Family history and genealogy
May 22, 2025
How many South African visitors to San Francisco know about the city’s connection to South Africa? Very few! Norton the First was the Emperor of the United States of America from the day he proclaimed his ascension to the throne Read more…
A South African was buried in a common grave at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, USA, and unbeknownst to his family for 30 years. Lieutenant Victor Potgieter was born on 30 November 1914 and grew up in Carolina, South Africa, the Read more…
May 20, 2025
On 20 May 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob William Davis received a US patent for the process of putting rivets in men’s work trousers, marking the birth of what would become a fashion staple worldwide. Although denim trousers had been Read more…
May 12, 2025
This article was originally written in 1999. Following the Anglo-Boer War, large numbers of Boers left South Africa. They emigrated to Comodoro Rivadavia in Argentina, Mexico, German East Africa (Tanganyika) and the USA. Pieter (Piet) Arnoldus CRONJE was born on Read more…
May 11, 2025
Ivan DE VILLIERS was born on 31 March 1892 in the Griquastad area of South Africa, the son of Pieter Gysbertus DE VILLIERS and Agnes Margaret Josephine MELLE. His nickname was Slim. His father was born on 05 December 1839 Read more…
May 10, 2025
If you’ve had a glass of Chateau Libertas, Nederburg, Lieberstein, Grünberger, Tassenberg, Graça or many other wines, you can raise a glass to Dr William Charles WINSHAW. Many of South Africa’s most popular wine brands belong to present-day producer-wholesaler Distell Read more…