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A CARTER GENEALOGY

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Alexander Pierre FAURE (1946-) (maternal grandmother a CARTER) Pierre MORGENROOD (1946-) (maternal grandmother a CARTER)

1st ROUGH DRAFT JULY 2015

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CONTENTS

Chapter Introduction Chapter Sources Chapter 1820 British Settlers & the Mills Party Chapter Children of Chapter Children of Chapter Children of Chapter Children of Chapter Children of … Etc …

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INTRODUCTION

This is an e-book on a branch of the CARTER family whose oldest recorded member is (Frederick) (James) CARTER (1786-?). We do not have chapter numbers, and the reason is that this ebook is, and will always be, works in progress. When a generation has issue, a new chapter arises, which affects all subsequent chapter numbers. The sequence followed in this e-book is logical: it begins with the eldest and ends with the youngest. We present organograms to orientate readers. They are done in a fashion such that you will be able to see your male lineage on a page. We have been criticised for not continuing the lineage of females born CARTER. The reason is simple: if we begin with Adam and Eve, we would have to cover the entire world’s people. Convention dictates that females change their surnames after marriage. Thus, married CARTER females and their children do not disappear; they carry on under another surname. We present 2 generations of the offspring of CARTER-born females, in order to have a good overlap with the genealogy of the male family married into. In the text we use genealogical symbols from time to time, as shown in the accompanying table.

GENEALOGICAL SYMBOLS Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning * Born + Died [] Buried ~ Baptised x Married xx Second married % Divorced y1 Young c, ca, circa Around; about > After < Before Religion nc No children nd No date NN No name / surname 1 Used in, for example, 1865-y, when a source reveals that the person died at a young age.

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SOURCES

The referencing system used here is not the usual academic one; rather it is designed to elucidate the reference / source in the text where relevant. It makes use of acronyms closely aligned to the name of the reference / source in order that the reader is able to easily identify it. CA: Cape Archives, Roeland Street, Cape Town. Where MOOC references are given, they, in most cases, are accessed from the records of the CA. CFA: CFA denotes “cannot find again”. Where we have information recorded from previous research, but cannot find the reference at the time of writing, we reference it with CFA. CFAs are genealogists’ (amateur in this case) nightmares, and we endeavour to eliminate them when we find the reference again.

DrPM. Dr Pierre MORGENROOD, who undertook a major genealogical study of the CARTER family in the form of a “kwartierstaat”, and more detailed information on his immediate family. It forms the basis of this study, and is therefore widely acknowledged in the text.

HeLo: 17 volumes of Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters, by HEESE and LOMBARD (available from GISA). IGI: Information ccessed from International Genealogical Index (of the Church of Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ).

NAB: Klerck. Nederland’s Adelsboek, 1921. The Hague (‘s Gravenhage): WP Van Stockum & Zoon. The KLERCK part of the book is presented in full in Book 2.

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PAM: Book: Pama C, 1973. Dutch Aristocrats. Vintage Cape Town. Cape Town and Johannesburg: Tafelberg Uitgewers Beperk. See Appendix 2. PC: Personal contact: Many letters and emails to and from, many visits to and from, and many hours of telephone conversations with, newly met / discovered family members, all of whom were most helpful. Where a number of people are involved we denote the reference as “PC/fam”. When one person is involved we denote the reference as, for example, “PC/Michael John KLERCK” (when first referenced), followed by “PC/MJK”.

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1820 BRITISH SETTLERS & THE MILLS PARTY

According to www.geni.com: In 1819, the British government decided to send emigrants to the Cape. Lord SOMERSET, British Governor in the Cape Colony, required manpower to maintain peace on the border between the Fish and Sundays Rivers. Attractive conditions such as free land were offered, and 90 000 applications were received. Only 4 000 were approved. The first 1820 British Settlers arrived in Table Bay on 17.03.1820. From there they were sent to Algoa Bay, today known as Port Elizabeth. Sir Rufane DONKIN (1773-1841), a Soldier, Politician and Writer who saw service all over the world with his regiments, the 44th Foot and the 11th Foot, was given the task of organising the 1820 Settlers in Port Elizabeth. He was officially the first Governor of Port Elizabeth from 06.06.1820 (the date he arrived) to 1821. He married Elizabeth MARKHAM in Yorkshire who travelled with him to India where she became seriously ill and died in 08.1818 after their first son George David was born. Sir Rufane DONKIN built a memorial to his wife Elizabeth known as the Donkin Memorial on top of a hill above the city centre and named the city Port Elizabeth in her memory. (http://www.geni.com/projects/1820-British-Settlers-in-South-Africa/162.) The progenitor of the CARTERs of South Africa, Frederick James CARTER (1786-?), his wife Maria Sophia LEVIN (1787-?), and son James Frederick CARTER (1817-1883) were part of the MILLS party of 30 persons which left London aboard the “Sir George Osborn” on 16.03.1820. They arrived at Simon's Bay, Cape Town on 17.06.1820, and at their final port, Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, in 07.1820. The Mills Party were located on the Kariga River, Grape Valley. Website http://www.geni.com/projects/index/12826 [original source: Nash, MD, 1987. The Settler Handbook. Cape Town (Diep River): Chameleon Press] informs: "No. 49 on the Colonial Department list, led by Daniel Mills of 9 Harley Street, London. Mills described himself as a farmer in his application to emigrate; he had been brought up to farm life but had left the land to serve as a purser on a merchant ship. He was

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subsequently employed for 5 years as house steward to James Dawkins of Pembroke House, Richmond, the Member of Parliament for Hastings, who recommended him to the Colonial Department. “Very little has been traced about this party, which appears to have been organised on a partnership basis by Mills and Robert Jackson, by his own account an ex-officer and co-head of the party. The status of Charles Hills, formerly a gardener at Hampton Court, is not clear. The rest of the men in the party appear to have been engaged as servants; in submitting his original list of settlers, Mills stated that he would obtain 'five farmers from the country as soon as the harvest is got in.'

“Deposits were paid for 10 men but one of them, Henry Fisher, failed to embark. The party embarked at Deptford in the Sir George Osborn, which sailed from the Downs on 16 March 1820 and reached Simon's Bay on 17 June and Algoa Bay early in July. The party was located on the Kariega River, in Grape Valley, but soon broke up, Mills moving with his family to Graaff Reinet and then to Cape Town. Hills was the only man to remain on the location.”

The list of Mills' Party [NASH, Ibid; original source: Agent of Transports' Return of Settlers arrived at Simon's Bay under the direction of Messrs Mills, Turvey and Gardner (Cape Archives CO 6138/2,95)]: Carter, James (34), Farmer and Blacksmith; his wife Sophia (33); their son James (2). Curtis, John (27), Sawyer; his wife Esther (28). Fisher, Charles (22), Bricklayer; his wife Harriet (18). Hanes, William (26), Farmer.

Well Close Square, London (at centre). Source: www.stgite.org.uk. A house on Well Close Square, 1911. Source: http://www.stgite.org.uk/library/wellclosesquare1Sept1911.jpg.

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Hill, Charles (38), Gardener; his wife Elizabeth Anne Stephens (45); children: James (15), Jane (14), Elizabeth (10), Charles (8), Henry Hill (6). Jackson, Robert (22), Farmer. Mills, Daniel (60), Farmer; his wife Martha Burden (37); children: Martha (16), Harriet (14), Daniel (10), Maria (8), James Dawkins (3), Caroline (1). Potter, William (29), Carpenter; his wife Hannah Goodchild (27); children: Mary (10), Ann (6). Sampson, Robert (22). Labourer. James and Sophia CARTER, living at No. 37 Wellclose Square, London, at the time, had shown interest in emigration to the Cape in September 1819. Sophia CARTER penned a letter as follows [http://1820settlers.com/ (original source: CO48/41 National Archives, Kew, London, 1820 Settler Correspondence)]: “No. 37 Wellclose Square London Sept 6th 1819 Sir, Wishing to embrace the proposition made by Government to go to the Cape of Good Hope I should be glad of every necessary information in granting of which you will much oblige. Your obedient servant S. CARTER”

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FREDERICK JAMES CARTER (1786-?), HIS CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDREN

Frederick James CARTER, called James, was born in England in 1786. He married Maria Sophia LEVIN (LEVENS* in some records), called Sophia, (* 1787, England) in England. James and Sophia arrived in Algoa Bay, Cape, in early July 1820. The party was organised on a partnership basis by Daniel MILLS (1760-?) and Robert JACKSON (1798-?) and was located on the Kariega River, in Grape Valley, to the south west of Grahamstown (now in Eastern Cape Province). James CARTER was a Blacksmith and Farrier and during the Napoleonic Wars was an Armourer on the HMS Eagle and the HMS Eclair – seeing action at the Battle of Trafalgar. The MILLS party soon disbanded and only one of their number, Charles HILLS (1782-?), a Gardener by calling remained in the location with his family. Daniel MILLS first moved to Grahamstown and then to Cape Town. By 07.1828 James CARTER and his family also were in Cape Town. This is known from a Notarial Record of that year: In July of that year he indentured his son to become a Saddler and a Harness Maker. James CARTER’s wife was probably Flemish (Belgian) – raising the possibility that he was at Waterloo. James and Sophia had 1 child. (DrPM.) [*Dr JA Heese changed her maiden name to LEVIN in DrPM’s submission to the SA Genealogies.] Names Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A

James Frederick CARTER1 18171 London1 12.07.18831 Cape Town1,2 Y c66

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1 MOOC 6/9/199/7113. 2 Chiappini Street, Cape Town. M = married. A = age at death. JAMES FREDERICK CARTER (1817-1883) JFC arrived in Algoa Bay in early July 1820. He moved with his parents to Cape Town before 1828. On 28.07.July of that year he indentured his son to become a Saddler and a Harness Maker. Note (by DrPM; original source: ?): The earliest age at which a boy could be indentured was 12 years’ of age. The oldest that Frederick CARTER (1817-1883) could have been at the time of the signing of the indenture agreement was 10 years and 6 months. Thus, from 28.07.1828 Frederick was a Saddler and Harness Maker in Cape Town. In his later years he was a Signalman for the Cape Government Railways. He married Helena Florentina OOSTENDORP (* 06.03.1819, Cape Town; ~ 28.03.1819, Groote Kerk, Cape Town; + 13.09.1909, Morris Street, Cape Town). HFO was the daughter of Hendrik Rudolf OOSTENDORP and Carolina Johanna KNOUS. They had 8 children. (DrPM, MOOC 6/9/627/3398, MOOC 7/1/444/21.) NOTARIAL RECORD: NCD 22/8 No 1515: On 28 July 1828 before Joseph Sturgis (Notary) of Cape Town Appeared George Ward of this Town saddler and harness maker and Frederick Carter aged 12 years accompanied by his father James Carter also of this Town Agreed that Frederick Carter be an Apprentice for seven years as from 7 June 1828 The usual terms are to apply Signed: JS Carter FR Carter George Ward

ORIGINAL TO BE PLACED HERE

Source: NCD 22/8 No 1515. Source: NCD 22/8 No 1515.

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Names Birth1 Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A James Frederick CARTER1 09.04.1840 Cape Town1 10.05.18401,2 Y Hendrik Rudolf CARTER6 02.10.1841 17.10.18411,2 30.12.18996 Cape Town6 N 58

Frederick Johan CARTER8 20.09.1843 03.05.19098 Cape Town8,7 Y 65

Johan Carel CARTER1 07.03.1846 09.04.18461,2 30.05.19301 Carolina Johanna CARTER1 09.02.1849 18.03.18491 Susanna Maria CARTER1 16.01.1852 22.02.18521 Helena Florentina CARTER1 08.12.1854 07.01.18551 <18833 Maria Sophia Jacoba CARTER1 13.05.1860 10.06.18601,4 1 DrPM. 2 Groote Kerk, Cape Town. 3 Not shown on either parent’s Death Notices. 4 Swellendam (DrPM), 6 MOOC 6/9/466/153, MOOC 13/1/1126/176. 7 No 6 Rocklands Road, Three Anchor Bay, Sea Point, Cape Town. 8 MOOC 6/9/654/2923. M = married. A = age at death.

James Frederick CARTER (1840-?) According to his mother’s Death Notice JFC had issue. Note: To date no descendants of James Frederick CARTER could be traced. However, the accompanying Death Notice was found at the Cape Archives.

DEATH NOTICE: MOOC 6/9/10685 no 90443

Name: James Frederick Carter Birthplace: Mossel Bay British (all Cape Colonists had British citizenship) Father: John Henry Carter Mother: Maria Hatcher Age at time of decease: 67 years, 6 months Predeceased spouse: Johanna Isabella Jacoba Boshoff, + 08.11.1943 Last marriage: Mossel Bay Day of decease: 22.01.1944 Place of decease: St Joseph Nursing Home, Pinelands, Cape Town Adopted son: Theunis Gerhardus Boshoff Mossel Bay 28.01.1944 O Corneliussen Nephew –

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present at death According to the Will JF Carter had the following surviving relatives: Niece: Daisy Carter Niece: Vivlet Carter Niece: Johanna Moon (Born Corneliussen) Niece: Greta Corneliussen Nephew: Olaf Corneliussen Adopted Son: Theunis Gerhardus Boshoff Note: This could be grandson, but this will still have to proved Hendrik Rudolf CARTER (1841-1899) At the time of his death, HRC was a Signalman, living at No 7 Morris Street, Cape Town. He also owned No’s 2 & 4 in Morris Street. He died unmarried. (DrPM, MOOC 6/9/466/153, MOOC 13/1/1126/176.) Frederick Johan CARTER (1843-1909) FJC was a Compositor at George Darter & Sons. He lived at Grattan Lodge, Tamboerskloof / Signal Hill, and died at No 6 Rocklands Road, Three Anchor Bay, Sea Point. In Cape Town, on 20.07.1868, he married Christina Petronella HEYDENRYCH (* 27.10.1847; ~ 21.11.1847, ELC; + c1926, aged c79. CPH was the daughter of Dirk Johannes HEYDENRYCH and Catharina BRAND. They had 6 children. (DrPM; other sources?.) Names Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Catharina Frederika CARTER1 20.05.18691 20.06.18691 10.12.19391

Helena Florentina CARTER1,3 04.03 .18711 02.03.18711,2 16.06.19003 Cape Town3,4

Frederick James CARTER1 27.10.18721 01.12.18721,2 Elizabeth Catharina CARTER1 24.09.18741 25.10.18741,2 11.08.19511 Rawsonville1

Dirk Johannes CARTER1 20.08.18761 24.09.18761,2 04.08.19531 Cape Town1,5

Carolina Johanna CARTER1,6 10.04.18781 19.05.18781,2

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1 DrPM. 2 Groote Kerk, Cape Town. 3 MOOC 6/9/405/2407. 4 Rosenhof, No 22 Kloof Street, Cape Town. 5 Humewood Hotel, Hill Rd, Green Point, Cape Town. 6 PC/fam. M = married. A = age at death.

This genealogy is continued in a later chapter. Johan Carel CARTER (1846-1930) JCC married Maria Margaretha WASSERFALL (* 19.04.1846; + 06.09.1916) in c1868. (Source?) They had 9 children. (DrPM.) Names Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Frederick James CARTER1 28.08.18761 29.10.18761 Jacob Johan CARTER1 24.12.18771 20.01.18781 07.04.19411 John Peter Christian CARTER1 c18811 05.04.19561 NZ2,1 c75 Maria Elizabeth CARTER1 07.06.18821 19.07.19541 Perth3,1 Hendrik Rudolph CARTER4 c07.18834 Cape Town4 13.09.19474 19475 CPT6 64 Helen Petronella CARTER1 c18851 28.10.19621 c77 Cornelius CARTER1 c18901 23.11.19171 c27 Susanna Maria CARTER1 04.01.18941 20.07.19901 96 Margaret CARTER1 c18971 09.08.19351 c38 1 DrPM. 2 Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. 3 Perth, Australia. 4 MOOC 6/9/14285/4701. 5 Inferred. 6 Mowbray Cemetery, Cape Town (DrPM). M = married. A = age at death.

This genealogy is continued in a later chapter. Carolina Johanna CARTER (1849-?): She died without issue. (Source?) Susanna Maria CARTER (1852-?): No further information. Helena Florentina CARTER (1854-<1883): No further information. Maria Sophia Jacoba CARTER (1860-?)

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MSJC was baptised in Swellendam, Cape (source?), and therefore means that she was most likely born there. This means that her parents …?

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CHILDREN OF FREDERICK JOHAN CARTER (1843-1909)

A reminder: FJC grew up, worked, and died, in Cape Town. He married Christina Petronella HEYDENRYCH (1847-c1926). They had 6 children. Names Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Catharina Frederika CARTER1 20.05.18691 20.06.18691 10.12.19391

Helena Florentina CARTER1,3 04.03.18711 02.03.18711,2 16.06.19003 Cape Town3,4

Frederick James CARTER1 27.10.18721 01.12.18721,2 Elizabeth Catharina CARTER1 24.09.18741 25.10.18741,2 11.08.19511 Rawsonville1

Dirk Johannes CARTER1 20.08.18761 24.09.18761,2 04.08.19531 Cape Town1,5

Carolina Johanna CARTER1,6 10.04.18781 19.05.18781,2 c19376 1 DrPM. 2 Groote Kerk, Cape Town. 3 MOOC 6/9/405/2407. 4 Rosenhof, No 22 Kloof Street, Cape Town. 5 Humewood Hotel, Hill Rd, Green Point, Cape Town. 6 PC/fam. M = married. A = age at death.

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CATHARINA FREDERIKA CARTER (1869-1939) CFC was called “Kitty”. On 15.01.1901, in the De Nieuwe Kerk, Cape Town, she married Georg Wilhelm DILLMAN (* 15.05.1866, Cape Town; ~ 10.06.1866, ELC; + 24.08.1958, “Nyon”, Avenue des Huguenots, Fresnaye, Cape Town). GWD was the son of Georg Wilhelm DILLMAN and Isabella Elizabeth VAN DER WESTHUIJSEN). They had 4 children. (Estate no 2930/58; other sources?.) Names Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Helena Isabella DILLMAN1 c19032 Dorothea DILLMAN1 c19052 Louis Johan DILLMAN1 19071 George Philip DILLMAN1 19091 1 DrPM. 2 Inferred from the known dates of siblings. M = married. A = age at death.

This genealogy is continued in a later chapter. HELENA FLORENTINA CARTER (1871-1900)

On 07.07.1892, in De Nieuwe Kerk, Cape Town, HFC married Georg Wilhelm DILLMAN (* 15.05.1866, Cape Town; ~ 10.06.1866, ELC; + 24.08.1958, "Nyon", Avenue des Huguenots, Fresnaye, Cape Town. HFC was the son of Georg Wilhelm DILLMAN and Isabella Elizabeth VAN DER WESTHUIJSEN. They had 2 children. (DrPM, Estate No 2930/58.)

Names1 Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A

GWD with Bobby. Source: DrPM. GWD, CPD. Source: DrPM.

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Christina Petronella DILLMAN 18941 Georg Wilhelm DILLMAN 18961 Frederick Johan DILLMAN 18981 1 DrPM. M = married. A = age at death.

This genealogy is continued in a later chapter. FREDERICK JAMES CARTER (1872-?) FJC, called “Freddie”, on 12.11.1894, married Alice Rebecca HAMBLY of Ceres. In 1906 Freddie was Shop Assistant with Kirsch & Ettman, General Dealers in Ceres. (DrPM.) ELIZABETH CATHARINA CARTER (1874-1951)

ECC was called “Lizzie”. On 11.11.1908, in De Nieuwe Kerk (DRC) in Cape Town, she married Philip Dominicus MORGENROOD (* 08.08.1868; ~ 20.09.1868, DRC Riversdale; + 18.06.1948, Humansdorp). PDM was the son of William Dennis MORGENROTH [sic] and Charlotta Louisa Amelia FLÜGEL. PDM’s occupation: Clerk with the General Post Office (formerly Cape Postal Service). ECC and PDM had 2 children. (DrPM.)

Names1 Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Dennis Dominicus MORGENROOD 02.05.19101 Cape Town1,2 22.01.19871 Pretoria1 John William MORGENROOD 28.06.19121 Cape Town1,2 05.08.19781 Pretoria1 1 DrPM. 2 Three Anchor Bay, Sea Point. M = married. A = age at death.

This genealogy is continued in a later chapter.

ECC. Source: DrPM. PDM. Source: DrPM.

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DIRK JOHANNES CARTER (1876-1953) DJC’s occupation was Clerk. He married Magdalena VAN BREDA in Cape Town. (DrPM.) CAROLINA JOHANNA CARTER (1878-c1937) CJC, called “Carrie”, grew up in Cape Town. She married Alexander Morrison KLERCK (* 07.10.1875, Tulbagh; ~ 14.11.1875; + 1955, Cape Town). Carrie was a Home / Child Carer. For most of their married lives, AMK and CJC lived at No 6 Rocklands Road, Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town. They had 6 children.

AMK grew up and went to school in Tulbagh. He possibly lived in Knysna at one stage. He was described as a fine, upstanding and kindly gentleman by his daughter MMK. He worked for the erstwhile South African Railways & Harbours (now Transnet) and retired at 60 or 65. At the outbreak of WWII he was asked to return to work and did so

until age 70. He was very fond of cats and was met by his feline friend Gustas at the tramstop every day after work. He was keen on tennis and fishing. He was astute with money and owned two houses in Rocklands Road, Sea Point, Cape Town, where he brought up his family. He left his children well-off and every grandchild received an inheritance. Alexander was devoted to his wife, who died at the young age of 59, and he never re-married. (PC/fam.) Names1 Birth Place1 Baptism Death Place1 Buried Place M A Frederick Rynhold KLERCK 20.09.18971 Cape Town 13.04.18982,3 c19681 Pretoria Y Alexander Morrison KLERCK 18992 Cape Town 31.07.19541 Cape Town Y Charles Edwin KLERCK 30.10.19021 Cape Town 19711 Cape Town Y John Ludwig KLERCK 14.10.19131 Cape Town 03.01.19911 Cape Town Y William Herbert KLERCK 13.07.19161 Cape Town 11.10.19871 Cape Town Y Marguerita Mary KLERCK 26.01.19181 Cape Town 20011 Som West4,5 Y

CJC, AMK, at son JLK’s (“Jackie”) wedding, c1940. Source: APF.

AMK c1944. Source: APF. CJC. Source: APF.

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1 PC/fam. 2 PC/PM. 3 Cape Town. 4 Vergelegen MediClinic. 5 Somerset West, Cape. M = married. A = age at death. This genealogy is continued in a later chapter.

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CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF CATHARINA FREDERIKA CARTER (1869-1939)

A reminder: CFC was called “Kitty”. She married Georg Wilhelm DILLMAN (1866-1958). GWD was the widower of her older sister Helena Florentina CARTER (1871-1900). They had 4 children.

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Names Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Helena Isabella DILLMAN1 c19032 Dorothea DILLMAN1 c19052 Louis Johan DILLMAN1 19071 George Philip DILLMAN1 19091 1 DrPM. 2 Inferred from the known dates of siblings. M = married. A = age at death.

HELENA ISABELLA DILLMAN (c1903-?): HID was called “Elaine” and “Bibi”. (DrPM.) DOROTHEA DILLMAN (c1905-?) DD was called “Dorothy”. She married Marthinus Steyn MARCHAND (* 03.10.1900, Queenstown; + 04.12.1971, Durbanville). They had 1 child. (DrPM.) Names Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Frederika Dorothea MARCHAND 1 DrPM. M = married. A = age at death.

Frederika Dorothea MARCHAND (?-) FDM, called “Freda”, married Matthys (called “Thys”) MB MOSTERT. They live at 10 Mills Street, Durbanville, Cape Town. (DrPM.) LOUIS JOHAN DILLMAN (1907-?)

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LJD married Maud WALTERS. They had 2 children. (DrPM.)

Names Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Beulah DILLMAN Catharina DILLMAN 1 DrPM. M = married. A = age at death.

GEORGE PHILIP DILLMAN (1909-?) GPD married Elizabeth (called “Bess”) NN. They had 3 daughters. (DrPM.) Names1 Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A A daughter DILLMAN A daughter DILLMAN A daughter DILLMAN 1 DrPM. M = married. A = age at death.

In keeping with the rule of presenting 2 generations (children and grandchildren) of the offspring of CARTER-born females (plus just mentioning great-grandchildren), we end this genealogy here. Obviously, the reason is that this family fits into another genealogy. Presenting 2 generations provides a good overlap with the genealogy of the male family married into.

MW, LJD, BD. Source: DrPM.

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CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF HELENA FLORENTINA CARTER (1871-1900)

A reminder: HFC married Georg Wilhelm DILLMAN (1866-1958). They had 2 children. After she died (1900) GWD married her younger sister Catharina Frederika CARTER (1869-1939) (in 1901).

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Names1 Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Christina Petronella DILLMAN 18941 Georg Wilhelm DILLMAN 18961 Frederick Johan DILLMAN 18981 1 DrPM. M = married. A = age at death.

CHRISTINA PETRONELLA DILLMAN (1894-?) CPD, called “Chrissie”, married Frederick Arthur MACINTOSH. (DrPM.) GEORG WILHELM DILLMAN 1896-?) GWD married Hester (called “Hettie”) MARCHAND, daughter of Petrus Jacobus MARCHAND and Elsie Petronella GROBBELAAR. They had 1 child. (DrPM.) Names1 Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A George William DILLMAN 19311 1 DrPM. M = married. A = age at death.

George William DILLMAN (1931-) GWD is a Minister. In c2010 he was living at Pembroke Road, Durban, Kwazulu-Natal. He did marry and had 2 children. (DrPM.) Names1 Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Neville DILLMAN Lindsay DILLMAN 1 DrPM. M = married. A = age at death.

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FREDERICK JOHAN DILLMAN (1898-?) On 11.12.1926, in the DRC, Three Anchor Bay, FJD married Ada Fernanda Olive BRUCE (* 1904). FJD’s occupation was Agricultural Chemist. They had 1 child. (DrPM.) Names1 Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Fernanda Helena DILLMAN 23.04.1932 Cape Town 1 DrPM. M = married. A = age at death.

Fernanda Helena DILLMAN (1932-)

FHD, called “Nan”, married Albert Ernest RICE. In c2010, Nan was living at 43 De Waal Road, Fish Hoek, Cape Town. They had 3 sons. Nan is a celebrated Conservationist. She is a Founder and Secretary of the Dolphin Action & Protection Group, Cape Town (founded 1977). According to WIK: “Dolphin Action and Protection Group is a non-governmental organization in South Africa which campaigns for the protection and conservation of dolphins and whales (cetaceans). The group was founded in 1977. DAPG has since then broadened its role and activities and has run many national educational and fundraising campaigns. Thousands of educational DAPG pamphlets are distributed each year through schools and libraries and also to fishermen and merchant vessels to prevent dumping of plastics at sea. DAPG has also campaigned against high seas pelagic drift-netting which kills cetacean caught in the drift nets, and succeeded in phasing out this fishing technique in the southern Indian and Atlantic oceans. DAPG has collaborated with Marine and Coastal Management in the formation of a South African Whale Disentanglement Unit [SAWDU].”

FHD. Source: http://whoswho.co.za/.

Source: www.dapg.org.za. Work of the SAWDU. Source: http://www.dapg.org.za/sawdn.htm.

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Nan has received numerous awards: 1989: The Cape Times Centenary Medal; 1989: The Star Woman of the Year Award; 1990: M-Net / SA Nature Foundation Award; 1990: Pick ‘n Pay Environ Award; 1995: Audi Terra Nova Award; 2006: Molteno Gold Medal from the Cape Tercentenary Foundation; numerous smaller awards. Names1 Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A A son RICE A son RICE A son RICE 1 DrPM. M = married. A = age at death.

In keeping with the rule of presenting 2 generations (children and grandchildren) of the offspring of CARTER-born females (plus just mentioning great-grandchildren), we end this genealogy here. Obviously, the reason is that this family fits into another genealogy. Presenting 2 generations provides a good overlap with the genealogy of the male family married into.

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CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF ELIZABETH CATHARINA CARTER (1874-1951)

A reminder: ECC married Philip Dominicus MORGENROOD (1868-1948) in Cape Town. They had 2 children. Names1 Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A

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Dennis Dominicus MORGENROOD 02.05.19101 Cape Town1,2 22.01.19871 Pretoria1,3 John William MORGENROOD 28.06.19121 Cape Town1,2 05.08.19781 Pretoria1 1 DrPM. 2 Three Anchor Bay, Sea Point. 3 HF Verwoerd Hospital, Pretoria. M = married. A = age at death.

DENNIS DOMINICUS MORGENROOD (1910-1987)

Dennis was born his parents’ house "The Retreat" at No 6 Rocklands Road, Three Anchor Bay. In the early months of 1914 his parents moved to Pretoria, where his father was placed in charge of the Registered Letter Section of the General Post Office. They moved into a house at No 23 Devenish Street in Sunnyside. At the age of six Dennis enrolled as a scholar at the Sunnyside Primary School at the top end of Devenish Street. Thereafter he attended the Pretoria Boys' High School, where he matriculated. In 1929 he joined the Pretoria Municipality. After a short spell in the Stores Department, he was transferred to the Health Department. During his years there, he took a Health Inspector's Course at the Pretoria

Technical College. By the middle of the 1930s he was transferred to the Town Clerk's Department, where he held the position of Committee Clerk. In the early 1930s he also served as a member of the Pretoria Regiment and was a member of the Sunnyside and Reviera Tennis Clubs. In 1938 he left Pretoria to assume the position of Assistant Town Clerk at Uitenhage near Port Elizabeth. He resided in the Royal Hotel in Caledon Street in Uitenhage. In 1942 he met Emmerentia Jacoba RAUBENHEIMER (* 23.12.1918, De Rust, District Oudtshoorn; + 13.07.2000, Pretoria), a Staff Nurse at the Queen Mary Hospital in Uitenhage. He married her in the Oudtshoorn Dutch Reformed Church on 21.01.1943. In 1943 he was involved with the organisation of the congress of Dr DF Malan's National Party at Uitenhage. In 1947 he was appointed as Assistant Town Clerk at Worcester in the Boland. After staying in a house in Reunion Park, the MORGENROODs moved to a house in De Wet Street Worcester. In 1953 they had a house built at no 4 Krige Street, Langerug, Worcester. This house they sold in 1964 and thereafter they had a house built at No 11 Hendrik Boom Street, Van Riebeeck Park, Worcester. In 1970 he retired as Assistant Town Clerk and took a temporary appointment with the Worcester Town Council. In

DDM, EJR. Source: DrPM.

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early 1973 he retired and in 07.1973 moved to Pretoria, where both his son and daughter were working at that stage. Dennis and Emmerentia had 2 children. (All of the above: PC/PM.) Names1 Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Pierre MORGENROOD 19.11.19461 Uitenhage1 Denise MORGENROOD 16.03.19511 Worcester1 1 DrPM. M = married. A = age at death.

Pierre MORGENROOD (1946-), Dr, DCom, MIFM, Dip (Management Development), Certificate (Estate Agency)

[Biographical notes written by APF (1946); source PM’s CV]: Pierre achieved distinctions throughout his school years (Boys' Primary School and Boys' High School, Worcester: 1953-1964). After school he attended Stellenbosch University and graduated BA (Law) in 1968, BCom (Law) in 1972, and Hons BCom (Economics and Econometrics) in 1973. He started his career at the South African Reserve Bank (Economics Department) in March 1973. He was originally involved in the collection of data, and later in the analysing of data as well as participation in research projects focussed on macro-economic developments. He rose to the position of Senior Economic Researcher. While at the Reserve Bank Pierre graduated MCom (Economics) (1977, University of Pretoria). He left the

Reserve Bank in 1984 and joined the Economic Division of the Standard Bank Group as an Economist. While there he graduated DCom (Economics) (1985, University of South Africa). Pierre also attended other courses during his career: 1977: School for Business Management, University of Pretoria: Management Development Programme; 2002: Certificate in Estate Agency; 1993-1994: Certificates of the South African Institute of Financial Markets (SAIFM) (he achieved admission as Member of the SAIFM in 1994: MIFM). Pierre left the Standard Bank Group in 1990, and joined the Economic Division of ABSA (banking) Group as an Economist. In 1994 he moved to the Strategy Unit within the Absa Group, where he rose to the position of Senior Manager, Absa Public Sector Banking. He retired in 2006. Pierre’s professional interests are / were Economics (including Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Public Finance, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, International Economics, Labour Economics, Demography, Econometrics, and

PM. Source: DrPM.

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National Accounting), Mathematics, Mathematical Statistics, Accounting, Commercial / Business Law, Marketing, Organisational Behaviour. He was widely was regarded as an authority in many areas of Economics, but particularly so in Public and Municipal Finance. During and after his career he had some 135 publications in various books and professional journals [including: the South African Journal Economics, the Securities Markets (now defunct) and the Government Digest]. Pierre’s outside interests were / are Cape history, genealogy, classic motor vehicles (he is the owner of two) classic movies (collector), gardening, wine collecting, social swimming, holidaying, and reading. He was / is a member of the Historical Society of Cape Town, The Friends of the National Library (Cape Town), Genealogical Society of South Africa, Irene Country Club, and The Pistonring Motor Club. In 2005, Pierre was living in Wingate Park, Pretoria. Denise MORGENROOD (1951-)

On 16.03.1974, at the Groote Kerk, Bosman Street, Pretoria, Denise married Aart Jurriaan LOUW. They had 3 children, and were later divorced. She later married Dennis KOEN. (PC/PM.)

Names1 Birth1 Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Aart Edouard LOUW 19.03.1975 Minette LOUW 24.11.1977 Rikardt Jurriaan LOUW 04.05.1980 1 DrPM. M = married. A = age at death.

JOHN WILLIAM MORGENROOD (1912-1978)

DM. Source: DrPM. AEL. Source: Facebook. RJL. Source: Facebook.

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JWM married Muriel Faith (called “Bobby”) FORBES. They were divorced, and JWM later married Wilhelmina DE KLERK. JWM had 1 child (not sure of mother). (DrPM.)

Names1 Birth1 Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A William James MORGENROOD 07.08.1941 1 DrPM. M = married. A = age at death.

William James MORGENROOD (1941-)

WJM is called “Billy”. On 24.09.1966, married Ursula Grace KOHLER (* 06.02.1942, Vaal, near Greylingstad). They had 2 sons, and were later divorced. Billy married again: 07.03.1980, Pretoria Magistrate's Court, Beverley Ann BROOK (formerly RITCHIE). They had 2 daughters. (DrPM.)

JWM. Source: DrPM. WJM. Source: DrPM.

RJM (centre) with friends, 2011. Source: Facebook. AM. Source: Facebook. JM. Source: Facebook.

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Names Birth1 Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Marc William MORGENROOD1 10.01.19691 Rowan James MORGENROOD1 09.08.19701 Angela MORGENROOD2 Jean MORGENROOD2 1 DrPM. 2 Facebook. M = married. A = age at death.

In keeping with the rule of presenting 2 generations (children and grandchildren) of the offspring of CARTER-born females (plus just mentioning great-grandchildren), we end this genealogy here. Obviously, the reason is that this family fits into another genealogy. Presenting 2 generations provides a good overlap with the genealogy of the male family married into.

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CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF CAROLINA JOHANNA CARTER (1878-c1937)

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A reminder: CJC married Alexander Morrison KLERCK (1875-1955). For most of their married lives, they lived at No 6 Rocklands Road, Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town. They had 6 children. Names1,6 Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Frederick Rynhold KLERCK 20.09.18971,6 CPT7,1 13.04.18982,3,6 22.12.19678 Pretoria1,8 Y Alexander Morrison KLERCK 18992 CPT7,1 31.07.19541 CPT7,1 Y Charles Edwin KLERCK 30.10.19021,6 CPT7,1 19711 CPT7,1 Y John Ludwig KLERCK 14.10.19131,6 CPT7,1 03.01.19911 CPT7,1 Y William Herbert KLERCK 13.07.19161,6 CPT7,1 11.10.19871 CPT7,1 Y Marguerita Mary KLERCK 26.01.19181,6 CPT7,1 04.11.20011 S-West4,5,9 Crem’d10 Y 1 PC/fam. 2 PC/PM. 3 Green Point, Cape Town. 4 Vergelegen MediClinic. 5 Somerset West, Cape. 6 GG/CAP2. 7 Cape Town. 8 GG: TAB MHG 1528/68. 9 The service was held at Somerset Oaks Retirement Village, Somerset West. 10 Ashes (in a bright-paper-wrapped box; Liefie liked presents so-wrapped) were kept on APF’s entrance table (for the view of Gordon’s Bay harbour and False Bay) for some months waiting for brothers to arrive for holidays when ashes could be dispersed on the hill at Kahlenberg farm, Faure. This seriously unnerved (actually “freaked-out”) the domestic staff. M = married. A = age at death.

FREDERICK RYNHOLD KLERCK (1897-1967), Lieutenant FRK was called “Bennie”. He married Violet TWEEDALE (* c1906) at St Andrew's (most likely a church), Pretoria, on 29.09.1928. They had 1 child. They were divorced on 23.11.1944. Violet died in her early sixties. Bennie was a Government Official and worked for government in the health-care field in Pretoria. FRK married a second time: Iris Cecilia VAN NIEKERK, in Cape Town. They did not have children, and lived in Pretoria, where they both passed away. Bennie fought in WWI and was commissioned Lieutenant. In the war he lost an eye, and had an artificial eye made of glass. He used to remove it and roll it on the floor to scare the children, reflecting the keen sense of humour he sported. APF (1946-) remembers himself and wife SCM (1951-) visiting Bennie and Iris in their Sunnyside, Pretoria, flat, and being welcomed with open arms by two most affable people. (PC/fam, PC/APF, PC/PM, GG/CAP2, GG: KAB CSC 2/1/1/1478: 823.) Names1 Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Derma KLERCK Y 1 PC/fam. M = married. A = age at death.

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Derma KLERCK (?-): Derma married a Mr GIBBS. In 1998 they were living in Pinelands. (PC/fam.) ALEXANDER MORRISON KLERCK (1899-1954) AMK was called “Tortie”. He married Olive Maude ALLEN (* 1899; + 14.03.1948, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, aged c49) in Cape Town on 23.10.1920. They had 3 children and lived in Cape Town. They were divorced on 31.01.1947. Tortie later married Louise ?. Tortie was an Official in South African Railways & Harbours and later worked for government in hospital administration in Durban. Tortie fought in WW1 and lost an arm. (PC/fam; GG/CAP2; GG: KAB CSC 2/1/1/1537: 1042; GG: KAB MOOC 6/9/14994: 2387/48.) Names Birth Place1 Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Yvonne KLERCK1,2 19.03.19211,2 Cape Town Y Richard Alexander KLERCK1,2 22.07.19221,2 Cape Town Y Shirley Sybil KLERCK1 10.06.19241 Cape Town c19331 c9 1 PC/fam. 2 GG/CAP2. M = married. A = age at death.

Yvonne KLERCK (1921-)

Yvonne grew up in Cape Town, was married there, and lived there for most of all her life. She spend some years living with her daughter in the US, but returned to Cape Town. She married Percy Alfred LITTLE (* 12.11.1910; + 1986) in Cape Town in

05.1944. Percy served in the Navy during WWII. They had 1 child. (PC/fam.)

YK, PL. Source: APF. YK, PL. Source: APF. SL, YK, 2009. Source: CKF.

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Names1 Birth1 Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Janeen LITTLE 28.02.1948 Sally LITTLE 12.10.1951 Clifton2 Donovan LITTLE 07.01.1954 1 PC/fam. 2 GG/CAP2. M = married. A = age at death.

Richard Alexander KLERCK (1922-)

RAK married Irene GASCOIGN. They had 2 children. He emigrated to Australia. (PC/fam.)

Names1 Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Patricia KLERCK c10.19471 Cape Town1 Derek KLERCK 19502 Cape Town1,2 Y 1 PC/fam. 2 PC/DrPM. M = married. A = age at death.

Shirley Sybil KLERCK (1924-c1933): She died at age c9. No further information. (PC/fam.) CHARLES EDWIN KLERCK (1902-1971)

RAK, with grandson TK. Source: Facebook. IG. Source: DrPM. DK, RAK, with family, 2014. Source: Facebook.

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CEK was called “Charlie”. He married Ellen WILKIE. They had 2 children. In the latter part of their married lives they lived in a house overlooking …Beach, Clifton, Cape Town. CEK’s father,

AMK, died there. After Charlie died, Ellen moved to Bay Beach Place, Three Anchor Bar, Cape Town. (PC/fam.) Names1 Birth1 Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Alexander Morrison John KLERCK 31.12.1942 Y Irene KLERCK 22.10.1945 19731 N c28 1 PC/fam. M = married. A = age at death.

Alexander Morrison JOHN KLERCK (1942-)

AMJK is called “Alex”. He was educated at Camps Bay High School. Alex worked in a senior position at the Cape Town City Council and retired in c2007. He married Pamela May MARAIS. They lived in Cape Town all their lives. They had 4 children. (PC/fam.)

Names1 Birth1 Place1 Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A

MMK, Best Man, EW, CEK. Source: APF. AMJK, CIK, c1943. Source: APF. EW, AMJK, c1943. Source: APF.

AMJK, Source: 2006.http://www.campsbayschoolreunion.com/ctn2006/gb5534.html

PMM, AMJK. Source: CKF.

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Graeme Charles KLERCK 17.03.1972 Cape Town Y Paul Alexander KLERCK 14.01.1973 Cape Town Y Jeremy James KLERCK 10.07.1977 Cape Town Y Neil Ernest KLERCK 08.06.1979 Cape Town 1 PC/fam. M = married. A = age at death.

Irene KLERCK (1945-1973) Irene lived with her parents in Clifton, Cape Town. She was a most affectionate person, and was loved by all. She had Down syndrome and died at age c28. (PC/fam.) JOHN LUDWIG KLERCK (1913-1991)

JLK was called “Jackie”. Jackie served in the Navy in WWII. He married Mary Patricia LEWIS, called “Pat” (* …). They lived in Bantry Bay, Cape Town. They had 3 children. In the latter part of their married lives they lived at No A2, Lancaster House, Three Anchor Bar, Cape Town. (PC/fam, GG/CAP2.)

Names1 Birth1 Place1 Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A George Anthony KLERCK 11.03.1944 Cape Town Y Diane Margretta Percel KLERCK 30.11.1946 Cape Town Y David Charles KLERCK 15.02.1952 Cape Town Y 1 PC/fam. M = married. A = age at death.

George Anthony KLERCK (1944-)

JLK, c1931. Source: APF.

Pat ? Source: APF. P?, JLK. Source: APF.

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Anthony has lived in Cape Town all his life. He was educated at Camps Bay High School. Anthony worked at … and in a senior position at a stationary supplier. He retired in … He married Ethne Joyce GALWAY (* c1946). Ethne is from Johannesburg. She was educated at Germiston Girls’ High School, and the Johannesburg College of Education, where she graduated HDE. Ethne was a Teacher, and also worked in commerce. Her last job was with EDS Corporation (1999-2009) in Cape Town. Anthony and Ethne had 3 children. (PC/fam, Facebook.)

Names1 Birth1 Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Wayne Ashley KLERCK 19.09.1968 Cape Town Deon Justin KLERCK 10.05.1970 Cape Town Natalie Andrea KLERCK 07.03.1977 Cape Town 1 PC/fam. M = married. A = age at death.

Diane Margretta Percel KLERCK (1946-)

DMPK. Source: Facebook. DL. Source: Facebook. DL’s children. Source: Facebook. ?V, SL. Source: Facebook. Diane grew up in Cape Town. She was educated at Ellerslie Girls’ High School. She married Carl LOUWRENS (* …). They had 1 child, and were later divorced. (PC/fam, Facebook.)

GAK. Source: Facebook. EJG. Source: Facebook.

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Names1 Birth1 Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Dayle LOUWRENS Cape Town Suzanne LOUWRENS Cape Town 1 PC/fam. M = married. A = age at death.

David Charles KLERCK (1952-)

David grew up in Cape Town. He was educated at … He married Francesca BARRET. They later moved to East London, Eastern Cape. They had 1 child. David died in East London at the age of … It is possible that Francesca was married again: to a Mr DEWING. CKF remembers: “David collected snakes and insect while visiting us – I distinctly remember all the dung beetles that he picked up on the ‘doppies’ after the ‘pars’ were crawling all over your bedroom!” (PC/fam, Facebook.)

Names1 Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Ray Leonard KLERCK 16.10.1990 1 PC/fam. M = married. A = age at death.

WILLIAM HERBERT KLERCK (1916-1987), Major WHK was called “Billy”. Billy served in the Armoured Tanks’ Corps in WWII, and was a Major. He married Elaine Helen ROLAND-ANDREWS (GG/CAP2: ROLLAND-ANDREW) (* 12.08.1922), called “Bobs”. Billy worked as an Agent and Inspector. They had 2 children. In the latter part of their married lives they lived at 30 Betta Road, Bakoven, Cape Town. (PC/fam, GG/CAP2.)

RLK. Source: http://www.humankinetics.com.

RLK. Source: Facebook. Source: http://www.humankinetics.com.

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WHK. Source: APF. WHK. Source: APF. WHK, IWK, HER-A, c1944. Source: APF. Names1 Birth1 Place1 Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Ivan William KLERCK 15.05.1941 Cape Town Y Lynne Iaoline KLERCK 09.01.1944 Cape Town Y 1 PC/fam. M = married. A = age at death.

Ivan William KLERCK (1941-), CTA, CA (SA)

Ivan grew up in Cape Town. He was educated at Camps Bay High School and qualified as an Accountant. Ivan worked as an Accountant at … He was later one of the founding members of Walton’s Stationary, which took him to Durban, KZN. Ivan left the firm after it became a public company to launch a luxury boat-building firm, Acecraft Marine, in Durban. He sold the business in c1990 and moved to Cape Town, where he worked for himself as a Real Estate Broker. Ivan married Wendy Diana WRIGHT. They had 2 children. They

were later divorced, and Ivan married … in … Wendy married a Mr VOLPERT. They live in Cape Town. (PC/fam.) Names1 Birth1 Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A

??, IWK. Source: APF. WDW with 5 grandchildren. Source Facebook.

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Mandy Lyn KLERCK 04.12.1967 Durban2 Y Gavin Ryan KLERCK 15.05.1972 Y 1 PC/fam. 2 Facebook M = married. A = age at death.

Lynne Iaoline KLERCK (1945-)

Lynne grew up in Sea Point, Cape Town. She was educated at Ellerslie Girls’ High School, Cape Town. She married Brian PEARSON on 18.06.1966. They lived in Bakoven, Cape Town, in one of the few highly sought-after Bungalows on the beach for 38 years, with their children Eric and Hayley. Their time in Bakoven was broken in 1974-1975, when Brian was transferred to Kimberley as Branch Manager of Barlows. After spending many holidays in Langebaan on the west coast, Western Cape, they decided to build a house there in 1994 for their later retirement years. It was rented to many top companies involved in the oil and gas industry in Saldanha Bay (west coast) until 2005, when they sold their Bungalow and moved to Langebaan. (PC/LIK, Facebook.)

Names1 Birth1 Place1 Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Eric James PEARSON 19672 Cape Town Y Hayley PEARSON 1970 Cape Town Y 1 PC/fam. 2 PC/EJP. M = married. A = age at death.

MARGUERITA MARY KLERCK (1918-2001) MMK grew up in Sea Point and, as the only daughter, was doted upon by her family. MMK was known as “Liefie” all her life, a term of endearment she vigorously tried to change to “Rita”, without success. She met her future husband Johannes Philibert Morkel FAURE (called "Hannes") (* 04.11.1917, "Bleak House" farm, Faure, Cape; + 05.02.1995, Serenitas Nursing Home, Strand) during a cruise on the “The Windhoek” liner. Hannes was the son of Senator Philippus Albertus Brand FAURE (* 09.08.1875, “Vergenoegd” farm, Faure, Cape; + 09.02.1947, “Kahlenberg” farm, Faure, Cape; [] 1947, Somerset West Cemetery), and

LIK, BP. Source: Facebook.

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Emerentia Elizabeth MORKEL (* 22.11.1883, “Die Bos” farm, Somerset West; + 11.12.1950, a Cape Town nursing home, aged 67; [] Somerset West Cemetery). On 29.12.1942, aged 24, Liefie married Hannes. They lived at Air Force Base Langebaan, before moving to “Kahlenberg” farm. They retired to the farm “Croydon”, next door (one of the farms in the Faure farm stable), and in 1988 moved to “Somerset Oaks Retirement Village” in Somerset West. They were members of the DRC, but were not enthusiastic participants, due to the “fire and brimstone, “you are a sinner” approach of the DRC in earlier years.

c1942. Source: APF. c1942. Source:

APF. Hannes’ Spitfire + mechanic. Source: APF. Scrambling. Source: APF.

“Hannes” grew up at “Bleak House” farm in Faure (until the farm was sold in 1920) and at “Kahlenberg” farm, Faure. He was educated at the Faure Farm School (where the garage is now), Somerset West Primary School and Hottentots Holland High School, where he matriculated c1935. He then attended Stellenbosch University, where, according to him, he earned a BSc (Snooker) in a mere year. He worked on “Kahlenberg” wine grape farm with brother “Hennie” until he went to war.

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Hannes joined the SA Air Force 1940 to become a Pilot because he did not want to miss out on the excitement of WWII. He wanted to fight the enemy in the air, not on the ground. He said that he was also motivated by an insatiable spirit of adventure. Hannes passed out (as it was then called) as an SA Air Force Pilot in July 1941 and he did four operational tours: North Africa, Malta, Sicily and Italy. He had a distinguished Air Force career and attained the rank

of Lieutenant-Colonel at age 27. He was awarded 5.5 kills and honoured with the designation “Ace Pilot”, a designation accorded pilots with 5 or more kills. He was decorated with DSO, DFC (and bar) and a string of other service medals. Hannes was highly respected as a leader, as evidenced in his rank and his appointment as Officer Commanding of No 1 Squadron and later of No 4 Squadron. He is mentioned in numerous books on the Air Force as an exceptional leader and a man with a well-developed sense of humour (especially in the air under fire), including in “the Story of No 1 Squadron” (by Dr Vivien Vos). Hannes was shot down twice, but survived, and returned to base to reclaim his clothes which had been distributed amongst his many friends. He led the SAAF at the Victory Parade, London, June 1946.

Victory Parade, London, 1946; Queen speaking to Hannes. Source: APF.

“Kahlenberg” when they lived there. Source: APF.

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Hannes’ war service was summarised as follows (Source: MJH): “He was awarded the DSO in 02.1945, the DFC on 23.03.1943 and a bar to the DFC on 23.05.1945. He scored 5.5 victories, 1 probable and 1 damaged. He joined the South African Artillery in 1940 but transferred to the South African Air Force. He trained with 71 Officer Training Unit and joined 1 Squadron on 12.01.1942. On 8/9.09.1942 he was attached to 92 Squadron RAF as an Acting Flight Commander, flying Spitfires, and returned to 1 Squadron as a flight commander on 18.09.1942. He served during 1st Alamein, Alam Halfa and El Alamein, scoring 5-1-1. He was shot down by ground fire behind enemy lines on 04.11.1942 but joined up with British armoured cars. He returned to 1 Squadron after two days “swanning” with them, shooting up retreating German and Italian transport. His tour ended on 05.12.1942 after flying more than 200 operational hours. He flew with 6 Squadron on home defence from 19.01.1943 to c06.1943. He returned to 1 Squadron in Malta on 24.06.1943, taking part in the

invasion of Sicily. The Squadron moved there and Hannes took command on 24.07 after adding a half share victory (with Schalk van der Merwe) when they jointly shot down a Fokker Wolf 190 on 19.07. He completed his tour on 14.02.1944 in Italy. After being an Air Fighting Instructor at 11 OTU he returned to Italy and served as OC of 4 Squadron from 02.08.1944 to 17.11.1944. The OC of 324 Wing RAF, Group Captain Duncan Smith, remembered Hannes from Sicily and asked for him to be his Sweep Leader in the Wing and Hannes was duly seconded from 17.11.1944 to 03.06.1945. He then became OC Langebaanweg on the west coast of the Cape Province (now Western Cape) from September 09.1945 to 07.1946.” Hannes’ military career is beautifully presented by Tinus LE ROUX at: http://hannesfaure.yolasite.com/. After the war he stayed on in the Permanent Force and was stationed at Air Force Base Langebaanweg on the west coast of the Cape. He opened the base and was Officer Commanding of it. He later became OC of Air Force Base Ysterplaat (in Milnerton, Cape Town). He resigned from the Air Force in December 1950 because he felt he had no future career under the Nationalist Government (his father was a Member - and MP and Senator - of the United Party. The Nationalist Government took political control of the country in 1948 and was to become the infamous “apartheid government”. Apart from an uncertain career under the Nationalist Government, Hannes also did not want to be associated with them. Hannes and Hennie were very successful farmers. In retirement Hannes was a keen vegetable grower, golfer and bowler. He and Liefie were also keen on gambling at the casinos of the country. Liefie was a keen shopper (and was proud of not having earned a bean in her life), and continued to nurture her shopping interest until she could no longer. Liefie died at the Vergelegen Medi-Clinic in Somerset West of pneumonia. She had

Hannes and Liefie’s scruffy kids in 2014: APF, LKF, CKF, JKF, KPF. “Kyk hoe lyk ons nou”. Source: MAM.

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developed a back problem in retirement and had been operated on. Shortly after the operation, while staying with CKF, she fell in the bathroom one night, causing a spinal haematoma which led to her eventually being confined to a wheel chair and a full-time nursing service. CKF writes in this regard: “Mom’s socialising did not stop with her being confined to a wheelchair. The carers had to wheel her to all friends living within a 1 km radius (she even visited Auntie Anna at “Stormhaven”) [a good 15-minute journey], not to mention meeting the Sea Point girls for tea, cigarettes and a good skinder every Tuesday morning.”

Toward the end Liefie was keen to join Hannes and friends in Heaven. A gin and tonic, a brandy and water, and a good wine were not the same on one’s own. She hoped they would have cigarettes in Heaven. In later years the doctor informed Liefie that she may only smoke 5 ciggies per day. She stuck to this religiously: She had exactly 5 per day and as many as she liked at night. In retirement she attended bible study classes, “just in case”. Liefie was a cat lover of note. CKF wrote to APF (email, 2015): “Somewhere I think, there should be something about Liefie’s cat loving legacy. I don’t think there is a family member who does not love wieries [cats]. I’m sure it was Philip (PKF) who first started calling cats wieries – or was it mom?” At “Kahlenberg” farm she never had less than 7 cats, and we cherished them. Some of the interesting names she gave the cats [Poefies, Gillette (thin cat), Minora (extra-thin cat),

Siemels] are given in the Eulogy in ebook 8. Hannes died at “Serenitas” Nursing / Care Home in the Strand in 1995 after a fall at their retirement village in Somerset West. Whilst trying to remove a pigeon’s nest from the roof (it was fertilising the outside steel table) he fell from the ladder on to a corner of the steel table and cracked a few ribs. The cracked ribs were the cause of complications which ultimately brought on pneumonia, which heralded the end. Hannes and Liefie were most affable and were loved by all who knew them. They were known for their well-developed senses of humour and for their dinner / lunch parties (catered for not by Liefie, whose kitchen skills never developed). An invitation to dine with Hannes and Liefie was only turned down if the invitee had departed for Heaven. Dinners and lunches were large affairs around

Facing camera, left: Anthony FAURE, AF’s friend, Nicholas BURKE, Alex FAURE, Emily FAURE. Facing camera, right: Taylor FAURE, Georgie FAURE, Jon-Louis BURKE. Source CKF.

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a large table, with much wine and a fog of cigarette / pipe smoke, a tradition carried on by their children. For proof, see the accompanying photo: Justin FAURE’s 21st-birthday celebration at “Knorhoek” farm in 11.2014. Hannes and Liefie had 6 children. (PC/APF.) Names (FAURE)1 Birth1 Place1,5 Baptism2 Death Place Buried Place M A Philibert Klerck 19.01.1945 Somerset West Somerset West 19651 N 20 Alexander Pierre 27.11.1946 Sea Point3 Somerset West Y Johan Klerck 06.09.1948 Cape Somerset West Y Carol Klerck 24.05.1952 Stellenbosch4 Somerset West Y Klerck Pieter 25.10.1956 Stellenbosch4 Somerset West Y Lance Klerck 05.12.1957 Cape Town Somerset West Y 1 PC/fam. 2 DRC; All children later left the DRC, and became Presbyterian. 3 Inverugie Nursing Home. 4 APF thinks. 5 All were brought home to “Kahlenberg” farm, Faure, where they grew up. M = married. A = age at death.

Philibert Klerck FAURE (1945-1965), Dip (Agric) (died just before graduation)

Philip was educated at Somerset West Primary School and Hottentots Holland High School. He enrolled at Elsenburg Agricultural College (of the University of Stellenbosch) for the 2-year Diploma course. While in his final year, he tragically died in a car accident (as a passenger) outside Stellenbosch. Philip died just before completing the Diploma course. He was awarded (posthumously) the prize for the Best Student at the College, as well as medals for the Best Student in Viticulture and Pomology. He was dearly loved by everybody who knew him, and his parents and his siblings never quite got over his tragic death. Philip had a quirky sense of humour and many friends (many of whom exhibited feminine pulchritude). (PC/

APF.)

PKF. Source: APF PKF at bottom left. Source: APF.

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Alexander Pierre FAURE (1946-), Prof, Dr, Dip (Agric), MA, PhD (Economics), Stockbroker Exams [As APF should not write his own story, it was written by MJH (1933-); source: CV]: In 1946, father Hannes was Officer Commanding of Langebaanweg Air Force Base, close to Saldanha Bay, West Coast, Cape. As medical facilities there were lacking, APF was born in Sea Point, Cape Town. He spent his first few years at the Base, and then moved to “Kahlenberg” farm at Faure. He was educated at Somerset West Primary School, and Hottentots Holland High School where he matriculated in 1964. He then spent a year at the Air Force Gymnasium in Pretoria (conscription). He went on to Elsenburg Agricultural College, and later the University of Stellenbosch, and graduated with: Diploma (Agriculture), MA (Economics), DPhil / PhD (Economics). Many years later he read the Stockbrokers’ Course at the University of the Witwatersrand, and became a Registered Stockbroker. He did not do well academically at school, but recalls being placed first in class in Standard 3 (aka Grade 5). He suspects it was the result of the female teacher one fine day asking the boys in the class to rise and kiss the girl they fancied the most. Pierre, not wanting to offend any of the many girls he fancied, kissed the teacher on the cheek.

Pierre married Sheila Cunningham MILLER on 18.07.1969, at the Presbyterian Church in Somerset West, Cape. Sheila (* 22.02.1951, Paisley, Scotland) is the daughter of Thomas Nelson MILLER (* 1916, Barrhead,

Scotland) and Barbara Smith JACK (* 1916, Barrhead, Scotland). Sheila’s parents had emigrated to South Africa in 1953. Sheila was educated at Kings Road Primary School, Sea Point, and at Rhenish Girls’ High School, Stellenbosch. She graduated BA (UNISA), and MA (Psychology) (Cum Laude) at Stellenbosch University and presently (2015) has a Psychology Practice in Tamboerskloof, Cape Town. Sheila published a number of academic papers in accredited Psychology journals.

On right, with Johan and June Immelman (parents of golfer Trevor), 1969. Source: APF.

APF, SCM in 1991.Source: APF. APF and SCM’s kids, c1985. Source: JPMF.

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Pierre’s first job (1972) was at the SA Reserve Bank where he compiled the monetary statistics and later was involved in the execution of monetary policy. Subsequent appointments: 1980: Money Market Manager at The Discount House of South Africa Limited (later BOE Private Bank Limited) (Note: Discount Houses were a type of “development” banking institution, and later converted to banks); 1983: appointed Joint Managing Director; 1985: co-founder of and shareholder in Sechold Group Limited, a registered bank controlling company, and its subsidiary Securities Discount House Limited (later Securities Investment Bank) [Other subsidiaries subsequently formed or taken over: Interbank Discount House Limited (later Secfin Bank), National Discount House Limited (later NDH Bank), The Stellenbosch District Bank Limited (later District Securities Bank, and even later Cadiz Bank), Securities Portfolio Managers (Pty) Limited]. Sechold was listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1987. Appointed Managing Director for the first year of operations, a position then rotated annually amongst the 10 shareholders, and Director of some of the subsidiaries mentioned above. Sechold was taken over by the Investec Bank Group in 1994. Pierre had left the group in 1990, and became a Consultant. He consulted to: Department of Finance, Department of Transport, South African Railway Commuter Corporation, SDC in Ghana, TAH / CDH in Malawi, UNCTAD, Equity International, DBSA, Lafferty Publications, EDESA SA of Zurich, MEFMI of Zimbabwe, BARD Discount House of Zimbabwe, Southern Asset Management Limited, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), etc. He wrote 10 courses for UNITAR and continues (2015) to run online international courses for them. He became a Stockbroker in 1993 and ran an office (Alexander Securities) in Stellenbosch. The company was later defrauded, and it closed down. While in business Pierre kept a foot in academia by teaching part time and writing academic papers. In 1997 he was appointed Full Professor at Rhodes University (RU) and Full Professor at the University of Fort Hare (UFH) (Title: Investec Chair in Money, Banking and Finance; he shared his time between the 2 universities). When the Investec funding came to an end he was appointed Full Professor at RU (Title: Foord Chair in Investments), and remains in this position presently (2015). As an academic, Pierre teaches courses for the MCom (Financial Markets) degree, and a first-year course on Investments. He has written some 60 papers (published in accredited journals and as working papers), and has published 14 books, all relating to his major interest: money creation, financial markets, banking, and monetary policy. The books and papers are available at: http://bookboon.com/en/banking-financial-markets-ebooks, and https://rhodes-za.academia.edu/AlexanderPierreFAURE. He also did not do well academically at university, but fell in love with one aspect of Economics, “Money and Banking”, which became his lifelong interest and passion. He said that if it were not for this passion, he would have been the “there” in the adage “There but for the grace of God go I”.

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Part time appointments: 1984: Governing Bodies of King Edward VII School and King Edward VII Preparatory School (and Chairman of Fundraising Committee); 1985: Member of the Department of Finance Financial Markets Discussion Group; 1986: Editor of The Securities Markets, a journal published by the Sechold Group mentioned above; 1987: Consulting Editor to the Investment Analysts’ Journal (Investment Analysts’ Society); 1989: Financial Markets Advisory Board (appointed by Minister of Finance); 1990: Professor Extraordinarius in Economics at the University of South Africa; 1992: Non-executive Director of The South African Bank of Athens Limited; 1993: Visiting Professor in Economics at the University of Cape Town; 1996: Member of a team of parents which founded (and on first Governing Body) of Somerset College (Independent High School) (and Chairman of the Fundraising Committee); 1998: Non-Executive Director of Peregrine Holdings; 1999: Editor of the Southern African Treasurer (Association of Corporate Treasurers of Southern Africa); 2003: Director of TAH Holdings Limited (Mauritius) and later to the Boards of subsidiaries, including Continental Discount House Limited, Malawi (now CDH Investment Bank), CDH Forex (Chairman), CDH Asset Management, CDH Stockbrokers, CDH (Rwanda), CDH Properties, etc. Pierre and Sheila and children lived in many different homes, including in Faure (“Berg Sinai House” on “Kahlenberg”), Bronberrik, Pretoria; Houghton, Johannesburg; Lissataba Game Farm, Hoedspruit, Limpopo Province; V&A Waterfront Marina, Cape Town; Gordon’s Bay, Cape; Holland Park, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. Pierre’s other interests include / included rugby (1st XV team at school), athletics (in one race he came second to Pieter de Villiers, the Western Province champion hurdler – problem was he was 50 yards behind), squash (highest level: 3rd League, Pretoria), road running (always close to last), genealogy, and writing. He attempted twice to publish a novel, but failed miserably. As a consolation he became an author of unexciting books (academic text books) and short stories (academic papers). Sheila excelled at sport, particularly swimming; she was Captain of Swimming at Rhenish. Together they enjoy SCUBA-diving, game viewing, reading, whale watching, travelling, etc. They had 4 children. Names1 Birth1 Place1 Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Jean Philip Miller FAURE 08.01.1970 Somerset West2 Presbyterian Y André Pierre FAURE 21.05.1974 Pretoria3 Presbyterian Y Antoinette Barbara FAURE 26.01.1977 Pretoria3 Presbyterian Y Peter John FAURE 05.02.1983 Sandton4 Presbyterian 1 PC/fam. 2 Hottentots Holland Hospital. 3 Mariefonte Nursing Home. 4 Sandton Clinic (Sandton borders Johannesburg). M = married. A = age at death.

Johan Klerck FAURE (1948-), Dip (Agric)

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Johann was born in Somerset West. He was educated at Somerset West Primary School, Hottentots Holland High School where he matriculated in 1966, and Elsenburg Agricultural College. He then joined father Hannes, his father’s brother Hennie, farming at Faure on the farms: “Kahlenberg”, “Geduld”, “Klawervlei”, “Ridgemor”, and “Croydon”. He was later joined by first cousin Albert Hendrik (1953-), son of Hennie. When Hannes and Hennie retired Johann and Albie took over the farms. They later inherited the farms, and expanded the farming operation, culminating in 720 hectares producing 5 000 tons of wine grapes at the peak of operations. They delivered the grapes to the Welmoed Co-operative at Lyndoch (near Stellenbosch), and later to other wine makers. They diversified their activities on the farms, including adding cattle and fruit farming to the portfolio. They farmed in Partnership, as the fathers had done, for 40 years.

In 1973 when Johann was 24, he married Margaret Ann (called “Pegs”) MUNRO (* 03.05.1952, Salisbury, Rhodesia / Zimbabwe) in Salisbury. She is the daughter of Gordon MUNRO (* 25.08.1925; + 26.05.1984), and Geraldine (called “Jackie”) LIVINGSTONE (* 21.08.1929; + 19.11.1995). The MUNRO family lived at 19 Princess Drive, Salisbury. Pegs was educated at

Highlands Primary and Chisipite High School in Salisbury. She then went on to complete a BSc (with Mathematics major) and a Senior Teachers’ Diploma at the University of Cape Town. Pegs was a keen Potter and taught pottery classes from a studio on the farm. Johann was an excellent rugby player (scrumhalf for the 1st XV team at school). Whilst at Elsenburg, he was selected to play for “Stellenbosch Jongspan” (up-and-coming Stellenbosch University 1st XV players), but was unable to play due to a serious injury. It is said in the family that Johann could have played rugby for South Africa (Springboks) but was diverted from this quest by social activities. He later became a keen golfer with an enviable handicap of 6. He did military service in the SA Army in 1967. He served on the Boards of Welmoed Co-operative Wine Cellar, Helderberg Irrigation Board, and Lower Eerste River Water Board (the water boards were later amalgamated to form Wynland Water Irrigation Board).

1973. Source: MAM. c1990. Source: MAM. c1998. Source: MAM.

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Johann and Pegs are members of the United Church (previously Presbyterian Church), Somerset West. Johann’s relationship with church activities (initially the DRC) did not start off well: He has the distinction of achieving a rewrite (“hereksamen”) for the DRC Catechism Course exam. As he did not exert any energy the first time, he did the second time and passed. Pegs does voluntary work for the United Church. Johann and Pegs are enthusiastic socializers and grandparents. They own a house in Hermanus where they spend many holidays. They also love to travel and do so frequently both locally and overseas. Johann is also a keen property investor. They retired to Somerset West. Johann and Pegs have 4 children. (PC/APF/MAM.) Names1 Birth1 Place1 Baptism1 Death Place Buried Place M A Anton Johann FAURE 10.08.1975 Somerset West Somerset West Y Jan Johannes FAURE 28.12.1976 Somerset West Somerset West Y Steven Gordon FAURE 28.12.1978 Somerset West Somerset West Y Jeanine Ann FAURE 11.11.1982 Somerset West Somerset West Y 1 PC/MAM. M = married. A = age at death.

Carol Klerck FAURE (1952-), BA, SED Carol was educated at Eerste River (why she was sent there for 2 years we will never know) and Somerset West Primary Schools, Hottentots Holland High School, where she matriculated in 1969, and the University of Stellenbosch, where she earned a BA and a Senior Education Diploma. Her first teaching post was that of Teacher-Psychologist at Oude Molen Technical High in Pinelands, Cape Town. In 1977, after being married and living on the farm, she taught English at Scottsdene Senior Secondary School in Kraaifontein, Cape. The pupils were more than miffed when she said her farewells in Afrikaans at the end of the year – and there they had been battling to be understood in English for an entire year! Through a contact she acquired a post as Administrative Assistant at the University of Stellenbosch, preparing the applications for Dentistry, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. After 4 happy years and two children, she decided to spend some time at home. This did not last long as she was talked into teaching at Rhenish Primary for a term (to help a friend in need), not having a clue how to teach junior pupils. On the contrary, this was the beginning of a 16-year-long “love affair” with the school, staff and pupils. She taught anything from languages, physical education, mathematics, health and even woodwork, doing relief work for teachers on leave, sabbatical or armed forces call-ups (Border War in Angola). Coaching hockey, tennis and cricket also came with the job.

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CKF, c1972. Source: CKF.

CKF, JPvN, 1976. Source: CKF

JPvN was the face of Winston for a number of years. Source: JPvN.

CKF, JPvN, c2010. Source: www.knorhoek.co.za.

“Knorhoek” Manor House. Source: APF.

On 18.12.1976, in Stellenbosch, Carol married Jacobus Pieter VAN NIEKERK (called “James”) (* 19.06.1952, Stellenbosch) [son of Johannes VAN NIEKERK (called “Hannes”) (* 01.11.1918, Stellenbosch; + c2006, Hermanus, Cape) and Myra Johnstone BOTHA (* 28.10.1928, Vryheid, Natal; + 10.08.2006, Hermanus, Cape)]. Myra was related to the famous General Louis BOTHA, Prime Minister of South Africa. Carol and James are members of the Presbyterian Church in Stellenbosch. Carol was a “Trompoppie” (Drum Majorette; she was the Baton Twirler) at university and a keen sportswoman at school. She was chosen for the Boland Schools Hockey Team representing the Province at the Interprovincial Schools’ Tournament in Klerksdorp. She continued with hockey after school. She played for Stellenbosch University, for Green Point Hockey Club, and then for many years for the van der Stel Hockey Club, where she played for the first team. She represented Boland in the Interprovincial Festival Tournament while at University and playing for Van der Stel. She played the game for a total of 32 years. The decision to retire from the game was nudged by the fact that she was playing against her friends’ daughters and that experience and craftiness were no longer enough to challenge speed. James had also given her golf lessons for her birthday and a monster was in the making. Golf is now her passion with her lowest handicap being 9. Carol is also a keen tennis player and has been playing with the same Friday Group for longer than 27 years (2015). James played rugby for Stellenbosch University and van der Stel Rugby Club (1st XV team). James is also a keen golfer (lowest handicap 2). He and brother “Hansie” VAN NIEKERK inherited the wine grape farm “Knorhoek”, Stellenbosch, where fine wines are made and many awards have been earned. James was educated at Paul Roos School and Elsenburg Agricultural College, both in Stellenbosch. “Knorhoek” has evolved from historically diversified farming, to exclusive wine farming, and later a very successful

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restaurant / wedding venue and guesthouse were added. Carol has run this popular and successful guesthouse with people still returning after 19 years (2015). Carol and James had 3 sons. (PC/CKF/APF.) Names1 Birth1 Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Hannes Faure VAN NIEKERK 13.03.1980 Bellville2 James Louis VAN NIEKERK 11.09.1981 Bellville2 Y Barry Faure VAN NIEKERK 13.02.1986 Bellville2 Y 1 PC/fam. 2 Born there but grew up and lived on the farm “Knorhoek”, Stellenbosch. M = married. A = age at death.

Klerck Pieter FAURE (1956-), MCom, Stockbroker Exams, MIFM

KPF, called “Piet”, was educated at Somerset West Primary School, Hottentots Holland High School, where he matriculated in 1970, and the University of Stellenbosch, where he earned a MCom degree. He also read the JSE Stockbroker Course at the

University of the Witwatersrand, and undertook the Financial Markets Industry Exams (the SA Institute of Financial Markets, and is a Member of the Institute: MIFM). Piet played cricket and rugby (1st XI and 1st XV) at school and was a Prefect. He is a keen golfer (lowest handicap: 4). Piet worked in Cape Town for a while and then moved to Johannesburg where he was a Stockbroker and Banker. He owned a stockbroking firm, Turner Paterson Faure Inc, with a few partners. The firm was later named Alexander Securities. The firm had offices in Johannesburg and Stellenbosch (it was the first Stockbroking firm to open an office in Stellenbosch). Piet was a Bond Market Trader and later a Commodites Trader. In later years he became a Commodities Analyst and Compliance Officer.

Source: KPF. Source: KPF. JNF, 2007. Source: Facebook. LMF, 2014. Source: Facebook.

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Piet married Martha-Marie VAN VUUREN (* 30.11.1957, Pretoria) [daughter of Johan Nicolaas VAN VUUREN (* 02.09.1928, OFS; + c2010, Pretoria, aged c82) and Martha Johanna BIDDULPH (* 29.03.1931, Bethal, OFS; + 17.10.1992, Pretoria, aged 61)]. Mart-Marie’s dad was the Registrar of Deeds, Pretoria. MJB graduated HDE (Higher Diploma in Education), and was a Teacher at Lyttleton High School. Piet and Mart-Marie are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mart-Marie has a Diploma in Public Relations (Damelin) and is a well-known Television Director / Producer. Piet and Mart-Marie had 2 children. (PC/APF.) Names1 Birth1 Place1 Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Justin Nicholas FAURE 15.12.1993 Johannesburg Lindsay Marie FAURE 14.12.1995 Johannesburg 1 PC/fam. M = married. A = age at death.

Lance Klerck FAURE (1959-), BEng, MBA (Cum Laude), Stockbroker Exams, MIFM Lance was educated at Somerset West Primary School, Hottentots Holland High School where he matriculated in 1970, and the University of Stellenbosch, where he earned a BEng (Civil Engineering) degree and, in later years, an MBA (Cum Laude). He also read the JSE Stockbroker Course at the University of the Witwatersrand, and undertook the Financial Markets Industry Exams (the SAIFM exams). Lance worked as a Civil Engineer for the Cape Town City Council, and later for an Engineering Consulting firm in various places around the country. He then moved to Johannesburg where he became a Stockbroker and Quantitative Analyst. He became a Director and part owner of Stockbroker firm Solms & Co in 1994. The firm changed its name in 2007 to Independent Securities. The firm has offices in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Stellenbosch. Lance remains a shareholder in the firm and is presently (2014) in the Stellenbosch office. He lives at Kleine Zalze Village, Stellenbosch. Lance played cricket and rugby (first teams) at school, and was Head Prefect. He is a health enthusiast. Lance is also an accomplished Musician (guitar and piano), and a keen golfer.

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On 29.03.1995, aged 35, Lance married Alison STEYN (* 20.02.1965, Vereeniging, Transvaal) [daughter of Paul Neethling STEYN (* 1939) and Victoria Carolyn ASHLEY-COOPER], in Parkview, Johannesburg. Alison has a Hons BA (Fine Arts) degree and is an accomplished Artist (painting, ceramic work). Lance and Alison are also keen property investors, and own / owned a number of properties (Alison’s father, Paul, is an authority on property). Lance and Alison lived in Johannesburg (Dainfern Private Estate), and from c2009 in Stellenbosch (De Zalze Estate), Cape. They had 2 children. (PC/APF.) Names1 Birth1 Place1 Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Taylor Ashley FAURE 19.09.1996 Johannesburg Georgia Ann FAURE 22.12.2000 Johannesburg 1 PC/fam. M = married. A = age at death.

In keeping with the rule of presenting 2 generations (children and grandchildren) of the offspring of CARTER-born females (plus just mentioning great-grandchildren), we end this genealogy here. Obviously, the reason is that this family fits into another genealogy. Presenting 2 generations provides a good overlap with the genealogy of the male family married into.

c1975. Source: LKF. 1995. Source: LKF. c2013. Source: Facebook. TAF, 2014. Source:

Facebook GAF, 2014. Source: Facebook.

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CHILDREN OF JOHAN CAREL CARTER (1846-1930)

A reminder: JCC married Maria Margaretha WASSERFALL (1846-1916). They had 9 children. Names Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Frederick James CARTER1 28.08.18761 29.10.18761 Jacob Johan CARTER1 24.12.18771 20.01.18781 07.04.19411 John Peter Christian CARTER1 c18811 05.04.19561 NZ2,1 c75 Maria Elizabeth CARTER1 07.06.18821 19.07.19541 Perth3,1 Hendrik Rudolph CARTER4 c07.18834 Cape Town4 13.09.19474 19475 CPT6 64 Helen Petronella CARTER1 c18851 28.10.19621 c77 Cornelius CARTER1 c18901 23.11.19171 c27 Susanna Maria CARTER1 04.01.18941 20.07.19901 96 Margaret CARTER1 c18971 09.08.19351 c38 1 DrPM. 2 Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. 3 Perth, Australia. 4 MOOC 6/9/14285/4701. 5 Inferred. 6 Mowbray Cemetery, Cape Town (DrPM). M = married. A = age at death.

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FREDERICK JAMES CARTER (1876-?): No further information. JACOB JOHAN CARTER (1877-1941) Only other information: He signed Helena Florentina CARTER’s (néé OOSTENDORP’s) Death Notice in his capacity as her grandchild on 27.09.1909. JOHN PETER CHRISTIAN CARTER (c1881-1956): No further information. MARIA ELIZABETH CARTER (1882-1954) MEC, called “Minnie”, on 31.03.1903, married Emery James STAINES (* 26.07.1875, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia; + 28.07.1959, East Fremantle Australia. EJS came to South Africa to fight in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) and met Minnie. They had five children in South Africa, subsequently left, and arrived in Western Australia in 05.1920 on the HMT Zealandic. Names Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Emery James STAINES1 17.04.19041 Cape Town1 01.02.19851 Perth1 Albert Edward STAINES1 04.12.19051 Cape Town1 25.05.19811 Frank STAINES1 20.11.19111 Cape Town1 15.01.19851 Dorothy STAINES1 05.05.19151 06.07.19891 Queenie STAINES1 1 DrPM. M = married. A = age at death.

Emery James STAINES (1904-1985) EJS, called “Ernie”, married Margaret Wilson (* 09.05.1905; + 11.01.1987). Th3y had 3 children. (DrPM.) Names1 Birth1 Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A

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Terrence STAINES 19.05.1928 Jean STAINES 02.10.1930 20.04.19611 Maxwell STAINES 25.10.1934 03.04.19491 1 DrPM. M = married. A = age at death.

Albert Edward STAINES (1905-1981) AES, on 27.06.1931, married Moira Peters (* 26.10.1904; + 07.09.1989). They had 4 children. (DrPM.) Names1 Birth1 Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Peter STAINES 05.09.1933 Natalie STAINES 19.09.1938 Michael STAINES 25.11.1940 Neil STAINES 28.06.1945 1 DrPM. M = married. A = age at death.

Frank STAINES (1911-1985): No further information. Dorothy STAINES (1915-1989): She married a Mr HILL. (DrPM.) Queenie STAINES (?-?): She married a Mr SEWELL. (DrPM.) HENDRIK RUDOLPH CARTER (1883-1947) HRC, called “Henry”, on 10.01.1911 in Moorreesburg, married Adriana Petronella Wilhelmina KOTZE (* 11.06.1885; ~ 01.10. 1885; + 17.02.1975, Cape Town), daughter of Johannes Christiaan (called “Jacobus”) Nicolaas KOTZE (* 18.05.1864) and Huibrecht Maria Johanna Aletta BESTER (* 1864; + 17.02.1944). At the time of his death, Henry was a Clerk in the Post Office, and was living at 20 Arnold Street, Observatory, Cape Town. His estate was valued at £1999/1/6. They had 3 children. [DrPM; granddaughter PC/Patricia MAYERS (PC/PM); Death Notice; Will.]

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Names1 Birth1 Place1 Baptism Death1 Place Buried Place M A Huibrecht Maria Johanna Aletta CARTER 16.11.1912 Cape Town 04.01.2007 Cape Town1 Johan Carel CARTER 27.05.1916 Moorreesburg 14.01.2008 Cape Town1 Johannes Jacobus Nicolaas CARTER 21.09.1922 Cape Town 11.07.2003 1 PC/PM. M = married. A = age at death.

This genealogy is continued in a later chapter. HELEN PETRONELLA CARTER (c1885-1962): She married a Mr ROSS. (DrPM.) CORNELIUS CARTER (c1890-1917): CC was called “Boy”. (DrPM.) SUSANNA MARIA CARTER (1894-1990) SMC married Ashton MILES (* 18.05.1881; + 06.06.1948). They had 1 child. (DrPM.) Names1 Birth1 Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Jean MILES 04.05.1929 1 PC/RC. M = married. A = age at death.

Jean MILES (1929-): She married Alfred GAELE (* 12.09.1927). (DrPM.) MARGARET CARTER (c1897-1935): MC was called “Maggie”. She married a Mr LOUBSER. (DrPM.)

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DESCENDANTS OF HENDRIK RUDOLPH CARTER (1883-1947)

A reminder: HRC, called “Henry”, married Adriana Petronella Wilhelmina KOTZE (1885-1975). They lived in Cape Town and had 3 children.

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Names1 Birth1 Place1 Baptism Death1 Place Buried Place M A Huibrecht Maria Johanna Aletta CARTER 16.11.1912 Cape Town 04.01.2007 Cape Town1 Johan Carel CARTER 27.05.1916 Moorreesburg 14.01.2008 Cape Town1 Johannes Jacobus Nicolaas CARTER 21.09.1922 Cape Town 11.07.2003 1 PC/PM. M = married. A = age at death.

HUIBRECHT MARIA JOHANNA ALETTA CARTER (1912-2007): She was called “Hester” and “Lettie” (??). No further information. JOHAN CAREL CARTER (1916-2008) He married Harriett (called “Dolly”) Rose PHILPOTT (* 06.03.1908, Johannesburg; + 15.09.1983, Cape Town). (PC/PM.) JOHANNES JACOBUS NICOLAAS CARTER (1922-2003) JJNC married Winifred Grace JONES (* 08.08.1919, Johannesburg; + 14.01.2007), daughter of Joseph Percy JONES and Grace Stella HARRIS. They had 4 children. (PC/PM.) Names1 Birth1 Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Patricia CARTER 13.11.1948 Cape Town1 David Brian CARTER 28.03.1952 Cape Town1 Shirley CARTER 25.10.1954 Cape Town1 Ruth CARTER 15.12.1958 1 PC/PM. M = married. A = age at death.

Patricia CARTER (1948-), Prof, Dr, BA (Nursing), MSc (Med: Psychiatry), PhD (Psychology / Nursing)

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PC, called “Pat”, attended Fish Hoek High School; the University of Stellenbosch [BA (Nursing)]; the University of Cape Town [MSc (Med: Psychiatry) and PhD (Psychology / Nursing)]. In the past Pat worked as a Senior Professional Nurse at Groote Schuur Hospital (1971-1983).

She presently (2015, since 1990) works at University of Cape Town. She is an Assistant Professor, and Programme Convenor for the MSc (Nursing) and PhD (Nursing) programmes. Pat is also Convenor of the Mental Health and Community Nursing components of the Bachelor of Nursing programme.

PJM, friend. Source: Facebook. A special photo on PJM’s Facebook profile. SLM. Source: Facebook. Pat married Roy John Sainsbury MAYERS (* 25.07.1947, Pretoria). There is a Roy MAYERS on LinkedIn who attended UCT (1979-1983) and graduated BCom (Accounting and Business Management). He worked (all in Cape Town): Program Secretary, YMCA (1973-1979); Administration Manager, South African Astronomical Observatory (1980-2004); Administration Manager, Rotary Club of Cape Town. He retired from the latter position. In 2015 they were living in Cape Town. They had 2 children. (Facebook, LinkedIn, PC/PM, DrPM.)

PC. Source: Facebook. PC. Source: Facebook. PC, RJSM (possibly). Source: Facebook.

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Names1 Birth1 Place1 Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Paul John MAYERS 09.03.1977 Cape Town Sharon Lynne MAYERS 17.01.1981 Cape Town 1 PC/PM. M = married. A = age at death.

Paul John MAYERS (1977-), Degree/s

Paul works / worked at St Stithians College, Johannesburg. The accompanying photo on PJM’s Facebook Timeline included congratulations to the couple in 12.2013. This probably indicates an engagement. (Facebook.)

Sharon Lynne MAYERS (1981-), Degree/s Sharon studied at Stellenbosch University. She lives in Cape Town, Western Cape. (Facebook.) David Brian CARTER (1952-)

DBC is an Electronics Technician. On 05.07.1975 he married Anne GROBLER (* 01.06.1953), daughter of Peter John Cornelius GROBLER and Francina Stefina MULLER. They had 2 children. [PC/David Brian CARTER (PC/DBC), DrPM, Facebook.]

DBC. Source: DrPM. AG. Source: Facebook. LC, Mr A. Source: Facebook. MC, friend. Source: Facebook.

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Names1 Birth1 Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Lauren CARTER 22.03.1980 Cape Town Marilyn CARTER 18.03.1983 Cape Town 1 PC/DBC. M = married. A = age at death.

Lauren CARTER (1980-)

Lauren married a Mr AUSTIN. They moved to London at some stage. (Facebook.)

Marilyn CARTER (1983-) Shirley CARTER (1954-)

Shirley is (2015) the Principal of Wynberg Girls’ High School (since 1999). She married Steven OWEN, and they had 2 children. They were later divorced. Shirley remarried: Risdon HARDING, son of Dennis HARDING and Beryl NN. (PC/DBC, DrPM, LinkedIn.)

Names Birth1 Place1 Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Sandra Claire OWEN1 23.05.1981 Cape Town Robert Keith OWEN1,2 21.12.1982 Cape Town 1 PC/DBC. 2 RKO married Kelly Thomson on 13.12.2008. M = married. A = age at death.

SC. Source: DrPM. SO. Source: Facebook. RH. Source: Facebook.

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SCO, GB. 2014. Source: Facebook. SCO, GB. 2014.

Source: Facebook. KT, LO, RKO. 2013. Source: Facebook. KT, LO, RKO, 2015. Source: Facebook.

Sandra Claire OWEN (1981-)

Sandra married Greg BARROW in 2014. (Facebook.)

Robert Keith OWEN (1982-) RKO, called “Robbie”, married Kelly THOMSON. They had 1 child by 2015. (Facebook.) Names Birth Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Luke OWEN1 c20082 1 Facebook. 2 Inferred from photo. M = married. A = age at death.

Ruth CARTER (1958-)

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Ruth married Peter GOBLE (* 19.08.1957, Manorom, Thailand; + 19.04.1997, Cape Town), son of William GOBLE and Grace NN. They had 2 children. A Ruth GOBLE has a Facebook profile which informs that she attended Fish Hoek High School, Cape Town (Class of 1976); read the Medical Receptionist Course at the South Peninsula College, Cape Town (Class of 1977); and presently (2015, since 07.1988) works at MedicAlert Foundation of Southern Africa.

[PC/Ruth CARTER (PC/RC), DrPM; Facebook.] Names1 Birth1 Place Baptism Death Place Buried Place M A Anthony Nicholas GOBLE 05.11.1983 Kevin Shaun GOBLE 24.03.1986 1 PC/RC. M = married. A = age at death.

Anthony Nicholas GOBLE (1983-), Degree/s ?

Anthony attended Fish Hoek Senior High School and the University of Cape Town. He lives in Cape Town. (Facebook.)

Kevin Shaun GOBLE (1986-) Kevin has a Facebook profile which says that he is from Fish Hoek, Western Cape, and presently lives in in Cape Town. He has a few photos of himself with a small girl, indicating that he is married and has a daughter. (Facebook.)

RC. Source: DrPM. ANG. Source: Facebook. KSG. Source: Facebook.

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APPENDIX 1

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF PHILIP DOMINICUS MORGENROOD OF RIVERSDALE

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Pierre Morgenrood (1946-) It could be said that the life of Philip Dominicus Morgenrood of Riversdale had to some considerable extent been shaped by the family tragedies that had occurred in his younger years. At a very youthful age he had been orphaned and in the year 1900 his young wife passed away. In the 20th century he definitely enjoyed better fortunes. What perhaps could be considered to have stood out from the story of his life was something that was very typical for the descendants of people of German origins in 19th century South Africa, viz. an unshackling from the cultural background from which they had come and an embracing of a South African identity. In Philip’s case his disaffiliation from his Germanic origins could be seen as having commenced even before he was born. Philip was born on 8 August 1868 in the village of Riversdale in the South-Western Districts of the then Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. He was the seventh child of William Dennis Morgenrood[1] (who had started out life as William Dennis Morgenroth) and his German-born wife, Charlotta Louisa Amelia Flügel. From 1844 to 1848 William attended the Rhenish Missionary Society’s Barmen Missionshaus at Barmen-Elberfeldt and der Wupper and from September 1848 to May 1850 he attended the Lutheran Seminary at ‘s-Gravenhage (The Hague). It was during that time that he had married Charlotta Flügel[2]. By the middle of 1850 William and his wife had arrived in Cape Town and on 31 July 1850 after the demise of Rev Jacobus Hendricus Beck, William was inducted as the resident Minister of the South African Missionary Society (Zuid-Afrikaansche Zending Gestight) in Long Street, Cape Town. He rented a house close by in Hout Street[3]. However, he was suffering from tuberculosis, and due to the deterioration of his health aggravated by the unhealthy conditions in the Cape Town of the day, he was compelled to relinquish his position on 31 December 1854 [4]. Charlotta apparently suffered from the same affliction[5]. After a brief sojourn with William’s mother at Prospect Cottage in Wynberg in early 1855, the family moved to Riversdale, where William had found employment as a clerk[6].

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But developments within the Cape Lutheran community also played a role in determining the future for William’s family. In 1848 Cape Lutherans, who were more partial to religious views informed by Reformed doctrine, established the Martin Lutheran Church at the top end of Long Street in Cape Town. The Rev GW Stegmann was the minister of the congregation. William was on friendly terms with Rev Stegmann and soon found himself drawn into the raging controversies between the various factions of Cape Lutheran society – although from his personal correspondence it is abundantly clear that he had no desire to be involved[7]. Nevertheless, it is apparent that he was more partial to the Reformed views on religious matters, and, after their arrival at Riversdale, they started attending the local Dutch Reformed Church. On 20 September 1868 Philip was baptised in the Riversdale Dutch Reformed Church by Revr Petrus Borchardus Borcherds. As was the case with the Morgenroods, Ds Borcherds also came from Wynberg, where his similarly-named father (the son of Ds Meent Borcherds of Stellenbosch) was the Civil Commissioner[8]. With Philip’s baptism his uncle, Philip Dominicus Morgenrood of Wynberg[9], and the latter’s wife, Johanna Louisa Hogg, were recorded as sponsors. In the 1870s the very young Philip had to face up to enormous challenges. On 19 September 1872 his father died – probably as result of complications from his old affliction having set in[10]. Philip’s two eldest brothers and his sister, Maria Dina Elizabeth, predeceased their father. Together with his mother and two sisters and youngest brother, Philip stayed in a house in Riversdale. His youngest brother, John William, died sometime between 1872 and 1878 and on 23 May 1878 Charlotta died[11] – leaving four orphaned minor children. In terms of Charlotta’s will Philip Dominicus Morgenrood of Wynberg was appointed executor of her estate and as guardian of the children. He requested the Master of the Orphan Chamber to provide him with letters of administration[12], but it seems reasonable too suppose that the relevant matters were handled by the family’s attorney, Mr Gysbert Reitz of the firm Reitz and Versfeld at Riversdale. The Morgenrood children went to stay with different families in the district of Riversdale. Charlotta Louisa (Wiesie) Amelia went to stay with the family of Mr HM (Oom Helgaard Boontjieskloof) van Rensburg[14]. Johanna (Hannie) Louisa went to stay with the family of Mr JF Badenhorst[15], member of the Cape Parliament for Riversdale, while Philip himself went to stay with the Raubenheimers on a farm on the Duivenhoks River. This farm later became the home of the Oakdale Agricultural College[16]. By the middle of the 1880s Philip was staying in Long Street, Riversdale with the family of JEA Volschenk[17]. Lottie’s whereabouts at that stage are unknown, but on 27 September 1883 she married Johannes Jacobus Crous, a widower, in the Riversdale Dutch Reformed Church[18].

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In the late 1870s and during the 1880s Philip was a pupil at the Boys’ School in Riversdale. The principal was Mr Daniel Johannes Esselen (25.04.1851 – 24.08.1919) and in April 1881 he was succeeded by Mr George Leith[19]. As a young man Philip initially sought to make a livelihood for himself in Riversdale. He worked as an articled clerk with the local firm of attorneys, Reitz and Versfeld – probably being an assistant to the later painter JEA (Jan) Volschenk. It was only on 30 August 1889 that Philip, then 21 years old, was confirmed as a member of the Riversdale Dutch Reformed Church[20]. Perhaps it was his Lutheran origins that had led to him delaying this step for such a long time. Immediately after his confirmation Philip left Riversdale for Cape Town. On 3 September 1889 he was appointed as a Junior Assistant Clerk in the Postal Service of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope[21]. As a Morgenrood he would have been no stranger to the Post Office Establishment as several of his cousins had previously entered the service[22]. On 1 January 1890 Philip was transferred as Junior Assistant Clerk to the Appointments Branch of the Post Office[23]. During the course of that year he passed the Civil Service Admission Examination[24]. On 1 February 1891 he was promoted to Third Class Clerk in the Appointments Branch[25]. It was only on 12 March 1891 that Philip’s certificate of membership was transferred from the Riversdale Dutch Reformed Church to De Nieuwe Kerk[26] at the top end of Breë Street, Cape Town[27]. At that time he was residing in a boarding house at the top end of Breë Street and working in the centre of Cape Town. On 18 November 1896 Ds D Bosman of De Nieuwe Kerk solemnised the marriage of Philip and Selina (Leila) Hulme, a spinster of Cape Town, after banns had been published[28]. The ceremony took place at a private house, “Thornton”, located at the top end of Breë Street. Selina had been born at Beaufort West in November 1866 as the daughter of William Thomas Hulme and Elizabeth Maria Anna Oostendorp[29]. The couple took up residence in a boarding house establishment at the top end of Breë Street. In 1898 Philip was promoted to Second Class in the Appointments Branch[30]. But the end of 1899 saw the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War. Public health in Cape Town had to face up to serious challenges as British troops poured into the Colony. Selina took ill and died at the boarding house establishment, “Loxbeare” at the top end of Breë Street on 29 March 1900[31]. JS Hoogendoorn, undertaker on the corner of Breë and Shortmarket Streets was responsible for the funeral arrangements. Selina was buried in the Maitland cemetery and a hearse as well as four coaches was rented through the undertakers. The sale of the assets of the deceased estate was advertised in the Cape Times and was conducted by JJ Hofmeyr and Son Auctioneers on 28 June 1900. All furniture (with the exclusion of the piano), utensils and furbishings were sold at the auction. Subsequently, the piano was privately sold for £25[32].

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Selina’s demise was followed by that of Helena Florentina Dillman (néé Carter – a daughter of a second cousin of Selina[33]) on 16 June 1900 in the age of 29 years and 3 months[34]. Helena died at “Rosenhof”, no 22 Kloof street and left her husband, George Wilhelm Dillman[35], with three small children[36]. The Dillmans were also parishioners of De Nieuwe Kerk and were in fact married in that church on 7 July 1892[37}. After their marriage they resided at no 31 New Church Street[38], before moving to no 22 Kloof Street. Philip and Wilhelm, now both widowers, were already friends at that stage and were both destined to marry girls from the same family. After taking out a special license Wilhelm married his late wife’s eldest sister, Catharina (Kitty) Fredericka Carter, in De Nieuwe Kerk’s Pastorie on 15 October 1901 – with the marriage ceremony being conducted by Ds DJ le R. Marchand[39]. The couple took up residence at no 22 Kloof Street[40], but later on moved to no 159 Beach Road, Three Anchor Bay[41]. Philip did not re-marry that soon. Apparently he did give some consideration to the idea of returning to Riversdale. In the latter half of 1903 he purchased a residential stand – measuring 55 square roods and 120 square feet in extent – for £425 from Carel Pieter Rogge de Jager. The property was transferred to him on 25 November 1903[42]. He continued to reside at the top end of Breë Street and in 1905 was promoted to First Class Clerk in the Appointments Branch of the Post Office[43]. In 1906 he moved to the Sea Point / Three Anchor Bay area as his certificate of membership was transferred from De Nieuwe Kerk to the Three Anchor Dutch Reformed Church on 30 October 1906[44]. Only after he had moved to his new place of residence, did he become on more of a friendly footing with Elizabeth Catharina Carter – a younger sister of the late Helena Florentina Dillman and also a distant relative of his first wife. Elizabeth regularly attended services at De Nieuwe Kerk as the Carter family stayed in Tamboerskloof at Grattan Lodge, no 187 Buitengracht Street and were parishioners of that church[45]. After he had moved to the SeaPoint/Three Anchor Bay area, Philip would have been in regular contact with Elizabeth’s sisters and their respective husbands. The Dillmans were at no 159 Beach Road (as already mentioned in the above), while Elizabeth’s youngest sister, Carolina (Cary) Johanna Klerck had resided in the vicinity from the beginning of 1898[46] – having by then had returned with her husband, Alexander Morrison Klerck, from Beaufort West. As from 1900 the Klercks were living at “Tebbs Folly”, a house in Main Road, Three Anchor Bay, near Penarth Road and by 1908 they were at Richmond Cottage, Main Road, Three Anchor Bay[47]. With a special marriage license having been obtained, Philip and Elizabeth were married in the Carter residence at no 187 Buitengracht Street by Ds DJ le R Marchand, the minister at De Nieuwe Kerk, on 11 November 1908[48]. As witnesses signed Ds NJ Brümmer, the minister of the Three Anchor Bay Dutch Reformed Church and the later philosophy professor of the Victoria

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College at Stellenbosch[49], and George Wilhelm Dillman. The newly-weds took up residence in Three Anchor Bay and by 1910 they were staying at “The Retreat” in Rocklands Road, Three Anchor Bay[50]. Elizabeth Carter was born in Cape Town on 24 September 1874 as the daughter of Frederick Johan Carter (20 September 1843 – 3 May 1909)[51] and Christina Petronella Heydenrych (27.10.1847 – +/- 1926)[52]. She was baptised in the Groote Kerk on 25 October 1874 and spent her childhood years in the centre of Cape Town. Her father was a compositor with the music firm of George Darter and Sons (later known as Darters) and by 1894 the family was staying at no 177 Longmarket Street[53]. By the end of the century [54] they had moved to Grattan Lodge, no 127 Buitengracht, which was by 1908 renumbered as no 187[55]. Up to the time of her marriage Elizabeth stayed with her parents and was the last of the children to leave home. Despite their respective German backgrounds, Philip and Elizabeth did not associate themselves with Cape Town’s German community. Apparently Philip did not associate with his more distant Morgenrood relations in Cape Town – in all probability because they were mostly Anglicans. From 1909 Philip was the Registry Clerk in Charge in the Post Office Establishment. Although he had left the Appointments Branch, Philip still retained his position as a First Class Clerk. This change therefore did not involve a promotion. On 31 May 1910 the Union of South Africa was formed and shortly afterwards the Department of Posts and Telegraphs was established. The designation of Philip’s position was changed to that of First Grade Clerical Assistant. It was in these years that the Morgenroods started a family. On 2 May 1910 their first child, Dennis Dominicus, was born in their house at no 6 Rocklands Road, Three Anchor Bay. He was baptised in the Three Anchor Bay Dutch Reformed Church on 19 May 1910. On 28 June 1912 a second son, John William, was born. It was apparently by this time that Philip had finally abandoned the idea of returning to Riversdale. In the closing months of 1910 he sold his stand in the village of Riversdale to one Jan Hendrik Joubert for £325 – with the transfer to the latter taking place on 21 December 1910. By that time the economy found itself in the throes of a recession and he had accordingly sold his stand at what amounted to a sizeable loss[56]. In the newly-formed Union of South Africa progress was being made with the rationalisation and re-organising of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs. The Registry Section was moved to Pretoria and at the end of 1913 Philip and his family left Cape Town for Pretoria. On 18 December 1913 the church membership certificates of Philip and his wife were withdrawn from the Three Anchor Bay Durch Reformed Church[57]. On 4 April 1914 these certificates were submitted to the Bosman Street Dutch Reformed Church in Pretoria[58]. The Morgenroods occupied a rented dwelling at no 23 Devenish Street, Sunnyside – just north of the bridge over the Walker Spruit. By 1918 Philip was First Class Clerical Assistant in the Records Branch and sometime during 1921 he was Acting Principal Clerk[59] – thereafter reverting to his old position of First Class Clerical Assistant.

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It was only during the closing years of the decade of the 1910s that Philip started to participate in church affairs. In October 1918 he was seriously ill with Spanish Flu, which at that time had reached pandemic proportions. On 17 January 1919 he was elected as deacon of the Groote Kerk in Bosman Street, Pretoria at a combined meeting of the Kerkraad in the place of Mr F Duminy, who had resigned[60]. On 28 May 1920 he was elected as elder for Ward I, which was to the south of Church Street. This position he accepted at the combined meeting of the Kerkraad on 9 July 1920[61]. He had, however, obtained permission to be absent from Kerkraad meetings for the period 15 January 1921 to 1 April 1921[62]. On 3 June 1921 he attended his last Kerkraad meeting at the Groote Kerk[63]. In the early 1920s the Pretoria-East Dutch Reformed Church in Kirkness Street (opposite Loftus Versfeld) was established, and the Morgenroods now joined this parish[64]. On Thursday, 4 October 1923, Philip was elected as an elder on the Kerkraad of this parish[65]. On 24 January 1924 a combined meeting of the Kerkraad elected Philip and Mr PS Krige as its representatives on the Dutch Reformed Church’s Plaaslike Sending Kommissie[66]. On 5 March 1925 Philip was appointed as representative of the Pretoria East Dutch Reformed Church on the board of the Y.M.C.A.in Pretoria[67]. On 1 Ocober 1925 he was re-elected as elder[68]. It was only on 30 January 1926 that the certificates of membership for Philip and Elizabeth were brought over from the Groote Kerk to the Pretoria East Dutch Reformed Church[69]. At the end of 1927 Philip resigned as elder[70]. In these years Philip also helped out at the Society of Prisoners’ Friends. Although they had left Pretoria by 1940, the Morgenroods’ certificates of membership were never forwarded from the Pretoria East Dutch Reformed Church. Elizabeth was not that much involved with the activities of women’s organisations and movements in Pretoria. Nevertheless, she made a point of it to attend an annual service at the Irene Kamp Kerkhof. In either 1920 or 1921 the family was to attend the service. But then General JC Smuts used his influence not to have the train stopping at the Irene Railway Station on that day. All the attendees therefore travelled with wagons to Irene. However, Elizabeth was so annoyed with all this that she phoned Smuts at his home in Irene and told him that his actions were absolutely disgraceful and deplored his callousness and indifference as regards the suffering of the Boer women and children during the duration of the conflict. Both she and Philip subsequently ended their support of the South African Party and joined General JBM Hertzog’s National Party. Since their arrival in the beginning of 1914 right up to the late 1930s, the Morgenroods resided in Sunnyside. Initially they rented houses, inter alia no 23 Devenish Street and in Inez Street. Eventually, Philip purchased a house in Melville Street. The two sons attended the Sunnyside Primary School and thereafter the Pretoria Boys’ High School. During these years they also regularly visited the Cape for holidays as Philip on an annual basis got a so-called “railway pass” as part of his remuneration. At first they stayed with Elizabeth’s mother, Mrs Christina Petronella Carter (néé Heydenrych), at her cottage opposite the Mouille Point

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Lighthouse. In later years they stayed with the Klercks at no 6 Rocklands Road, Three Anchor Bay and also at seaside hotels, like the Clarensville Hotel in Clarens Road, Sea Point. Other holidays were spent at Margate on the Natal South Coast. In about 1929 Philip retired from the Civil Service, but stayed on in Sunnyside. His elder son had completed his schooling and had found employment with the Pretoria Municipality. The younger son, having also completed his schooling, joined the Department of Posts and Telegraphs as a technician in the Telephone and Telegraphs Section on 17 September 1935[71]. The elder son was appointed as Assistant Town Clerk of Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape in 1938. In about 1940 Philip and his wife had moved down to Eastern Cape seaside town of Port Alfred on the Kowie River. Here Philip on a voluntary basis assisted the famed Prof JLB Smith of Rhodes University in his seaside laboratory with his studies in ichthyology. After the end of World War II Philip and his wife moved to Humansdorp, where Philip died on 18 June 1949[72]. Elizabeth thereafter retired to the village of Rawsonville, near Worcester, and took up residence in the Rawsonville Hotel. She died there on 11 August 1951 and was buried in the Dutch Reformed cemetery at Worcester. 1. Morgenrood, P: “William Dennis Morgenrood – A Biography”, Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Library, vol 34(4), June

1980. William was born at Wynberg near Cape Town as the eighth child of Hendrik Nicolaas Morgenrood (Morgenroth) and Eva Catharina (Evalina) Siese on 8 September 1821 (Cf Morgenrood, P: “Morgenrood”, Familia vol xi(4), 1974, p 91). Yet Dr DF du Toit Malherbein in his book Family Register of the South African Nation (3rd Edition, Tegniek, Stellenbosch, 1966, 1208 pp) reported William Dennis and his wife, Charlotta Louisa Amelia Flügel, as immigrating from the Netherlands. The Notulen Boeke van die Kerkraad van die Ned Herv of Geref Gemeente, Pretoria, 1914-1919, and the Notule Boek van die Ned Geref Gemeente, Pretoria-Oos, reveal that Dr Malherbe and PD morgenrood served on the respective Kerkrade simultaneously. It can therefore be assumed that Malherbe must have obtained his information on the Morgenroods from Philip Morgenrood and one can speculate that the error arose from either a misunderstanding between the two men or from a lack of knowledge on the part of Philip Morgenrood. Cf Morgenrood, P: “William Dennis Morgenrood – A Biography”, Op cit. pp 111-112. Charlotta was born in 1824. To date all attempts to establish the name of her parents and the place of her birth (in Germany) have failed. Obviously she was not related to the Flügel family of the Eastern Province.

2. Loc cit. 3. Ibid., p 124. 4. Ibid., p 125.

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5. Ibid., p 126. 6. Ibid., p 125. 7. Smit, AP: Eeufees-Album van die Nederduits-Gereformeerde Gemeente Riversdale (1839-1939), Nasionale Pers Beperk,

Kaapstad, 1939, pp 30-31. 8. Cf Morgenrood. P: “Philip Dominicus Morgenrood – the Squire of ‘Wijnberg’s Hoogte’” (Part I), Quarterly Bulletin of the South

African Library, vol 37(4), June 1983, pp 287-297, and Morgenrood. P: “Philip Dominicus Morgenrood – the Squire of ‘Wijnberg’s Hoogte’” (Part II), Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Library, vol 38(1), Sept 1983, pp 19-30.

9. Morgenrood, P: “William Dennis Morgenrood – A Biography”, Op cit., p 126. 10. Loc cit. 11. Cape Archives Depot: MOOC 7/1/158. 12. Reitz was an acquaintance of Philip’s parents and had signed as witness to the latters’ mutual will (Cf Morgenrood, WD and

Morgenrood, CLA: Mutual Will, Cape Archives Depot: MOOC 7/1/325, no 690.) Reitz was also mayor of Riversdale from 1886 to 1903.

13. Smit, AP: Op cit, p 108. 14. Ibid., p 108 and p 119 15. Raubenheimer, D: Familia Raubenheimer, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, 1978, p 89. It cannot readily be

determined with which family Philip resided. Samuel Jacob Raubenheimer and his wife Rosina Elisabeth Muller arrived in the Riversdale district in about 1836. They had two sons, Johan Adam (Christoffel) and Anthony Michal Muller. The first had left Riversdale for Burgersdorp by 1881 and the second had left Riversdale for Soebatsfontein in Namaqualand sometime after 1885.

16. Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk, * Melkhoutkraal, district Riversdale, 20.08.1853, + Riversdale, 22.01.1936, x(1) Helen Smalberger (d.o. JB Smalberger), + January 1927. Volschenk achieved fame as the painter of landscapes. Up to 1904 he had been involved with the firm of Reitz and Versfeld, but he resigned so as to devout himself entirely to his painting (Van Wyk, F: Riversdale, 1938-1988, Nasionale Bookdrukkery, Goodwood, 1988, pp 174-175).

17. JJ Crous and his family later moved to Vrede in the Orange Free State. However, they did baptise two children in the Riversdale Dutch Reformed Church, viz. Charlotta Louisa Amelia Crous on 11.01.1885 and William Morgenrood Crous on 10.07.1887.

18. In Smit, AP: Op cit., p 53 there is a group photograph of the senior school boys, with Philip Morgenrood standing next to Helgard MJ van Rensburg, The photograph was taken in 1885 when Philip was 17 years old.

19. Supplied by the Archives of the Cape Dutch Reformed Church in a letter dated 17 July 1984.

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20. Government of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope: Civil Service List, 1890. 21. Philip’s cousin, John William Morgenrood (Cf Morgenrood, P: “The Morgenroods of Wynberg”, Familia vol xvi(3), 1979, pp 71-

72) had served the Post Office as Secretary and Accountant from 1871 to 1880, and, after having resigned from the Civil Service in 1884, had resumed his career in the Stores Branch of the Post Office on 1 July 1893, retiring eventually on 1 July 1904. Another cousin, George William Stegmann Morgenrood, served as postmaster in several country post offices. From about 1898 to 1904 he served in various administrative capacities in the Post Office in Cape Town, thereafter returning to the Eastern Cape (where he died on 3 April 1906). Further, Johannes Hendrik (John Henry) Morgenrood – a son of Philip’s cousin, Hendrik Jacobus Morgenrood – was employed as a letter carrier at the Cape Town Post Office from 12 April 1886 until 1900 (Cf various editions of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope: Civil Service Lists, 1888-1900).

22. Government of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope: Civil Service List, 1891. 23. Government of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope: Civil Service List, 1896. 24. Government of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope: Civil Service List, 1895. 25. De Nieuwe Kerk was established as an independent DRC parish on 1 Janauary 1891. On p 173 of his book Die Moeder van

Ons Almal – Geskiedenis van die Gemeente Kaapstad 1665-1965, Ds HC Hopkins wrote that it had functioned as a semi-independent adjunct of the Groote Kerk, Cape Town since October 1878. In his 1946 University of Stellenbosch MA-thesis “Die Kerklike Werksaamhede van Abraham Faure”, JA Heyns took the history of De Nieuwe Kerk much further back into the past. By 1829 the Groote Kerk could only seat 1600 congregants, while there were 5500 parishioners. Ds Abraham Faure, second minister of the church since 1822, was very much distressed by this state of affairs and on 6 July 1829 submitted a proposal to the Kerkraad that the Colonial Administration be asked for permission to build a second place of worship within the boundaries of the parish. As a possible site he had in mind a stand between Breë Street and the Buitengracht. Building somewhat tentatively commenced in 1831 and on 18 April 1833 the Governor, Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, laid the foundation stone. All work was suspended about 5 months on. By 1835 the focus had shifted to renovating the Groote Kerk, which had been deteriorating over the years. The Groote Kerk was closed and first the Lutheran Church and thereafter the Zending Gestight in Long Street was used for services. It was only in 1843 that building work on the site of De Nieuwe Kerk resumed. In April 1843 Abraham Faure launched a new drive for the establishment of parish. As from mid-1845 The Zending Gestight was again begin used for sermons and the building activities went ahead with greater speed. On 27 Oktober 1847 the building was consecrated and Abraham Faure became the resident minister. [Note: By 1920 De Nieuwe Kerk closed down and the parish was re-established as the DRC Tamboerskloof.]

26. Supplied by the Archives of the Cape Dutch Reformed Church in a letter dated 17 July 1984. 27. Dutch Reformed Church, Nieuwe Kerk (Tamboerskloof): Marriage Register, 1896, no 157.

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28. For more details on the Hulme family see Addendum A. There are grounds for doubts as to whether Selina had indeed been born at Beaufort-West as the local Dutch Reformed Church has no record of her baptism. A younger sister, Hannah Sophia (later known as Julia), born on 2 September 1868, was baptised there on 10 November 1868 (provided by Dr JA Heese in a letter dated 30 July 1984). It does not seem as though William Thomas Hulme is related to the recognised founder of the Hulme family in South Africa – one Samuel Holditch Hulme, born in London in circa 1800 and an 1820-settler.

29. Government of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope: Civil Service List, 1898. 30. Morgenrood, S: Death Notice, Cape Archives Depot: MOOC 6/9/402 no 1688. Cf also Morgenrood, P: “Oostendorp”, Familia,

vol xv(1), 1978, p 4. 31. Morgenrood, S: First and Final Liquidation Account, filed 13 December 1900. 32. Helena Florentina’s great-grandfather, Hendrik Rudolph Oostendorp (baptised on 27 March 1791 in the Groote Kerk, Cape

Town) was a younger brother of Selina Hulme’s maternal grandfather, Jan Aijkes Oostendorp (baptised on 16 August 1789 in the Groote Kerk, Cape Town). Cf also Morgenrood, P: “Oostendorp”, Op cit., pp 3-4.

33. Dillman, HF: Death Notice, Cape Archives Depot: MOOC 6?9/4305 no 2407. 34. George Wilhelm Dillman was born in Cape Town on 15 May 1866 as the son of Georg Wilhelm Dillman and Isabella Elizabeth

van der Westhuijsen and was baptised in the Strand Street Evangelical Lutheran Church on 10 June 1866. He died at his residence “Nyon”, Avenue des Huguenots, Fresnaye, Cape Town on 24 August 1958 (CPD Estate no 2930/58). At the time of his death he was a widower as Catharina Frederika Carter had died on 10 December 1939.

35. The three children were Christina Petronella, George Wilhelm and Frederick Johan. 36. Dutch Reformed Church, Nieuwe Kerk (Tamboerskloof): Marriage Register, 1892, no 30. 37. The Argus Annual, 1894. 38. Dutch Reformed Church, Nieuwe Kerk (Tamboerskloof): Marriage Register, 1901, no 261. 39. Juta’s Directory, 1900 and 1901. 40. Juta’s Directory, 1908. 41. Cape Deeds Office: T17397/25.11.1903. 42. Government of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope: Civil Service List, 1905. 43. Supplied by the Archives of the Cape Dutch Reformed Church in a letter dated 17 July 1894. 44. Juta’s Directory, 1908. 45. On 13 April 1898 Alexander Morrison Klerck and Carolina Johanna Carter baptized their first child, Frederick Reynold (born 7

September 1897) in the Three Anchor Bay Dutch Reformed Church. 46. Juta’s Directory, 1908. 47. Dutch Reformed Church, Nieuwe Kerk (Tamboerskloof): Marriage Register, 1908, no 404.

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48. Boucher, M: Spes in Arduis – ‘n Geskiedenis van die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika, Pretoria, 1973, p 357. 49. Juta’s Directory, 1912 and 1913. 50. The Carter family came to South Africa as 1820 settlers. Elizabeth’s grandfather, Frederick Carter, was born in London in 1817

as the son of Frederick James Carter and Maria Sophia Lievens. The Carters were members of Milne’s party of settlers and sailed to the Cape in the Sir George Osborn.

51. Christina Petronella Heydenrych was the fifth child of Dirk Johannes Heydenrych (04.07.1817 – 21.08.1858) and Catharina Dorothea Brand. DJ Heydenrych was a printer in Cape Town. He was the son of Joachim Andreas Heydenrych (23.07.1787 – 25.01.1861) and Christina Petronella Hillegeist (1787 – 16.12.1830), daughter of Christian Hillegeist, a German teacher and first sexton of the Strand Street Evangelical Lutheran Church.

52. Juta’s Directory, 1894. 53. Juta’s Directory, 1900 and 1901. 54. Juta’s Directory, 1908. The property was situated between Victoria and Carisbrooke Streets on the eastern side of the

Buitengracht, The Argus Annual, 1908. 55. Cape Deeds Office, T2983/21.12.1910. 56. Supplied by the Cape Dutch Reformed Church Archives in a letter dated 29 June 1984. 57. Groote Kerk, Pretoria, Lidmate Register B, Folio 115 – Entry no 14, Philip Dominicus Morgenrood and Entry no 15, Elizabeth

Catharina Carter. 58. Government of the Union of South Africa: Public Service List, 1918. 59. Kerkraad, Ned Herv of Geref Gemeente, Pretoria (Groote Kerk, Pretoria): Notulen Boek, 1914 – 1919. 60. Kerkraad, Ned Herv of Geref Gemeente, Pretoria (Groote Kerk, Pretoria): Notulen Boek, 1920 – 1923. 61. Ibid. 62. Ibid. 63. Ned Geref Gemeente, Pretoria-Oos, Notulen Boek. 64. Ibid. 65. Ibid. 66. Ibid. 67. Ibid. 68. Ned. Geref. Gemeente, Pretoria Oos: Lidmate Register, vol 1, p 19: Entry no 11, Philip Dominicus Morgenrood and Entry no 12,

Elizabeth Catharina Carter. 69. Ned. Geref. Gemeente, Pretoria Oos: Notule Boek. As from the Kerkraad meeting of 12 December 1927 his name is no longer

given as elder.

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70. Government of the Union of South Africa: Public Service List, 1936. 71. Morgenrood, PD: Estate no 3394/48, Master of the Supreme Court, Cape Provincial Division. ADDENDUM A: HULME William Thomas Hulme, * Stockport, England 1818, + Beaconsfield 25.08.1896 (Cape Archives Depot: MOOC 6/9/356 no 2275), x(1) Elizabeth Maria Johanna Oostendorp (d.o. Jan Aijkes Oostendorp and Maria Johanna Beyleveld), * 03.11.1825 b1 Elizabeth Maria Anna, x(1) Arthur Herbert Gott, * Yorkshire 1855, + 8 Hofmeyr Street, Cape Town, 29.01.1917

c1 Arthur Hulme Gott c2 Harry Aubrey Gott c3 Ivor Gorlake Gott

b2 Marie Diane b3 William Thomas b4 Louisa, x(1) Richard Marcus (s.o. Simon Marcus and Elenor Marcus), * Grahamstown 1837, + at his residence “Queen Hithe”, Sea Point 09.07.1911

c1 Simon William Beaufort Marcus c2 Helenor Marcus, x(1) October 1897 Albert Greyham of Height Street, Doornfontei, Johannesburg c3 Rosa Marcus c4 Julian Marcus c5 Ruben Marcus c6 Ernest Marcus c7 Hamilton Marcus c8 Ethel Marcus c9 Hannah Gracie Marcus c10 Ivy Tranna Marcus

b5 Selina (Leila), * Beaufort West Nov 1866, + Cape Town 129.03.1900, x(1) Philip Dominicus Morgenrood b6 Julia, * 02.09.1868, + 10.02.1896, x(1) George Henry Lippiatt

c1 Frederich Lippiatt c2 Norah Lippiatt

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c3 Olive Lippiatt c4 Unnamed infant, * 07.02.1896

APPENDIX

MEMORIES OF HANNES AND LIEFIE FAURE (NEE KLERCK)

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Alexander Pierre Faure (1946-) Sheila and I decided to move back to Cape Town in 1992 because the wrinklies were getting on. Both my parents and Sheila’s mother were still hale and hearty at the time, but were approaching eighty. Anything over three score years plus ten, dad said, was injury time, and was to be relished and enjoyed to the fullest extent. We wanted to be part of it.

Dad’s deep-seated philosophy of life was that when Saint Peter inspects a person upon arrival at the Pearly Gates, before making a recommendation on entry to Heaven, the body must provide strong evidence of a life which was enjoyed. The lungs, the heart, the liver, the gall bladder, and so on, must be all used up. It is not right to arrive in Heaven with good body parts. Dad also lived by the conviction that wealth is measured not by your net worth, but by the number of people you can call your friend. Saint Peter must also detect deep laugh lines on your face. Dad had eight years of injury time, and we shared three of those years - mostly around the dining table in a fog of cigarette smoke and surrounded by bottles of fine wine and gaiety. We are certain that he passed the inspection with flying colours and was welcomed with open arms by the Big Guy.

We were also fortunate to share the last five years of Sheila’s mother’s full life. She was a special lady with a special life philosophy. She had an innate warmth for others, believed fiercely in washing used plastic bags and tin foil for use again (she was

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a young bride during the Second World War) and espoused sharing. But not just any kind of sharing. She kindly shared all her thoughts with us - verbally, of course. She believed that thoughts must not be neglected. They must all be shared at all costs. When on her own, she even used to make notes of her thoughts for dissemination at a later stage. Mom had a pragmatic life philosophy. A person wakes up each morning and has to make a decision between two moods: misery or happiness. She chose the latter and delighted in each day. As someone once said, she sucked the marrow out of the bone of life. Like dad, she believed that money is a sick way of keeping score. She also believed that the body must be moderately abused, and thus rejoiced in the derivatives of the vine and tobacco plant. Mom lived at Somerset Oaks Retirement Village, Somerset West in her last years, and had many friends. There she attended Bible study classes, because she wanted to go to Heaven to meet the old man and her friends. This, however, was subject to whether they sold cigarettes and good wine up there. She was convinced the devil sold these commodities down below. Mom also believed strongly in obeying the doctor. Her doctor once ordered her to not smoke more than five cigarettes per day. Mom smoked exactly five cigarettes during the day. At night, however, she smoked as many as she liked.

* We grew up on a wine farm at Faure just outside Somerset West, and lived in a rambling old farmhouse. We wanted for nothing, but it was not this that made us privileged. It was the lively and happy home atmosphere in which we grew up which made us privileged. The folks adored each another and created an environment of love, well being, caring and laughter. House mystics would have approved of our house. Such people claim to be able to ‘feel’ the emotional history of a house, that is, the aura, the atmosphere, the ‘vibe’, of a house. In our house the walls, the doors, the ceilings and floors were impregnated with laughter, happiness and contentment.

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Dad was called Hannes, short for Johannes, by his friends, and grew up on the farm. He was tall, broad-shouldered, and handsome, and was eyed covertly by the women. He was a World War II Spitfire pilot, decorated with the DSO and twice with the DFC, and he enjoyed harassing the Germans in the sky. He also removed a sufficient number from the sky to be awarded the Ace Pilot accreditation. After the Nationalists took office in 1948, dad was convinced that he would be ejected from his position of Officer Commanding of Air Force Base Ysterplaat. He resigned and joined his brother Hennie on the family farm at Faure. Together, they built a successful wine estate.

Mom was affectionately known as Liefie (little loved one), despite a lifelong crusade to be called Rita, short for Marguerita. She was the only daughter in the large Klerck family of Sea Point, Cape Town, and was doted upon by her many brothers. She stood all of five foot and two inches at maximum height age (and brought down the tall genes of the Morkel family – dad’s mom) and was a real good looker (she said ‘gorgeous’). Even when she was a wrinklie, she remained gorgeous, with a figure that was the envy of many non-wrinklies. The folks met during the war and, given mom’s looks, dad had serious competition. Mother’s brothers were not too keen on this rough boy from the farm. It probably also had something to do with the fact that he spent a lot of time in North Africa, Malta and Italy irritating the Germans, and his first port of call upon returning from a mission was the Klerck home in Sea Point. They waited up for her when she was out gallivanting with the farm boy to make sure that nothing ungentlemanly took place. And so did the competition! One fine night in 1943, as dad was giving mom a passionate embrace at the front door, one of the competition fell out of the large fig tree and landed on the hard concrete right next to them. He got up and, without a word, scurried away with purpose. (His purpose, no doubt, was to get away from the man who put bullets into people who competed with him.) Mom was the first to admit that she has led a highly privileged life. She brought up six children with much domestic help, and had no constraint on shopping. The latter was given by dad on the population census forms as mom’s occupation. We grew up in an ideal physical environment: many hectares of vines and an expansive view over False Bay. The farm is close to Cape Town (twenty minutes by car), and next door to Somerset West, the Strand and Stellenbosch. We were therefore not

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deprived of entertainment and friends as many rural farm kids are. We helped on the farm during school holidays, especially at the time of the tobacco harvest and the pars (pressing of the grapes). We attended the local schools and had wide circles of friends. We had Sunday lunches with three meat roasts, crispy roast potatoes and five vegetables, followed by two puddings. Good wines always complemented the meal and we learnt to appreciate them from a young age. We were encouraged to play sport and our parents never missed a game (except once). Spare time, apart from sport, was spent eyeing the girls on the Strand beach, on a surfboard, or diving for abalone and crayfish.

* Even though by some standards we were privileged, we did have some rough moments. Some of them scarred us psychologically for life. My earliest memory is burnt into my brain - like words on a computer screen that does not have a screen saver. I was two or three at the time. Dad rushed into my bedroom, threw my teddy aside, and dragged me by the arm to the lounge. I could not understand why I was being dragged down the long passage. The dragging stopped and dad pointed to a huge, curly product of someone’s or something’s bowel, lying quietly on the carpet behind the couch. I recognised it immediately. It belonged to my favourite dog, Blompot (flower pot). The tip of Blompot’s product-of-the-bowel looked like the tip of a soft-serve ice cream. I smiled my recognition up to dad. He glowered down at me. ‘How could you do that?’ I was devastated. He thought it was I! How could he even think that I would do such a horrible thing? It was obvious that it was the dog’s turd. I knew that because I was the local dog turd inspector. I protested my innocence in two-year-old language, but to no avail. Only gibberish came out. I was neuked (bashed) by dad, and I recall bashing the dog with my teddy afterwards. Another indelible memory is the event that took place as we were driving home from friends after a long Sunday lunch when I was three or four. Without warning the car skidded to a halt. Dad, looking rather pale, turned around and without warning ripped my dear cap off my head and promptly deposited his lunch and its accompaniments into it. He then threw my filled cap into the bush. I couldn’t believe that this was happening to me. Why my cap? How could I live without my cap? But I then felt sorry for dad. He was obviously sick. I had seen the dog do what he did on the carpet before, get bashed by mom or dad, and look miserable for a time thereafter. I could not understand why mom did not feel sorry for dad. She barked at him and insisted on driving. Another lasting childhood memory took place when I was four and my elder brother, Philip, six. We were lighting matches in dad’s new MG Sports that was parked under the palm tree. About the tenth match burnt Philip’s hand, and he promptly dropped the

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match on the seat. To our horror the seat started burning. We were trying to stomp the fire to death by jumping up and down on the seat. Dad arrived on the scene to see smoke and us jumping on his precious seats. He ripped open the door, yanked us out of the car and beat us while we tried to tell him that the car was burning. ‘This will teach you not to smoke and to jump on my new seats,’ he shouted. When dad realised what was really happening it was too late. The flames took hold and car burnt out. My father was not a happy man. The main reason my brothers, sister and I are psychologically scarred is that dad’s dogs and mom’s cats were treated better than we were. Mom had about ten cats and dad always had three dogs. The cats had names such as Siemels, Poefies, Gillette (a thin cat), Minora (Gillette’s offspring), 23:59 (a black cat), Mama, Streepies, and so on. The dogs had names such as Bandiet (bandit - given to dad by a labourer he had bailed out of jail), Blompot (flower pot), and Aunty and Uncle. It was OK having all these dogs and cats around, but the folks used to buy the cats and dogs bigger presents than we got, and referred more to them than to us in their letters when they were away: ‘Dear children, we are all fine. How are the dogs and cats? I hope that you are not forgetting to feed them. And don’t forget the Bob Martin’s,’ the letter started. Then came the limited blah, blah, blah about the holiday and it ended with, ‘We hope that you kids are behaving yourselves. Give the dogs and cats a big hug. Tell them we love them and miss them very much. Ta Ta for now.’ Mom bought so many presents on holiday that they, according to dad, were obliged to hire a glider that was towed behind the Boeing to get them home. Dad put a stop to this after a few years, and mom then resorted to buying presents in South Africa that were made in the country of their holiday. She hid them until their return. We were none the wiser until their holiday to Mauritius in 1960 was cancelled, because mom had the flu. All our Christmas presents that year had Made in Mauritius labels attached.

* Because mom and dad had six children, mom had little spare time, and she consequently had many domestics to help in the house. The result was that mom’s cooking skills remained underdeveloped. Mom’s lack of skill in the kitchen remained undetected - until they moved to the Somerset Oaks retirement village in Somerset West, where there was no help. Her feats in the kitchen were most peculiar. Possibly the most unusual was her endeavour to ‘cook’ frozen chips (fries) in a pan after spraying the pan with the newly released spray-canned Spray and Cook product. On one occasion mom tried to emulate a Kingklip with lemon butter and white wine dish they had much enjoyed at friends. She asked for the recipe and set to work to impress dad a few nights later. She also wanted to rebuild her self-esteem, which had been

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drastically lowered by her children and their spouses following disclosure by dad of the Spray and Cook episode. Mom read the recipe, put her reading glasses aside to ensure that they would not get all greasy, and set to work. The Kingklip fried away nicely and mom added the lemon butter sauce at the right time. It looked wonderful and dad’s nostrils probably flared when the aroma wafted into the lounge. She then took a bottle of white wine from the fridge and added a few glugs. Horrors! It went all sticky and gooey. Thinking that more white wine would solve the problem, mom added another few glugs. It went even more sticky and gooey. She was mortified. No problem. Mom scraped the goo from the Kingklip and served it with properly fried chips (that is, chips not prepared in the pan with Spray and Cook). Dad dutifully ate the dish under mom’s watchful eye but said not a word, while mom feasted on a boiled egg. The following morning mom, with her glasses on, discovered that the wine bottle transmuted into a Soda Stream lemonade concentrate bottle during the night. Once again, she was distraught. ‘Hannes, why did you not tell me?’ Dad: ‘Tell you what, my darling?’ Mom: ‘About the Kingklip ... do you know what I did?’ She gave him the gory details. Dad: ‘I did not want to hurt your feelings. But I am going to tell the children.’ What a cruel man he was. Mom’s self-esteem plunged in anticipation. A few weeks later mom read a supermarket advertorial about a new fresh water crayfish. Dad would have done a bollemakiesie (somersault) for a piece of crayfish. This was her chance to regain dad’s culinary respect. She rushed out and purchased three pieces, two for dad and one for herself. She unwrapped the crayfish, and was most disappointed with the appearance. They could be off. Just to make sure that they were not off she fed one of the crayfish pieces to the dog (note: dad’s dog, and not her cat). The dog devoured the crayfish and licked his chops. His eyes smiled. Mom was then sorry her cat had not been fed the delicacy. Satisfied that the crayfish was not off, mother served dad with the remaining two pieces of crayfish on a bed of lettuce, garnished with tomato and tangy mayonnaise. She poured dad a glass of chilled Welmoed Chardonnay, and gave him a cheery grin. Mom felt good. She had reclaimed her lost self-esteem. She felt redeemed. Mom then sat down to her boiled egg, the dog having devoured her portion of crayfish. Dad stabbed a portion with his fork and placed it on his quivering tongue. He was about to murmur ‘Mm,’ when the taste registered. He looked over at mom and said softly, ‘Liefie, this crayfish is not cooked.’ Mom was devastated. Dad was kind on that occasion. He disclosed this juicy piece of information to the family only after three days. Given serious ragging by her awful (except me) children, and much experimentation, mom’s cooking skills improved. However, dad informed me confidentially once that he was pleased that Somerset Oaks had a dining room where lunch is served every day.

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Mom often has the family over for dinner. She now only serves Woolies (Woolworths, the local equivalent of Marks & Spencer) pre-made food, or takes us out.

* Mom is a feisty woman and she took no nonsense from dad. She kept him in line and there are many incidents to demonstrate this individuality. The one took place while driving with friends from the farm to a restaurant in Somerset West some years ago. As they entered the outskirts of the town mom swung her head in dad’s direction. ‘Hannes, you are driving too fast,’ she admonished. Dad: ‘I’m only going at a hundred.’ Mom: ‘The speed limit is sixty in urban areas and you are going too fast. You are going to get a fine.’ Dad: ‘It’s downhill. They never trap on a downhill.’ Mom: ‘Hannes, slow down!’ Just then a traffic policeman jumped out of the bush and stopped them with his extended arm. He sauntered up to the car with that nonchalant variety of walk and that stony facial expression that cops learn at cop school. Mom: ‘Good. Now you are going to get a stiff fine.’ Dad: ‘Just watch me. I’ll talk him out of it. I always do.’ Dad had a way with people. He turned down the window and gave the fuzz his best smile. He opened his mouth and got ready to launch into his defence. Mom leaned across dad to the driver’s window. ‘Fine him. He deserves it. He was driving at one hundred kilometres per hour. I’ll testify to this in court.’ Dad was stunned and his mouth promptly closed. The traffic cop was equally stunned. And so were the friends sitting in the back of the car. What was the matter with this woman? The traffic policeman pulled out the dreaded pad and wrote out the ticket. He handed it to dad, bent lower, and flashed mom a (probably uncommon) smile. ‘I’ve given you a discount for the entertainment.’

* Mom was an enthusiastic knitter. Another one of my lasting childhood memories is of mom knitting. She knitted every night while we listened to the radio. This was before television arrived in South Africa (it was banned because the Nationalists did not want our minds to be corrupted; our minds had to be clean for the propaganda machine). When television arrived in 1976, mom was so good at knitting that she did not even have to look down to see if the plains and pearls were correctly executed. Mom knitted while she waited for us at school, chatting to the other mothers. She even knitted while she watched us pulverising the opposition on the rugby field. She knitted on the beach. She knitted up a storm. The knitting shop people gave mom a raucous welcome whenever she came into the shop.

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We were never short of knitted wear. We had beanies to keep the warmth escaping from our heads. And they had those special pom-poms on top. We had red jerseys, blue jerseys and green jerseys. We had mixed-colour jerseys. We even had knitted gloves. We did not like the winter, because we had to wear mom’s creations. At the first hint of warm weather we discarded our jerseys, beanies and gloves. ‘Won’t you be cold?’ mom would ask on the first day of spring. ‘It’s freezing outside.’ ‘No, mom, we’ll be fine,’ replied my brother slowly through his blue lips. An indication of the quality of mom’s knitting first dawned on her after forty years of intense knitting activity. Brother, Lance, suffered a burglary in Johannesburg. The burglar removed most of the clothes, with the exception of a few uninteresting items and mom’s knitted jerseys, beanies and gloves. She hasn’t been the same since. Mom now knits for the jerseyless, beanieless and gloveless homeless.

* Dad and mom were keen on sport, and they prided themselves on never missing an event in which their children participated. Back in the seventies brother Piet was playing for one of the Strand-Somerset West rugby sides at the Charles Morkel Stadium in the Strand. As usual, mom and dad were there to support their second youngest. After the game they hugged Piet and congratulated him on beating the Villagers B-side by 23-12. Piet looked at them in amazement and, through a broad grin, informed them that he had played on the C-field and lost 14-36 to the Villagers C-side. Dad and mom, with sheepish looks, informed Piet that maybe it was time they saw the optometrist. Mom remains keen on sport. But this enthusiasm did not extend to herself. It applied only to others, and she enjoyed listening to or watching their activities. All the other wrinklies at Somerset Oaks were up early in the morning, walking or swimming with determination. This intense activity was repeated in the late afternoon. Mom’s flat bordered the swimming pool, and some serious splashing and consequent heavy breathing and grunting repeatedly awakened her. She smiled and got up (on the right side of the bed) to make a pot of Five Roses. While the kettle murmured its way to boiling point, she listened to the activity in the pool. The hectic activity wore her out after a while. Exhausted, she took her tea up to the bedroom, snuggled up in bed and lit up a cigarette. A pleasant doze usually followed. When the swimming sessions ended, mom’s energy returned, and she got ready to embrace the day. And this mom did with great enthusiasm. Her days were filled with diverse activities such as shopping, going to the movies (residents of the complex asked mom for movie reviews when they decided to go), having tea and scones and/or lunch and/or dinner with friends, watching soapies

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and so on. Anything that required effort of an even slight aerobic nature was strictly avoided. Mom said that she did not want to peak out too early in life.

* A result of mom’s diverse activities is that her children had to make appointments to see her. ‘Hi mom, how are you?’ ‘Fine thanks, my wonderful son. How are you and the children?’ (I’m the favourite.) Me: ‘Everybody is fine, thanks. Mom, how would you like to spend the day with us on Sunday?’ Mon: ‘Sorry, I’m out to breakfast with Annabelle at the Helderberg Nature Reserve. Then I’m lunching with the Hoefies at Vergelegen. But thanks for the invitation.’ Me: ‘Oh, okay. What about dinner at the Ou Pastorie in Somerset West on Wednesday night?’ This is one of mom’s favourite restaurants. Mom: ‘Sorry, I’m off to the theatre. But thanks awfully for asking me.’ This is the way it was with my mother. You have to book her far in advance. The reason for mother having to split herself into tiny pieces is that everybody wanted a piece of her. And this is because she had the most engaging personality. She was kind and caring and did not say a bad word about anybody. She was interested in other people and was therefore an interesting person herself. She exuded happiness and contentment and people wanted to be with her because she lifted their spirits. She was the life and soul of the party. She was a human tonic. Mom’s grandchildren loved her to bits. They thought she was the coolest grandmother around and sought her company. And so did the guy who fell out of the fig tree in 1943! After he scurried away with purpose, mom never saw him again - until dad passed away. The fig tree lurker became a charming companion for mom. ‘Mom, he’s after your money,’ brother Johan said when the fig tree lurker arrived back on the scene after 54 years. Mom: ‘No, he’s not. He’s after my bod.’

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Mom’s most engaging characteristic was her compassion for fellow mortals. Many years’ ago an artist held an exhibition at Somerset Oaks. The paintings went slowly over a two-week period. Then there was one left. It hung in the dining room for weeks afterwards. Mom saw it every day during lunch, hanging all on its own. It had an abandoned look and it haunted her. After a few weeks she could take the stress no longer and bought it. ‘Pierre, I bought you a painting,’ mom said to me on one my visits (by appointment only, of course). ‘Mom, you are so kind. Why did you do that? Mom related the story of the forlorn-looking painting. ‘I bought it because I felt sorry for it. It was all on its own weeks and weeks. I could not understand why nobody wanted it.’ I couldn’t wait to see it. ‘Where is it, mom?’ I enquired, apprehensively. What was I to say if the painting was awful? Mom fetched it from the broom cupboard and held it up. ‘Isn’t it gorgeous?’ I could not believe my eyes. It was not just awful; it was spectacularly awful. It was a painting of a tree with what looked like snow on the leaves. The backdrop was a blood-red African sunset, the kind of sky that does not quite go with snow. Under the leaves flew what could have been a crow, but it was seriously out of proportion. The frame was the cheapest on the market. What was I to say? I told mom that it was really nice, and thanked her for thinking about us, but Sheila had just bought a picture for that last spot we had on the wall. I thought that brother Johan (the second-eldest) would be thrilled to the back teeth to have a painting such as this one. Mom looked disappointed, and I felt like a coward. She told me a while later that she had offered it to Johan, but he had said that the colour was wrong. While it was really good, it would not go with the other paintings. Johan suggested that sister Carol (third-born) could use it better than he could. He was also a coward. We were there when mom offered the painting to Carol. She looked thrilled. Her usual smile faded when the picture was paraded. The rest of us were enjoying this. ‘Mom, that’s kind of you, but it won’t go with the curtains. It’s a very good painting. Piet will love it. He’s got just the spot for it.’ Carol was also a coward. Piet (second-last in line) lived in Johannesburg, so we had to wait for him to come down on business for the next episode. He came a month later. ‘Piet, I’ve got a painting for you,’ mom announced during dinner. Piet: ‘Thanks, mom. Where is it?’ It was paraded and we waited with bated breath. ‘Mom, it’s wonderful. Thank you kindly, but Mart-Marie has just changed the curtains and it just won’t go. Lance needs paintings badly. He hardly has any paintings.’ My brothers and sister are all cowards! Mom was beginning to smell a rat. Lance, the baby brother, also lived in Johannesburg, and we had to wait for Christmas for the final episode. Christmas duly arrived and mom executed her fifth parade of the famous painting after dinner one night. Lance was quiet as he viewed the painting. We were desperately hoping that he would yield. We felt sure that mom was feeling rejected. Lance’s lips parted and we shifted forward

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on our seats. We took a collective deep breath. Lance’s lips promptly closed when wife Alison announced, with much enthusiasm, ‘We accept, mom. Thank you so much. It is magnificent.’ We were thrilled. The painting had found a home. But then an agonizing thought crept into our minds. Alison has a BA Honours degree in fine art! What have we done? If Alison likes it, it must be good. It will probably be worth a fortune one day! After recovering from the shock, I asked mom the question that had been niggling me for months. ‘Mom, why did you want to give the painting away?’ Mom looked at me with a whimsical grin. ‘I said I felt sorry for the painting. I didn’t say I liked it. In fact, I think it’s positively awful!’ The dreaded painting did not turn out to be worth a fortune. It presently gathers dust in a dark cupboard. But, mom had one canvass by a Master: Pierneef. It would now sell for millions. Lance and Alison’s inherited it, no doubt a consequence of their noble reaction to the poor purchase, even though it was promised to me. They deserve Mom and dad were tonics. 2000