[64] Becky/Rebecca is 16 years old and Jane is 19 years old.
[65] Goanikontes.
[66] 1850.
[67] Corn.
[68] Lawson or is it Larsen.
[69] About 1850.
[70] Ben/Benjamin was born in 1835 and now 15 years old.
[71] James was born 10-12-1838 and died 1-4-1916. James is now 12 years old.
[72] Becky is 17 and Jane 20 years old.
[73] 1850. Francis James Bassingthwaighte is 30 years old.
[74] The Dixon Children : Ben is 15 years old.
James is 12 years old.
Jane is 20 years old.
[75] 1850. Mother – Mrs. Dixon.
Becky/Rebecca – Bassingthwaighte’s future wife – is 17 years old.
Richard is 10 years old.
Tom is 7 years old.
Robert (baby) approximately 1 year old.
[76] Richard is an errata : Robert died at Goanikontes at age 15 months = end of 1850 or early 1851.
[77] Francis James Bassingthwaighte.
Lees hier oor die dagboek van Jane Latham (neé Dixon), 'n dogter van een van my voorouers, Benjamin Dixon, my ma, Dinah Dixon, se oor-oupagrootjie - sy was dus die 5de geslag. Die boek gaan oor hul "groot trek" na Walvisbaai in Suidwes-Afrika (Namibië). Hul reis met ossewaens het van 1843 tot 1844 plaasgevind. Omswerwinge tussen Walvisbaai en die Kaap het nog tot ongeveer 1861 geduur. Wat 'n ongelooflike voorreg om te weet wat in die lewens van my voorouers, 170 jaar gelede, gebeur het!
The Latham-Diary
Read here about the diary of Jane Latham (nee Dixon), daughter of one of my forebears, Benjamin Dixon, my mother, Dinah Dixon's great-great-grandfather - she was thus the 5th generation. The diary is about their "great trek" to Walvisbay in Southwest-Africa (Namibia). Their trek with ox wagons took place between 1843 and 1844. Roaming between Walvisbay and the Cape continued until about 1861. What a wonderful privilege to know what happened in the lives of my forebears, 170 years ago!
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