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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 6d

08 October 1902 - Louis Peter VAN BROEMBSEN of Ermelo and Grace ZEEDERBURG of Pretoria were married at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Pretoria. He was the manager of National Bank in Ermelo.

08 October 1902 - Louis Peter VAN BROEMBSEN of Ermelo and Grace ZEEDERBURG of Pretoria were married at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Pretoria. He was the manager of National Bank in Ermelo. The....

South African Researcher - Family History & Heritage

South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 6d

08 October 1902 - Norman Davies SPENCER married Mary Laura TURNER at St Mary's-the-Less Anglican Church in Jeppestown, Johannesburg.

08 October 1902 - Norman Davies SPENCER married Mary Laura TURNER at St Mary's-the-Less Anglican Church in Jeppestown, Johannesburg. At the time, Norman worked at Beckett & Co. in Pretoria. Mary...

South African Researcher - Family History & Heritage

South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 8d

The WHEELWRIGHT - CRANE wedding on 07 October 1902 in Doornfontein, Johannesburg. The bride was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, England.

07 October 1902 - Guy Dudley WHEELWRIGHT married Maude Lilian Whittaker CRANE at St Augustine's Anglican Church in Height Street, Doornfontein. He was in the civil service. She was known as Lilian...

Museum in a box: on the road with South Africa’s heritage

South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 10d

Museum in a box: on the road with #SouthAfrica’s #heritage - theconversation.com/museum-in-a-...

Heritage is a public good and people should be able to engage with their past.

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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 13d

Historic Africana Research Library seeks help for garden restoration. The Kimberley Africana Research Library is a historical destination where researchers from all over the world, tourists, & local residents alike visit: novanews.co.za/historic-afr...

Historic Africana Research Library seeks help for garden restoration

The Kimberley Africana Research Library, a historical gem, seeks to restore its once-lush garden to enhance visitor experience and preserve its rich heritage.

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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 15d

The Origins of Monkey Gland Sauce in South Africa
Visitors to South Africa are usually shocked to find monkey gland steak or sauce on some menus. Fortunately, it doesn’t contain any parts of a monkey. But where and how did this sauce originate? southafricanresearcher.com/the-origins-...

The Origins of Monkey Gland Sauce in South Africa - South African Researcher

Visitors to South Africa are usually shocked to find monkey gland steak or sauce on some menus. Fortunately, it doesn't contain any parts of a monkey. It is a mixture of chutney, tomato sauce, sugar, ...

King Charles III visits 116-year-old Ethel Caterham in Lightwater

South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 17d

She's the last surviving subject of King Edward VII, the present King’s great-great grandfather. She’s also the only living person who was recorded on the 1911 Census: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ethel Caterham tells the monarch "all the girls were in love with you and wanted to marry you".

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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 17d

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Hitler’s typewriter in a South African bank vault

The Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre (JHGC) has an odd item on display: Adolf Hitler's typewriter, which he had before becoming chancellor of Germany in 1933. In the early 1930s, he used it ...

Grave situation — lost generations fight for their burial sites and heritage

South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 18d

Today's the perfect day to ask your family about your heritage. Get their stories before it's too late. 24 September. #HeritageDay

South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 19d

As my background research into a lost South African WWII pilot, for another researcher in Europe, gets finalised for publication, I'm tracing another WWII pilot's background.
This type of research work is "bringing them home" work, so that they aren't forgotten. It's "leave no one behind" work.

South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 27d

Generations of Rebecca KAOA’s family – her great-grandmothers, grandparents, parents and siblings – are all buried on a hillside in Riversands, north of Johannesburg.

South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 27d

A mega-development is encroaching on a small graveyard in Johannesburg, threatening generations of history and sparking an emotional battle between the developer and an 83-year-old woman to respect and retain these sites.

A mega-development is encroaching on a small graveyard in Johannesburg, threatening generations of history and sparking an emotional battle between the developer and an 83-year-old woman to respect an...

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South African Researcher - Family History & Heritage

South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 27d

The first telegraph in South Africa was installed in 1859. In 1860, the Cape of Good Hope Telegraph Company launched a telegraph service for businesses.

The first telegraph in South Africa was installed in 1859. In 1860, the Cape of Good Hope Telegraph Company launched a telegraph service for businesses. The line consisted of a single galvanised iron....

Husbands allowed to use wives' surnames legally, rules ConCourt

South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 27d

The South African Constitutional Court has ruled that husbands can now take their wives’ surnames. www.ewn.co.za/2025/09/11/h...

This ruling examined parts of the Births and Deaths Registration Act and its regulations, which had previously prevented husbands from assuming their wives’ last names.

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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 27d

Family tree chart found on Bobshop for Petrus Johannes VIVIERS (1843-1933).
First wife: Cornelia Susanna LE ROUX (1847-1868)
Second wife: Christina Susanna VISSER (1852-1940)

South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · Sep 8

Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra PESSOA was born on June 13, 1888, in Lisbon, Portugal. He was a #Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, and translator. He passed away on November 30, 1935, in Lisbon. southafricanresearcher.com/a-portuguese...

A PORTUGUESE POET’S EARLY LIFE IN DURBAN

Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra PESSOA was born on June 13, 1888, in Lisbon, Portugal. He was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, and translator. He is regarded as one of the most signific...

South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · Sep 8

This photo was the only good print and he titled it "Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It."
Aerial reconnaissance would be put to use by the Union and Confederate Armies during the American Civil War.

South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · Sep 8

Black took the photo from a hot-air balloon named "Queen of the Air", which was piloted by balloon navigator Samuel Archer King. They were at 1,200 feet. He took 8 plates of glass negative; 10 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.

South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · Sep 8

This photo of Boston was taken on 13 October 1860 by James Wallace Black. It is the world's oldest surviving aerial photo.
It was two years after the French photographer Nadar conducted his earliest experiments in balloon flight.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BRIDGMAN QUADRUPLETS?

South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · Sep 6

What happened to the Bridgman quadruplets born in Johannesburg? Their mother Miriam NDWANDLE was a Zulu woman from Orlando, Johannesburg: southafricanresearcher.com/what-happene...

Miriam NDWANDLE was a Zulu woman from Orlando, Johannesburg. She gave birth to quadruplets on 24 July 1948. This occurred at Bridgman Memorial Hospital in Brixton, Johannesburg. She died in December 1...