Over 200 individuals can be searched for in the St. Saviours Claremont Burials.  Details provided are: surname, first names, maiden name, title, gender, date of birth, place of birth, date of death, place of death and notes.

We found the following surnames in this cemetery:

Amcoats, Anderson, Andrews, Anxe, Arnold, Atkins, Bain, Bedggood, Bell, Biesman-Simons, Birt, Bisset, Blake, Bluett, Bourne, Brice, Bridges, Briel, Brown, Budge, Burnell, Carey, Carson, Cass, Castley, Catonby, Cooke, Cornhill, Cowling, Crosse-Jones, Daniell, Davis, Dawson, De Klerk, de Villiers, Den, Evans, Evens, Falkiner, Falkiner-Falkiner, Fawcett, Finch, Fox, Frylinck, Galbraith, Goulding, Gow, Hamer, Hill, Hilliard, Hodgkiss, Hopkins, Hudson, Impey, Inglesby, Jacobs, Jeffcoat, Johnson, Jones, Laatz, Lakey, Lamb, Lavis, Le Mesurier, Lewis, Longmore, Maas, Manson, Marchbank, Mc Kerron, Mc Kinley, McFarlane, McLachlan, Millar, Montague, Morel, Murray, Musgrave, Nash, Neville, Nolan, Ovenstone, Pettitt, Philip, Puddicombe, Raven, Reid, Richter, Rickman, Robb, Robottom, Rogers, Rous, Selkirk, Sheard, Simpkin, Simpson, Sitters, Sloane, Snell, Stanley, Stevenson, Stuart-William, Surname, Swales, Swartz, Tayler, Taylor, Van Der Byl, Walker, Wallace, Wallis, Warren, Webster, White, Whiteing, Williams, Willis, Wilson, Wobbe, Wright, Zeeman,

Search this unusual 1927 Willowmore Voters List.  Over 3000 individuals listed in this farming community. Details provided are:  surname, first names, title,  residence, occupation, qualification to vote, employment status, employer details, race destinction, polling district and division.

The town was established in 1862. According to some, it was named after William Moore, who occupied the farm The Willows on which the town was laid out. Another source states that it was established and named by a farmer, Lehmkuhl, who combined his wife’s maiden name, Petronella Catharina Moore, with a large willow tree that stood near his house.

Below is a list of surnames to be found in this voters list.

Abrahams, Ackerman, Ackermann, Adams, Africa, Ahrens, Albert, Albrish, Allers, Altenstead, Anthony, Ash, Aspeling, Assia, Avontuur, Badenhorst, Baldie, Barkhuizen, Barkhuysen, Barnard, Barnardt, Barnett, Barry, Bashford, Basson, Beaton, Becker, Beer, Bekker, Beling, Bellardie, Bellingham, Benecke, Beneke, Bergh, Berman, Bernhardt, Berrington, Bester, Bezuidenhout, Blake, Blignaut, Bosch, Boshoff, Bosman, Botes, Botha, Bothma, Bouwer, Bowers, Brauns, Brewis, Breytenbach, Brits, Britz, Brooker, Bruce, Bruinette, Brunette, Brunsdon, Bruwer, Buckley, Burchell, Burger, Burgher, Burton, Buys, Büchner, Cairncross, Caithness, Campbell, Campher, Carelse, Catton, Cawood, Cecil, Cellarius, Chambers, Chatwind, Cilliers, Claasen, Claassen, Clarke, Classen, Coblentz, Codner, Coen, Coertze, Coetzee, Coetzer, Cohen, Colborne, Coleman, Coleske, Combrinck, Cooper, Cormack, Cornelius, Cowley, Cronin, Crouse, Crumpton, Dall, Danhauser, Davel, De Beer, De Bruin, De Goede, de Jager, De Klerk, De la Harpe, De Lange, De Leeuw, De Swardt, De Villiers, De Vos, de Vries, De Waal, De Wet, Delport, Devine, Deyce, Deysel, Deyzel, Dickson, Didericks, Didloff, Diedericks, Dill, Dithmers-Hughes, Dixon, Dorfling, Doubell, Douglas, Draai, du Pisani, Du Pisanie, Du Plessis, Du Plooy, Du Preez, Du Toit, Dumon, Dumons, Dumont, Eales, Eathoo, Eaton, Ecker, Ellis, Els, Engelbrecht, Ensor, Erasmus, Esterhuizen, Eyre, Ezekowitz, Featherstone, Ferendal, Ferreira, Finn, Fisher, Fitch, Fivaz, Fortuin, Fouche, Fourie, Frank, Fraser, Freedman, Friend, Friends, Gavin, Geard, Geldenhuis, Geldenhuys, Gellman, George, Gerber, Gerdener, Gericke, Gibbs, Gillespie, Glago, Goedhals, Golden, Goldman, Goss, Gough, Gous, Gouws, Greef, Greeff, Green, Greenwood, Groenewald, Grootboom, Grundlingh, Haarhoff, Haggard, Hall, Hanekom, Hartman, Hashe, Havenga, Hayes, Hayward, Heese, Helm, Hemens, Hendriks, Henshilwood, Henstock, Herbel, Herbst, Herselman, Heunis, Heyns, Hicken, Hinds, Hitge, Hobson, Honey, Honiball, Hooper, Horn, Horowitz, Horscroft, Horwitz, Hough, Human, Jacobs, Jamneck, Janse Van Rensburg, Jansen, Jansen Van Rensburg, Jens, Johnston, Jonck, Jonker, Jordan, Joseph, Joubert, Judelman, Kamfer, Kaplan, Karelse, Keller, Kemp, Kempen, Kerspey, Keulder, Keyser, Keyter, Kilian, Killian, King, Kirchner, Kirkman, Kirsten, Kiviet, Kleinhans, Kleu, Klewansky, Kleyn, Klopper, Klue, Kluyt, Kluyts, Knight, Knoesan, Knoesen, Koch, Koekemoer, Koen, Koertze, Komo, Komoetie, Korkee, Korkie, Korsten, Krause, Krige, Kritzinger, Krugel, Kruger, Kuhn, Kunneke, Laas, Lamb, Lamini, Lamprecht, Landman, Lane, Lategan, Lazarowitz, Le Grange, Le Roux, Lee, Leiserowitz, Lemmer, Lendoor, Lewis, Lewis-Haslemere, Linde, Lloyd, Loggenberg, Lombard, Loock, Lotter, Lourens, Louw, Lovegrove, Lowensohn, Loynes, Lucas, Ludik, Luiters, Lyons, Maart, Macdonald, Maclachlan, Maclean, Madlakana, Magawn, Magerman, Malherbe, Marais, Marcowitz, Maree, Marincowitz, Markotter, Marthinsen, Marx, Masiza, Massyn, McClune, McKay, McLeod, Mcloughlin, Meintjies, Meyer, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Minnie, Minty, Moggee, Monk, Moorcroft, Moore, Morgan, Morris, Mostert, Muller, Munro, Murray, Musikanth, Myburgh, Myles, Mynhardt, Naude, Nel, Nicol, Nkomo, Nobatana, Noeka, Noll, Nomdo, Nortier, Nortje, Nortjie, O’Donoghue, Oelofsen, Olckers, Olivier, Olls, Oosthuizen, Oosthuysen, Orton, Otto, Palmer, Park, Patel, Pedro, Perry, Petersen, Pettit, Pfister, Pickard, Piek, Pienaar, Pietersen, Pitout, Plaatjes, Potgieter, Pottas, Pretorius, Prins, Prinsloo, Proskewitz, Rabie, Rademeyer, Randell, Rankie, Rathbone, Raubenheimer, Rautenbach, Redelinghuis, Reitmuller, Renison, Rensburg, Reynecke, Reynolds, Rheeder, Rich, Richardson, Ring, Roberts, Roelofse, Roll, Rollison, Roman, Roscoe, Rossouw, Rothner, Roux, Rubidge, Rudman, Runeveld, Ryan, Saaiman, Samworth, Sayewitz, Schaap, Scheepers, Scheltema, Schiltz, Schoeman, Scholtz, Schonees, Schonken, Schoonees, Schoonraad, Schoultz, Schreiber, Schreuder, Schuin, Schutte, Scott, Senekal, September, Serfontein, Shand, Shapiro, Sharp, Shear, Sieff, Siew, Silver, Skorbinski, Slabbert, Slater, Slier, Smith, Smuts, Snyman, Socishe, Solomon, Speelman, Spies, Stander, Steffens, Stegmann, Stenhouse, Stevens, Stewart, Steyl, Steyn, Steynberg, Stidolph, Stokes, Stols, Stoltz, Stone, Strimling, Stroebel, Strumpher, Strydom, Studer, Stuurman, Swanepoel, Swart, Swarts, Swemmer, Tait, Targowsky, Taute, Taylder, Terblanche, Terblans, Theophilus, Theron, Thom, Thompson, Thomson, Thurtell, Thyse, Thysse, Tintinger, Tipper, Tiran, Topic, Toua, Trytsman, Tuck, Turck, Turner, Twaku, Valtijn, Van Aarde, Van Alphen, Van Blerk, Van Breda, Van Deempter, Van Deemter, Van der Berg, Van der Bijl, Van der Byl, Van der Hoven, van der Merwe, van der Mescht, Van der Ryst, Van der Spuy, Van der Walt, Van der Watt, van der Westhiusen, van der Westhuisen, Van der Westhuizen, Van Dyk, van Eck, Van Eyssen, Van Graan, Van Heerden, Van Huyssteen, van Jaarsveld, van Jaarsveldt, Van Loggerenberg, Van Molendorf, van Niekerk, van Rensburg, Van Rhyn, van Rooyen, Van Schalkwyk, Van Soelen, van Staden, Van Tonder, van Vuuren, Van Wijk, Van Wyk, van Zyl, Veldtman, Venter, Verasammy, Vermaak, Verwey, Viljoe, Viljoen, Visser, Vister, Vlok, Vogel, Volschenk, Vos, Vosloo, Vrey, Wabana, Wagenaar, Wagener, Wagner, Walsh, Walton, Wamsteker, Wannenberg, Ward, Warraker, Wasserman, Webster, Wehmeyer, Weinstein, Welch, Welgemoed, Welman, West, Wevers, Weyers, White, Wickham, Wiggett, Wildeman, Wilken, Willemse, Williams, Wilmot, Wilson, Windvogel, Witbooi, Woudberg, Wright, Yake, Young, Zaaiman, Zaayman, Zondag, Zondagh,

We have added 2,624 new names  from the 1833 Cape Almanac to our database. Find out who was a wigmaker, a mangler, a wagon hirer or even a pickler!  A list of principal inhabitants of Cape Town. This database includes: Title, Surname, First Names or Initials, occupation and address.

Is your surname listed in this over 1400 variety of names?

Abdol, Abdolbachie, Abdolbasier, Abdoldrachmer, Abdolgaries, Abdoljakie, Abdolkiep, Abdolmalek, Abdolmansuer, Abdolsamar, Abdolsoeker, Abdolsubboer, Abdolsummat, Abdolwakil, Abdolwashet, Abraham, Abrahams, Abrahamse, Ackerman, Ada, Adams, Adamse, Adamson, Adriaanse, Adrian, Adrianse, Agom, Aitchinson, Albertus, Albertyn, Aldred, Alexander, Aling, Alldridge, Alleman, Allen, America, Amm, Amos, Anderson, Andreas, Andresa, Anhuizer, Anosi, Ansdell, Anthon, Anthony, Antje, Appel, April, Arendsz, Armstrong, Arnold, Arrowsmith, Aschen, Ashley, Aspeling, Attwell, Auret, Aurnhamer, Baard, Badroon, Bailey, Baker, Baks, Balston, Bam, Bamberger, Bance, Bantham, Barber, Barbier, Barend, Barendz, Barker, Barks, Baron, Barris, Barry, Bartels, Bartholomew, Bartie , Bartman, Bathie, Batist, Batt, Beaufort, Beck, Becker, Beeker, Begley, Behr, Beil, Bell, Belta, Ben, Bendall, Benecke, Benoy, Bergh, Bergstedt, Bernhardi, Berning, Berrange, Bestandig, Betje, Better, Beuchling, Beyleveld, Bickersteth, Biel, Billingsley, Birch, Bird, Black, Blair, Blake, Blanckenberg, Blarence, Bletterman, Blignaut, Bloem, Blore, Boltman, Boniface, Booysen, Borcherds, Boreherds, Borgstrom, Borgwetel, Borradailes, Bosch, Bosman, Boss, Bosse, Bosselman, Bossman, Botha, Bottrill, Boucher, Bowles, Boys, Brady, Brand, Brandman, Brandt, Brasler, Brath, Bray, Breedevelt, Breeze, Bren, Bresler, Brett, Breugeman, Brevers, Bridekirk, Briers, Brill, Brink, Brink , Bron, Broodrick, Brook, Bropie, Brown, Bruary, Brumfield, Brunet, Brusman, Bruyns, Bryant, Buchanan, Buck, Buckley, Buckton, Budge, Buissinne, Buitendag, Burgess, Burton, Butgut, Buyskes, Byrne, Bösenberg, Cadogan, Caesar, Cairncross, Caldecott, Calf, Callander, Cambier, Cameron, Camyn, Candasa, Cannon, Cannon , Canterbury, Capon, Carfrae, Carnell, Carolus, Carsten, Carstens, Carter, Cassel, Castien, Caton, Catorzia, Cats, Catz, Cauvin, Celliers, Cerf, Cessar, Chandler, Chapman, Chapple , Chase, Chiappini, Chisolm, Christiaan, Christiaansen, Christian, Christie, Christina, Church, Claasen, Clarence, Claresse, Clark, Clarke, Clayton, Cleenwerk, Clement, Cloete, Cloete  , Cobern, Coenraadie, Coensen, Coetze, Coffin, Coleman, Colident, Collard, Collins, Collison, Comarmond, Combrink, Comfield, Compton, Connor, Constable, Cook, Cooke, Cooper, Coops, Corbitt, Corder, Corless, Cornelissen, Cornellis, Correll, Courlois, Courtney, Cousins, Cowell, Craaywinkel, Creed, Criese, Croeser, Cromhout, Croucher, Crozier, Cruywagen, Cullen, Curlewis, Dacosta, Damedor, Damense, Dames, Damon, Daneel, Danford, Daniel, Daniels , Danielse, Dantu , David, Davids, Davidse , Davis, Dawell , Day , de Beer, de Geest, de Greef, de Haan, de Jongh, de Kock, de Kock , de Korte, De la Hunt, de Lettre, de Lima, de Lorentz , De Moldrup, de Ronde, de Roos, de Roubaix, De Ruiter, de Smidt, De Smidt , de Ville, de Villiers, de Villiers , de Vos, de Vos , de Vries, De Vrye, de Waal, de Waal , de Wed , De Wet, De Wet , de Wit, de Wit , Deane , Dedear , Dekenah, Delhant , Delorme , Demfords , Demolen , Dempers, Denessau, Deneys, Deneys , Denison, der Goede, Dert , Destro , Desvages , Dickinson, Dickson, Dickson , Diddleston , Dieleman , Dievendal , Dill, Dillman , Dinness, Disandt , Dixie , Dixon , Dobie ,
Dodd, Dolley, Donough , Doortje, Dormehl , Doyle, Drake, Dray , Drege , Dreyer, Dreyer , Drury, du Plessie, Du Plessis, Du Toit, Dungey, Durham, During, Dusing, Dyason, Dyce, Eagar, Eaton, Ebden, Eckhard, Eckhout, Ecklet, Eckley, Edwards, Eerenberg, Ekermans, Eksteen, Eli, Ellen, Elliott, Elsing, Elsmlie, Elster, Ely, Emmet, Engelbrecht, Enslin, Enstin, Erith, Ernstzen, Eskteen, Esther, Eston, Euvrard, Eva, Everest, Fabe, Fairbairn, Fairbridge, Fairelough, Falkenburg, Faulkner, Faure, Faustman, Fawing, Feitje, Felix, Fell, Ferreira, Fichat, Fick, Fischer, Fison, Fitzpatrick, Flamme, Flandorffer, Fleck, Fletterman, Flint, Fock, Focks, Foelscher, Foes, Foley, Forbes, Ford, Ford  , Fortner, Fowler, Fox, Fraenkel, Frances, Frazer, Friesberg, Frieslar, Frieslich, Frith, Frizlar, Frylinck, Gaban , Gabriels, Gadaidine , Gadney, Gamelidien , Garish, Garoutte, Garratt, Gaum, Gay, Geduld, Geering, Gehazi , Genade, Genau, George, Georgeon, Gerber, Gerdain, Gerkes, Germans, Gertenbach, Getsen, Geyer, Ghertse , Gibherd , Gideon , Gie , Gildenhuis, Gildenhuizen , Gildenzaph, Gilloway, Gilloway , Gilmer , Gilwyn , Gingham , Godfred , Goemoes , Goetz, Golding , Goodrich, Goodwin, Gopel, Goschen, Goslett , Goss , Gough, Gouland, Graves, Gray, Grebe , Gregan , Gregory , Greig , Griffiths ,
Grimers, Grimes , Grindley, Groenewald, Groenwald , Grondlier , Grosch , Grove, Groves , Grybe, Guest, Gun , Gunn, Hablutzel , Hall, Hallier , Halwayday , Hamman, Hammans , Hammes, Hammes , Hanbury, Hancke, Hancke , Hannam, Hannas, Hansen, Hansen , Hanslo , Hardie , Hare, Harley ,Harms, Harper, Harris, Harris , Hart , Hartel, Hartman, Hartog, Hartslief , Haslam, Haubtfleisch, Haupt, Havery, Hawkins, Hawkins , Haylet , Haylett, Haynes , Hayward , Heatlie, Heckrath , Heckroodt, Heeger, Heegers, Heideman, Heinenberg, Heinrich, Heintjes, Heldzyngen, Hellett, Helston, Helstrom, Henan, Henderson, Hendricksen, Hendrikse, Hendriksen, Henly,Herbert , Herbold, Herbst, Herholdt, Herman, Herold, Herrer, Herring, Hertzog, Herwig, Hes,
Hess, Hesselmeyer, Heugh, Heuning, Heurtley, Heuser, Hewitt, Heydenrych, Heydenryk, Heyer, Heyneke, Heyneman, Heyns, Heyward, Hiddingh, Hiebner, Higgins, Himel, Hind, Hirchenheim, Hitchcock, Hitzeroth, Hobley, Hoek, Hoets, Hoffman, Hoffmeyr, Hofmeyr, Hogsflesh, Hohne, Hollen, Holloway, Holm, Holtman, Home, Hopkins, Horak, Horn, Horn , Horne, Hough, Hovil, Hudd, Hudson, Hughes, Hugo, Humphreys, Hunt, Hunter, Hurlingh, Hurter, Huskisson, Hutchons , Hutton, Immelman, Ingles, Inglesby, Ingram, Ingram , Innes, Isaac, Isaak, Isaakse, Isles, Israel, Itzemplitz, Jackson, Jacobs, Jacobse, Jacobsz, Jameila, Jamies, Janaldine, Janetjie, Janio, Jansen, Janson, Jansten, Jantzee, Japie, Jardine, Jarvis, Jeary, Jensen, Jeptha, Jeptha , Jessup, John, Johnson, Jonas, Jones, Jones , Jones  , Jonker, Jordaan, Josie, Josse, Joubert,
Judge, Junera, Jurgens, Juritz, Jury, Kanneymeyr, Karl, Karstel, Kay, Kealams, Keet, Keeve, Keiser, Kekewich, Kelber, Kelderman, Kelly, Kemp, Kennedy, Kerdel , Kerkes, Kerning, Ketter, Keuber, Keuler, Kiener, Kift, Kilgour, Killian, Kincaid, King, Kinnburg, Kintzle, Kippey,Kirsten, Klasing, Klerck, Kleyn, Klinck, Kloppers, Klyn, Klynsmit, Knaut, Knoble, Knoll, Knoop,Knott, Knox, Knype, Koch, Kock, Koetze, Koetzer, Koevoet, Kohl, Kohler, Kolbe, Kolber, Koning,Korsten, Korster, Kotze, Kraanstein, Kraayveld, Kraft, Kriel, Krige, Krimmel, Krynaauw, Kuuhl, Kuys, Laageraadts, Laangenaught, Laar, Lacable, Laidlaw, Laing, Lakock, Lamb, Lambert,
Lamberts, Lambrechts, Lambress, Landsberg, Langeveld, Lary, Lategan, Laubscher, Laurence, Lawson, Lawton, Le Breton, Le Breton , Le Bron, Le Brun, Le Clues, Le Roes, Le Roux, Le Sueur ,Lea, Leatt, Lee , Leeb , Leen, Leentje, Leep, Leeuwendaal, Leeuwendal, Leeuwner, Lehman, Leibbrandt, Leonard, Leriche, Lesar, Less, Letterstedt, Levick, Lewee, Ley, Lichtwark, Liebbrandt, Liesching, Liesmont, Lieven, Lillis, Linage, Lind, Lindebaum, Lindeman, Lindenberg, Lingeveld, Lingevelder, Lining, Lisenburg, Lochner, Locke, Lodewyk, Loedolff, Logie, Logier, Lombard, Lond, Londt, Long, Loos, Losco, Lotter, Lotz, Louis, Louisa, Lourens, Louw, Lowrie, Lowry, Luchthoff, Lukas, Luttig, Luyt, Maaneveld, Maas, Maasdorp, Mabille,
Macarthy, MacGregor, Mackenzie, Mackrill, Madeleen , Mader, Magistraat, Malan, Maletto, Mallett, Manche, Manuel, Mappe, Marais, Marchand, Marcous, Marcus, Maria, Marlow, Marnitz, Marquard, Marrant, Marrison, Marsh, Marshall, Martin, Martinas, Martinson, Maskew, Mathysen, Matthews, Matthiessen, Matthysen, Maude, Maynard, McCLeod, McComb, McDonald, McDougal, MCFarlan, McKinnon, McLachlan, Meall, Mechau, Meeser, Meiring, Mellet, Mellings, Mellish, Mende, Mentor, Menzies, Merrington, Mertens, Metz, Metzeler, Meyer, Michell , Middlekop, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Minnaar, Mitchell, Mocke, Mohr, Mol, Molesworth, Moller, Moltby, Momsen, Monk, Moore, Morell, Morgan, Morgendaal, Morison, Mory, Moses, Mosterd, Mostert,
Mulder, Muller, Mulles, Munnik, Muntingh, Murphy, Murray, Mustapha, Muter, Myburg, Myburgh, Nauhoff, Neave, Nee er, Neederland, Neethling, Nelson, Neyhof, Nibs, Nicholl, Niehaus, Niewoudt, Nisbet, Noble, Nolden, Norman, Nyhoff, Nymans, O’Flinn, O’Lachlan, O’Neil, Ockert, Oestheyden, Okes, Oldham, Oliphant, Oliver, Olthoff, Onverwacht, Oostendurp, Oppel, Oprimo, Ord, Orlandine, Orri, Osler, Osmond, Ost, Overbeek, Paine, Pallass, Pannerwit, Papow, Pappe, Parker, Pears, Peebles , Pentz, Pero, Perryn, Peters, Petersen, Peterson, Petrie, Pettison, Pfester, Phanp, Pheasant, Pheifer, Phelps , Phider, Philip, Phillips, Pietersen, Pillans, Piton, Plessie, Plessie , Plouvier, Plouvier , Poel, Poelse , Polena, Poolman, Poop, Poph, Poulteney, Poupart, Powell, Powell , Powells, Powelse, Powrie, Pozende, Pozin, Preller, Prestwich, Price, Prichard, Prince, Prins, Prubart, Pruce , Puckey, Purvis, Quin, Rabe, Railston, Randall, Raphael, Ras, Rauch, Raven, Redelinghuys, Redwood, Reenen Van, Reeves, Regeel, Regen, Regnar, Reid, Reid , Reis, Rekeba, Rens, Retief, Richert, Richter, Rimrod, Rippel, Rishton, Roberts, Robertson, Robinson, Rode, Roelandt, Roesch, Rogerson, Ronquest, Roodt, Roos, Rorich, Rosa, Rose, Roselt, Roset, Ross, Rossouw, Roubaix, Rousseau, Roux, Rowan, Rowles, Rusch, Russel, Russouw, Rutgers, Rutherfoord, Ruthven, Ruysch, Rykheer, Rynbach,
Rynhard, Rynhout, Rynke, Saartjie , Saban , Sacreas, Sala, Salomonsen, Samaay, Sampsodien , Sandenberg, Sandford, Saunders, Savaars, Savary, Sayus, Scevers, Schaal, Schabord, Schaeble,
Schalkwyk, Schelden, Schelder, Schenk, Scheuble, Schickerling, Schier, Schikkerling, Schindehutte, Schirmer, Schmidt, Schoester, Scholtz, Schonegevel, Schonnberg, Schoonraad, Schoukerk, Schrikker, Schultz, Schutte, Schweil, Scoon, Scott, Searle, Seller, Semorie , Senkantyn, Serrurier, Sertyn, Seyffert, Shaw, Shearer, Shelly , Sherman, Shortman, Sibbald, Siebert, Siedeman, Silberbauer, Simons, Simpson, Sims, Sinclair, Slater , Sloman, Smart, Smidt, Smidtsdorff, Smit, Smith, Smuts, Snell, Soestman, Solomon, Sommer, Sommervaile, Sosang , Spadille , Spangenberg, Spatie , Spencer, Spengler, Spiers, Spies, Spoer, Spolander, Spratt, Sprew, Spykerman, Stadler, Stanfield, Stark, Starling, Staudt, Staveren van Kloek, Steedman, Steel, Steenhobel, Steffens, Stegman, Stein, Stemmet, Stenhouse, Stephen, Steuart, Steyn, Steytler, Stidworthy, Stigant, Stiglingh, Still, Stober, Stodart, Stoeffers, Stoel, Stoll, Stoll , Stone , Strachan, Strachan , Stronach , Stronch, Stuckeris , Sturgis, Sturk , Stædel, Sullivan , Sutherland , Swanepoel, Swartz , Swaving , Sweetman, Sweney , Syme , Tait , Tardien, Tayer, Tayse, Tennam , Tennant, Tennant , Tennant & Co, Terholm , Terhoven , Tesselaar ,Teubes, Teunant , Thalwitzer , Theas , Theron , Theunes , Thibault , Thomas , Thomassen ,Thompson, Thompson , Thomson, Thomson , Thorp , Thwaites , Thys , Ticky , Tier , Timmerman ,Tonkin , Tourin , Townsend , Tredeaux , Tredgold , Treuman, Tromp , Truter, Truter , Turner, Twentyman, Twycross, Udemans, Ufken, Ulrich, Ungerer, Uri, Usher, Valentin, Valentyn, Van Balen, van Bergen, van Blerck, van Blerk, van Blommestein, Van Boon, van Breda, van Breda , van Coller, van Copenhagen, van de Kaap, van den Berg, van den Burg, van der Bihl, van der Byl, Van der Chys , van der Haardie, Van der Horst, van der Kemp, Van der Lingen, Van der Poel, van der Poel , Van der Reder, Van der Riet, Van der Schyff, van der Spuy, van der Spuy , Van Derendome , Van Dillen  , Van Driel    , Van Dyk, Van Ellewe, Van Eyk , Van Eysen, Van Eyssen , van Geems, van Graan  , van Haght, van Hall, Van Hellings, Van Helsdingen, Van Hou, Van Lier, van Nieker, Van Niekerk, Van Nierop, Van Reenan , Van Reenen, Van Regen , Van Ryneveld, Van Rynier, Van Schalkwyk, van Schoor, Van Winkle, Van Wyngard, Vascher, Vawser, Veean, Venables, Vendues, Venning, Ventura , Vergo, Vergottini, Verioni, Vermaak, Versveld, Vervoort, Vetter, Victor, Villet, Villiers, Vippond, Virgo, Vissagie, Visscher, Visser, Vlotman, Vogelgezang, Voges  , Voget, Voight, Volkwyn, Volraad , Volstedt, Volsteedt, Von Ludwig , Von Manager , Vos, Vos , Vracher, Vries , Vurman, Waall, Waasman, Wade, Wagenhorst, Wagner, Wahl, Waldek, Wall, Walpot, Walter, Wannenberg, Wanza, Ward, Warren, Warrington, Wasserfall, Watering, Waterman, Watermeyer, Waters, Wathen, Watney, Watson, Watt, Webb, Webber, Weber, Webster, Weed, Weepner, Weidemeyer, Weis, Weldeman, Welkom, Welsh, Wenham, Wentzel, Wernich, Wernsdorff, Westcott, Whiley, Whiskin , Whitcomb, White, Whitfield, Wicht, Wickboom, Wicksteed, Widemeyer, Wiedeman, Wieldhagen, Wiergo, Wiid, Wildt, Wilhelm, Wilkinson, Will, Willem, Willenburg, Williams, Willmott, Wilsenach, Wilsnach, Wilsnacht, Windle, Winterbach, Wium, Woeke, Wolfaard, Wolferum, Wolff, Wolhuter, Wollaston, Wolverans, Woodlock, Woodman, Wools, Woudberg, Woutersen, Wrankmore, Wrensch, Wright, Wydeman, Wykherd, Wylde, Wyman, Wyngard, Wyngardtz, Wys, Younger, Ysman, Zastron, Zeeberg, Zeederberg, Zeeman, Zeyltz, Zezars, Ziedel, Ziedeman, Zieler, Zinn, Zorn, Zulch

In 2003, 38 women graduated from the SAA Aviation Academy course as aviation specialists. The Women in Aviation Programme is a management-training programme targeting senior and middle management to contribute to the transformation of SAA. Its objective is to develop high calibre female managers. In June 2003, SAA’s total staff by gender was 62% male and 38% female. There was one coloured female first officer, two Indian female first officers, nine white female first officers, four white female senior first officers and three white female captains.

Mr. Paul Xiniwe went to Lovedale in 1881 as an advanced student on the recommendation of Rev. Edward Solomon, of Bedford, from whence he came. He had worked previously on the railway as timekeeper and later as telegraph operator. At Lovedale he entered the students’ classes in January, 1881. In the second year he obtained the seventy-fourth certificate of competency at the Elementary Teachers’ Examination. He became teacher in the Edwards Memorial School, Port Elizabeth. His school was said to stand high in the classification of schools of the district in efficiency. After some years he tired of the teaching profession, and having saved some money, resigned in order to become a business man. He bought property at East London, Port Elizabeth and Kingwilliamstown, and opened stores as merchant and hotel proprietor. At Kingwilliamstown his property was conspicuous, being a double storey building and known as the Temperance Hotel. In a very short time the Temperance Hotel was known through the Cape Province. Paul Xiniwe took a very keen interest in the welfare of his people. An upright man, honest gentleman, and a thorough Christian and a staunch temperance apostle.

He married a Miss Ndwanya, sister of Mr. Ndwanya, a law agent who was respected by Europeans and natives at Middle-drift. Mr. Xiniwe was the father of five children. The eldest son, Mr. B. B. Xiniwe, was a law agent at Stutterheim for a number .of years; the second son is in Johannesburg; the third, a daughter, Frances Mabel Maud, is the wife of the editor of this book; the fourth, another daughter, Mercy, is the wife of Mr. Ben. Tyamzashe, a schoolmaster and an author; and the youngest son, Mr. G. Xiniwe, is a clerk in a solicitor’s office, Kingwilliamstown. Mr. Paul Xiniwe died at an early age leaving a widow and five children to look after themselves. Mrs. Xiniwe who, with her husband, had been to Europe as a member of a native choir, was a lady of .experience, tact, character and business acumen. Difficult though it was, she maintained her late husband’s property, and carried on the business and educated her children. This lady indeed commanded the respect of all who knew her, white and black. Paul Xiniwe was a man of his word. He swore he would never touch liquor. When he became very ill his doctor advised him to take a little brandy, but he made up his mind that he would not do so, although it was said brandy was the only thing that would save his life.

In European history, Tshaka, King of the Zulus, is described as a cruel king. His name is sometimes written ” Chaka.” He is the king who founded the Zulu nation. Before the organisation of the Africans in Natal, Zulus were not known as a race, but were common people.  Tshaka’s qualifications were that he was a warrior of great ability; a very good fighter and as such won the favour of Chief Dingiswayo, of Mtetwa, who had more influence than any other chief. Although Tshaka did not belong to the tribe of Dingiswayo, he lived with his mother’s people, the Mhlongos, who were under Chief Dingiswayo. When Tshaka’s father, Senzangakona, died, Tshaka, who was not the rightful heir, was helped by Dingiswayo to defeat his brother. Tshaka’s impies were victorious and he became the successor to his father. Tshaka taught his warriors the stategies of war; organised strong regiments and when Chief Dingiswayo died Tshaka brought his impies to fight Dingiswayo’s tribe which he conquered. As a result of his victory he became very ambitious, looked about him and resolved to form a great empire. He did not hesitate to subdue the tribes that were around him. His warriors fought right and left, until the word ” Tshaka ” made everybody tremble. He was the first king to rule from Pongolo to the Cape. The tribes that did not want to come under Tshaka’s rule fled. The Fingoes went south where they met the Xosas, and for eighteen years Tshaka was King and Emperor of Natal and Zululand. It was one of Tshaka’s laws to his regiments that no young men and women of a hostile tribe should be killed at war. His instructions were that they should be captured alive, brought to Zululand and be made naturalised Zulus. These young naturalised Zulus were used as soldiers to fight any tribe Tshaka wished to defeat, and finally he succeeded in building a great nation. He had absolute discipline in the land. He was King, judge and administrator, also a philosopher, a poet and a musician.

When the European settlers arrived in Natal in 1823 they found Tshaka reigning. He did not illtreat them, but extended to them every hospitality. He requested .the foreigners to teach his people their language so that they could be understood. The Europeans had come to trade, fight and conquer, and it must have occurred to Tshaka that they were strong and clever since they had conquered the waves of the ocean and landed in Africa. A number of men were selected to be sent to Europe to be taught, but for reasons unknown to Tshaka, these men were never sent to Europe but were kept at the Cape where they did not learn much.

Tshaka’s reign came to an end in 1828, when he was murdered by his brothers who instructed his chief induna, Mbopa, to stab him. They had not forgotten that Tshaka was not the rightful King. Though fatally stabbed, Tshaka had the opportunity, before he died, to inform his brothers and murderer that they would never rule over the Zulus, but that the white men would rule them. Tshaka’s brothers were not as friendly to the invaders as he was, and, it seems, were also ignorant of Tshaka’s dealings with them, for it was clear that they would have killed the white nien had they known of the friendship that existed between Tshaka and these white settlers. Tshaka was a thinker–on one occasion he killed a beast and painted the floor of a hut with its blood. This he did without being seen by anybody, and then summoned all the witch doctors in the land to a great feast at his kraal. When the doctors were assembled he took them one by one to the hut with the blood on its floor, and asked them the cause of the blood. It is said many so-called doctors failed in this test.

Tshaka was a very busy man, being his own Field-Marshal, Minister of War, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister, Administrator, Political Agent, and King. He was also engaged in research work. This is indeed a big task for any man, even under the most favourable circumstances. That Tshaka, like William the Conqueror, was a great man nobody can doubt, and to state that he was a cruel King is to pay a man who broke virgin ground and founded a nation the poorest compliment. Had there been no Tshaka there might never have been a proud Zulu nation. In Tshaka’s day there was no need to have an army of detectives and a force of police. Every man and woman had perfect respect for law and order. Tshaka was well built, tall and indeed a fine specimen of a man. Strict as he was, hundreds of civilised Zulus to this day swear by Tshaka. Whatever may be said, the Zulus are indeed a fine people, well developed physically, good natured, full of humour, and as brave as. lions.

TIPPOO TIB, Conqueror-Explorer, was born in 1837 at Zanzibar. He was also known as Hib Mohammed. At that time the enormous wealth of the African interior was almost untouched. When Tippoo was 16 years of age he accompanied his father on one of his inland expeditions. On this journey Tippoo distinguished him- self both as a fighter and a trader. When it came to bargaining there was none so astute and suave as he. None excelled him in audacity and skill. Later Tippoo was allowed by his father to set out on his own. The youth, who was only 18 years of age took with him 100 men. He was full of adventure, and set out for the interior. Arriving at Lake Tanganyika he crossed in great canoes, hollowed out by himself and his men, from trees of primeval forests.

After crossing the lake, Tippoo continued into the interior until he came to Tabora, a territory that was ruled by Temba, the King. Temba, on meeting Tippoo Tib,. planned to provoke a quarrel with him, kill him, and take away his goods, but the laws of hospitality demanded that no business should be discussed until the third day after a trader’s arrival. In the interim, Tippoo Tib learnt of the plot, and siding with the followers of Mnyama, the rightful heir, attacked Temba and killed him. After this adventure he returned to the coast, richly laden with ivory, gold and cattle. His appetite more sharpened, Tippoo Tib soon after started on a second expedition, taking with him this time goods valued at about £8,000. He left behind twenty creditors. All did not go well on this trip.

He wandered into territory ravaged by famine, but turned it to advantage by getting bearers cheaply. Again many of his porters ran off with his goods. Continuing his journey, he came to the territory of Nsama, a powerful King, who had conquered all his neighbours and annexed their land. Nsama received Tippoo Tib with a great show of hospitality and led him into a large hut where he showed him a great quantity of gold and ivory. But it was an ambush. Three arrows struck Tippoo Tib in the shoulder; managing to fight his way out and rallying his men he attacked Nsama. After four days’ fighting Tippoo Tib was victorious, and seizing Nsama’s kingdom and all his wealth he made himself ruler. Nsama had been regarded as invincible, and the victory gave Tippoo Tib immense prestige in the interior. Not long after he gave up this kingdom and returned to Zanzibar where he was regarded as a great figure, the Sultan entertaining him in his palace. Tippoo was now a rich man. He was then only twenty years of age, but 1 kA most adventurers money passed through his hands like water, and like. a moth drawn by a candle he returned to the interior.

The Sultan offered to back him but Tippoo had already received £16,000 worth of goods. On the expedition he met with some adversity; many of his bearers dying from disease and he was forced to bury a large part of his goods. His next adventure was in the Kingdom of Ugalia, ruled by Taka. His men were killed by his side, but after a number of days fighting Taka was defeated. His next encounter was with King Lunda of Kasemble. Some of Lunda’s men had guns supplied them by the Portuguese. After defeating Lunda, Tippoo continued on his journey along the river Mweru until he reached the capital of King Mpueto, which was situated where the Congo issues into the lake. Mpueto welcomed the explorer-trader. From here Tippoo entered territories no Arab or white man had ever entered before. He went on for nine years more penetrating into virgin territory until he reached what is now known as the Belgian Congo.

Stanley, Livingstone, Speke, Cameron and Gleerup all knew him. In his own autobiography, Stanley says, ” Unless Tippoo Tib accepts my offer, the expedition will be broken up.” Tippoo returned to Zanzibar to write of his experiences in the heart of Africa.

Chief Sandile, a son of Gaika, was born about 1823. Gaika was a great friend of the neighbouring Dutch farmers. After the birth of Sandile some of these farmers paid him a visit. On being informed of the birth of the young prince and heir the farmers -were very pleased and suggested that he be given the name of .” Alexander de Groot ” saying they hoped he would be a great man. This name was accepted by the Xhosas who Kaffirised it ” Sandile.” In 1850 the British colonists doubted Sandile’s friendship, and in the same year Sir Harry Smith instructed him to come and see him in order to settle a quarrel brought about through alleged cattle marauding. Sandile replied that the matter, must be -settled by Chiefs Pato and Magoma, his uncles, who were older and also members of his council.

On receiving this reply Sir Harry Smith dispatched fifty mounted soldiers to arrest Sandile, King of the Xhosas. The Gaikas declined to hand over their beloved ruler to the white men as a prisoner. The soldiers attempted to use force and were massacred by the enraged Gaikas.  Sandile could not be subdued. In 1853 the missionaries prevailed upon Sandile who in turn prevailed upon his people to cease hostilities. The missionaries further succeeded in persuading Sandile to cede to the Britisn the Province of Kafraria. In 1877 another Xosa war broke out, Sandile remaining neutral until 1878. At this time the Gcakelas-a section of the Xhosa tribe-had been weakened considerably by the British Colonial Government. Sandile had made up his mind not to take part in this war, but he was reluctantly dragged into it. Sandile met the British commando that was sent to arrest him at Tyityaba where a deadly battle was fought, at the end of which the belligerents on both sides were exhausted. After this battle Sandile retreated to the Pirie Bush (Hoho) where he was killed by two bullets fired at random. Edmond Sigonyela, Sandile’s son, was employed as clerk at the Fort Beaufort Magistrate’s office, and on hearing that his father was cragged against his wish into the war, he at once, resigned and joined him in the struggle which ended in the death of his beloved father.

Sandile’s eldest daughter, Princess Victoria, married Chief Umhlangaso, a grandson of the great Faku. Edmond, Sandile’s heir, died at Kentani where his people lived after the death of Sandile. Sandile’s son and two daughters were educated. He gave much for the building of schools and churches.  He could also read and write in Xhosa, and was very popular with the missionaries.  He was also respected by the British agents.

Mr. SIMON MAJAKATHETA PHAMOTSE was born in Basutoland and educated at Morija and Lovedale. Became postmaster at Mahaleshoek. After the Anglo-Boer War he came to the Transvaal with Sir Godfrey Lagden and joined the Native Affairs Department, Pietersburg, under Mr. C. A. Wheelwright. After resigning his position, he was instrumental in establishing the first African newspaper in the Transvaal known as The Native Eye. After some years Mr. Phamotse returned to Basutoland and became secretary to the late Chief Johnathan whose daughter he afterwards. married. Mr. Phamotse was a very progressive man, and did much. for Basutoland. The Basutos acknowledged him as being their foremost leader. He was respected by both black and white. Hating injustice and tyranny he did not hesitate to condemn chiefs whc dealt arbitrarily with their subjects. Was a lover of African liberty throughout the country, especially in Basutoland.

Boswell Circus 1959

From the evidence of early Dutch and Cape paintings, it may be assumed that the first White inhabitants of the Cape were diverted by performing dogs and various animals trained to do tricks, notably monkeys (which were common household pets) and baboons. The garrisons at the Castle possibly spent part of their leisure in training such animals, and performing bears and various animals from the Orient may have been seen when in transit to Europe. In the country districts feats and tricks of horsemanship were highly esteemed, and were probably demonstrated at kermis (fair) and other occasions where the farmers gathered. Organised exhibition of performing persons and animals cannot be traced before 1810, when an application was made for leave to stage a circus in Cape Town. Except for occasional theatrical performances and amateur diversions in the town, organised entertainment was rare, and the circus was one of the first forms to develop.

One of the earliest was W. H. Bell’s circus, but by the eighties there were several, including Feeley’s, Wirth’s, Cooke’s, Val Simpson’s and that of the incomparable Frank Fillis who, coming to South Africa in 1880 to join Bell’s circus, took it over when Bell died. The two mining towns, Kimberley and Johannesburg, and the seaports of Cape Town and Durban now provided profitable ‘pitches’, and the smaller inland towns, formerly almost completely Fillis’s Circus building, Cape Town, in 1895  without entertainment, constituted a worth-while ‘circuit’.

Going overseas from time to time in order to recruit his ‘turns’, Fillis developed his circus into a major entertainment which the highest in the land were glad to patronise. He established a permanent building in Johannesburg in 1889 known as ‘Fillis’s Amphitheatre’ and specialised in spectacles such as a reconstruction of the Niagara Falls, ‘Dick Turpin’s ride to York’ and ‘Major Wilson’s last stand’. These were also staged at a structure opened in 1896 in Cape Town at the foot of Adderley Street alongside the Pier. Madame Fillis was an equestrienne of note and performed haute école at a benefit night given in Johannesburg in 1895. Mr. Lionel Phillips presented Mr. Fillis with a set of diamond studs and Madame Fillis with a ruby and diamond brooch on behalf of Johannesburg residents.

The artistes and company presented him with a gold star set with diamonds’. In spite of the high tone and spectacular scope of his performances, Fillis was frequently in financial straits. In 1900 he took an extraordinary show entitled ‘Savage South Africa’ to England, but despite the attraction of an authentic South African stagecoach, black warriors and other novelties, it failed and he was again bankrupt. He was reintroduced grandly to his old South African pitch by the impresario A. Bonamici in 1902 with an ‘Imperial Circus’, but the current depression militated against him. He faced bankruptcy again and again, and his animals were once sold over his head to pay his creditors. Finally ‘Madame Fillis’s Circus and Wild West Show’ went into opposition against him in Durban in 1910. (Vincenta Fillis, once the world’s first ‘human canon-ball, died in Durban in May 1946 at the age of 75.) Frank Fillis, with the circus that had become a national institution, then left South Africa and operated in the East. He died in Bangkok in Jan. 1922, but his sons continued in the entertainment field. The eldest, Frank, a well-known cinema manager, died in Johannesburg at the age of 80 in March 1961.

During the acute depression that followed the Second Anglo-Boer War the circus was often the only entertainment in the large towns. In addition to Fillis, Bonamici himself, Blake, Willison, Bostock and Wombwell, and F. W. A. Pagel toured during this period. Pagel and his wife survived many vicissitudes to become as much a national institution as Fillis. Born in Pomerania, Wilhelm Pagel was a professional weight-lifter, wrestler and lion-tamer. Madame Pagel also performed with the lions and tigers in her earlier days. Later she left the ring to undertake the entire direction of the complex circus organisation. She was known all over South Africa and frequently caused a sensation by driving about in the streets in an open car with a fully-grown lion beside her. She died at the Pagel training farm for animals near Pretoria in December 1939. The circus continued even after her husband retired in 1944 and after his death at Knysna in October 1948. Bostock’s Circus, based in England, visited South Africa intermittently. One of its clowns, ‘Spuds’ (George Kirk), later joined Pagel, and in 1930 formed his own circus, which was disbanded in 1944.
The cinema and other forms of entertainment were drawing audiences away from the circus except in the smaller towns, where it was a welcome diversion, and in the large towns during holiday seasons. James Boswell, who with his three brothers had come to South Africa in 1910 to perform in a circus, stayed to establish his own. It rivalled Pagel’s as a South African entertainment institution, and in 1956 African Theatres bought an interest in it and kept it on the road. Boswell celebrated his 80th birthday in retirement in April 1961. Competing with Boswell on the Southern African circuit was Wilkie’s Circus, the two amalgamating on 1 July 1963 under the direction of Wilkie, and the combined circus continued to tour. A less ambitious enterprise operating simultaneously was Doyle’s Circus, which was sold in liquidation in 1967. In 1964, the two enterprises were faced by competition on a grand scale when the famous Chipperfield’s Circus was imported lock, stock and barrel from England to settle in South Africa, and opened for the Christmas season in Cape Town. A succession of misfortunes failed to prevent its establishing itself and regularly touring the sub continent.
In 1968 the International Circus Performers’ Award was won by the clown Charlie Bale, the first South African circus artist to be so honoured. Nicknamed the Circus Oscar, the trophy is awarded every five years by an international body to a circus performer whose work is outstanding.
Source:Standard Encyclopedia of Southern Africa