[35] At Sandfontain.
[36] Three buildings.
[37] Ben is now 9 years old.
[38] First child to be born in Walvis Bay.
[39] Ichaboe Island.
[40] Meat was sold by the company, Dixon, Morris & Lawton, to the guano vessels.
[41] The company of, Dixon, Morris & Lawton, had a British Government contract to feed the troops on St. Helena – October 1844. These were still the same army left on St. Helena after Napoleon died in 1821.
[42] Rebecca.
[43] Jane, who married Latham much later, is now 14 years old.
[44] End of 1844.
[45] Scheppmann.
[46] End of 1844.
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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