Western Cape, BEAUFORT-WEST, Rural (farm cemeteries) / Western Cape, BEAUFORT-WEST district, Karoo National Park, Hendriks Kraal 298, Grantham, farm cemetery_01 / (9 of 9 images)
Cemetery information:-
(Supplied by Esna van Zyl, SANPARKS)
Graveyard 1 with 14 graves.
Graves 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8 have headstones without any inscriptions.
Grave 2: Grave of Alettha Elizabeth DE VRIES born on 11 (?) March 1885 and deceased on ?? 1897
No photo available, but the inscription reads:
ALETTHA ELIZABETH DE VRIES
GEBOREN 1885 DE 11 MART
OVERLEDEN 1897 DE….
JEZUS IS KINDER VRIEND
Grave 9: Grave of Johanna Lowiesa VIVIER born 7 January 1892 and died 14 May 1899.
No photo available, but the inscription reads:
JOHANNA LOWIESA
VIVIER
GEBOREN
IN HET JAAR 1892 DE 7 JA. NU.
OORLEDEN
DE 14 MY 1899
Album incomplete, two photographs not available, but we do have the inscriptions - see above.
eGGSA captions by: Riana le Roux & Sue van der Berg
The GGSA Cemetery DVD only has information on the cemetery location.
Cemetery ID: 6433
Google Earth Cemetery Initiative Information:-
GPSID: 7684
GPS: -32 18.084, 22 10.151
VRIES Izak Daniel, de 1860-1888
Eggenoot M. DE VRIES
The slate headstone is neatly finished. The inscriptions are neat, deeply engraved and clearly readable. The text is surrounded by a line with the well-known point at the top. The headstone was erected in 1889.
contributed by: Esna van Zyl
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