[78] Early 1851 : Richard 11 years old.
Tom 8 years old : born August 1843 in Cape Town.
[79] Robert : born in 1849 at Rooibank and died in 1851 at Goanikontes.
[80] Stewardson : Hunter, trader, settler, farmer. He was first a tailor and then a dissenting parson before he made his way to South West Africa. Stewardson married a daughter of one of the Morrises. In August 1850 he had recently lost all his property, could not afford a passage to Cape Town, and was living in his house at Rooibank mission. (See “Pioneers of South West Africa & Ngamiland” page 101.
[81] Ben/Benjamin : 16 years old – possibly 17.
[82] Benjamin and James.
[83] Kuiseb River.
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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