean MARKS were in a short term relationship.

Sean was born about 1962.


1. Natasha Jade born Nov 22nd, 1988 in Mowbray Maternity Home, Cape Town.

Next Alicia and Bradley (Brad) Stewart CARVER were in a short term relationship.


1. Michaela Diane CARVER born Apr 5th, 1994 in Port Elizabeth.

Now Alicia and John LEE are in a committed relationship

John was born on August 10th, 1962 in Kingsbury Hospital, Claremont.


1. Hannah Dorothy LEE born Oct 15th, 2004 in Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic, Constantia,

Cape Town.

4.11. Sheldon BRANDT was born on March 6th, 1970.

Sheldon's occupation was Clinical Psychologist.

Figure 89: René and Sheldon (About 2008)

Sheldon married René DURRBAUM on March 9th, 2002 in Cape Town in a religious

ceremony. René was born on October 18th, 1976.


1. Noah BRANDT born ~2007.


4.12. Pascal Stander BRANDT was born on April 3rd, 1984.

4.13. Joshua (Josh) Louis Emile BRANDT , known as Josh, was born on August 29th, 1988. General Notes: Josh plays lead guitar in a band called The Short Cuts.

Figure 90: Joshua (Josh) Louis Emile Brand

4.14. Chantelle Louise BRAND was born on December 7th, 1986.

4.15. Andrea Charlene BRAND was born on November 17th, 1988.

4.16. Larry Pieter DE BUYS

Larry married Michelle.


1. <Unknown>

2. <Unknown>

4.17. Michael Joseph DE BUYS was born on March 21st, 1971 in Mowbray, Cape Town, South

Africa.

Michael married Natalie Roberta HILL about 1990 in a civil ceremony. Natalie was born on

January 26th, 1971.


1. Dameron DE BUYS born Nov 4th, 1991 in Libertas Hospital, Goodwood, Cape Town.

2. Maxine Maria DE BUYS born Sep 7th, 1995 in Libertas Hospital, Goodwood, Cape

Town.

3. Tristan DE BUYS born Jun 4th, 1999 in Milnerton Medi Clinic, Milnerton, South

Africa.





Connexion. He resigned on February 28th, 2007. .

From March 1st, 2007 his occupation was Consultant contractor for PBT Group. He resigned

on February 28th, 2008. From March 1st, 2008 his occupation has been Oracle DBA for ID

Consulting.



Town, South Africa.



Town, South Africa.


South Africa.






South Africa.

4.20. Adriaan KILIAN was born about December 1968.

Adriaan was a policeman in South Africa, but has since emigrated to New Zealand with his family.

Adriaan married <Unknown>.


1. <Unknown>

2. <Unknown>

3. <Unknown>

4.21. John KILIAN was born about 1970.

John's occupation was Stock Controller for General Motors.

John married Shiminais.


1. Troy KILIAN born ~2006.

2. Simone KILIAN born ~2008.

4.22. Michelle Mary LEWIS was born on August 6th, 1982 in Marifont Nursing Hospital,

Sunnyside, Pretoria.

Michelle and John Anthony PAULSEN were living together in a platonic relationship then

separated.

John was born on April 1st, 1966.


1. Casidy Colleen Bonita LEWIS born Apr 28th, 2007 in Glynnwood Hospital, Benoni.


4.23. James (Assie) Henry LEWIS , known as Assie, was born on May 25th, 1987 in Marifont

Nursing Hospital, Sunnyside Pretoria.

Assie married Karen DE VROOM on April 3rd, 2010 in Pretoria, South Africa in a religious

ceremony. Karen was born on November 18th, 1986.

4.24. Nicole BRAND was born on July 26th, 2002.

4.25. Gerry BRAND

4.26. Jonathan BRAND

4.27. Jacqueline BRAND

Fifth Generation

5.1. Kerri-Leigh (Kerri) ATKINSON , known as Kerri, was born on June 22nd, 1984 in Kingsbury

Hospital, Claremont. General Notes: Kerri is a qualified beautician.

5.2. Georgia Ameé BUSH was born on August 17th, 1991 in Johannesburg.

5.3. Connor Hew BUSH was born on March 5th, 1994 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

5.4. Ella-Marie (Ella) BRANDT , known as Ella, was born on July 28th, 1983 in Mowbray

Maternity Home, Cape Town and her baptism took place on December 20th, 1987 in St.

Dominic's Catholic Church, Wynberg, Cape Town.

Ella married Timothy (Tim) Neil SLATTER on December 9th, 2006 in Ongegund (Myrtle

Farm) in a religious ceremony. Ella then married Tim on December 8th, 2006 in Cape Town in

a civil ceremony. Tim was born on January 12th, 1981.

5.5. Anthony Colgen BRANDT was born on February 15th, 1989 in 2 Military Hospital, Wynberg

and his baptism took place on April 2nd, 1989 in St. Ninian's Catholic Church, Station Road,

Kuilsriver.

5.6. Natroune MILWARD-BRIDGES was born on February 29th, 1996 in Ten Einde Farm,

Stilbaai, Cape Province.

5.7. Sunya MILWARD-BRIDGES was born on July 1st, 1998 in 8 Napier Road, Plumstead, Cape

Town.

5.8. Tyrōn MILWARD-BRIDGES was born on March 2nd, 2002 in 8 Napier Road, Plumstead,

Cape Town.

5.9. Natasha Jade was born on November 22nd, 1988 in Mowbray Maternity Home, Cape Town.

5.10. Liam Ross MCDERMOT was born on April 19th, 1996 in Karl Bremer Hospital, Bellville,


5.11. Michaela Diane CARVER was born on April 5th, 1994 in Port Elizabeth.

5.12. Hannah Dorothy LEE was born on October 15th, 2004 in Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic,

Constantia, Cape Town.


Hannah was born by C-section.

5.13. Noah BRANDT was born about 2007.

5.14. <Unknown>

5.15. <Unknown>

5.16. Dameron DE BUYS was born on November 4th, 1991 in Libertas Hospital, Goodwood, Cape

Town.

5.17. Maxine Maria DE BUYS was born on September 7th, 1995 in Libertas Hospital, Goodwood,

Cape Town.

5.18. Tristan DE BUYS was born on June 4th, 1999 in Milnerton Medi Clinic, Milnerton, South

Africa.





5.21. <Unknown>

5.22. <Unknown>

5.23. <Unknown>

5.24. Troy KILIAN was born about 2006.

5.25. Simone KILIAN was born about 2008.

5.26. Casidy Colleen Bonita LEWIS was born on April 28th, 2007 in Glynnwood Hospital, Benoni

and her baptism took place on August 11th, 2007 in Pretoria, South Africa.


The BUSH Family

The descendants of William BUSH, the earliest known BUSH in the family tree:

First Generation

1.1. Thomas BUSH was born about 1839 in Sheffield, York, England and died. General Notes: The 1881 Census says that Thomas and his family lived at 9 Phillips Yd Market Place.

Thomas' occupation was Railway labourer.

Thomas married Harriett BEAUMONT in 1885 in Pontefract, UK in a religious ceremony.

Harriett was born about 1851 in Knottingley, York, England and died.


1. Thomas H. BUSH born ~1880.

2. William (Billy) BUSH born 1885 and died ~1953 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.

Second Generation

2.1. Thomas H. BUSH was born about 1880 and died.

2.2. William (Billy) BUSH , known as Billy, was born in 1885 and died about 1953 in Doncaster,

Yorkshire, England. He was buried in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.

Billy died in a workhouse in Doncaster. A workhouse was a place where people who were unable to

support themselves, could go to live and work.

According to the 1901 census the family was living at 34 Love Lane Terrace,Tanshelf (?) Pontefract.

Billy Bush was a soldier and loved his drink. He was known as a Sunday Saint and a Monday Sinner.

He served in the Boer War in South Africa and the First World War. Billy enlisted in the Second

World War, but they quickly found out his true age and threw him out of the army.

Billy's occupation was Pit labourer.

Billy married Mary Alice PICKERSGILL.

Mary was born about September 1892 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England and died about 1960

in Bolton-upon-Dearne, Doncaster, Yorks, England.


1. Elizabeth BUSH born ~1910.

2. Ada BUSH born ~1910 and died ~1938 in Near Manchester, England.

3. Marion BUSH born Jan 29th, 1911 in Yorkshire, UK and died ~1984 in Warrawong,

NSW, Australia.

4. Fred BUSH born ~1915 in Rossington, Nr Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.

5. Jim (Jimmy) BUSH born Oct 7th, 1915 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.

6. Herbert BUSH born Jan 2nd, 1917 and died ~1968 in Pontefract, UK.

7. Ken BUSH born ~1919.

8. Lawrence BUSH born ~1925 and died ~1925.

Third Generation

3.1. Elizabeth BUSH was born about 1910.

Elizabeth married Fred.

Fred was born about 1910 and died about 1964.


3.2. Ada BUSH was born about 1910 and died about 1938 in Near Manchester, England.

3.3. Marion BUSH was born on January 29th, 1911 in Yorkshire, UK and died about 1984 in

Warrawong, NSW, Australia.

She died in hospital of a heart attack. She was great lady, who loved to cook, knit and crochet. She always

had a project on the go, and knitted and crocheted without patterns.

Marion married Harold DODGSON about 1928 in Pontefract, UK in a religious ceremony.

Harold was born on April 24th, 1908 in Tadcaster, UK and died on October 26th, 1983 in

Dapto, NSW, Australia.

He died of lung cancer in a nursing home in Dapto, NSW, Australia. He was a lovely man, with lots of

'stories' about his life and everything else. If he didn't have a story about something then he would

make one up!


Figure 91: Frank Dodgson, Paul Dodgson, Marion Dodgson (nee Bush) and Harold Dodgson on the

Stirling Castle in 1962


1. Frank Kenneth DODGSON born Jan 14th, 1931 in Tadcaster, UK and died May 14th,

1993 in Sydney, Australia.

2. Harold William DODGSON born Jun 16th, 1932 in 84 Broadway, Hatfield, Doncaster.

3. Marlene Rose DODGSON born Apr 13th, 1938 in Mexborough, UK and died ~1984 in

Wollongong, NSW, Australia.

4. Elizabeth (Little Betty) Joan Ann DODGSON born Oct 31st, 1939 and died Apr 10th,

2009.

3.4. Fred BUSH was born about 1915 in Rossington, Nr Doncaster, Yorkshire, England and died.

3.5. Jim (Jimmy) BUSH , known as Jimmy, was born on October 7th, 1915 in Doncaster,

Yorkshire, England.

Jimmy's occupation was Miner.

Jimmy married Lucy.

3.6. Herbert BUSH was born on January 2nd, 1917 and died about 1968 in Pontefract, UK.


Figure 92: Herbert Bush (seated on the right) with friends. Date and location unknown.

3.7. Ken BUSH was born about 1919.

Ken married Ethel.

3.8. Lawrence BUSH was born about 1925 and died about 1925.

Fourth Generation

4.1. Frank Kenneth DODGSON was born on January 14th, 1931 in Tadcaster, UK.



Frank first married Betty HUNT on April 30th, 1949 in Southhampton, UK in a religious

ceremony. Betty was born on April 22nd, 1931 in Bishops Waltham, UK.











Frank and Doreen PRATT had an affair in Southhampton, UK around 1951.


1. Malcolm Kenneth Norman DODGSON born ~May 1952.

4.2. Harold William DODGSON was born on June 16th, 1932 in 84 Broadway, Hatfield,

Doncaster.

On Jan 1 1954 Harry was working in York but went to his parents for Christmas and New Year. On New

Years eve, Marlene asked Harry to take her to a dance. Harry did not want to go but she persuaded

him to go. Harry later found out that she had a date with Ronnie Crook, but their father would not let


her go unless Harry escorted her. This was because, after the dance, as there was no buses at that late

hour she would have had to walk home about one and half miles home. It was at this dance that met

Betty.

Harold and Nita Elizabeth DODGSON are estranged.

Harold married Betty CROOK on September 4th, 1954 in Bolton-upon-Dearne, UK in a

religious ceremony. Betty was born on July 5th, 1936 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Sth Yorks,

England.





4.3. Marlene Rose DODGSON was born on April 13th, 1938 in Mexborough, UK and died about


Marlene married Ronald (Ronnie) CROOK about July 1956 in Bolton on Dearne, Yorkshire in

a religious ceremony. Ronnie was born about 1938.



4.4. Elizabeth (Little Betty) Joan Ann DODGSON , known as Little Betty, was born on October

31st, 1939 and died on April 10th, 2009.

Little Betty married Basil TURNER on March 19th, 1960 in St Andrews Church, Bolton-upon-

Dearne, Yorkshire, UK in a religious ceremony. Basil was born on April 1st, 1932 and died in



1. David Andrew TURNER born Nov 1st, 1961 in Wath-upon-Dearne or Mexborough,

Yorkshire, England.

2. Susan TURNER born Dec 8th, 1963 in Wath-upon-Dearne or Mexborough, Yorks,

England.

Fifth Generation



they have a son).



The Lent, Len and Pops was born on July 2nd, 1947 in 26 Cauvin Road, District Six, Cape

Town, South Africa.



Africa.















Paul got his name "Paul" from a pact between Betty and her best friend - they'd agreed to call their first

son, should they have a son, Paul.

Doggie and Leslie Alexandra HUMPHRIES were married.
















Marie now married Michael (Mike) GREEFF on March 13th, 1982 in a religious ceremony.





Africa.







1. Cassandra (Cassie) DODGSON born Jun 16th, 1986.






company's name.









2. Saskia DODGSON




to be fine.

First Rose divorced Johan STRYDOM.





Rose now married Jack BEKKER on October 29th, 2005 in Bothasig, Cape Town, South Africa


5.10. Malcolm Kenneth Norman DODGSON was born about May 1952.

He approached Frank when Frank was living in Da Gama Park, Cape Town, South Africa, and asked to

meet the family etc. Frank brushed him off saying that it was a closed case.




Nita and Harold William DODGSON are estranged. She and Theresa Marion DODGSON are

estranged.








NSW, Australia.








1. Daniel BATTERHAM born ~1989 in Liverpool/Fairfield - New South Wales Australia.

2. Jessica (Jesse) BATTERHAM born ~1991 in Liverpool/Fairfield - New South Wales

Australia.










Christopher lives in the Illawara area in Australia.

Christopher married Maureen PAULOWSKI.



1. Dean CROOK born ~1976 in Wollongong & Illawarra - New South Wales Australia.

2. Lisa CROOK born ~1977 in Wollongong & Illawarra - New South Wales Australia.

5.15. David Andrew TURNER was born on November 1st, 1961 in Wath-upon-Dearne or

Mexborough, Yorkshire, England and his baptism took place there.

David's occupation was in media.

First David divorced <Unknown>.

Next David divorced <Unknown>.

David next married Debbie.

Sheila was born about 1956 in England.

5.16. Susan TURNER was born on December 8th, 1963 in Wath-upon-Dearne or Mexborough,

Yorks, England.

Susan married Alan Franc BASA on October 3rd, 1987 in Figtree, NSW, Australia in a

religious ceremony. Alan was born on January 21st, 1962 in Wollongong, NSW, Australia.


1. Claire Louise BASA born Jan 24th, 1991 in Wollongong & Illawarra - New South

Wales Australia.

2. Ryan Michael BASA born Nov 27th, 1993 in Wollongong & Illawarra - New South

Wales Australia.

Sixth Generation








Consulting.



Town, South Africa.



Town, South Africa.


South Africa.






South Africa.


















Africa.


Donovan married Sarah GUERIN on August 14th, 2007 in Island off the coast of Australia in a

ceremony. Donovan then married Sarah on September 5th, 2008 in Kirstenbosch Gardens,

Cape Town, South Africa in a religious ceremony. Sarah was born on September 7th, 1975.





Africa.

General Notes: Angelique studied to be a preschool teacher and taught at the Enchanted Garden

Playgroup in Noordhoek, South Africa with her mother, Marie.


Cassie first married Wayne STOFFBERG on April 5th, 2009 in Simonstown, Cape Town in a

religious ceremony. They were divorced before August 2009 requested by the wife. Wayne


Now Cassie and Jason Kyle VINCENT are in a committed relationship

Jason was born on April 30th, 1989.


1. Kayla Elisabeth DODGSON born Nov 22nd, 2009.







ceremony.








Australia.





The one children of this relationship are:-

1. <Unknown> born Jun 2010.

















6.26. Claire Louise BASA was born on January 24th, 1991 in Wollongong & Illawarra - New South

Wales Australia and her baptism took place in 1991 in Figtree, NSW, Australia.

6.27. Ryan Michael BASA was born on November 27th, 1993 in Wollongong & Illawarra - New

South Wales Australia and his baptism took place in 1994 in Albion Park, NSW, Australia.

Seventh Generation







Kingdom.










The CROOK Family

The descendants of Harry CROOK, the earliest known CROOK in the family tree:

First Generation

1.1. Harry CROOK was born about 1831 and died in 1950.

Harry married Florence.

Florence died about 1931.


1. Walter CROOK born Oct 13th, 1903 and died ~1957.

2. Charles (Charlie) CROOK

Second Generation

2.1. Walter CROOK was born on October 13th, 1903 and died about 1957.

Walter and Mary Ann MONIGAN were married.

Mary was born on October 3rd, 1904 and died about 1972.


1. Mary Florence CROOK born Aug 22nd, 1927 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks, England.

2. Ethel CROOK born Dec 24th, 1928 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks, England.

3. Ivy May CROOK born May 14th, 1930 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks, England.

4. George Henry CROOK born Dec 10th, 1932 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks, England.

5. Edith Eunice CROOK born Mar 5th, 1934 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Sth Yorks, England.

6. Betty CROOK born Jul 5th, 1936 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Sth Yorks, England.

7. Albert CROOK born Sep 22nd, 1938 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Sth Yorks, England.

8. Kenneth CROOK born Mar 13th, 1940 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks, England.

9. John CROOK born Mar 8th, 1941 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks, England.

Figure 93: Harold and Betty's wedding on 4 Sept 1954

From Left to right: Little Betty (Betty Dodgson), Harold Dodgson, Marion Dodgson, Ronnie Crook (Best

man and Betty Crook's cousin), Harold Dodgson, Betty Crook, Albert Crook, Mary Ann Crook, Walter

Crook, Marlene Dodgson


2.2. Charles (Charlie) CROOK , known as Charlie,

Charlie married PEARS.


1. Ronald (Ronnie) CROOK born ~1938.

2. Norma CROOK

Third Generation

3.1. Mary Florence CROOK was born on August 22nd, 1927 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks,

England.

3.2. Ethel CROOK was born on December 24th, 1928 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks, England.

3.3. Ivy May CROOK was born on May 14th, 1930 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks, England.

3.4. George Henry CROOK was born on December 10th, 1932 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks,

England.

3.5. Edith Eunice CROOK was born on March 5th, 1934 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Sth Yorks,

England.

3.6. Betty CROOK was born on July 5th, 1936 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Sth Yorks, England.

Betty married Harold William DODGSON on September 4th, 1954 in Bolton-upon-Dearne, UK

in a religious ceremony. Harold was born on June 16th, 1932 in 84 Broadway, Hatfield,

Doncaster.





Figure 94: Bride and Groom - Harold Dodgson and Betty Crook in 1954

3.7. Albert CROOK was born on September 22nd, 1938 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Sth Yorks, England.

3.8. Kenneth CROOK was born on March 13th, 1940 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks, England.


3.9. John CROOK was born on March 8th, 1941 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks, England.

John first married Silvia.

Silvia was born about 1941.

John now married Jacqueline BEATTIE.

Jacqueline was born on July 21st, 1944 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks, England.


1. Michaela CROOK born Dec 20th, 1968 in Mexborough, UK.

2. Dean CROOK born Feb 4th, 1971 in Mexborough, UK.

3.10. Ronald (Ronnie) CROOK , known as Ronnie, was born about 1938.

Marlene and Ronnie moved to Australia in about 1970. They lived in the Illawara and opened a fish shop,

One day Ronnie did not come home, he ran away with another woman. Eventually they divorced.

Ronnie's second wife died and Ronnie changed his name to Pears, his mothers maiden name.

Ronnie first married Marlene Rose DODGSON about July 1956 in Bolton on Dearne,

Yorkshire in a religious ceremony. Marlene was born on April 13th, 1938 in Mexborough, UK

and died about 1984 in Wollongong, NSW, Australia.



Next Ronnie and <Unknown> were married.

3.11. Norma CROOK

Fourth Generation




Nita and Harold William DODGSON are estranged. She and Theresa Marion DODGSON are

estranged.








NSW, Australia.







1. Daniel BATTERHAM born ~1989 in Liverpool/Fairfield - New South Wales Australia.


2. Jessica (Jesse) BATTERHAM born ~1991 in Liverpool/Fairfield - New South Wales

Australia.









4.4. Michaela CROOK was born on December 20th, 1968 in Mexborough, UK.

4.5. Dean CROOK was born on February 4th, 1971 in Mexborough, UK.


Christopher lives in the Illawara area in Australia.

Christopher married Maureen PAULOWSKI.



1. Dean CROOK born ~1976 in Wollongong & Illawarra - New South Wales Australia.

2. Lisa CROOK born ~1977 in Wollongong & Illawarra - New South Wales Australia.

Fifth Generation



Australia.























Sixth Generation




The DE SOUSA Family

The traditional Portuguese naming conventions are a little different the Western style of passing the

surname on down the line. In Portugal the daughters of the family carried the surname name of their

father along with their married name, for example Jane A marrying Bob B would be come Jane A B, and

then pass the B on to her offspring.

The descendants of Jose PITA DE COITA, the earliest known DE SOUSA in the family tree:

First Generation

1.1. João DE SOUSA

João married Luacsvima DE COMECIERI?.


1. João NUNES DE SOUSA born ~1904 and died Dec 11th, 1976.

Second Generation

2.1. João NUNES DE SOUSA was born about 1904 and died on December 11th, 1976.

João married Júlia DE JESUS in 1927 in a religious ceremony. Júlia was born in 1906 in Ponta

do Pargo, Funchal and died on July 22nd, 1983.


1. João (John) Nunes DE SOUSA born Jan 17th, 1929 and died Jun 29th, 2004.

2. Francisco (Frankie) Nunes DE SOUSA born Mar 1st, 1932 in Lombo, Ponta Do Pargo,

Calheta, Funchal, Maderia and died Dec 5th, 1990 in Tableview, Cape Town, RSA.

3. Manuel NUNES DE SOUSA died ~2003 in Maderia, Portugal.

4. Antonio (Tony) NUNES DE SOUSA died ~1975.

5. Fernando NUNES DE SOUSA

6. Albertina NUNES DE SOUSA

7. Celistino NUNES DE SOUSA

8. Angela NUNES DE SOUSA

9. Maria NUNES DE SOUSA

Third Generation

3.1. João (John) Nunes DE SOUSA , known as John, was born on January 17th, 1929 and died on

June 29th, 2004.

John and Ruth VELDSMAN were married.

Ruth was born on December 29th, 1949.


1. Mario DE SOUSA born Dec 29th, 1979.

3.2. Francisco (Frankie) Nunes DE SOUSA , known as Frankie, was born on March 1st, 1932 in

Lombo, Ponta Do Pargo, Calheta, Funchal, Maderia and died on December 5th, 1990 in

Tableview, Cape Town, RSA.

Francisco worked as a farmer in Madeira, then moved to South Africa because of the fact that work was

getting hard to find and his brothers had also decided to move to South Africa. He began for a family

member and later, with his two brothers, bought a shop in Durbanville. They ran the shop for a few

years but eventually had a falling out, which led them sell the shop and go their separate ways.

Francisco then bought a shop in Sea Point which he ran for over 25 years. He sold the shop in 1998.

Frankie and Fernando NUNES DE SOUSA (his brother) were estranged.


Frankie married Agostinha DE COITA PITA on November 17th, 1966 in St Mary's Cathedral,

Cape Town, RSA in a religious ceremony. Agostinha was born on February 19th, 1938 in

Ponta do Sol, Funchal.


1. Fernando (Ferns) Nunes DE SOUSA born Aug 22nd, 1967 in Groote Schuur, Cape

Town, South Africa.

2. Maria Fatma DE SOUSA born Dec 4th, 1969 in Vincent Palotti, Cape Town, South

Africa.

3. Anita Nunes DE SOUSA born Mar 12th, 1974 in Vincent Palotti, Cape Town, South

Africa.

Figure 95: Francisco De Sousa and bride Augustina in November 1966

3.3. Manuel NUNES DE SOUSA died about 2003 in Maderia, Portugal.

3.4. Antonio (Tony) NUNES DE SOUSA , known as Tony, died about 1975.

Antonio shot himself in a car in the back of Francisco's property in Coronation Street, Maitland.

Tony separated from Pia Dada.


1. NUNES DE SOUSA


3.5. Fernando NUNES DE SOUSA

Fernando moved back to Portugal around 2005.

Fernando and Francisco (Frankie) Nunes DE SOUSA were estranged.

Fernando married Fernanda.


1. Ronaldo NUNES DE SOUSA born ~1970 and died ~1989 in Maitland, Cape Town.

3.6. Albertina NUNES DE SOUSA

Albertina never married.

3.7. Celistino NUNES DE SOUSA

Celistino married Deloris.


1. <Unknown>

3.8. Angela NUNES DE SOUSA

Angela married John.

3.9. Maria NUNES DE SOUSA

Fourth Generation

4.1. Mario DE SOUSA was born on December 29th, 1979.

Mario married Janice MEYER on March 28th, 2009 in Somerset West, Cape, South Africa in a

religious ceremony. Janice was born on October 19th, 1980.

4.2. Fernando (Ferns) Nunes DE SOUSA , known as Ferns, was born on August 22nd, 1967 in

Groote Schuur, Cape Town, South Africa.

Ferns first married Tania DE KROON in The Castle, Cape Town, South Africa.

Ferns now married Tania CAMERON on October 13th, 2005 in a civil ceremony. Tania was

born on August 29th, 1972.


1. Joshua DE SOUSA born Mar 20th, 2001 in Cape Town, South Africa.

2. Noah DE SOUSA born Apr 4th, 2006 in Cape Town, South Africa.

4.3. Maria Fatma DE SOUSA was born on December 4th, 1969 in Vincent Palotti, Cape Town,

South Africa.

From August 10th, 2004 Maria ran Cropaholics, a retail scrapbooking and cardmaking store,

with her mother-in-law Heather Mae De Buys.

Maria married Leonard (Tony) Anthony DE BUYS on January 6th, 1995 in Tableview, Cape

Town, RSA in a religious ceremony. Tony was born on September 6th, 1969 in Mowbray,





Town, South Africa.


South Africa.

4.4. Anita Nunes DE SOUSA was born on March 12th, 1974 in Vincent Palotti, Cape Town, South

Africa.

Anita and Vernon SIMONHOF were living together and then separated.


1. Cainin Francisco DE SOUSA born Jul 26th, 2000.

Figure 96: Anita De Sousa and her son Cainin in 2007

4.5. NUNES DE SOUSA

4.6. Ronaldo NUNES DE SOUSA was born about 1970 and died about 1989 in Maitland, Cape

Town.

A refuse removal truck hit Ronaldo while he was waiting at a traffic light near the Salt River Bridge in

Maitland.

4.7. <Unknown>

Fifth Generation

5.1. Joshua DE SOUSA was born on March 20th, 2001 in Cape Town, South Africa.

5.2. Noah DE SOUSA was born on April 4th, 2006 in Cape Town, South Africa.





5.5. Cainin Francisco DE SOUSA was born on July 26th, 2000.


The HUNT Family

The descendants of Percy John HUNT, the earliest known HUNT in the family tree:

First Generation

1.1. James HUNT

James married <Unknown>.


1. George HUNT born ~1825 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.

Second Generation

2.1. George HUNT was born about 1825 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England and died.

George's occupation was Stone carver (Mason).

George married Emma WEBB on October 24th, 1859 in Uttoxeter, Stafford, England in a

religious ceremony. Emma was born about 1839 and died.


1. Ernest HUNT born 1864 in Hanley, Stafford, England.

2. Francis HUNT born 1865 in Hanley, Stafford, England.

3. Emily HUNT born 1866 in Hanley, Stafford, England.

4. Evelyn HUNT born 1867 in Hanley, Stafford, England.

5. Florence HUNT born 1868 in Hanley, Stafford, England.

6. Percy John HUNT born Jul 29th, 1870 in Stoke T., UK and died 1933.

7. James HUNT born 1871 in Hanley, Stafford, England.

Third Generation

3.1. Ernest HUNT was born in 1864 in Hanley, Stafford, England and died.

Ernest's occupation was Stone carver.

3.2. Francis HUNT was born in 1865 in Hanley, Stafford, England and died.

Francis' occupation was Stone carver.

3.3. Emily HUNT was born in 1866 in Hanley, Stafford, England and died.

3.4. Evelyn HUNT was born in 1867 in Hanley, Stafford, England and died.

3.5. Florence HUNT was born in 1868 in Hanley, Stafford, England and died.

3.6. Percy John HUNT was born on July 29th, 1870 in Stoke T., UK and died in 1933.

Percy could not find a job after World War 1 and, according to his wife, Rose, although he tried very hard

to find work but because he only knew engines (being a stoker in the Royal Navy) he could not find

work.

He was very distraught about not finding work and made himself ill. He eventual lost his memory and

went "walkabout" for several days and when he got home he told Rose that he'd only been to the local

shop, but when he took off his shoes his skin came off with his socks. He never fully recovered and

passed away shortly after that.


Percy's occupation was Chief Stoker for Royal Navy.

Percy married Rose COUSINS in December 1909 in Wandsworth, UK in a religious ceremony.

Rose was born in 1888 in London, England and died on December 15th, 1945.

Rose was bedridden for several years before she passed. The household used to have to wash the house

down with damn cloths as the slightest cough could break Rose's ribs. Rose's bones were so weak

that she reached for a glass for water which was on the bedside table one day and broke her arm!


1. Harold Victor HUNT born ~1922 and died ~1940.

2. Alfred (Alfie) William HUNT born ~1927 and died ~1967.

3. Betty HUNT born Apr 22nd, 1931 in Bishops Waltham, UK.

4. Doris (Dot) Rose HUNT died 1993.

5. Kathleen (Kathy) Mary HUNT died 1994.

3.7. James HUNT was born in 1871 in Hanley, Stafford, England and died.

Fourth Generation

4.1. Harold Victor HUNT was born about 1922 and died about 1940. He was buried in

Buckingham, England.

Harold was called up for WW2 and was given an injection to prevent sickeness during the war, but he was

injected too close to the heart which caused heart failure and he died.

4.2. Alfred (Alfie) William HUNT , known as Alfie, was born about 1927 and died about 1967.

Alfi served in the British Army and was involved with the D-Day invasion. During the invasion he was

shot several times, including 5 shots to the head. He miraculously survived but due to the injuries

metal plates were placed in his head to replace damaged skull bones at the Lord Montague Estate.

Several years later, due to life in the trenches, some of his toes became gangrenous and were

amputated.

Figure 97: Alfie during World War 2

Alfie's occupation was Chef for Isle Of Wight Hotel.

Alfie and Betty HUNT had a close friendship.

Alfie married Mabel S.



1. Rosemary HUNT

4.3. Betty HUNT was born on April 22nd, 1931 in Bishops Waltham, UK.

Now resides near Wollongong, Sydney, Australia

Betty and Alfred (Alfie) William HUNT had a close friendship.

Betty first married Frank Kenneth DODGSON on April 30th, 1949 in Southhampton, UK in a

religious ceremony. Frank was born on January 14th, 1931 in Tadcaster, UK.













Figure 98: Four generations of Bushes, Hunt and Dodgsons (About 1952)

From left: Marion Bush, Heather Dodgson (2 years old), Betty Dodgson, Betty Hunt

Betty and <Unknown> had an affair.

Betty had a short affair with a man that she worked with.


1. Edward born Dec 23rd, 1954 in Mexborough, UK.


4.4. Doris (Dot) Rose HUNT , known as Dot, died in 1993.

Doris was hit by a bus when she was 6. She was brain damaged and "remained" a 6 year old girl for the

rest of her life.

Doris was cared for at Coldeast Hospital for most of her life.

Figure 99: Doris (Dot) Dodgson, Alex (A friend of Betty's) and Betty Dodgson at Coldeast

(1946)

4.5. Kathleen (Kathy) Mary HUNT , known as Kathy, died in 1994.

Harold ROGERS abused Kathy.

Kathy first married Harold ROGERS.


1. Victor ROGERS

2. David ROGERS

3. Carol ROGERS


Figure 100: John and Kathy Pointer (nee Hunt) (1981)

Kathy next married John POINTER.


1. Barry POINTER

2. POINTER

Fifth Generation

5.1. Rosemary HUNT



they have a son).



The Lent, Len and Pops was born on July 2nd, 1947 in 26 Cauvin Road, District Six, Cape

Town, South Africa.



Africa.















Paul got his name "Paul" from a pact between Betty and her best friend - they'd agreed to call their first

son, should they have a son, Paul.

Doggie and Leslie Alexandra HUMPHRIES were married.
















Marie now married Michael (Mike) GREEFF on March 13th, 1982 in a religious ceremony.





Africa.








1. Cassandra (Cassie) DODGSON born Jun 16th, 1986.





company's name.









2. Saskia DODGSON




to be fine.

First Rose divorced Johan STRYDOM.





Rose now married Jack BEKKER on October 29th, 2005 in Bothasig, Cape Town, South Africa


5.11. Edward was born on December 23rd, 1954 in Mexborough, UK.

5.12. Victor ROGERS

5.13. David ROGERS

5.14. Carol ROGERS

5.15. Barry POINTER

5.16. POINTER

Sixth Generation








Consulting.



Town, South Africa.



Town, South Africa.


South Africa.






South Africa.


















Africa.


Donovan married Sarah GUERIN on August 14th, 2007 in Island off the coast of Australia in a

ceremony. Donovan then married Sarah on September 5th, 2008 in Kirstenbosch Gardens,

Cape Town, South Africa in a religious ceremony. Sarah was born on September 7th, 1975.





Africa.

Angelique studied to be a preschool teacher and taught at the Enchanted Garden Playgroup in

Noordhoek, South Africa with her mother, Marie.


Cassie first married Wayne STOFFBERG on April 5th, 2009 in Simonstown, Cape Town in a

religious ceremony. They were divorced before August 2009 requested by the wife. Wayne


Now Cassie and Jason Kyle VINCENT are in a committed relationship

Jason was born on April 30th, 1989.


1. Kayla Elisabeth DODGSON born Nov 22nd, 2009.







ceremony.






Seventh Generation







Kingdom.





The PERRY Family

The descendants of Gustav Hamilton PERRY, the earliest known PERRY in the family tree:

First Generation

2.1.1. <Unknown>

married <Unknown>.


1. Gustav Hamilton PERRY born Nov 18th, 1956 in Kimberley, South Africa and died

Aug 25th, 2006 in Van der Bijl Park, Gauteng, South Africa.

2. Moira PERRY

3. Peggi PERRY

Second Generation

2.2.1. Gustav Hamilton PERRY was born on November 18th, 1956 in Kimberley, South Africa and

died on August 25th, 2006 in Van der Bijl Park, Gauteng, South Africa.

Gustav divorced Janetta (Lynette) Jakoba VAN SCHALKWYK.

Lynette was born on February 29th, 1960 in Cape Town, South Africa.


1. Dalene PERRY born Apr 1st, 1981 in Karl Bremer Hospital, Bellville, Cape Town,

South Africa.

2. Cecil William PERRY born Jan 20th, 1983 in Carl Bremmer Hospital, Bellville, Cape

Town, South Africa.

3. Angelique (Angie) PERRY born Jan 10th, 1992 in Krugersdorp Private Hospital,

Johannesburg, South Africa.

2.2.2. Moira PERRY

2.2.3. Peggi PERRY

Third Generation

2.3.1. Dalene PERRY was born on April 1st, 1981 in Karl Bremer Hospital, Bellville, Cape Town,

South Africa.

Dalene married Christopher (Dave) David DE BUYS on July 17th, 2004 in Parow, Cape Town

in a religious ceremony. Dave was born on January 13th, 1972.


Figure 101: Dalene and David De Buys (About 2004)

2.3.2. Cecil William PERRY was born on January 20th, 1983 in Carl Bremmer Hospital, Bellville,


2.3.3. Angelique (Angie) PERRY , known as Angie, was born on January 10th, 1992 in Krugersdorp

Private Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.


The WRAGG Family

The descendants of Arthur John WRAGG, the earliest known WRAGG in the family tree:

First Generation

1.1. Arthur (John) John WRAGG , known as John, was born on December 23rd, 1951 in Barnsley,

Sth Yorks, England.

John's occupation was Marketing Manager.

John married Nita Elizabeth DODGSON on April 30th, 1974 in Wath-upon-Dearne, Sth

Yorkshire, England in a religious ceremony. Nita was born on April 1st, 1956 in Grimsby,

Lincs, England and her baptism took place in 1964 in Cape Town, South Africa.





NSW, Australia.

Figure 102: Four generations Dodgson/Wragg family (1978)

From left to right: John Wragg, Betty Dodgson (nee Crook), Marion Dodgson (nee Bush) with Matthew

Wragg on her lap, Harold Dodgson (Snr), Nita Wragg (nee Dodgson) (in front) and Harold Dodgson (Jnr)

Second Generation



Australia.











Third Generation



Our Naval Ties

Strangely shipping and boats seem to have quite an interesting interwoven past with the De Buys and

Dodgson families.

De Oosterland

Figure 103: Scale model of De Oosterland51

The shipping vessel known as ―De Oosterlandt‖ was owned and operated by the Dutch East India

Company (VOC) from 1685 to 24/05/1697, when it sank off the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

The vessel was 160 feet long (48.768 meters) and 39 feet wide (11.887 meters) and, fully laden, weighed

in at 1123 tons. The vessel was capable of carrying 275 passengers.

The Oosterland was built for Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company at Zeeland Yard in

the docks at Middelburg in the Netherlands, around the end of 1684, and set off for Asia for the first time

in November 1685. Bad weather forced her return after only a fortnight, and it was to be February 1686

before she sailed again, eventually arriving in Batavia in five months later. She left for home at the end of

that year, and stopped off at the Cape in March of 1687, loaded with cargo including spices as pepper,

cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and mace.

The Oosterland‘s second voyage from the Netherlands, where she left Goeree on the 3rd

of February 1688,

brought her back to the Cape in April 1688. She arrived in Cape Town with no loss of life or sickness

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The Model Shipyard, Mossel Bay, South Africa

http://www.shipyard.co.za

http://www.shipyard.co.za/


onboard after a trip of 2 months and 22 days. This time she carried refugees from France among her 33

passengers, including some Huguenot families. For six months the ship traded between the VOC's stations

in Asia, before returning home in August 1689. Her third trip, undertaken between February 1691 and

October 1693, followed a similar pattern.

The Oosterland’s Voyages

Departure From Destination Arrival Skipper Cape of

Good Hope

25/11/1685 Wielingen Batavia 31/07/1686 17/05/1686 to

08/06/1686

13/12/1686 Batavia 08/1687 Karel de

Marville 20/03/1687 to

20/04/1687

29/01/1688 Wielingen Batavia 19/07/1688 25/04/1688 tot

15/05/1688

25/12/1688 Batavia 09/08/1689 Aamoud

Scheiteruit 17/03/1689 tot

17/04/1689

08/02/1691 Wielingen Batavia 28/09/1691 Aarnoud


20/07/1691

28/02/1693 Ceylon Rammekens 04/10/1693 Aarnoud


12/06/1693

16/07/1694 Zeeland Batavia 11/06/1695 Pieter van

Ede 31/12/1694 tot

03/03/1695

17/02/1697 Ceylon Sank on 24/05/1697 near Milnerton, Table Bay

On 23 May 1697, a strong north-westerly gale blew up in Table Bay. One ship broke her anchor cables,

those of another had to be cut, and the Oosterland was rammed and damaged by her drifting companions.

On the next day, when the wind changed, the Oosterland went adrift, and this time she hit the seabed near

the mouth of the Salt River. As soon as she touched bottom, her main mast broke, and the hull began to

break up. Of the more than three hundred people on board at the time of the storm, only two survived.

The wreck of the Oosterland and her sister ship the Waddinxveen were discovered in 1988 by divers

Graham Raynor, Michael Barchard and Christopher Byrnes. They immediately realized the significance of

what they‘d found, and contacted Bruno Werz, the Maritime Archaeologist based at the University of

Cape Town. When the divers showed him photographs of two bronze cannon, found lying on the seabed,

he identified them as having once belonged to the Dutch East India Company.


Figure 104: The cannons from a vessel which sank in the same storm as that which sank De Oosterland

The wreck lay in only 6m of water, a few hundred metres from the entrance of the Milnerton Lagoon,

where a combination of strong winds and currents, cold water temperatures and bad visibility, made diving

very difficult.

The Oosterland excavation was notable because it was the first proper "maritime archaeology" project

carried out in South African waters. The justification for "doing archaeology" lies in its ability to provide

information that is not available in the documentary record. In the case of a shipwreck, such as the

Oosterland, information can be gathered about what goods were carried on the ships, both as cargo and as

personal effects, and also can be seen how they were packed. The complement of crew and passengers had

to be self sufficient in both skills and equipment, due to the long periods of time spent at sea. Archaeology

can help to learn about the social and technological aspects of this self-sufficiency.52

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Dutch-Asiatic Shipping In The 17th and 18th Centuries (3 Vols). The Hague, 1979, 1987 Turner, Malcom.

Shipwrecks & Salvage in South Africa, 1505 to the present. Cape Town, 1988 Bruijn, J.R., Gaastra, F.S., Schöffer, I.

http://www.vocshipwrecks.nl/home_voyages/oosterland.html


Stirling Castle

Figure 105: The Stirling Castle in 1943

Named after Stirling Castle in Scotland, she was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast, and launched July

1935. She was 725 foot long and 82 foot wide and had a gross tonnage of 25 554 tonnes. The Stirling

Castle left Southampton on her maiden voyage on the 7th February 1936. In August of that year, Stirling

Castle set a new record for the route, reaching Table Bay, South Africa in 13 days 9 hours, beating the

previous record of 14 days, 18 hours, and 57 minutes set by Scot in 1893.

During World War II, Stirling Castle was used as a troopship, returning to passenger service in 1946.

Sadly the Stirling Castle was broken up in Japan in 1966.

The Dodgson‘s arrived in South Africa on the 29th

of Jun 1962 onboard the Stirling Castle. While onboard

the Stirling Castle en route to South Africa Linda, who would have been about 10 years old, had to be

rescued from near drowning in the pool on the ship! The Dodgson family won a Fancy Dress competition

on the ship by dressing up as "The Old Lady who lived in the shoe" - Frank used cardboard to fashion a

shoe around a tea-trolley. Heather pushed Harvey in it and the others ran around banging spoons on tin

plates! Paul, who would have been 6 years old, would go to the dining room for both sittings and state that

he wanted "assorted sandwiches and eggs to order!"


RHMS Ellinis Chandris

Figure 106: The RHMS Ellinis in Sydney in 1978

The RHMS Ellinis was originally called the Lurline and was launched on July 18 1932. She was sold to

Chandris Lines in 1963 and was renamed the RHMS Ellinis.

She was build at the Bethlehem Shipyard at Quincy, Mass, USA and was 632 feet long and 79 feet wide

and had a gross tonnage of 18021 tonnes. She had a top speed of 22 knots and could carry 475 first class

passengers, 240 in tourist class and had a crew of 359 people.

On December 27 1932, Lurline left San Francisco for her maiden voyage bound for Sydney Australia, and

other Pacific ports, she returned to the San Francisco on 24 April 1934. After her Pacific voyage, she,

together with her older sister the Malolo, was placed on the popular San Francisco to Honolulu service.

On 7 December 1941, whilst the Lurline was approximately half way from Honolulu to San Francisco, the

Japanese air force bombed Pearl Harbour. She set her engines at maximum speed for San Francisco.

However, in a convoy with her two sisters, she returned to Hawaii, laden with troops and much needed

supplies. She proudly continued her wartime service, including visits to Australia and even transported

Prime Minister (Australian) John Curtin to America to meet with President Roosevelt.

In 1950, due to incredible success of Laconia, it was decided to also refit her sister ship, the Monterey,

which was renamed Matsonia. From this point, both liners now provided only a first class only service

between the States and Hawaii. From time to time, cruises were also undertaken. However, as with ships

around the world Jet airliners became a serious competition and caused passenger loadings to fall.

Matsonia was laid up in September 1962.

On the 3rd of February 1963, Lurline arrived in Los Angeles with serious engine trouble in her port

turbine. Matson decided to place her on the market, the repairs were considered too excessive. With the

decline of the Lurline, Matson brought the Matsonia out of the mothballs, and, characteristically, changed

her name to Lurline, as this name was loved by all.


The original SS Lurline was purchased by Chandris Lines on September 3, 1963, and was refitted in North

Shields. Her exterior modernised, however, most of her Hawaiian decor and furniture remained, proving

Matson Lines classic styling was exotic and modern. Her interior beauty was renowned. Her engines were

repaired whilst she was still in the United States. Her capacity was greatly increased to accommodate

1,668 as a one class liner.

There was no doubt; RHMS Ellinis looked smart in her new Chandris livery. With her modernised

superstructure and new funnels, she embarked on her maiden voyage from Piraeus to Sydney on the 30th

of December 1963. Her homeward voyages were alternately routed via the Panama Canal to Southampton

from 1964.

For the next 10 years, Ellinis made regular line voyages to Australia, as well as operating occasional

cruises. For several years, she was employed on an eastward round-the-world route.

In April 1974, the Ellinis was on a cruise to Japan when once again major problems developed in one of

her engines, which, was said to be was out of alignment. Ellinis returned to Europe. At the same time, her

former sister-ship the Mariposa, then named Homeric, had been sold to be broken up in Taiwan. Chandris

lines purchased one of her engines which was transported to Rotterdam, which fitted into the Ellinis. She

returned to service in March 1975 and commenced Mediterranean cruises until early 1977.

Having been in service for some fifty years, it was in October 1981 when RHMS Ellinis was laid up in

Greece. There were thoughts of returning her to active service; however, these plans never materialised.

She remained laid up for another five years when she was sold to Taiwanese breakers in 1986.

Many of her fittings were transferred to other ships in the Chandris fleet and many of the engine parts

were kept in storage in case they were needed for her sister, the Britanis.53

Harold Dodgson and Marion Dodgson (nee Bush) moved to Australia and travelled there on the RHMS

Ellinis in 1978. They had decided to move to Australia because, in 1978, most of their close relatives had

moved to Australia. Their daughter, Marlene, had moved to Australia a couple of years earlier and Frank

(their son) had moved to South Africa. In addition, their eldest daughter, Betty had expressed a wish to go

to Australia. Their son, Harold, told them that he would migrate to Australia once he had sorted out his

second daughter, Teresa‘s, medical problems. Teresa had a kidney problem which made her ill frequently.

She was taken Great Ormond St. Children‘s hospital in 1963 and had an operation, after which Teresa had

no more problems.

On arrival in Australia Harold found a job in the local steelworks as a bathroom attendant. He said that it

was the softest job he had ever had. He liked Australia because it had plenty of good weather and most

important, plenty of good fishing!

Harold and Marion settled in Dapto which is a suburb just outside Wollongong, it is also full of English

people, especially Yorkshire, which made them feel very welcome.

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ssMaritime - Reuben Goossens, Maritime Historian

http://www.ssmaritime.com/ellinis.htm


Family at War

Throughout history conflict has been resolved by war. Some wars were fought on a small scale, while

others on an epic scale, involving the entire population of Earth. War is not limited to the human species,

as ants engage in massive inter-species conflicts which might be termed warfare, or chimpanzee packs will

engage each other in tribe like warfare.54

The level of detail, reasoning behind and detail of outcome into these wars will not be discussed in detail

in this book, but the details of some of the men from the De Buys/Dodgson family tree who were involved

in these wars will be documented.

Fourth Frontier War - The Massacre at Zuurberg: 1811

Following the re-establishment of British authority at the Cape in 1806, the British found themselves

increasingly drawn into the conflict between the indigenous peoples and the Boers. By 1810, the major

confrontation was with the Xhosa on the Eastern Frontier.

In October, 1811, the new Governor, John Cradock, resolved to clear the Zuurveld of the Xhosa, and to

drive them back to east of the Fish River. He appointed Colonel John Graham to this task. By December,

Graham had raised three forces. The southernmost was near the mouth of the Sundays River, while a

second was in the area of Coerney near Addo. The third was a Commando from Graaff-Reinet, led by the

Landdrost, Andries Stockenström. They were stationed north of the Zuurberg (somewhere in the area

south of Ann's Villa), to protect Bruintjeshoogte and Graaff-Reinet against Xhosa intrusions from the

south and east.

After events around Christmas Day, Graham concluded the major Xhosa force was concentrated near his

central unit at Addo. He summoned Stockenström to bring his force across the Zuurberg. The Zuurberg

Pass is a few km north of the Zuurberg Inn. This is on the R335, which runs from Port Elizabeth north to

Addo, Zuurberg, Ann's Villa, and Somerset East. The latitude and longitude are about -33.335 and 25.759.

Stockenström responded with about forty of his men, who left their camp at sunrise on December 28, 1811

to travel south over the Zuurberg.

Near the peak of the Zuurberg, Stockenström's party encountered a group of Xhosa. A palaver began and

continued for a time, but it ended with a surprise attack on the Landdrost and his men. Stockenström and

about a dozen others of his force were killed. This was in the first few days of the Fourth Frontier War

(1811-12).

Although historians are specific (and disagree) about the number of men killed and wounded, they name

only a few. A document in the Cape Archives, which is a report from officials in Graaff-Reinet to

Governor Cradock, names, among those killed the Landdrost, two Veld-Kornets, and seven Burgers. Two

unnamed young Hottentots were also killed. Two men (also named) escaped on foot. The report is signed

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Philip Buys, who was a son Coenraad De Buys and Elisabeth, was killed at The Massacre at Zuurberg.

Philip was born around 1791 was therefore around 20 years old when he was killed.

Historians say that this list is not complete as other accounts from survivors mention several other men.

Stockenström‘s son said that "…the spot where the massacre had taken place. This was on the narrowest

part of the Doorn Neck - the watershed between the Wit-Rivier and Kournay. The new Zuurberg Road has

cut away the very tree under which my father and his party sat and stood when they met their fate." (The

Zuurberg Pass was built in 1848-58.)‖

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Stockenström returned later to the place, and "found there a worthy farmer named Matthews in

possession" Stockenström offered to purchase the site of the massacre, but Matthews refused, saying he

would be honoured to erect the monument. On another visit, Stockenström found the place in possession

of "the brother of this same Matthew". Stockenström on this occasion offered to purchase the spot where

the fallen were buried, but says he was "too sick to proceed in the matter". These Matthews were owners

of the farm Doornnek, on which the Zuurberg Inn now stands.

So, neither the spot of the massacre nor the location of the graves was marked. The burgers of Graaff-

Reinet asked to build a monument, but they were refused with assurances a monument would be built by

the Colonial government. That never happened, possibly because the younger Stockenström became a

controversial figure and fell out of favour with the authorities.

Pringle visited the spot in 1821, and says: "The precise spot where the bodies were interred could not,

when I was there, be discovered. It is little to the credit of the Colonial Government that not even a rude

stone has been erected to mark the grave of this meritorious magistrate…".

The Boer War: 1880 - 1902

Two Boer Wars were fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the

Orange Free State and the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic), founded by settlers known as

Voortrekkers who made the Great Trek from the Cape Colony.

The war most commonly referred to as the "Boer War" is the Second Boer War.

The First Boer War (1880–1881), also known as the "Transvaal War," was a relatively brief conflict in

which Boer settlers successfully resisted a British attempt to annex the Transvaal, and re-established an

independent republic.

The Second Boer War (1899–1902), by contrast, was a lengthy war - involving large numbers of troops

from many British possessions - which ended with the conversion of the Boer republics into British

colonies (with a promise of limited self-government). These colonies later formed part of the Union of

South Africa. Unlike many colonial conflicts, the Boer War lasted three years and was very bloody. The

British fought directly against the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. The bloodshed that was seen

during the war was alarming and many of the British soldiers faced unfit conditions. Inhumane treatment

of South Africans and the usage of a new system, the concentration camp, caused many in Britain to view

imperialism as barbaric. The cost of war in money, destruction, and demoralization was gigantic, and

many in Britain began to believe the Empire was too costly to maintain.

The Second Boer War was a major turning point in British history, due to world reaction over the anti-

insurgency tactics the army used in the region. This led to a change in approach to foreign policy from

Britain who now set about looking for more allies. To this end, the 1902 treaty with Japan in particular

was a sign that Britain feared attack on its Far Eastern empire and saw this alliance as an opportunity to

strengthen their stance in the Far East. This war led to a change from "splendid isolation" policy to a

policy that involved looking for allies and improving world relations. Later treaties with France ("Entente

cordiale") and Russia, caused partially by the controversy surrounding the Boer War, were major factors

in dictating how the battle lines were drawn during World War One.56

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World War I (initialized as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the

War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict which involved the majority of the world's great

powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Entente Powers and the Central Powers. Over

70 million military personnel were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. In a state of total war,

the major combatants fully placed their scientific and industrial capabilities at the service of the war effort.

Over 15 million people were killed, making it one of the deadliest conflicts in human history.

The proximate cause for the war was the 28 June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of

Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by a Bosnian-Serb nationalist, Gavrilo Princip. Austria-

Hungary's resulting demands against the Kingdom of Serbia led to the activation of a series of alliances

which within weeks saw all of the major European powers at war. As a consequence of the global empires

of many European nations, the war soon spread worldwide.

By the war's end, four major imperial powers — Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman

Empire had been militarily and politically defeated, with the latter two ceasing to exist as autonomous

countries. The revolutionized Soviet Union emerged from the Russian Empire, while the map of central

Europe was completely redrawn into numerous smaller states. The League of Nations was formed in the

hope of preventing another such conflict. The European nationalism spawned by the war, the

repercussions of Germany's defeat, and the Treaty of Versailles would eventually lead to the beginning of

World War II in 1939.57

Betty's father, Percy John Hunt served as a stoker in the Royal Navy till the end of World War 1. He

received five medals during his service - one of which was for bravery. Percy was above on deck when a

plane crashed and he dived in saving the pilot. After Percy passed away Betty married Henry James Oliver

who was a Ship's Caulker and worked for a company called Thornicross based in Woolston, UK. Percy

received 5 medals for his World War 1 efforts and finished his service in the Royal Navy as a Chief Petty

Officer.

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World War 2: 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945

World War II, or the Second World War (often abbreviated WWII or WW2), was a global military

conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organized into

two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. The war involved the mobilization of over 100

million military personnel, making it the most widespread war in history. In a state of "total war", the

major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the

war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Over seventy million people,

the majority of whom were civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest conflict in human history.

The start of the war is generally held to be September 1 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and

subsequent declarations of war on Germany by most of the countries in the British Empire and

Commonweath, and by France. Many belligerents were at war before or after this date, during a period

which spanned from 1937 to 1941, as a result of other events. Among these main events are the Marco

Polo Bridge Incident (fought between Nationalist China and Japan), the start of Operation Barbarossa (the

German invasion of the Soviet Union), and the attacks on Pearl Harbour and British and Dutch colonies in

Southeast Asia.

After the war ended in 1945, the Soviet Union and the United States emerged as the world's superpowers.

This set the stage for the Cold War, which lasted for the next 45 years. The United Nations was formed in

the hope of preventing another such conflict. The acceptance of self-determination accelerated

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decolonization movements in Asia and Africa, while Western Europe itself began moving toward

integration.58

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Pieter Johannes De Buys – medals

Coenraad De Buys

Daniel De Buys

Williem De Buys

John Hunt - John was called up for WW2 and was given an injection to prevent sickeness during the war,

but he was injected too close to the heart which caused heart failure and he died.

Alfred Hunt – D/Day – shot in the head, survived

Albert Christopher Hartley De Buys – Commonwealth War Graves

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Figure 107: Map of Italy showing the 6th South African Armoured Brigade's movements during

WW2


The Korean War: 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953

The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korea (officially the Democratic

People's Republic of Korea) and South Korea (officially the Republic of Korea) with major hostilities

beginning on 25 June 1950, pausing with an armistice signed on 27 July 1953. North Korea has since

unilaterally withdrawn from that armistice, having announced its intent to do so on 27 May 2009. The

conflict arose from the attempts of the two Korean powers to re-unify Korea under their respective

governments. The period immediately before the war was marked by escalating border conflicts at the

38th Parallel and attempts to negotiate elections for the entirety of Korea. These negotiations ended when

the North Korean Army invaded the South on 25 June 1950. Under the aegis of the United Nations,

nations allied with the United States intervened on behalf of South Korea. After rapid advances in a South

Korean counterattack, North-allied Chinese forces intervened on behalf of North Korea, shifting the

balance of the war and ultimately leading to an armistice that approximately restored the original

boundaries between North and South Korea.

As North Korea had no significant naval presence, naval battles were infrequent. The only significant

"battle" took place on 2 July 1950, between the U.S. cruiser ―Juneau‖, the British cruiser ―Jamaica‖, and

the British frigate ―Black Swan‖, against four North Korean torpedo boats and two North Korean mortar

gunboats. The torpedo boats attempted to attack but they were quickly destroyed by the Anglo-American

fleet. Numerous other communist ships were sunk during the war. Supply and ammunition ships were

sunk by U.N. forces, denying use of the sea to the North Koreans. Juneau sunk several ammunition ships

that had been present in her previous battle. The last instance of ship-to-ship battle in the war occurred at

Inchon a few days before the battle, when the ROK ship PC 703 sank an enemy mine-laying craft and

three other vessels in waters off the Yellow Sea port. For the remainder of the war, the role of the navies

was to provide shore bombardment.59

While serving in the British Royal Navy Frank Dodgson served on several vessels, including the HMS

Ganges, Bruce, Boxer, Collingwood, Pembrose, Victory and the HMS Theseus. Frank served in the

Korean War while onboard the HMS Theseus.

Figure 108: The HMS Theseus (About 1950)

HMS Theseus was a Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. She was laid down in

1943 by Fairfield at Govan, and launched on 6 July 1944. She was not commissioned, though, until 1946,

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too late to be involved in World War II. Upon her commission, she was used as a training ship until her

involvement in the Korean War. The HMS Theseus served in the Korean War from Mid December 1950

to 15 January 1952.60

Frank received the United Nations Service Medal (Korean Clasp) and the British

Korean Medal.

At the outbreak of the Korean war, H.M.S. Triumph was on the Far East Station. She assisted at the

Inchon landing and did a lot of very good work with the American Navy on both the West and East coasts

of Korea.

H.M.S. Theseus sailed from Spithead on 18th August. 1950 to relieve H.M.S. Triumph. who by this time

had completed her commission in Far East waters. 17th Carrier Air Group had embarked on the 16th and

17th August, 1950. An intensive training programme was then carried out all the way from U.K. to the Far

East, interspersed with brief calls at Malta, Aden, Singapore and Hong Kong. On arrival at Hong Kong on

24th September, a week's exercises were carried out with the Army and R.A.F. defence forces there, and

were very much enjoyed by all, though this enjoyment was marred by the very unfortunate death of Lt.

Green, whose Fury crashed in the New Territories on 26th September.

H.M.S. Triumph arrived at Hong Kong on 29th September, and after a quick take-over from her, Theseus

proceeded to Sasebo, the U.N. Naval Base in Japan. In overall command of the U.N. Naval Forces was

Comnavfe—Vice-Admiral Joy, U.S.N with his head quarters at Tokyo. Operating under him were four

Task Forces, one of which was T.F. 95, under the command of Rear-Admiral Smith, U.S.N. T.F. 95 was

split into four groups. T.G. 95.6 was a minesweeping group. T.G. 95.7 was the R.OJC. Navy. T.G. 95.2

was the East Coast Blockade Group. T.G. 95.1 was the West Coast Blockade Group. T.G. 95.1 consisted

of British Commonwealth and other allied warships, and was under the command of Rear-Admiral W. G.

Andrewes. Later, Vice-Admiral Sir W. G. Andrewes, with his head quarters in the "Ladybird," a converted

passenger ship which was secured to the jetty at Sasebo. Theseus was placed in Task Group 95.1 and with

a screen of, usually, four destroyers, formed Task Element 95.11. Later, a U.S.N. Light Fleet Carrier, the

"Bataan," and some U.S.N. destroyers were added to this Group.

The aim of the Combined Navies was to maintain a continuous blockade of the enemy-held coasts of

Korea, to prevent amphibious landings of men or supplies by the enemy, to protect U.N. sea transport and

to support the U.N. land forces by air and by bombardment.

Theseus' job was to carry out a daily first-light armed reconnaissance of the West coast to check up on any

enemy shipping movement and mining activity, to fly CAP's and AS Patrols over elements of the group as

required, to provide bombardment spotting aircraft as required, and to provide aircraft in indirect or close

air support of the land forces along the battle-front. During Theseus' first operational period - 9th to 22nd

October, 1950 - a considerable advance was made by the U.N. forces to a line North of Pyongyang—

Wonsan. During this time targets attacked were in the Wanchall Province and as far North as Pakchon and

Chonju. Four days replenishment in Sasebo followed before the second operational period, which was

from 29th October to 5th November. 1950.

By November 5th, the land forces had reached their furthest point in the advance towards the Manchurian

Border. On that day, elements of the Chinese "Volunteers" poured over the border to commit what General

MacArthur termed "one of the worst breaches of international law on record." In spite of this attack the

requirements for an aircraft carrier in the Yellow Sea were regarded as no longer necessary and Theseus

was withdrawn to Hong Kong. She stayed there for just over a fortnight, during which time further

exercises were carried out with the Army and R.A.F. But, with the Chinese Communist forces launching a

major offensive a serious situation developed in Korea, the U.N. forces went into full retreat and Theseus

was hurriedly recalled to the West coast of Korea to render badly needed air support to the U.N. Land

Forces.

From the 5th to 26th December, Theseus operated at a very high pressure in the Yellow Sea with only a

brief break of three days for replenishment. This taxed everyone on board, particularly the aircrews, to the

full. Thereafter, an alternating cycle of 9 or 10 days operations and 9 or 10 days replenishment at Sasebo

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or Kure was organised, with, at first, the U.S. Carriers "Badoeng Straits" and "Sicily" and later the U.S.

Carrier "Bataan," working in the opposite watch, and taking over the command of Task Element 95.11.

This routine worked very well.

Early January, 1951 saw the launching of another major Chinese Communist offensive which drove the

U.N. forces back to a line South of Suwon and Wonju by mid-January. The enemy was stopped and held

there and then the U.N. forces went over to the offensive and fought back slowly and steadily

consolidating their gains as they went along. As Lt. General Ridgeway put it, "the U.N. forces are now

more concerned with killing the enemy and destroying his equipment than with acquiring real estate." On

the last day of Theseus‘ operations, 19th April 1951, the front line was for the most part north of the 38th

Parallel. On 20th April, Theseus returned to Sasebo having carried out nearly 7 months very intensive

operations. On 23rd-24th April, Theseus handed over at Sasebo to H.M.S. Glory, who had arrived from

U.K. to take over from her, and left Sasebo on 25th April, bound for U.K.

The above is a chronological presentation of Theseus' operations from 18th August 1950 to 25th April

1951. Here now are a few random observations, and a list of records and achievements carried out during

this campaign:

Extremes of weather had to be faced by the ship's company. On the outward passage training was carried

out in very hot and humid conditions. In the Yellow Sea a bitterly cold winter with snow and ice had to be

overcome.

1. The weather for flying was fair during the operational period in the Yellow Sea, but mist and fog

were an ever-present danger.

2. The Carrier Air Group deservedly won the Boyd Trophy for 1950 for their excellent efforts. A

thousand accident-free deck landings was only one of the many records they pot op.

3. Fifty sorties a day was the minimum number planned for, throughout each operational period.

This was ways achieved unless the weather interfered.

4. Here are some statistics for the period 18th August, 1950 up to 19th April, 1951, when operations

finished in the Korean Campaign:

Number of deck landings: 4,594

Number of catapult launchings: 3,593

Number of hours flown: 10,189

Number of Flying Days: 114

Average number of Hours per Pilot: 268

During the Korean War, the HMS Theseus expended the following rounds:

40mm and below: 523,220

Rockets: 6,6,17

Bombs, 5001bs: 1,390

Bombs, 1,000 lbs: 84

Depth Charges: 76

During the Korean War the following results were obtained:

Destroyed: Junks 93

Railway trucks 153

Railway bridges 25

Buildings 485

Road trucks 73

Store dumps 66

Railway tunnels 6

Warehouses 17

Gun positions 33

Road bridges 16

Railway engines 13


Tanks 8

Railway stations 3

Factories 19

Power stations 5

Command posts 10

Railway sheds 4

Jetties 2

Cars 3

Hanagar 1

Road blocks 5

Carts 12

Barrack buildings 51

Steam rollers 2

Omnibuses 2

Tugs 1

Excavator 1

Floating bridges 1

―Bulldozer 1

Pumphouse 1

Damaaged: Road bridges 18

Junks 77

Railway wagons 69

Gun positions 1

Buildings 35

Store dumps 2

Warehouses 22

Road trucks 34

Tractors 1

Railway bridges 15

Railway tunnels 5

Airfield runways 1

Tanks 4

Barrack Buildings 18

Excavators 1

Railway sheds 4

Factories 5

Vehicle Revetments 10

Sampans 42

Observed enemy casulaties: 1,750

The HMS Theseus reported the following injured members: Lt. Leonard, Lt. Humphreys, Lt. Julian, Lt.

Keighley-Peach. All these pilots have completely recovered, or are recovering from their injuries.

The following members where reported to have ditched their planes: Lt.-Cdr. Gordon-Smith, Lt. Kelly, Lt.

Pinsent, Lt. Hamilton. Mr. Bailey and Acmn. II Loveys.

The American helicopter rescue service cannot be too highly praised. Lts. Leonard, Humphreys, Keighley-

Peach and Bowman were picked up behind enemy lines by these grand helicopter crews and Lts.

Hamilton, Pinsent and Mr. Bailey and Acmn. II Loveys were picked up out of the sea by them. Lt.-Cdr.

Gordon-Smith and Lt. Kelly were picked up by destroyers.


Figure 109: The United Nations Service Medal (Korean Clasp) and the British Korean Medal

On return to the United Kingdom Frank served on the HMS Magpie and again on the HMS Collingwood,

until he was assigned to Shore Establishments. (He requested Shore Establishments so as to be able to

spend more time with his family)

In 1962 Frank and his wife Betty, decided to move his now growing family (with 7 children) to South

Africa. In South Africa Frank served on the anti-submarine President Kruger, which was a 2860-ton

frigate in the South African Navy with a staff compliment of 250. She was commissioned on the 3rd

of

October 1962 at Scotstoun in Glasgow. She participated in various operations during the South African

Border War, including the Ambrizete Incident. The President Kruger sank on the 18th

of February 1982

with the loss of 16 lives after colliding with another naval vessel, the SAS Tafelberg, in the South Atlantic.

Frank also served on the President Steyn, another anti-submarine frigate for a short period and was then

was shore based until his move to Australia with his wife Betty Dodgson (nee Hunt). The President Steyn

was a year younger than the Kruger. The President Steyn was decommissioned for the last time in August

1980, was then used as an accommodation ship, became a rusty hulk alongside the wall at Simon's Town,

and eventually a target ship, to be sunk some ten years later.


The De Bus Family Crest

Figure 110: De Bus family crest

Origin of the name: The family name ―Du Buis‖ is a reference to ownership of a place surrounded by box

trees or a place where there are many box trees. Through the centuries of use in South Africa and the fact

that the family became mixed with families from other countries and races the name changed and became

―De Buys‖ and ―Buys‖, amongst others, of which both are still found throughout South Africa.

The Buxus Sempervirens, which is commonly known as the Common Box; European Box; Boxwood or

English Box is a flowering plant, native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest

Asia, from southern England south to northern Morocco, and east through the northern Mediterranean

region to Turkey. It is a dense, rounded, evergreen shrub with oblong, glossy dark green leaves, which are

2 - 3cm long and are arranged in opposite pairs on the branches. The hermaphrodite flowers are

inconspicuous, greenish-yellow, with no petals and are insect pollinated; the fruit is a three-lobed capsule

containing 3 - 6 seeds. After about 10 years the plant will grow to about 2m tall by 45cm wide and will

reach 5m high by 1.8m wide at maturity.61

It is a very popular ornamental plant in gardens, being

particularly valued for topiary and hedges because of its tolerance of close shearing, small leaves, and

scented foliage. The wood ("boxwood") of the trunk which grows up to 20 centimetres thick is very hard

and heavy, used for engraving, marquetry, woodturning, and mallet heads. The English engraver Thomas

Bewick (August 1753 – 8 November 1828) pioneered the use of boxwood blocks for engraving.62

The crest itself is attributed to Jean De Bus and his family who originated from Calais in France. Jean De

Bus came to the Cape Colony as a refugee escaping the persecution of the Huguenots in France in the

1680‘s. He married Sara Jacob, also a Huguenot refugee. In 1712, 24 years after arriving in the Cape

Colony, Jean was awarded a farm in which is today called "Knolle Vallei" near Palmietrivier.

Figure 111: The signature of Jean De Bus

Explanation of the arms: The coat of arms features a rampant mythological griffon in gold on blue with a

red beak, tongue and claws. The mantle is a simple blue and gold ribbon originating from the helm.

There are no supporters beside the shield. The same rampant griffon, which is seen in the shield, is seen

rising out of a chevalier helmet.63

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The Dodgson Family Crest

Figure 112: Dodgson family crest

Origin of name: The origin of the family name of Dodgson was first recorded in Britain in the year 1332.

It was noted and recorded to the person of Henry Doggeson in the county of Lancaster. Other or

alternative spellings to have developed from this source are Dodgshon, Dodgson, Dobson and Dudson. As

Dodgson the name was first noted and recorded in the county of Somerset in the year 1385. The name

was also recoded in Scotland in the 14th

century.

Explanation of the arms: In heraldry the colour white denotes peaces and sincerity. This however, does not

imply that the first ―bearer of arms‖ was a person who would accept peace at any price. It signifies that

this person would expend all his efforts to bring about a just and equitable peace, a peace which would be

enduring, because it would be such a peace. The colour red denotes military fortitude and magnanimity. It

is a martyr‘s colour.

The fess or band across the centre of the shield is in the military belt or girdle of honour. It signifies that

the bearer must always be ready to undergo the business of the public weal.

The Fluer-de-lis or Lily is the emblem of purity or ―whiteness of soul‖. It is ascribed to the Roman

Catholic Church as the special emblem of the Virgin Mary. Some writers hold that the Lily is derived

from the Lotus of Egypt. It is borne on the French arms on a blue shield.

The Lion‘s Gamb. The Lion is borne in many positions and the meaning is the same. There can be no

doubt that all differences of attitude were introduced for the sake of variety and because so many persons

were anxious to have the lion as their emblem.

It is a lively image of a good soldier, who must be valorous of courage, strong of body, politic in council

and a foe to be feared. It is the emblem of St. Mark and in Venice it is borne with wings.

The motto associated with the shield is “Virtus semper eadem” which, in Latin, means “Virtue is always

the same”.


The De Sousa Family Crest

Figure 113: Sousa/De Sousa family crest

Origin of the name: This interesting surname is of Portuguese origin, and is of locational derivation from

any of the many minor places called Sousa or Souza in Portugal. The place name itself is of uncertain

origin, but was probably applied originally to a salt marsh, from a variant of "sausa", salty (from the Latin

"salsa"), with the word "agua", water (Latin "aqua") understood. These places include pacos de Sousa a

town on the River Sousa, and Sousa in the Azores Islands Provinces, thus anyone coming from the region

around the river Sousa would be termed "de Sousa". The surname is also found as Sousa, Souza, De Sousa

and D'Souza in the modern idiom, and is well recorded in Portuguese Church Registers, where it first

appears in the early 15th Century.

Other early examples include: the birth of Leonor Homem de Sousa at Funchal, in 1446, and the birth of

her son, Joao Homem de Sousa, also at Funchal in 1476; Branca Sousa, who was born in the Azores Island

Provinces, in 1512; Apolonia, daughter of Jeronimo and Maria de Sousa was born and christened at

Canico Madeira, Funchal, on January 15th 1582; and the marriage of Andre de Souza to Mario Do

Espirito-Sto at Santa Beatriz, Aqua de Pena, Funchal, on October 21st 1647. The first recorded spelling of

the family name is shown to be that of Garcia Homem de Sousa, which was dated 1420, christened at

Funchal, Portugal, during the reign of King John 1 of Portugal, 1385 - 1433. 64

The Coat of Arms most associated with the family depicts on a gold shield three red bends. . The bend,

symbolic of the warrior's shoulder belt, signifies Defense or Projection. The first recorded spelling of the

family name is shown to be that of Garcia Homem de Sousa, which was dated 1420, christened at Funchal,

Portugal, during the reign of King John 1 of Portugal, 1385 - 1433. Surnames became necessary when

governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the

centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of

the original spelling. 65

64

SurnameDB: Sousa surname meaning

http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Sousa 65

SurnameDB: Desousa surname meaning

http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=DeSousa


Guidelines to South African Genealogy

Tracing your roots back to the late 1800 is relatively easy, especially if you have Grandparents who are

still alive. Before that it gets a little difficult as the documents from the day are mostly in Dutch and the

living relatives that you should have gained your initial family tree from will not (for obvious reasons)

remember that time. The British links in South Africa, however, span more than two centuries, beginning

with the first British occupation of the Cape in 1795 and many English families found in South Africa can

trace their roots back to these settlers. The French (Huguenot) and Dutch ties extend back further going

back to ships from Northern Europe from the 1650‘s onwards.

A starting point with family tree should always be with your living relatives. Speak to more than one

relative, documenting references to people, siblings and children, even if they cannot remember names or

places (it may jog another relative‘s memory). Collate all these documents to plan out a basic tree with

the known information. Transferring the information to your computer may take on one of several

methods as there are open source genealogy programs, cheap programs and expensive programs for

creating genealogy trees. In creating this document the fantastic shareware application GenoPro

(http://www.genopro.com) was used. It provides a very simple, yet powerful, interface and allows one to

expand the tree easily and to add notes, dates and even pictures if they‘re available. In addition the

software is very affordable and the support via their website is excellent. They also have a forum on the

website which allows you access to support and other researchers.

Also remember, when asking family members for information, to collect photographs, newspaper

clippings, birth certificates, marriage certificates and copies of death notices that they may have in their

possession – these not only allow you to put a face to the people in your past, but may also help prove

suspect links.

When you start drawing your tree include the unknown family members as it will provide a visual

reference as to what information you still need to find and trace.

Abt 1900

1920 - 1986

IoneMary

BRAND

66

Fleetw oodBRAND

Fleetw oodBRAND

(Girlie)BRAND

LouisBRAND

Fleetw oodBRAND

JimGREEN

DonnaGREEN

ValGREEN

PatrickBRAND

Daphene

1953

KevinBRAND

54

AmbroseBRAND

Figure 114: Example of a family tree in the early stages of research

In the figure above notice the lack of birth, death and wedding dates as well as the lack of individual

names and maiden names of spouses.

Write "transcripts" of conversations regarding family genealogy on exam pad A4's as they're easy to file

and to look through later when converting to an electronic version. That way you can also transfer the

information you've confirmed if you wish and go back to the other uncaptured information at a later stage.

Prepare for the next stage by printing the document and checking it's correctness with family members

again - you may have planted a seed and they may have remembered something else or some fact that they

originally stated incorrectly!

Once you have as much information as you can gain from your relatives you should log on to

the National Archives of South Africa website (http://www.national.archives.gov.za/naairs.htm). It is

generally the first place to begin your search for any archival documents pre-1956. The National Archives


have a fairly powerful free online search engine called NAAIRS. The acronym NAAIRS rhymes with

―stairs‖. NAAIRS is short for National Automated Archival Information Retrieval System.

There are many documents listed there and, once you've found possible matches you can visit the archives

and view the documents. You'll need to make a record of the source, volume and reference number to

enable the people at the archives to locate the document. The NAAIRS website does not allow you to see

the document, but does give you the date and name(s) of the person(s) to who the document relates. It

also includes a brief description of the document. This should give you enough information to determine

whether or not having a look at the document would be worthwhile.

Figure 115: An example of a NAAIRS search result entry

Note that when the documents were captured into NAAIRS the details which were captured may have

been captured with different spellings as to what you may expect. This may not be due to human error,

but rather due to the literacy rate of the day. For example, a person could have given his name verbally as

"Willem", but it could have been spelt as "Wilhelm", "Williem" or even "William" in extreme cases. The

other problem is that the documents pre dating 1900 were written in cursive using ink and quills making

reading the documents even more difficult - there were no such things as ball point pens or computers!

Remember that in addition to searching for alternative spellings for names and surname that you should

search for the maiden names of your family members.

One of the most important documents stored at the National Archives is the Death Notice. A Death Notice

should not be confused with a death certificate which is issued by a medical practitioner and which only

gives cause of death, address, age and, more recently, an identity number. Death Notices are particularly

important sources of information as they can provide you with the deceased persons name, age, place of

birth, occupation, marital status, spouse's name, place of marriage, the names of the deceased person's

parents, children's names and whether they are of age or minors. Some Death Notices might not have all

this information, but they‘re generally very useful documents.

The physical documents referenced by the National Archives are stored in repositories scattered

throughout the country, the six major centres are in: Cape Town (Western Cape), Pretoria (Transvaal),

Pietermaritzburg (Natal), Durban (Natal), Port Elizabeth (Eastern Cape) and Bloemfontein (Free State).

Each of these repositories is responsible for archiving all documentation relating to the province in which

it is situated. Once you have the reference details of the documents you wish to see you can go to the

archives and request the documents. You can then take notes, have photocopies made and, at some

repositories, take photographs of the documents. Research at the archives does not cost anything, but

depending on it's location it will take some planning and the best part of a day to see all the documents

you require. When you make the trip to the archives collect as many copies or photographs as you can,


even if they don't seem directly related at that moment to save yourself additional trips back to the

archives at a later stage. Unless you have family or friends close to the Archives in other towns that would

be willing to assist you, you may need the help of a private researcher who will go to the archives and get

copies of the documents you request and/or undertake research for you at a nominal fee.

In addition to using GenoPro creating a file based storage system is quite important. This will allow you to

keep documents, scanned images and scraps of work in an ordered system where folder names lead you to

information. This will be particularly helpful when trying to link unrelated data into your tree as you find

new information during your research. These folders will allow you to categorise documents for anything

that does not fit into the genealogy software that you've chosen to use and can, in fact, store your tree too.

Importantly, remember to make backups of your work as you go along!

Figure 116: An example of a folder system used for genealogy research

Note that NAAIRS will only offer information from around 1956 backwards. More recent information

relating to deceased estates is housed at the Master of the Supreme Court. These offices require you to

write to the relevant Master's Office to request documents from them - they do not allow you to search for

information online, but you can view their website at http://www.doj.gov.za/.

The Department of Home Affairs keeps records of births, marriages and deaths (BMDs), but the physical

records are not accessible to the public for research purposes. To access information you must apply in

writing to the Department of Home Affairs or, if you live outside of South Africa, you can apply through a

South African consulate or embassy in the country in which you reside.

Again, once you've collected all your paper based information sources transfer it to your computer based

family tree. Most family tree software stores their information in GEDCOM format or allows exporting to

GEDCOM format (Don't use something that does not permit this!) GEDCOM, an acronym for


GEnealogical Data COMmunication, is a specification for exchanging genealogical data between different

genealogy software. Many genealogy websites also allow you to import GEDCOM files into their

databases and will graphically represent the data. GEDCOM was developed by The Church of Jesus Christ

of Latter-day Saints as an aid to genealogical research.

A GEDCOM file is structured plain text (usually either ANSEL or ASCII) containing genealogical

information about individuals, and meta data linking these records together. Some genealogy software

programs incorporate the use of proprietary extensions to the GEDCOM format, which are not always

recognized by other genealogy programs or websites. The GEDCOM TestBook Project evaluates how

well popular genealogy programs conform to the GEDCOM 5.5 standard.66

You should export your tree to a GEDCOM file and then consider uploading it to an online family tree

website, such as Genesreunited (http://www.genesreunited.com). Genesreunited, and some other similar

sites, have special processes which scan your tree and compare it to other trees (uploaded by other people)

and will notify you should it find any matches. You can then contact the owner of that tree and ―compare

notes‖. While researching the Dodgson family tree 12 matches with other Dodgson families where found

before a connection was made which directly linked into the Dodgson's listed in this book.

If you‘re lucky enough to have someone famous (or infamous) in your family regular search engines, such

as Google (http://www.google.com) may be useful.

Other resources for the avid genealogist could include church records and passenger lists for ships.

Shipping was, of course, the only way to travel between continents until air travel became an option in the

1920‘s and 30‘s in America and Europe.

Church records are not stored in one central place and Catholic records are not open to researchers and can

only be accessed by writing to the Diocese concerned for the relevant records. Even though most South

African families stem from families who arrived in the country on ships from Holland, France and

England there are not many concise resources listing passengers who arrived in (and/or departed from)

South Africa. For example, the ships referred to in this book were discovered by finding out about the

people. To exasterbate the matter early shipping companies only documented the first and second class

passengers!

In researching this book Ancestry24 (http://www.ancestry24.co.za) was found to be of great assistance

when trying to locate information about families and people, but ultimately did not give information which

extended the De Buys or Dodgson tree as such - it simply filled it out a little. NAAIRS was, by far, the

main source of "fruit" on the family tree.

Once you have gathered all the information on the family tree and on related events, etc, you may decided

to document all your research and collate the information in a Microsoft Word document, still using

GenoPro to capture genealogical information and then using a variety of other software to create graphics,

scan and enhance photographs, etc. Genopro offers a fantastic export function which turns your graphical

family tree into a narrative! (For example, see the section on The DE BUYS Family on page 71)

66

Wikipedia – GEDCOM

http://www.wikipedia.com/gedcom


DNA Genetic Testing

During research on the De Buys family, it was discovered that the Human Genomic Diversity and Disease

Research Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand and the National Health Laboratory Service were

performing DNA tests on ―Buys‘s‖ in the Buyskop area as well as other families for research. The

residents of the Buyskop area are known descendants of the infamous Coenraad Du Buis and proving a

DNA link between our DNA and that of the Buyskop people would mean that we are directly related to

Coenraad and therefore are descendants of Jean Du Buis – putting us in the Cape in 1688.

A swab was taken from Tony De Buys‘ cheek and sent to the laboratory at the end of 2007. Due to the

Christmas and New Year holidays, the tests took some time to process and return. Finally, the results were

delivered by e-mail towards the end of January 2008.

The results of the DNA test stated that the mtDNA (Mitochondrial DNA) profile of the De Buys family is

consistent with a haplogroup known as haplogroup ‗T‘, which is indicates a European ancestry.

Mitochondrial DNA is inherited from your mother.

The last Russian tsar, Nicholas II, has been shown to be of haplogroup ‗T‘ and the American outlaw Jesse

James has been shown to be of the subgroup T2.67

There are seven common haplogroups (U, X, H, V, T, K and J) and they are referred to as the ―Seven

Daughters of Eve‖. The first letter of these ―daughters of Eve‖‘s name corresponds to the haplogroup

designation.

Their names are:

Ursula (Latin for ―she-bear‖),

Xenia (Greek for ―hospitable‖),

Helena (Greek for ―light‖),

Velda (Scandinavian for ―ruler‖),

Tara (Gaelic for ―rock‖),

Katrine (Greek for ―pure‖) and

Jasmine (Persian for ―flower‖)

Figure 117: Modern map indicating where the “Seven Daughters of Eve” would have lived68

67 The Seven Daughters of Eve

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Daughters_of_Eve 68

Legg surname genetic testing and Matriline test results

http://www.geocities.com/gjlegg/genetics.html


Today, about nine percent of native Europeans belong to the clan of ―Tara‖. Tara, a hunter-gatherer, lived

in the hills of Tuscany in northwest part of modern Italy along the estuary of the river Arno, about 17,000

years ago.

Today Tara‘s descendant, are found mainly along the Mediterranean and the western edge of Europe, most

commonly in Britain and Ireland. In South Africa, haplogroup T is found at a frequency of about 7% in the

white population. Interestingly we‘d not told the laboratory about the fact that the Dodgson family had

come Britain – and this would have passed Tara‘s Mitochondrial DNA sequence through Tony De Buys‘s

mother to him.

Figure 118: All males connected by blue lines have common Y-DNA69

The Y-chromosome profile, which is passed down through males, was found to belong in haplogroup E-

M78. Haplogroup E-M78 is an offshoot of haplogroup E-M35, and possibly arose around 18 600 years

ago, in Northeast Africa. It is found throughout North and East Africa, as well as many parts of Europe,

especially in the Mediterranean. Haplogroup E-M78 is found at its highest levels in Somalis at 77.6%,

Southern Egyptians at 50.6%, Moroccan Arabs at 40%, and Albanians at 32.3%.70

The results further showed that Tony De Buys‘s Y-chromosome record was an exact match to the DNA

taken from Buys people, who live in Buyskop. These people are known desendants of Coenraad Du Buis

whose family was awarded the land by President Paul Kruger in 1885.

This means that our De Buys family is directly related to Coenraad Du Buis. It cannot, however, provide

the exact link into the tree, only the fact that we are part of that tree. We could, for example, be

descendants of Coenraad, his brothers or even their father, as they would all have carried the same Y

chromosome information. It does, however, make us direct descendants of Jean Du Buis who was onboard

the VOC ship De Oosterland when it landed in Cape Town on the 27th

of April 1688.

69

Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation: Y-Chromosome DNA

http://www.smgf.org/pages/ychromosome.jspx 70

Cruciani et al. (2007) Mol Biol Evol 24(6):1300-11

Sanchez et al. (2005) Eur J Hum Genet 13(7):856-66


Family Relationship Chart

This chart is based on the system used by courts and most genealogical societies. The numbers on the top

and left side represent the generations away from the common ancestor. To identify the relationship

between two people, identify the common ancestor of the two people. Locate the box in the upper left

corner for the common ancestor. Follow the column straight down to find the relationship of one of the

two people to the common ancestor. It may help to pencil in the names of the two people for who the

relationship is sought. Where the projected column and row intersect is the box that identifies the

relationship. The highlighted boxes show persons of the same generation. ―Removed‖ indicates that the

two persons are not of the same generation. This chart may be extended in either direction to identify

more distant relationships.71

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

0 Common

ancestor

Child (Son or

daughter)

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or Niece

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3 times

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twice

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once

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Cousin

So that begs the question.... where does Aunt fit in? An aunt is a person who is either the sister of a parent

or the wife of a brother of a parent. A man with an equivalent relationship is an uncle, and the reciprocal

relationship is that of a nephew or niece. 72

71

Derived from http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gentutor/chart.html 72

Wikipedia – Aunt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt


Notes/Thanks

No family tree research is ever really complete as tree continues to grow and expand from year to year. In

addition, finding information regarding ancestors sometimes takes quite some time and quite a bit of

effort.

In researching the De Buys and Dodgson family tree I‘ve, naturally, relied on the recollection of many

family members, including other De Buys‘ and Dodgson‘s with which I‘d previously never had contact,

some I found to be related and some not. There have been many people along the way who have given

information and advice and I‘m forever grateful for their help. I would like to thank, in particular, the

following people:

Anne Clarkson – Genealogical researcher

Anne Lehmkuhl – Historical and genealogical researcher

Augustina De Sousa (neé De Coita Pita) – Family information and photographs

Betty Dodgson – Family information and photographs

Cathy Erasmus – Genealogical researcher

David De Buys – Cover art and graphic work on scanned documents

Fanie Buys – Genealogical researcher

Gina Shepherd - Genealogical researcher

Gordon Bickley – Military researcher

Harold Dodgson – Family information, content contribution and photographs

Hazel Crampton – Author and artist

Heather De Buys (neé Dodgson) – Family information, content contribution and photographs

Hester Brits (neé De Buys) – Family information and photographs

Hester Strydom (neé De Buys) – Family information

Juna Erasmus – French Huguenot Museum

Lawrence Milward-Bridges – Family information and photographs

Max Du Preez - Author

Nita Wragg (neé Dodgson) – Family information and photographs

Rhoda Schmidt (neé De Buys) – Family information, photographs and research

Willem Coenraad De Buys – Family information

I‘d also like to thank my wife, Maria, and immediate family who put up with most of the ―wow, I found

this person‖ and ―wow, look at this‖ statements through the research of this book. Their willingness to

share my enthusiasm really spurred me on, especially when some research areas became dark and murky

(and even disappeared at times) – this book is the reason you are all here: we are family!


Index

African National Congress .............................. 22

Alien Inboorling ........................................ 67, 68

ANC .................................................... 22, 23, 40

Ancestry24 (Genealogy website)...... 25, 66, 242,

248

Anderson, William ...................................... 9, 65

Arend, Joseph .................................................. 65

Baker, Sir Herbert ...................................... 37, 69

Barchard, Michael ......................................... 227

Beaufort West ............................................ 10, 64

Bewick, Thomas ............................................ 242

Bloemfontein ................... 13, 15, 18, 20, 34, 246

Bohle, Professor Hermann ............................... 38

Boneparte, Napoleon ....................................... 29

Botha, G. C. ..................................................... 54

Botha, P. W. ............................................ 23, 111

Breytenbach, Jessie ......................................... 46

British Royal Navy ........................................ 237

Buisset, Maria .................................................. 42

Burger, Andries ............................................... 65

Burger, Schalk ................................................. 65

Bush, Herbert ........................................ 151, 195

Bush, Marion ......................................... 151, 214

Buys, Barend ..................................................... 1

Buys, Coenraad ......................................... 67, 68

Buys, Doris ...................................................... 66

Buys, Fanie .................................................... 252

Buys, Gabriel ................................................... 70

Buys, Machiel .................................................. 70

Buyskop ........................... 2, 18, 69, 70, 249, 250

Byrnes, Christopher ....................................... 227

Calvin, John ..................................................... 51

Campbell, John .......................................... 10, 65

Cape Colony, The ... 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,

17, 19, 25, 30, 35, 37, 46, 54, 70, 242

Cape Town 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,

22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,

37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 60, 65, 139, 140, 159, 165,

166, 168, 169, 170, 226, 227, 228, 246, 250

Colley, Sir George Pomeroy ............................ 34

Cradock, Governor John ................................ 232

Crook, Betty .......................................... 203, 204

Crook, Walter ................................................ 203

De Buys (nee Dodgson), Heather Mae .......... 252

De Buys, Christopher David .......................... 252

De Buys, Coenraad Willem ................. 1, 54, 105

De Buys, Heather ............ See Dodgson, Heather

De Buys, Leonard Anthony ............................... 2

De Buys, Pieter Johannes .............................. 235

De Buys, Willem Coenraad ........................... 252

de Coligny, Gaspard ........................................ 51

de Medici, Regent Catherine ........................... 51

de Mist, Commissioner-General, J.A. ............. 64

de Mist, Commissioner-General, Jacob

Abraham ..................................................... 64

De Oosterland ........ 2, 41, 53, 226, 227, 228, 250

De Sousa, Augustina ..................................... 252

de Villiers, Abraham ....................................... 43

Death notices ................................................. 246

Deoxyribonucleic acid .......................... See DNA

des Prez, Jacquemine ....................................... 42

DNA .................................................. 2, 249, 250

Dodgson (nee Hunt), Betty ... 156, 164, 166, 203,

214, 215, 224, 241

Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge .............................. 2

Dodgson, Frank ................................................. 2

Dodgson, Harold ...... 2, 151, 156, 194, 203, 204,

224, 231, 252

Dodgson, Heather Mae .................................. 252

Dodgson, Nita ................................................ 252

Doggeson, Henry ........................................... 243

Du Bois, Francois Gustave ................................ 1

Du Buis, Coenraad Willem............ See De Buys,

Coenraad Willem

Du Buis, Jean ................. 2, 41, 54, 242, 249, 250

du Plessis, Jean Prieur ..................................... 41

du Toit, Francois ............................................. 43

Durban ............................. 12, 13, 19, 20, 37, 246

Dutch East India Company ... 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 24, 25,

26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 41, 53,

54, 60, 226, 227, 250

Eastern Cape .................................. 8, 10, 15, 246

Erasmus, Cathy .............................................. 252

Erasmus, Juna ................................................ 252

Fouché, Anne .................................................. 44

Gardiol, Susanne ............................................. 43

GEDCOM.............................................. 247, 248

Genesreunited (Genealogy website) .............. 248

GenoPro (Genealogy software) ..... 245, 247, 248

Google (Search engine) ................................. 248

Graham, Colonel John ................................... 232

Grillion, Marie ................................................. 44

Heese, J. A. ...................................................... 44

HMS Theseus ........................................ 237, 238

Home Affairs, Department of ........................ 247

Hunt, Betty .................................................... 214

Hunt, Percy John ........................................... 234

Jan Van Riebeeck ............................................ 26

Janssens, General J.W. .................................... 64

Joubert, Elizabeth ............................................ 44

Joubert, Pierre .................................................. 41

Kolbe, Peter ............................................... 42, 43

Kruger, President Paul 11, 17, 18, 20, 35, 66, 70,

250

le Grand, Gideon ................................. 41, 44, 45

le Roux, J.G. .................................................... 43

Lefevre, Paul ................................................... 41

Lewis Carroll .....See Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

Lichtenstein, M.H.C ........................................ 61

Lichthart, Cornelis ........................................... 47

Louis Trichardt .......................................... 12, 66

Macartney, Earl ............................................... 63

Makaba ............................................................ 65

Malan, Rian ............................................... 67, 68


Malherbe, Gideon ...................................... 17, 44

Mandela, Nelson ...................... 21, 22, 23, 39, 40

Massacre at Zuurberg .............................. 10, 232

Maynier, H.C.D. .............................................. 63

Minnie, Dirk .................................................... 54

Moffat, Robert ........................................... 11, 65

Moletsane ........................................................ 65

Moroka ............................................................ 65

Mzilikazi .......................................................... 70

NAAIRS ........................................................ 246

National Archives .................................. 245, 246

National Archives Automated Information

Retrieval System 246, 247, 248, See NAAIRS

Navarre, Prince Henry of ................................. 52

Ngqika ....................................................... 63, 64

Paré, Ambroise ................................................ 42

Perry, Gustav Hamilton ................................. 222

Pietermaritzburg ...................................... 12, 246

Port Elizabeth . 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,

19, 232, 246

Potgieter, Andries Hendrik .............................. 66

President Kruger ...................................... 34, 241

President Paul Kruger ............ 18, 35, 66, 70, 250

President Steyn .............................................. 241

Pretoria .... 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 36, 37, 39, 69, 246

Raynor, Graham ............................................ 227

Retief, Ann ...................................................... 42

RHMS Ellinis ........................................ 230, 231

Rousseau, Martha ............................................ 43

SAS President Kruger ....................... 18, 34, 241

SAS President Steyn ...................................... 241

SAS Tafelberg ............................................... 241

Scheepers, Christina .................................. 54, 60

Schmidt (nee De Buys), Rhoda ............. 130, 252

Sekwati ............................................................ 65

Senekal, David ................................................ 60

Senekal, Jacob ................................................. 60

Settlers ............................................................... 1

Soutpansberg mountains .......... 14, 66, 68, 69, 70

Sparrman, Anders ............................................ 44

SS Lurline ...................................................... 231

Stirling Castle ........................................ 194, 229

Stockenström, Landdrost Andries ....... 10, 64, 65

Tadcaster, UK ................................................ 153

Taillefert, Isaac ................................................ 44

Tas, Adam ....................................................... 41

Terrier, Johanna ............................................... 41

Terrier, Suzanne .............................................. 41

The Korean War: 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953

.................................................................. 237

Thunberg, Carl Peter ....................................... 42

Union Buildings (Pretoria) ........................ 20, 69

van den Berg, Alida ........................................... 1

van der Horst, Maria ........................................ 63

van der Kemp, Dr J.T. ..................................... 63

van Goens, Rijckloff........................................ 47

Van Riebeeck, Jan ..................................... 26, 47

VOC ........................ 4, 8, 24, 26, 27, 28, 31, 226

Voortrekkers ................................................ 1, 30

Warmbaths ...................................................... 69

Werz, Bruno .................................................. 227

Wikipedia (Online encyclopedia) . 30, 35, 36, 40,

232, 238, 242, 248, 251

Wood, Sir Evelyn ............................................ 35

World War 1 .......................... 20, 21, 37, 38, 234

World War 2 .................................................. 105

Wragg (nee Dodgson), Nita ................... 224, 252

Wragg, Nita ........................... See Dodgson, Nita

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