UPDATED: 19/03/2025 19 March 1869, Star of South Africa diamond arrives in Hopetown. 19 March 1889, Author Sarah Gertrude Millin (nee Liebson) born in Lithuania. Sarah Gertrude Millin (nee Liebson) Sarah Gertrude Millin (pictured) was born in Lithuania on 19 ...
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UPDATED: 10/03/2025 10 March 1884, George Stanley murders his wife Christina in Beaconsfield. 10 March 1900, 4th Division Town Guard under Capt Irvine Grimmer formally disbanded. 10 March 1926, Richard Jackson, discoverer of the De Beers Mine, dies. 10 March ...
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UPDATED: 13/12/2024 13 December 1937, High ranking Freemason and accountant Arthur Abrams dies at his home, 4 Belgrave Road. 13 December 2012, Elsie McDonald, great SA bowler, dies. One of Kimberley’s greatest lawn bowlers The death at Belgrave Lodge on ...
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UPDATED: 06/07/2023 6 July 1858, The battle of Slypklip where Kausob defeated by a Boer commando. 6 July 1968, Author Sarah Gertrude Millin (pictured) dies. The colourful and dramatic Sarah Millin (All below from the publication “Petticoat Pioneers” written by Maureen ...
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