THE SWISS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA 1652-1970 - swissroots-za.ch

CONTENTS
1. Prologue ………………………………………………………………………………2
2. Chronology 1652-1819 ……………………………………………………………….6
3. Introduction
3.1 The spelling of Swiss names ………………………………………………….6
3.2 Swiss origine of arrivals………………………………………………………..7
3.3 Location of Swiss at the Cape…………………………………………………..8
3.4 Local currency …………………………………………………………………8
3.5 Glossary ………………………………………………………………………..8
4. Short history of arrivals during Company rule 1652-1795
4.1 Establishment of the settlement at the Cape…………………………………….10
4.2 The voyage to the Cape …………………………………………………………10
4.3 Company servants……………………………………………………………….12
4.4 Swiss labour migration to the Netherlands ……………………………………..12
4.5 Recruitment for the Company …………………………………………………..17
4.6 In Company service …………………………………………………………….17
4.7 Freemen………………………………………………………………………….22
4.8 Crime and punishment ………………………………………….…………….. 25
4.9 The Swiss Regiment Meuron at the Cape 1783-1795 …………………………..26
4.10 The end of the Dutch East India Company ……………………………………..29
4.11 Their names live on …………………………………………………………….29
5. Summary of Swiss arrivals during First British Occupation 1695-1803…………….29
6. Summary of Swiss arrivals during Batavian rule 1803-1806 ………………………30
7. Summary of Swiss arrivals during first fourteen years of British colonial rule,
1806-1819……………………………………………………………………………30
8. Personalia 1652-1819 ……………………………………………………………….31
9. Bibliography ………………………………………………………………………..120
10.Index to Swiss names ……………………………………………………………..131
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