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Tobias Smuts
Tobias Smuts (nickname Toop, November 25, 1861 – August 10, 1916) was a Second Boer War Boer general and member of the Volksraad (South African Republic), Eerste Volksraad for the South African Republic.A.E., ''Onze Krijgs-officieren. Album van portretten met levens-schetsen der Transvaalse Generaals en Kommandanten'' p. 37. In Dutch.For death date 10 August 1916, refer to death certificate scan :w:c:File:Death certificate for Tobias Smuts (1861–1916), South Africa, 1916.jpg Family Tobias Smuts was born in 1861 the fourth son of Adriaan Smuts (Paardenberg, Agter-Paarl, Paarl, Cape Colony, 6 October 1822 – Klipbank, Ermelo, Transvaal, 7 June 1911) and Rachel Margaretha Joubert (Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, 29 January 1831 – Ermelo, Transvaal, 4 March 1886) among in total six sons and seven daughters. A young namesake brother Tobias Smuts had died as a baby in 1848. Smuts married Johanna Jacoba Bührmann on 25 November 1884 at Ermelo and had three sons and two daughters by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ermelo, South Africa
Ermelo () is the educational, industrial and commercial town of the 7,750 km2 Gert Sibande District Municipality in Mpumalanga province, Republic of South Africa. It is both a mixed agriculture and mining region. It is located 210 km east of Johannesburg. History Some of the earliest inhabitants of the area were the Leghoya people. Not much is known about them, but ruins of their settlements dating back to c.1400 can be found in the area. During the mid-1800s, the area prior to the formation as a village, was an ''outspan'' area for resting teams of draw animals transporting goods across the region mainly due to the water of the small lakes dotting the area. Modern Ermelo was founded by Dutch Reformed Church Reverend Frans Lion Cachet (1835–1899). He would minister to the many farms in the area. A congregation was started by Cachet in 1870, and was recognised by the 5th annual general meeting of the church in April 1872. The town was formed on the farm ''Nooitgedacht'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
