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in fact he became part of the Liesching family. In 1802 Liesching engaged a German as tutor for his children to replace Ziegler with whom he formed a partnership in an apothecary shop at 15 Longmarket Street. In conjunction with this shop the two friends established a medicinal garden on land with a fountain, granted to them for this purpose. Ms. Patricia McMagd 3 identified the site of the garden as The Knoll, situated in Kloof Street nearly opposite the Bantry Steps. Some of the retaining walls built during Ziegler’s time are supposed to be there still. Latrobe, Secretary of the Moravian Church in England sent to organize the mission stations at Mamre and Genadendal reports a vist to Liesching and Ziegler on his Journal of a visit to South Africa in 1815 and 1816 4 as follows: “…. by a continuation of the road, dug deep into the declivity of the mountain, we reached the villa of Dr. Liesching and Mr. Ziegler for dinner. This is a romantic spot, with a great variety of garden ground, laid out in terraces down a very rugged kloof and containing a large collection of scarce plants and flowering shrubs. At the bottom of the grounds the rocks form a grotto in which is a cold bath….. After dinner we returned to Cape Town in the doctor’s barouche and four.” Incidentaly, the little bay below their property initially took its name from their botanical garden being called Botany Bay, which in time became modified into Bantry Bay. SOMETIMES IT IS BETTER TO TRAVEL HOPEFULLY THAN TO ARRIVE In 1816 Ziegler turned fifty. In the same year he married for the first time. At a double ceremony in the Strand Street Lutheran Church 5 he took to wife the daughter, and another of the Liesching girls took as husband the son of a former Lieutenant-Governor of Java and school friend of the poet Friedrich Schiller. Four years later he sold his share of the partnership in the apothecary shop and gardens to Dr. Liesching and 1823 together with his German born wife, embarked for home. Ziegler appears to have done well in South Africa – but on his travels he was most unlucky. After De Wet had engaged Ziegler to come to South Africa, he instructed his agents in Holland to arrange a passage on one of the Company ships. They found that this could only be done by enlisting Ziegler as a soldier in the service of the Dutch East India Company and then after his arrival at the Cape to request his release for teaching purposes. Poor Ziegler brought up in a refined home thus had to undertake the sea voyage under the roughest of conditions. On top of this, the ship in which he left Holland ran aground on the French coast and all aboard had to be crowded into other already fully laden ships. Well, his trip home 6 went without mishap – but if he said a prayer of thanksgiving for his safe arrival in the Thames, that was premature: when about to go ashore at Gravesend, he died. An interesting sequel to Ziegler’s life story: when Andries Pretorius, later to become a great Voortrekker leader, sold his farm for wagon and oxen so that he could join the Great Trek, the buyer was one of Dr. Liesching’s sons who, in fond memory of Ziegler, renamed it after Ziegler’s hometown, Schaffhausen. / 1 De Jong: Reizen: 2 Du Toit: Onderwys; 3 McMagh: A Dinner of Herbs; 4 Latrobe: Journal of a visit; 5 Cape Town, Lutheran Church registers; 6 KAB, CO 6067, date of departure 7.3.1823 with Kerswell to London. Stagle Johannn Joachim [Stahel or Stachel?], born St. Gall 1759, arrived 1793 as soldier. Initially spent forty days in hospital without pay. 1 1795 released from service by Lieutenant of the Burgher Militia, Johannes Paulus Eksteen but now living at Lieutenant of the Burgher Militia, Schickerling, on loan as schoolmaster. 2 / KAB, C 1065, p. 7; 2 KAB, C 1064, pp. 66, 79. 110
Haupt, Daniel Jacob, “obviously also of Zurich”. / Meyer-Otth, W.: Eine zürcherische Familiengeschichte, pp. 185-189. Basler, Jacob born Zurich, 1795 soldier. / KAB, BO 193. Brehm, Georg born Schaffhausen, 1795 soldier. / KAB, BO 193. Casper, Michael born Zurich [Kaspar?], 1795 soldier. / KAB, BO 193. Grisman, Christiaan born Berne, 1795 soldier . / KAB, BO 193. Krusch, Joseph born Basel [Gross of Arlesheim BL?], 1795 soldier. / KAB, BO 193. Myzan, Samuel born Berne, 1795 soldier. / KAB, BO 193. Niederberger, Aloisius born Stans NW, 1795 soldier. / KAB, BO 193. Roosenburg, Johan Anton born Basel [Rosenburg?], 1795 soldier. / KAB, BO 193. Schefelyn, Johannes born Zurich [Schäfli?], 1795 soldier. / KAB, BO 193. Sucht, Johannes [Schucht of Zurich ZH?] born Zurich, 1795 soldier. / KAB, BO 193. Tjennozie, Augustus born GR [Cenzi of Cama GR?], 1795 soldier. / KAB, BO 193. Gytzman, Johan Fredrik Lodewyk [Geissmann?], born Basel. 1795 gunner with the artillery, pay fl 20. / KAB, BO 193. Kiburg, Christian W., origin not recorded, of Basel? Born 1781. 1 1795 soldier in Company service. 2 Died of consumption in Stellenbosch District, 1807. 1 / 1 KAB, 1STB 16/138; 2 KAB, BO 237. Schoch, Johan Friedrich, origin not recorded, of Appenzell?. 1795 piper. / KAB, BO 237. Moesbag Christiaan born Geneva [Moosbach?]. 1795 postholder at Simon’s Town with pay fl 11. / KAB, BO 193. Revel, Swiss, place and date of birth not known. According to Swiss Family Name Book possibly Reviol of Gimel or Longirod VD. After the British occupation of the Cape in 1795, Mr Andrew Barnard was sent out from England to assume duties as Colonial Secretary. He arrived here with his young bride, the very charming Lady Anne Barnard. As the wife of the top official she was destined to do a lot of entertaining at the Castle. Not only did she distinguish herself as a hostess, she also left us a very delightful record of all her experiences and observations at the Cape through letters and innumerable sketchs. When preparing for the journey from England to the Cape, and knowing of the role of hostess which awaited her there, she engaged the services of a cook who was highly recommended to her. At the Cape, the first guest invited by the Barnards was most appropriately their superior, the Governor-General Dundas. Alas, this important occasion coincided with the excellent cook’s first close encounter with the equally excellent Cape wines, which left him intoxicated and incapable. The distinguished guest arrived but no dinner made its appearance. After an hour’s delay a charred, inedible meal was served, prepared by 111
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ADOLPHE LINDER THE SWISS IN SOUTHER
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1. PROLOGUE Messrs Felix Ernst and
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general reader. The following compa
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4. SHORT HISTORY OF ARRIVALS DURING
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learned to love. Only ten are known
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Dutch army. His grandson served as
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TABLE 6 Showing the number of Swiss
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Key River where they encountered th
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shoemakers’assistants, farm hands
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Jan Sausche of Rougemont VD bought
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there to form a settlement to suppl
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All the lieutenants and junior offi
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Swiss settler, Christiaan Orffer of
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Scheer / Schersliefer, Samuel born
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Phlegel, Nicolas (also recorded as
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over to the Company. Unfortunately
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Commissioner De Mist and the German
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the Huguenot brothers Guillaume and
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In 1700 he is recorded with wife Be
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of Jan Oberholster of Zurich. Doubt
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Assenburgh, who placed him under ar
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Stellenbosch farm Uitkyk, 51,8 ha.,
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permission to start a business. 5 O
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Meynraad, Jan Leenert born Schaffha
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After a lapse of six months during
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The children: 1. Charl Christoffel
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1752 dairyman, 1753-1757 corporal s
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Page 62 and 63: Winger /Minger Nicolaas born Berne
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Page 66 and 67: Superbiller, Jan Coenraad born Appe
Page 68 and 69: he submitted a list of provisions r
Page 70 and 71: Cobie, Samuel born Berne [Kübli of
Page 72 and 73: kitchen utensils to Claas Jonge and
Page 74 and 75: KAB, MR 1758, 1760-1761; NL, MR 175
Page 76 and 77: Weis / Weys, Jan born Solothurn [Wy
Page 78 and 79: Pieters, Pieter born Zurich [Peter?
Page 80 and 81: of the prospective mutineers was se
Page 82 and 83: Married 1.7.1783 Maria Catharina, d
Page 84 and 85: 11.George Egbertus born 1792, gaole
Page 86 and 87: 8. Petrus Johannes born 1792. 9. An
Page 88 and 89: Meynderts, Jan born Basel, arrived
Page 91 and 92: 7. Possibly a son, William, not bap
Page 93 and 94: Locher, Frans born Bothen ZH [Boden
Page 95 and 96: was compensated for the loss of a h
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Page 101 and 102: KAB, DO ZK 8/4/1 T dated in favour
Page 103 and 104: Stein, Jean-Gottlieb (de) born TG.
Page 105 and 106: Bertram, Andries born GR, arrived 1
Page 107 and 108: Baarth, Johan Adam born “Herbroek
Page 109: Hibelen, Francois born Bern [Hieble
Page 113 and 114: therein by his friend Bernardus La
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Page 117 and 118: 3. Johannes Pierre Francois born 18
Page 119 and 120: following year married Johanna Geer
Page 121 and 122: Coetzee, Marylin: Line of Descent o
Page 123 and 124: Roulet, Louis-Edouard: Jean-Pierre
Page 125 and 126: CO = Colonial Office CO 333 Letters
Page 127 and 128: RLR 14, Licences: Loan Farms. T = D
Page 129 and 130: Schweizerische Landesbibliothek. Sc
Page 131 and 132: 10. INDEX TO SWISS NAMES Names in r
Page 133 and 134: Charlet, 41 Chatillon, Nicolaas Jos
Page 135 and 136: Freene, Hendrik, 20, 22, 24, 59, 64
Page 137 and 138: Humard, 75 Hungerbüller, 72 Hypze,
Page 139 and 140: Mäglin, 53 Mangaaven, Pieter, 69 M
Page 141 and 142: Pitselaar, Johann, 60, 62, 64, 67 P
Page 143 and 144: Sergeans, Louis / Charles-Louis, 10
Page 145: Waser / Waasen, Rudolf, 81 Weber, 6
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