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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“A Few Reminiscences of My Life”





By the late Mrs. Latham, 1879.







This transcript is unchanged and left in its original form.
Spelling or syntax, therefore, is left as is.


This is often referred to as the ‘Latham Diary’.







Original kept by : Frank & Tordis Bassingthwaighte
Hermanus, South Africa.

Addendum & Footnotes done by : Frank & Tordis Bassingthwaighte
Hermanus, South Africa.


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