PRETORIA, AND JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA TO HOME--April 2-4, 2014 2104-43 Voortrekker Monument, one of the wagons used in the trek

PRETORIA, AND JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA TO HOME--April 2-4, 2014

April 4th 2014
Aviator Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa--Wednesday-Friday, April 2nd-4th Before we left home, we had made arrangements to stay in Johannesburg for three days longer than the rest of the group. First, we knew we needed to get rested before the 17 hour flight back to the US and second, we wanted to see Pretoria. It seemed to us to be an incomplete tour of South Africa if we didn’t see th ... read more

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more

8th June 2021

Anaci du Plessis
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Family Community Wagon
This community wagon belonged to my grandfather, SP Botha ( We called him Oupa Faan ). My mother was his second youngest daughter, Hester Christina Elizabeth Botha ( later Minnaar ). He owned several ox and horse drawn carriages, and had a beautiful Spider in the garage.

9th June 2021

RamblingRosies
Sharon Mock Whitaker and Valerie Mock

Thanks
Thanks for adding a personal note. So often, the family history and artifacts are lost.

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