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Early Settlers of Enkeldoorn - M

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THE WHITES OF ENKELDOORN 1880 to 1980

A history of the families of european descent who settled in the area of Enkeldoorn (renamed Chivu) Rhodesia. now Zimbabwe.

Author -- Sarel Van der Walt

Completed in approximately the year 2001

POPULATION ENKELDOORN - M

... and some GUTU RELATIVES 1880 TO 1980 All family details, dates, residences and occupations as far as could be ascertained. List not complete)

MACDOWAL

father and son were doctors in Enkeldoorn

MACKAY

  • Liza Ursula x Christoffel Bernhardus O'Neill 18-3-65 (his XX) 1c

MACKINTOSH

  • Duncan A.E. 1-12-1883 / 29-5-1966 x Ellen Primrose nee ? 23-7-1893 / 13-8-1970
  • Winnefred Margaret (Peggy) nee ? 5-3-1914 / 21-6-1996
  • Keneth Alexander 27-11-1916 / 20-6-1926

MALAN

MARAIS

MARITZ

Two Brothers Christian and Francois Ignatius arrived at Fort Victoria from Freestate (Liebenbergsvlei) in 1892. The trek was delayed while scouts went looking for suitable farms.

MARNEWICK

MARTIN

MATTHEWS

  • Ray , was chief magistrate and was a leading person in the establishment of the Peer Brocklehurst Foundation in 1937 where he served as Chairman of the Organising Committee and subsequently for many years till he left the area as Chairman of the Management Committee. One block of the establishment is named after him.

MATHYSEN

MAUGHAN

  • Frederick John x Joan Russel Dickson
    • Frederick Charles 12-10-15

MAVROS

  • Miss Poppy 1929 / 34 a teacher at Liebenderg School

McFARLANE

  • Sylvia nee ? 1915 / 15-9-1950

MCKENZIE

  • Janice x Salman Thomas Ferreira

McFERRIER

  • Aletta Johanna x Josias Hendrik Hamman 1c

McKNIGHT

McMANUS

  • Miss, In 1900 an assistant teacher at Liebenberg School. She married Balne and left.

MEE

  • ? farmed on Bultfontein after J.J. Symington Jmr.
  • Antoinette x Johan Bates Schoultz 1c

MEINTJIES

MEIRING

MELLET

MENTZ

MERWE VAN DER

GROUP !

GROUP 2

On occasion Christoffel and brother-in-law Hendrik O'Neill took a wagon load of live pigs to Salisbury with great expectations and thoughts of buying a plough and other necessities. The journey took three weeks. The pigs were found to have measels (a parasite that if consumed causes tape worm in humans) and the carcases were condemned with no compensation to the suppliers.

Geluksverwacht was subdivided into three farms.

Christoffel and Sally initially share farmed on Geluksverwacht, then moved to Veeplaas where they farmed for many years. Their son bought Veeplaas and later sold it to Carel Coetzee.

GROUP 3

After Schalk's death Anna stayed on the farm for a while and worked in the Featherstone Post Office doing secretarial work. She cycled to and from work. She then moved to Enkledoorn where she again worked in the Post Office till she retired. Anna taught Elizabeth and Lodewyk by correspondence school to standard 5, they then attended Liebenberg school as boarders.

GROUP 4

MEYER DE

MEYER

MEYER

  • Lal x Ingrid nee ? arrived in 1971 from South West Africa (Namibia). They farmed on Nyala, bought from Beckett, till sold to Government in 2001 In the early stages, to augment their income Lal undertook working off the farm doing whatever work was on offer. As part of his cattle project, he did A.I. for his neighbour and friend Frikkie Muller with whom he shared a Brahman bull. Ingrid, a retired Nursing Sister became one of the stalwarts of the district and was at all times available to assist as and where needed. She served on the Peter Brocklehust Foundation Management Committee. Their children did not stay in the area.

MILLER

MILNE

  • ? early settler lived on Tapselpark

MIENIE

MILLER

MOERMAN

  • Adriene Christene 3-7-57

MONTGOMERY

  • Jean 1884 / 18-9-54 x Walter Lawrence (Capt. B>SA>P>) 1875 / 20-7-54

MOOLMAN

  • Jan (Jannie) 25-6-1929 / 11-9-1990. Church Elder and Lay-Preacher, formally a bachelor farming on Aftenwaters, 30 miles from enkeldoorn along Gutu road x widow Martha de Klerk nee Blignaut (21-6-1924), daughter of Nicholaas Johannes Blignaut (15-5-1892) and Maria Petronella Rinke (26 -11-1891) who were married in South Africa before coming to Enkeldoorn in 1922. They had no children. Jan produced cattle. After his death after 26 years marriage, Martha moved to town. !

MOORCROFT

MOORE

MOUTON

MULLER

MUSAURAKIS

  • Mr. and Mrs Owned bakery for short while jointly with Mr / Mrs Pakis

MYBURGH