| Notes |
- Sterftekennis van seun.
Peter Godeffroy (350 tons)
Some shipping details:
Left Hamburg on 30 September 1858;
Arrived at East London on 19 January 1859;
5 children died en route.
Ship's doctor: Dr C. Besig (25), Schaumburg, Prussia.
SANDOW FAMILY
Husband: Friedrich (37)
Wife: Albertine (35)
Occupation: Fisherman
Children: Otto (11), Carl (9), Emilie (8), Auguste (6), Hermann (2)
Place of birth: Klosterwalde, Prussia
Originated: Uckermark
Final settlement: Braunschweig
At the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny about 30 officers and 1,028 men of the Legion proceeded to India to reinforce the British troops there. Only 386 returned. The sudden influx of industrious and thrifty Germans marked the real beginning in the development of East London, which was quickened by the arrival, between June 1858 and Feb. 1859, of the second group of German settlers, these being agriculturists and their families, numbering 2,315 souls.
These immigrants had come under a scheme devised by the Governor (Sir George Grey) for increasing the European population. He had made arrangements with the Hamburg firm of Goddefroy & Son to send 4,000 German settlers of good character and physique to British Kaffraria. Each head of a family was to receive a certain amount of land and the men were liable for military service.
The Secretary of State considered 2,315 settlers quite enough and paid the Hamburg firm £5,000 to cancel the contract for the remaining nearly 2,000 prospective immigrants. These 2,315 German settlers, like the Legionaries, were distributed throughout British Kaffraria. Those who settled in East London were located on the east bank of the Buffalo River and were the first Europeans to reside there. Each head of a family received an erf in that portion of the town between Union Street and the river, and an acre lot in Southernwood, or in the North End.
Each erf-holder had to build a house, and as there were no building regulations at that time, many of the houses were built of wattle and daub. At the end of six years the settlers received title, the first titles being granted to them in March 1864. Three villages clustered round the Buffalo mouth by 18-73, namely East London (the west bank of the river), East London East (which comprised the area from the east bank to Union Street) and Panmure (from Union Street to North Street), named after Lord Panmure, Secretary for War at the time of the arrival of the German Legion.
Log in to Reply <http://ancestry24.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fancestry24.com%2Fgerman-personalia-cape%2F>
kmeintjes January 10, 2010 at 9:15 pm <http://ancestry24.com/german-personalia-cape/>
The Eastern Cape Germans are documented on a book “For Men Must Work” by ELG Schnell. I do not have a copy.
=========
|
Search | Advanced Search | Search Families | Search Site
1881 - 1933 (52 years)
, d. 10 May 1905, Weskoppies Hospital, Pretoria