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The Wedding of John Marriott and Cordelia Nevers in 1902

08 October 1902 – Captain John MARRIOTT, D.S.O., of the 2nd Norfolk Regiment, and Cordelia Caroline NEVERS were married at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Pretoria. At the time, John was stationed in Potchefstroom, and Cordelia was living in Pretoria. Read more…


THE MAFEKING QUADRUPLETS OF 1902

Hester Susanna Catharina MULLER was born on 29 May 1869 in the Potchefstroom district, the daughter of Hendrik Joseph MULLER and Johanna Margaretha Dorothea VAN TONDER.She was baptised on 10 January 1870 in the NGK Rustenburg.She died on 21 November Read more…


Early Afrikaners in the USA – the Boer generals

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…