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Probate Record: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-CS3F-D?i=1133&cat...
RICHMOND was established in 1843 in South Africa's inland plateau.
It was founded to meet the religious needs of a growing farming community, but unlike most Karoo towns the church was not built as the physical focal point of the village; rather, the centrepiece is the village square. Unusually for this arid region, it was built astride a river which has been cited as the reason for the irregular street grid.
The town has a substantial number of well-preserved houses and public buildings of Victorian and Edwardian Karoo style, with additions of verandahs dating from the 1920s.
1834 |
June 7, 1834
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Cape Colony, South Africa
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1835 |
February 15, 1835
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Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, South Africa
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1853 |
March 13, 1853
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Richmond, Bo-Karoo, Cape Province, South Africa
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1855 |
April 4, 1855
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Richmond, Bo-Karoo, Cape Province, South Africa
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April 15, 1855
Age 20
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On the farm of Daniel van der Merwe, South Africa
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