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Percy Lorenzo (Lorenzo) Boyes – Magistrate at Colesburg and Ceres. He has the distinction of recording the first diamond discovered in South Africa in 1867. - The Eureka Diamond
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Marriage : "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QG-R711?cc=1910846&w... : 4 November 2016), Free State > Philippolis > Marriages 1863-1923 > image 4 of 883; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein.
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Death Notice : "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-YNP9?cc=2517051&w... : 20 February 2018), 007730946 > image 156 of 735; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.
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1836 |
March 15, 1836
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Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1864 |
1864
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Colesburg, South Africa
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1870 |
November 11, 1870
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Springbok, South Africa
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1918 |
June 2, 1918
Age 82
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Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa
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