Pastor Carl August Gottlieb Gerneke

Carl August Gottlieb Gerneke was a missionary sent to South Africa by the Berlin Missionary Society. . Carl first worked at Riversdal and then at Mosselbaai. He married Pauline Johanna Bertha Heese b. 9 Jun 1868 a school teacher on the 1 Oct 1886 in Riversdal. He was then sent to Georgenholtz in the northen Transvaal to work among the Bawenda tribe. But due to unforeseen problems moved to Makapaanspoort and say for a sort while. In 1899 Carl is back in the Cape and by 1902 he and his wife make a home in Ladismith, were he dies in 1932. Carl August Gottlieb Gerneke and Pauline Johanna Bertha Heese had 13 children. (The Berlin Missionaries in South Africa and their decendants" by Zoellner and Heese)

No one seams to know what Carl August Gottlieb Gerneke's name is, for in some casses he is know as Carel August Gottfried Gerneke. On his civil death record his name is Carl Gustav Gerneke and on his probate he is know as Carl Gustav Gottlieb Gerneke. And on his grave his name is written as Carl G. G. Gerneke.

In the Hamburg Passenger lists for 1850-1934, Carl's name is written as Carl Gernecke b. abt. 1855. Departure date 21 Sep 1883, destination Cape Town. His residence, Schwarzholz, Altmark, Germany, his occupation candidat. The ships name Anglian under the flag of England., departing Hamburg.