Hendrik Schalk 'Tal' Coetzee

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About Hendrik Schalk 'Tal' Coetzee

Hendrik Schalk Coetzee en sy gesin verhuis vanaf Soutpan, Bloemhof na Enkeldoorn in Suid Rhodesia in 1908 en vestig hulle op die plaas Riversdale waar hy op 84 jarige ouderdom op 16 Februarie 1950 oorlede is.

The Whites of Enkeldoorn 1880-1980 is a history of the families of European descent who settled in the area of Enkeldoorn (renamed Chivu) Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Author - Sarel van der Walt.

COETZEE Hendrik Schalk (11 August 1865 – 16 February 1950) married Maria Petronella Conradie (29 July 1868 – 3 July 1954), arrived 1909 from Potchefstroom Transvaal, trek and settled on Riversdale farm where he produced wheat. Hendrik was a big man, exceptionally strong and very bad tempered while Maria was the opposite and very even tempered. Both died on the farm. Hendrik established the Riversdale school. They had 18 children, one died an infant, the last four were born in Rhodesia.

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Hendrik Schalk 'Tal' Coetzee's Timeline

1865
August 11, 1865
Winburg, Orange Free State
1886
May 13, 1886
OFS, South Africa
1887
June 21, 1887
South Africa
1889
February 1, 1889
Winburg, OFS, South Africa
1890
June 7, 1890
Transvaal, South Africa
June 7, 1890
Vryburg, South Africa
1893
June 4, 1893
Pretoria, GP, South Africa
1894
August 15, 1894
Schweizer Reneke, South Africa
1895
March 7, 1895
1897
February 21, 1897
Sweizer Reneke, South Africa