Sarah Susanna Franzsen, SM

Sarahs father was a well known farmer in the area of Eastford and was a deacon in the NGK Knysnia.A report which was in Dutch but has been translated into English appeared in the local newspaper of Knysnia, the "Heseverks Blad" on the 9th october 1875 as follow:

"Yesterday the otherwise quiet town of Knysna was enlivened by the fluttering of various flags everywhere and by the various welldressed ladies and gentlemen who came from all directions on their way to the Dutch Reformed Church...."

".. The special occation was the wedding of Sarah Hildebrand to Johannes Franzsen. The wedding was conducted by ds MC Botha. Sarah was the daughter of Mr P. Hildebrand, the deacon of the church...."

..."After the ceremony, the invited guests made their way to Eastford, the home of the parents of the bride. The young couple had hardly left town on honeymoon when the ship the "Hettie" sailed into the Harbour with Lars and Malene and their two daughters, Ingeborg and Karen, the parents and two sisters of Johannes."

..."The wedding had been arranged for that particular day because the bridegroom had expected his parents who had just recently arrived in Tablebay from Norway. Unfortunately they had to wait to enter the harbour through the heads and so missed the wedding.Witnesses at the wedding were Rolf Thesen and CA Thesen.

Sarah spent her last years in Cape Town in a wheelchair with severe arthritis.