The Second Anglo Boer War ended in May 1902. World War I—The Great War, the War to End All Wars—erupted twelve years later on July 28, 1914. While writing the story "What About the Men" in the Second Anglo Boer War (post # 23A), I was struck by so many…
Lees meerElizabeth & David Malan & the Neighbor’s Slave Let’s jump back into the 1750’s with our 4th great-grandparents David and Elizabeth Malan’s story. The Cape Colony was in its last few decades of V.O.C. (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or Dutch East India Company) rule. A day or two’s horse ride (more…
Lees meerThere were two widows in the Malan laager after the disastrous battle at Italeni: our 3rd great-grandmother Anna Maria Klopper-Malan, and her sister-in-law, Hercules Malan’s wife, Anna Maria Breedt-Malan. Our 6-year old (2ndgreat-grandmother) Helena Malan and her siblings, including little two-year old Hercules, had lost their father. Maybethese circumstances caused…
Lees meerSomehow word of the Retief delegation massacres filtered through to various English traders still in Dingane’s territory, causing a panicked exodus to the Port Natal harbor. Francis Owen, his family and three American missionaries made it safely to the Hambanathi mission near Tongaat, from where they also fled to Port…
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