BIOGRAPHIES OF NAMIBIAN
PERSONALITIES
in alphabetical order
KLAUS DIERKS
Copyright © 2003-2004 Dr. Klaus Dierks
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000974
Faber, John
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John Faber was a Boer who bought the farm Seskameelboom (later called Rosenhof) from
Hendrik Witbooi on 11 October 1896. Apparently he was illiterate and signed with xxx.
Faber narrowly escaped with his life when the Witbooi Nama rose in October 1904, while his
partner Riethmann was killed.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Profession: Farmer
RAW DATA: Zondagh 1991:97f.;
000535
Faber, Q.
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Q. Faber was of English or French nationality. He was accused of and punished for
gun-running for Hendrik Witbooi in October 1892 by German colonial officials. Faber was
clearly a friend of Hendrik Witbooi who later acquired some wealth and lived at Rietmond.
When the Nama-German war broke out in October 1904, Faber apparently helped a German
soldier to a horse and was instructed by Hendrik Witbooi to leave Rietmond for the
Botswana border. His family reached Rietfontein but his own fate is unclear.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
RAW DATA: v.Francois 1899:161; Quellen 23:10.10.1904;
000147
Fabri, Friedrich Gotthard Karl Ernst
* 12.06.1824 at Schweinfurt, Germany
+ 17.07.1891 at Barmen, Germany
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Friedrich Gotthard Karl Ernst Fabri was born on 12.06.1824 at Schweinfurt in Germany. He
studied theology at Erlangen and Berlin and receive his doctorate at Munich University in
1847. After some years of working as a minister in his native Bavaria and publishing
various theological writings, he was appointed the third inspector of the Rheinische
Missionsgesellschaft at Barmen in 1857. This post he held until 1884, when he retired and
accepted a honourary professorship at the University of Bonn. He developed a particular
brand of mission theology that allowed him both to agitate for German participation in the
quest for colonies, and to continue as a leader in one of the most prominent German
missionary societies. His pamphlet "Bedarf Deutschland der Kolonien?" (Gotha,
1879; 3rd ed. 1884) was most influential in the developing German colonial movement, and
the Rhenish Mission involvement in Namibia played a role in Namibia becoming a German
colony. Fabri also published about Namibia, although he never travelled to Africa and
relied mainly on the missionary correspondence for his information. He died on 17.07.1891
at Barmen.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Theologian
Functions: Missionsinspektor - Rheinische Mission - 1857-1884
RAW DATA: Dt.Koloniallexikon; Drechsler 1966:26-30, 313, 319, 327-328, 331;
001987
Fanem
* in Germany
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Trader, settler, farmer. One of Hahn's mission colonists who later farmed at the
Waterberg, where he died.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Trader
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:41;
001458
Federau, Bernt
* .1930 at Danzig, Freistaat Danzig (now Poland)
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German photographer and film camera man. Lived for four years in Namibia (ca.1970).
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Gender: m
Field of activity: JOU
Namibia National Archives Database
000149
Felling, Heinrich
* 03.07.1836 at Hemmerde, Germany
+ 20.03.1887 at Kliprivier, Transvaal, South Africa
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Heinrich Felling was born on 03.07.1836 at Hemmerde in Germany. He was a wagon-maker and
one of Carl Hugo Hahn's mission colonists. He emigrated to the Transvaal in 1873. He was
married to Marie Cornelissen from Stellenbosch on 12 October 1869. They had seven
children. He died on 20.03.1887 at Kliprivier in Transvaal, South Africa.
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Gender: m
Profession: Mission colonist
Married to: Marie Felling, née Cornelissen, married 1869-
RAW DATA: Vergissmeinnicht 1893:48; Tabler 1972:41; Faulenbach; v.Schumann;
001459
Fenchel, Tobias
* 30.05.1849 at Gambach/Wetterau, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1876
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Tobias Fenchel was born on 30.05.1849 at Gambach/Wetterau in Germany. He was a missionary
of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft. He came to Namibia in 1876. He was stationed at
Keetmanshoop.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary
Married to: Anna Fenchel, née Bröder, married 1877-
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:85;
001460
Fenn, Captain
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Captain Fenn represented the German Consulate-General during the negotiations with Abraham
Morris and Johannes Christian from the community of the !Gami-#nun (Bondelswarts) during
the German-Nama War (1903-1913) in 1907.
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Gender: m
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:230-231, 361;
001988
Ferry
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+ 10.1875 at Otjikoko
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Ferry was a trader. He was an American who traded for Eriksson and was robbed by the
Gobabis Kai|khauan (Khauas Nama). He died of heart trouble ca. October 1875 at Otjikoko,
east of Omaruru.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Trader
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:41;
001724
Feuerstein, Karl Alfred
[Feuerstein, Fred - short name]
* .1884 at Thangelstedt, Germany
+ .1949 at Erfurt, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1907
Last departure from Namibia: 1919
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Karl Alfred Feuerstein was born in 1884 at Thangelstedt in Germany. He joined the Prussian
military 1905. He came to Namibia 1907 as non-commissioned officer. In 1914 he was a
postal officer. He fought in World War I, was then farmer. In 1917 he was convicted of the
murder of a Bushman. He escaped from Windhoek prison in December 1918 together with Georg
Voswinckel, and joined Mattenklodt in his flight to Angola. He returned to Germany in
1920, where he worked for the postal service in Erfurt, where he died 1949. His life story
was used by Hans Grimm in "Volk ohne Raum". He also published a brief account of
his flight to Angola in the late 1930s. He died in 1949 at Erfurt in Germany.
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Gender: m
RAW DATA: AHK 1975:109-111;
001462
Fielding
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Obtained a mining concession from Bethany in 1854 and from the Bondelswarts in 1855.
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Gender: m
RAW DATA: Esterhuyse 1966:10; Tabler 1973:41;
001463
Fielding
*
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A Nama commander under Bethany Chief Cornelius during the German-Nama War, 1903-1913.
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Gender: m
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:223;
001448
Filemon yElifas, Filemon lyaShindondola, Ovamboland (Ondonga) King
[Shuumbwa]
* in Namibia
+ 16.08.1975 at Onamagongwa
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Filemon yElifas lyaShindondola (Shuumbwa) was the
16th Ondonga King and "Chief Minister" of the Ovambo "homeland
government" since 1970. On 16.08.1975 he was killed in
Onamagongwa in the Ondangwa area. SWAPO National Chairman David Meroro denied that SWAPO
was responsible for his death. Many SWAPO supporters, inter alia the leader of
SWAPO in Ovamboland, Skinny Hilundwa, were arrested after the killing of Elifas. Many of
SA’s subsequent suppression measures were carried out in terms of legislation which
had now been made applicable to Namibia, namely the Riotous Assemblies Act of 1956 and the
Suppression of Communism Act of 1950, which was later renamed the State Security Act of
1950. Aaron Mushimba, Axel Johannes, Hendrik Shikongo and Victor Nkandi were all arrested
together and sentenced to death in the Swakopmund trial. After hearing argument on appeal,
the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa in Bloemfontein set aside the
conviction and sentences on the ground of irregularities in the court proceedings (March
1977 and 24.10.1977 in the case of Nkandi). All the accused were released and went into
exile. Consequently thousands of SWAPO-members, mainly young people, fled to Zambia.
Filemon yElifas was followed by Immanuel
Elifas (Kauluma)(1975-).
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Gender: m
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
001064
Finckenstein, Wolf Friedrich, Graf
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From 1971-1980, Wolf Friedrich Graf Finckenstein was Director of the hostels of the
Deutsche Höhere Privatschule Windhoek. In 1974, he established the Johanniter Hilfswerk
Namibia.
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Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
000799
Filitz, Friedrich Karl
[Filitz, Fred]
* 30.04.1925 at Berlin, Germany
First entry to Namibia: December 1956
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Friedrich Karl Filitz was born on 30.04.1925 at Berlin in Germany. He was educated at the
Askanisches Gymnasium Berlin and the University Berlin in Germany. He came to Namibia in
1956. He was the Manager of Rembrandt (Pty) Ltd.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Married to: Lydia Filitz, née Botha
Father: Carl Filitz
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;
001405
Fingerhuth, Arthur
* 22.09.1869
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Schutztruppe officer.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer
RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:247;
000081
Finkeldey, Helmut
* 18.02.1922 at Frankenberg/Eder, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1950
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Helmut Finkeldey was born on 18.02.1922 in Frankenberg/Eder in Germany. He received his
schooling in Friedberg. After his military service in World War II, he studied electrical
engineering at the Polytechnikum Friedberg. He came to Namibia in 1950 to work in the firm
of Gustav Rosenthal in Outjo (until 1952), then at the Windhoek power station, then at
Metje and Ziegler, and finally until his retirement he led the solar technology department
at South West Engineering (SWE). He is one of the founders of the Windhoek Carneval
(1953). He was a board member of the Deutsch-Namibische Entwicklungsgesellschaft and
(since 1961) of the SWA Scientific Society. He was President of the SWA Scientific Society
from 1981 to 1983. His particular professional expertise is in solar technology, and his
hobby is herpetology (reptiles), in particular snakes.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: ENG NAT
Profession: Civil engineer
Functions: President - SWA Scientific Society - 1981-1983
Married to: Annerose Finkeldey, née Rahnfeld, married 1954
Namibia National Archives Database
000469
First, Ruth
* .1925
+ .1982 at Maputo, Mozambique
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Ruth First, born in 1925 at Johannesburg in South Africa as child of Jewish immigrants
from Russia, was an activist of the South African Communist Party since her youth. She
worked with Reverend Michael Scott and wrote the first Namibian history from the
standpoint of the oppressed (South West Africa, published by Penguin Books in 1963).
Constantly harassed by the police, she went into exile in 1964, as her husband Joe Slovo
has done earlier, and lived first in London and later in newly independent Mozambique. She
was killed in Maputo by a parcel bomb sent by the South African secret police.
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Gender: f
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Journalist
Married to: Joe Slovo ( -1995), married 1949-
Father:
Children: Gillian Slovo
Shawn Slovo
Robyn Slovo
Collections/Papers:
1). Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London: Personal papers
000337
Fisch, Maria
* 24.12.1924 at Menzel (Westfalen), Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1957
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Maria Fisch was born on 24.12.1924 at Menzel (Westfalen) in Germany. She studied theology,
philosophy and medicine in Göttingen and Münster. Her doctoral dissertation in medicine
dealt with the effect of war and postwar conditions on tuberculosis. She was sent to
Namibia in 1957 by the "Missionsärztliches Institut" Würzburg. She was the
head of the mission hospitals in Nyangana (1957-1967) and Andara (1967-1977). From
1977-19?? she was employed as ethnologist by the Kavango homeland government. She retired
in 19?? to Windhoek. She is Active in the Namibia Scientific Society (board member, 19??-;
President, 1992-1993). She authored several books and many articles on the linguistics,
ethnology and history of peoples in the Kavango Region.
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Gender: f
Field of activity: SOC MED
Profession: Medical doctor Ethnologist
Functions: President - Namibia Scientific Society - 1992-1993
RAW DATA: Namibiana 10; Mitt.SWAWG 43,4-6;
000403
Fischer, Adolf
* .1877 at Gross-Biesnitz, Germany
+ .1946
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Biographical information about Adolf Fischer is scarce. He participated in the
German-Namibian war as a military officer during 1904-1906, then served as district
officer and commander of Fort Namutoni, and later at the station Koës. In 1912 he
returned to Germany, but later moved to Denmark. He wrote two books about Namibia
("Menschen und Tiere in Südwestafrika", 1914, and "Südwester
Offiziere", 1935), which differ from the bulk of German colonial literature by a
remarkable lack of racism and considerable sympathy for the anticolonial struggle of
Namibians. Fischer allegedly died in 1946.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL WRI
Profession: Military officer
Namibia National Archives Database
000417
Fischer, Eugen, Prof. Dr.
* 05.06.1874 in Karlsruhe/Germany
+ 09.07.1967 in Freiburg/Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1905
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Eugen Fischer was born on 05.06.1874 at Karlsruhe in Germany. He was a physical
anthropologist and race biologist and one of the Nazi racial theorists, responsible for
the pseudoscientific theories that led to the German Holocaust of millions of innocent
people in the 1940s. During the German Namibian War 1903-1908,
Fischer was invited to German SWA as an anthropologist and geneticist of the University in
Freiburg (Germany) to study the Ovaherero. He co-authored (together with
Erwin Baur and Fritz Lentz) the book "Menschliche
Erblehre und Rassenhygiene (Human Hereditary Teaching and Racial Hygiene)(1921)" in which he claimed that the Ovaherero were "animals", that the German
race was superior and he supported the idea of establishing concentration camps in SWA,
where every second of the thousands of Namibian inmates had died. In 1905 he issued
warnings about the "dangers of race-mixing" between German colonists and African
women. Such thinking underpinned the inhuman treatment of Africans in a foretaste of
things to come for Jews, Blacks, Gypsies and other minority groups in Germany during the
1930s and 1940s. In February 1907 the Nama leader
Cornelius Frederiks died in the concentration camp on Shark Island near Lüderitz. His
decapitated body was used by Fischer to prove his racial theories of the superiority of
the German race. He used German South West Africa as
a field site for the development of later notorious theories on European racial
superiority. Fischer studied the bodies of 17 Nama prisoners of war who have perished on
Shark Island near Lüderitz. The deceased bodies of these Nama fighters who had
surrendered to the Germans in March 1906, were decapitated. A published photograph of two
heads supposedly provided visual evidence to support the "scientific" arguments
for German racial superiority over the Africans (See: Fetzer, Christian: Rassenanatomische
Untersuchungen an 17 Hottentottenköpfen, Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Anthropologie,
Bd. XVI). For the year 1906 it was reported that altogether 778 post-mortem tests were
conducted. Consequently also skulls were collected, which Ovaherero female
prisoners-of-war were forced to scrape clean with the aid of glass shards.
Copyright of Photos: Chr. Fetzer: Rassenanatom. Untersuchungen an 17
Hottentottenköpfen: Lichtdruck der Hofkunstanstalt, Stuttgart (left picture): Right photo
from a post card from German Southwest Africa: Loading of Herero skulls for German
universities and museums
Fischer's field research in Rehoboth 1908 tried to establish the validity of
Mendel's heredity laws on humans. In 1913, Fischer earned a reputation by publishing his
field research concerning the questions of race crossbreeding in Namibia "Die
Rehobother Bastards und das Bastardisierungsproblem beim Menschen (The Bastards of
Rehoboth and the problem of Miscegenation in Man)". There he wrote: "We should
provide them with the minimum amount of protection which they require, for survival as a
race inferior to ourselves, and we should do this only as long as they are useful to us.
After this, free competition should prevail and, in my opinion, this will lead to their
decline and destruction".
His work was used to justify Nazi race theories and practices. In 1921 he wrote, as
mentioned above, one of the standard works of German racialism "Menschliche Erblehre
und Rassenhygiene (Human Hereditary Teaching and Racial Hygiene)". During Adolf
Hitler's imprisonment, after his failed "putsch" against the German democratic
Government on 09.11.1923, at the fortress of Landsberg in Bavaria/Germany in 1923, he read
Fischer's book. Fischer's ideas of a German supreme race and the ideas of concentration
camps inspired Hitler to write his book "Mein Kampf (pages 2, 3, 9, 19, 22, 30, 31,
37, 41, 46, 50)". From 1927 (before Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933)
until 1942 Fischer was the Director of the "Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für
Anthropologie (KWG)" in Berlin-Dahlem, when Hitler made him the Vice Chancellor
(Rector) of the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin. One of his students was the
"Father of South African Apartheid" and later South African Prime Minister,
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (1901-1966). In 1934, Hitler began implementing the sterilisation
programme against "blacks", Jews and Gypsies using Fischer's studies to justify
it. During the same year, Hitler placed Fischer in charge of training SS doctors who later
conducted their "medical experiments" on the inmates of German concentration
camps during World War II. Since 1937 he was a Member of the Prussian Academy for Science.
In 1938 or 1939 Fischer published the study "Racial Origin and Racial History of the
Hebrews". Hitler took the book as factual and began sending Jews into the
concentration camps. Fischer was also the co-author of a publication (among many
others)(together with Gerhard Kittel) in a series "Research on Jewish Issues"
("Forschungen zur Judenfrage"): "Das antike Judentum" (1942). On
23.03.1942, Alfred Rosenberg, Minister of the Occupied Eastern Territories, wrote about
the possible employment of staff for his projected Reich Centre for Research on
the East: " ... I have thought of Geheimrat Eugen Fischer, a person who represents
biological research and is a leading member of the KWG". Fischer retired from the
Berlin University in 1942 (his successor was Dr. Otmar Verschuer, who published the book
"Racial Biology of the Jews" which also made Hitler's nightstand). On 10.06.1944
Fischer accepted the chairmanship of a workshop at the "Anti-Jewish Congress" to
be convened in Krakow. In his opening speech he stated: "Dear Reichsminister! That
you intend to create a scientific front line for the defence of European culture against
the influence of Jewry, and to call together for that purpose scientists from all the
nations fighting Jewry, seems to me a very good idea and absolutely necessary ... ".
After World War II, Fischer completed his memoirs "Begegnungen mit Toten (Encounters
with the Dead)", which whitewashed his role in the genocidal programme of the Third
Reich. The book carefully avoided mention of the millions of innocent people who suffered
through the application of the Nazi racial theories he had espoused. Fischer was not
punished as one of the instigators of the German Holocaust and a top Nazi and was
denazified only as "follower". In spite of his past activities, in 1952 Fischer
became the Honourary President of the newly founded German Anthropological Society in the
Federal Republic of Germany (Western Germany). It has still to be established whether he
ever visited South Africa and Namibia again after the Second World War, when in South
Africa Fischer's Apartheid ideas, under the auspices of his former student, Hendrik
Frensch Verwoerd, grew into fruition. He died on 09.07.1967 in Freiburg.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: SCI
Profession: Scientist
RAW DATA: Fetzer, Christian: Rassenanatomische Untersuchungen an 17
Hottentottenköpfen, Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Anthropologie, Bd. XVI;
www.bigeye.com/sexeducation/nazivirusprojects.html;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Fischer;
Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
Copyright of Photo: www.chgs.umn.edu/Histories.../backgrounds.htm
001464
Fischer, Major
*
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Major Fischer was an officer who was involved in a corruption scandal, being bribed by the
firm Tippelskirch. Probably not identical with Adolf Fischer.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:258, 294;
000729
Flent
*
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Apparently a trader in 1889. He appears as a creditor in Witbooi's "Debt Book".
The spelling is doubtful, and could stand for "Flint".
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
RAW DATA: Not found in Tabler, Lenssen, Esterhuyse;
001465
Fock, Gerhard Jürgen
* .1907
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Gender: m
Married to: Dora Fock
Father: Georg Fock
Namibia National Archives Database
000800
Fock, Georg, Dr.
*
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Gender: m
Children: Gerhard Jürgen Fock (1907)
Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.423 (Agreements, correspondence, diary notes)
RAW DATA: Mitteilungen SWAWG vol.23, no.1:1-9;
001466
Foelin, Henri
*
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Mining engineer, accompanied Adolf Lüderitz on his last expedition 1886.
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Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
000801
Fogarty, Nelson Wellesley
* 13.09.1871 at Canterbury, England
First entry to Namibia: 1916
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Nelson Wellesley Fogarty was born on 13.09.1871 at Canterbury in the United Kingdom. He
was educated at the King's School Canterbury, and St. Augustine's College, Canterbury in
the U.K. He came to South Africa in 1893. He was an Assistant Curate at Claremont 1894 and
at Oudtshoorn 1895. He was Chaplain to Bishop Gaul of Mashonaland in 1897. He became
Principal of St.Mary's College in Hlotse, Basutoland in 1901. He became Director of the
Government Industrial School in Maseru, 1904. He was Canon at Bloemfontein from 1912 to
1922. He became the Archdeacon of Damaraland (Namibia) in 1916 and the Bishop of
Damaraland in 1924.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Clergy
Married to: Alice Fogarty, née Melville, married 1889
Father: John Fogarty
Children: Lorna Mary Cope (married Fogarty)
RAW DATA: WWSA 1929/30;
000776
Fordred, Ronal Ivor
* 08.06.1923 at Zeerust, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1954
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Ronal Ivor Fordred was born on 08.06.1923 at Zeerust in South Africa. He was educated at
Johannesburg Witwatersrand Technical College. He served in the South African Army from
1943 to 1946. He came to Namibia 1954 as projects engineer for Matthew Hall (Pty) Ltd. and
became director of various companies.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman
Married to: Joan Agnes Fordred, née Walker, married 1948-
Father: E.W. Fordred
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;
001992
Forsythe
*
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Trader. He was killed in 1864 at Gobabis for his goods by the Kai|khaun (Khauas Nama).
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:41;
000873
Fourie, Louis, Dr.
* .1874 at Oudtshoorn, South Africa
+ .195? at Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1916
Last departure from Namibia: 1928
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Louis Fourie was born in 1874 at Oudtshoorn in South Africa. He was a medical doctor in
the public service. He was transferred to Namibia in 1916. He took a special professional
interest in bubonic plague, and undertook ethnographical studies with a focus on the San
community (Bushmen). He was a founder member of the SWA Scientific Society, which elected
him as their first President. He left Namibia in 1928.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: MED
Profession: Medical doctor
Functions: President - SWA Scientific Society - 1925-1926
RAW DATA: Mitt.NWG vol.43, no.4-6;
000802
Fourie, Martin E.
* 10.07.1909 at Malmesbury, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1952
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Martin E. Fourie was born on 10.07.1909 at Malmesbury in South Africa. He joined the South
African Army in 1931. In World War II he served in the Middle East in a liaison capacity,
then he was the 2nd in command in the Regiment Botha 1942. In 1943 he was seconded to the
British forces, attached to Force 33 with intelligent work in Greece. He became the G.S.O.
to the Cape Command from 1945 to 1952. He was the O.C. of the SWA Command since 1952.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer
Married to: Zeta Fourie, née Wane, married 1936-
Father: M.C. Fourie
RAW DATA: WWSA 19159;
000406
Fournier, Walter
*
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Walter Fournier was a wealthy Prussian landlord who undertook a hunting trip to Namibia in
1901 and wrote a book about it ("Auf flüchtigem Jagdross in
Deutsch-Südwestafrika", 1902).
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Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
001993
Frank, C.F.
[Frank, L.C.]
*
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C.F. Frank was a trader. It is reported that he has been the confidential agent of
Palgrave at Omaruru. He was an agent for Axel Eriksson at least from 1877 to 1878.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:41;
000803
Frank, Chaim
* 17.01.1903 in Lithuania
First entry to Namibia: 05.08.1926
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Chaim Frank was born (17.01.1903) and educated at Vilnius, Lithuania. He came to Namibia
in August 1926. He was a farmer and merchant at Lidfontein, Gibeon District.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Married to: Frieda Frank, née Minc, married 1937
Father: Simon Isaac
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;
000804
Frank, Simon
* 11.10.1913 at Robertson, Cape, South Africa
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Simon Frank was born on 11.10.1913 at Robertson in South Africa. He studied at the
University of Cape Town and UNISA in South Africa. He received his LLB. in 1942. He was an
advocate. He was the Mayor of Newcastle, South Africa from 1947 to 1948 and became Mayor
of Windhoek in 195?.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW
Profession: Advocate
Married to: Anna Frank, née Jooste
RAW DATA: SWA Annual 19954; WWSA 1959;
000393
Franke, Erich Victor Carl August
[Franke, Victor - alternative spelling]
* 21.07.1865 at Zuckmantel, Silesia (Schlesien), Germany (now Poland)
+ 07.09.1936 at Hamburg, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 26.06.1896
Last departure from Namibia: 1919
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Erich Victor Carl August Franke was born on 21.07.1865 at Zuckmantel, Silesia (Schlesien),
Germany (now Poland). After his schooling in Silesia, he joined the German Army. He came
to Namibia as a Schutztruppe officer in June 1896. He was Bezirksamtmann in various places
(Outjo 1899-1910), and travelled extensively, most notably in Ovamboland and the
Kaokoveld. He took part in many campaigns against the resistance of Namibian communities
against German colonial rule. He is celebrated in settler circles as the "Hero of
Omaruru" after he succeeded to relieve the towns of Omaruru, Okahandja and Windhoek
at the beginning of the German-Ovaherero War 1904. After the battle of Otjihinamaparero on
27.02.1904 he wrote into his diary: "A wounded man with a
terribly damaged leg is brought in . ... He is questioned and then shot, Von Arnim
executes him properly. He is shot from the back without noticing what is happening to the
unfortunate man." At the beginning of World War I, Franke led a
counter-attack on Portuguese forces at Naulila in Angola. He took over the command of the
Schutztruppe after the death of von Heydebreck on 12.11.1914. He signed the capitulation
treaty (Khorab treaty) in 1915. He left Namibia in 1919, and retired as Major-General from
the German army in 1920. Later he lived for some time in Brazil. - Franke left an
extremely interesting, very personal diary (a copy of which is available at the National
Archives of Namibia and is in the process to be published: the first volume from
26.05.1896 to 27.05.1904 was published in 2003) and was known as a competent and ruthless
but notoriously difficult commander, traits that were exacerbated by his morphine
addiction. He died on 07.09.1936 at Hamburg in Germany.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer
Functions: Bezirksamtmann - Outjo - 1899-1910
Collections/Papers:
1). Bundesarchiv Koblenz: NL 30 (Diaries 1886-1920, correspondence and files 1886-1953)
2). NAN: A.402 (Microfilm of no.1), * Findaid available
RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:passim; Deutsches Koloniallexikon; Hubatsch; Drechsler 1966:168;
Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001467
Franken
*
---
Employee of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft für Südwestafrika.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:332;
000805
Franklin, William George
* 04.10.1931 at Worcester, Cape, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1960
---
William George Franklin was born on 04.10.1931 at Worcester, Cape in South Africa. He was
educated at the Rhodes University at Grahamstown in South Africa. He was a journalist. He
came to Namibia in 1960. He was the editor of the Windhoek Advertiser from 1961 until
1968.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: JOU
Profession: Journalist
Married to: Ulrike Franklin, née Heye, married 1960-
Father: William James Franklin
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;
000148
Franz
* .1832
---
Full name not traced. He was apparently taken prisoner as a child in Hereroland and
brought to Komaggas in the Cape Colony in South Africa when he was 10 years old, he
accompanied Carl Hugo Hahn and Kleinschmidt to Windhoek and then to Otjikango.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Lau 1965:V1254; Lau 1989:299;
001468
Franzman, Willem, Captain of the !Khara-khoen (Franzman Nama)
[Fransman, Wilhelm - also known]
*
+ 02.1854 in Namibia
---
Willem Franzman was the Captain of the !Khara-khoen (so-called "Franzman Nama").
He died in February 1854 of dysentery, and was followed by Piet Koper (!Gamab)(1854-1863)
.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: TRA
Profession: Traditional leader
RAW DATA: Vedder Quellen 10+14:Feb.1854; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000807
Franzsen, Margaretha Petronella
[Franzsen, Rita - call name]
[Breitenbach, Margaretha Petronella - birth name]
* 21.11.1926 at Naauwpoort, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1954
---
Margaretha Petronella Franzsen was born on 21.11.1926 at Naauwpoort in South Africa. She
was educated at the Rocklands Girls High School, Stellenbosch University and the
Stellenbosch Technical College in South Africa. She was active in executive positions of
welfare organisations since coming to Namibia in 1954.
---
Gender: f
Functions: Chair - Cripple Care Association of SWA - 1960-1972
Chair - Regional Welfare Board SWA
Secretary - Association for the Handicapped - 1972-
Married to: Andre Franzsen, married 1953-
Father: Marthinus Esaias Breitenbach
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;
000808
Fraser, Norman Cameron
* 10.04.1889 at Queenstown, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1920
---
Norman Cameron Fraser was born on 10.04.1889 at Queenstown in South Africa. He was
educated at the Boys High School in Oudtshoorn (South Africa). He was admitted as Attorney
and Notary in 1920. In the same year he came to Namibia. He was a partner in the legal
firm of Bell, Fraser and Engling. He was a Member of the "white" Legislative
Assembly from 1934 to 1950 and Chairman of the Legislative Assembly from 1940 to 1950. He
was the President of the Law Society of SWA.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW
Profession: Lawyer
Functions: Member - Legislative Assembly - 1934-1950
Chairman - Legislative Assembly - 1940-1950
President - Law Society of SWA
Married to: Kathleen Fraser, née Voss, married 1924
Mother: Anna Elizabeth Fraser, née Stucki
Father: William Fraser
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;
000737
Frederik, Hendrik
[|Gurusmab - Nama name]
*
---
Appears in Hendrik Witbooi's "Debt Book" in a list of unclear purpose.
---
Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
001469
Frederik, Hendrik
* in Namibia
---
Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia from Nov.1979-19xx.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Clergy
Namibia National Archives Database
000535
Frederiks, Cornelius , !Aman (Bethany Nama)
*
+ 16.02.1907 at Shark Island
---
Cornelius Frederiks was a church elder and leader of the larger part of the Bethany
community. He was the rival of Bethany Captain Paul Frederiks (1893-1906). He was a
staunch supporter of Hendrik Witbooi and fighter against German colonialism and member of
the "Witkamskap". He is mentioned in Witbooi's "Debt Book" 1891 as the
source of eight horses. Cornelius Frederiks joined Hendrik Witbooi in 1894 for the battles
against the Germans in the Naukluft Mountains. He served in the Witbooi regiment under
German command at the beginning of the Ovaherero War 1904. He joined Hendrik Witbooi with
his faction of the Bethany people during the beginning of the Great Resistance War of the
Nama communities against the Germans in October 1904. He was commanding many war
operations against the German forces, some together with the !Gami-#nun (Bondelswarts)
under Abraham Morris in the lower Fish River area, then with Jakob Marengo in the Karas
Mountains, later again north of Bethany with Hendrik Brandt and Ovaherero fighters under
Chief Andreas. The Germans, who usually referred to him just as "Cornelius",
considered him one of their most dangerous enemies, and put a price of 3 000 Mark on his
head. They finally forced him to surrender with his people on 03.03.1906. The Bethany
people were then imprisoned in the notorious Shark Island concentration camp near
Lüderitz, where more than half of them died, including Cornelius Frederiks himself (on
16.02.1907). The "geneticist" Eugen Fischer studied the bodies of 17 Nama
prisoners of war who had perished in the concentration Shark Island. One of the
decapitated bodies was that of Cornelius Frederiks.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Lau 1995:231; Quellen 4:9.4.1894; Drechsler 1980:192+211-213; Drechsler
1966:210, 215, 222-223, 247, 249-250, 358; Generalstabswerk; Chronology of Namibian
History, 2003 (Dierks);
002134
Frederiks, David, !Aman Captain (Bethany Nama)
[Frederick, David - alternative spelling]
[Fredericks, David - alternative spelling]
[Boois, David - alternative spelling]
*
+
---
David Frederiks was the Captain of the !Aman in Bethany from 1977. He was the ninth in the
recorded genealogy of the !Aman captains. He followed Captain Simon Frederiks (!Hanamub
#Hobexamab|Ai-ob #Hobexamab)(1938-1977).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000517
Frederiks, David Christian, !Aman Captain (Bethany Nama)
[||Naixab - Nama name]
[Christiaan, Dawid - alternative spelling]
[Frederiks, Christian - alternative name]
[Christian, David - alternative name]
*
+ 12.12.1880 at Gross-Barmen
---
David Christian Frederiks was the Captain of the !Aman (Bethany Nama) from 1842-1880. He
followed Captain Joseph Frederiks I (1825-1842) who died in 1842 at Bethany. He was the
third in the recorded genealogy of the !Aman captains. In October 1850 he was not able to
stop the group of the Goliath Nama under the leadership of Paul Goliath (#Hobexab) to
split from the !Aman and to move to !Autsawises (Berseba). Around 1856 the Great Namaqua
Mining Company tried to obtain mining rights from David Christian. He was one of the
signatories to the Hoachanas Peace Accord of January 1858. 1863 Frederiks gave a mining
concession to Benjamin Sinclair which was later taken over by the Pomona Mining Company.
1864 the mining of copper, silver and lead commenced. In July 1865 Frederiks, together
with Kido Witbooi and Paul Goliath, was defeated by Captain ||Oaseb of the Kai||khaun (Red
Nation of Hoachanas). In December 1867 the Peace Accord of Gibeon (Orlam Peace of 1867)
was concluded between Kido Witbooi, Paul Goliath and David Christian Frederiks. In
September 1870 he participated in the Okahandja Peace Conference. In June 1880 he advised
William Coates Palgrave to leave the territory. David Christian Frederiks was killed
during fighting with the Ovaherero near Otjikango (Gross-Barmen) on 12.12.1880, and was
succeeded by his stepson and nephew Josef Frederiks II (!Korebeb-||Naixab)(1880-1893).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Functions: Captain - !Aman - 1842-1880
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002131
Frederiks, Eduard, !Aman Captain (Bethany Nama)
[Fredericks, Eduard - alternative spelling]
[#Khaxab - Nama name]
*
+ .1922 at Bethany
---
Eduard Frederiks was the Captain of the !Aman, from 1916 until 1922. He was the sixth in
the recorded genealogy of the !Aman captains. He followed indirectly Captain Paul
Frederiks (1893-1906). His successor was Joseph Frederiks III (|Ai-ob
#Hobexamab)(1922-1938).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002129
Frederiks, Jan, !Aman (Bethany Nama)
*
+ .1846 at Bethany
---
The missionary of the London Missionary Society, Johann-Heinrich Schmelen, established a
mission station in Bethany (|Ui#gandes, also called Klipfontein) in 1814, where the Orlam
family Frederiks (also called Boois) lived since 1804. The son of Kobus Frederiks, headman
of the !Aman from ca. 1824 until 1846, Jan Frederiks, became Schmelen's interpreter. He
was one of the group leaders of the !Aman until his death in 1846. In the Namaland
conflicts in the 1840s Jan Frederiks was the ally of Captain ||Oaseb of the Kai||khaun and
the Swartboois, later he supported Jonker Afrikaner.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000122
Frederiks, Johannes
*
---
Johannes Frederiks was a schoolmaster, scribe and interpreter at Gibeon. He stayed behind
when Hendrik Witbooi left Gibeon in 1885. In 1887 he was expelled from Gibeon by Moses
Witbooi and forced to live at an outstation: this seems to have been related to his
loyalties to missionary Rust, who by that stage was identified with German efforts of
colonisation. No further details traced.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: EDU
RAW DATA: Quellen 17:11.1.1886, 13.1.1887;
002130
Frederiks, Joseph I, !Aman Captain (Bethany Nama)
[Fredericks, Joseph - alternative spelling]
[Boois, Joseph - alternative spelling]
[Frederiks, Josef - alternative spelling]
*
+ ca. 1842 at Bethany
---
Joseph I Frederiks was the Captain of the !Aman and |Khauas Nama from 1825 until 1842. He
followed Captain Kobus Frederiks (1804-1825). He was the second in the recorded genealogy
of the !Aman captains. His successor was David Christian Frederiks (||Naixab) (1842-1880).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000123
Frederiks II, Joseph, !Aman Captain (Bethany Nama)
[Frederick, Josef - alternative spelling]
[Fredericks, Josef - alternative spelling]
[Frederiks, Josef - alternative spelling]
[!Khorebeb-||Naixab - Nama name]
* at Bethany
+ 20.10.1893 at Bethany
---
Joseph II Frederiks was the Captain of the !Aman from 1880 until 1893. His Nama name
!Khoreb-||Naixab. He was the stepson and nephew of David Christian Frederiks who was
killed in the Battle of Otjikango in 1880. He was the fourth in the recorded genealogy of
the !Aman captains. Frederiks was connected to the selling of large tracts of land to the
German merchant Adolf Lüderitz and his agent Heinrich Vogelsang (Angra Pequeña and
surroundings: the "sale" was characterised by some fraudulent manoeuvres on the
German side which exploited the seller's ignorance in terms of the English mile versus the
German geographical mile). He also concluded a protection treaty with the Germans in
October 1884 (with Gustav Nachtigal). Frederiks died on 20.10.1893 at Bethany. He was
succeeded by Paul Frederiks (1893-1906).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Functions: Captain - !Aman - 1880-20.10.1893
RAW DATA: DSAB III:311; Rohlfs 1884:11; Esterhuyse 1967:passim;
Drechsler 1966:31-32, 329, 330; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks (Joseph Frederik's II House at
Bethany)
002132
Frederiks III, Joseph, !Aman Captain (Bethany Nama)
[Frederick, Josef - alternative spelling]
[Fredericks, Josef - alternative spelling]
[Frederiks, Josef - alternative spelling]
[|Ai-ob #Hobexamab - Nama name]
*
+ .1938 at Bethany
---
Joseph III Frederiks was the Captain of the !Aman from 1922 until his death in 1938. He
was the seventh in the recorded genealogy of the !Aman captains. He followed Captain
Eduard Frederiks (#Khaxab)(1916-1922). His successor was Simon Frederiks (!Hanamub
#Naoxamab)(1938-1977).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001470
Frederiks, Kobus, !Aman Captain (Bethany Nama)
[Fredericks, Kobus - alternative spelling]
[Boois, Kobus - alternative spelling]
[Ou Kobeb - alternative name]
*
+ ca. 1825 at Bethany
---
Kobus Frederiks was the Captain of the !Aman and |Khauas Nama from 1804 until his death in
ca.1825. He was the first in the recorded genealogy of the !Aman captains. The missionary
of the London Missionary Society, Johann-Heinrich Schmelen, established a mission station
in Bethany (|Ui#gandes, also called Klipfontein) in 1814, where the Orlam family Frederiks
(also called Boois) lived since 1804.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000537
Frederiks, Paul, !Aman Captain (Bethany Nama)
*
+ 21.12.1906 in Namibia
---
Paul Frederiks was the son of Josef Frederiks II, the Captain of Bethany, whom he
succeeded on 03.12.1893. He was the fifth in the recorded genealogy of the !Aman captains.
He supported German rule in Namibia throughout his period of office. In 1894 he sold the
farms Inachab, Sandverhaar, Witputs and Feldschuhhorn to the German farmer Ferdinand
Gessert. In the same year he concluded a private treaty with
the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft für Südwestafrika (DKGSWA). In
October 1898 the Germans launched a punitive expedition against Frederiks because he
refused to allow the registration of the community's weapons. One farm near Bethany was
consequently confiscated by the Germans. However, the majority of the Bethany people
joined Hendrik Witbooi under Cornelius Frederiks early in 1894, and again in 1904. Paul
Frederiks ruled until his death on 21.12.1906. His indirect successor was Eduard Frederiks
(|Ai-ob #Hobexamab)(1916-1922).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Functions: Captain - !Aman - 12.03.1893-21.12.1906
Father: Josef Frederiks II (?-1893)
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:210, 358; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002133
Frederiks, Simon, !Aman Captain (Bethany Nama)
[Frederick, Simon - alternative spelling]
[Fredericks, Simon - alternative spelling]
[Boois, Simon - alternative spelling]
[!Hanamub #Naoxamab - Nama name]
*
+ .1977 at Bethany
---
Simon Frederiks was the Captain of the !Aman in Bethany from 1938 until his death in 1977.
He was the eighth in the recorded genealogy of the !Aman captains. He followed Captain
Joseph Frederiks III (|Ai-ob #Hobexamab)(1922-1938). His successor was David Frederiks
(1977-).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000470
Frenssen, Gustav
* .1863
+ .1945
---
Gustav Frenssen, a successful German fiction writer, wrote the most successful colonial
novel in Namibia, "Peter Moors Fahrt nach Südwest". He never visited Namibia
but based the book on interviews with combatants of the 1904 war, most notably ...
Michaelsen.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: WRI
Profession: Lutheran pastor Writer
Collections/Papers:
1). Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesbibliothek Kiel (Manuscripts and letters)
000151
Frere, Henry Bartle Edward, Sir
* 29.03.1815 at Llanelly, Wales
+ 29.05.1884 at London, England
---
Henry Bartle Edward Frere was born on 29.03.1815 at Llanelly in Wales in the United
Kingdom. He was the Governor of the Cape Colony and High Commissioner from 31 March 1877
to 15 September 1880. He repeatedly recommended that Walvis Bay be annexed to the Cape
Colony and that a protectorate be declared over the territory up to the Transvaal in the
east and the Kunene in the north. However, he was authorised by the Colonial Office to
annex only Walvis Bay, which was done by Staff - Commander Richard C. Dyer on 12 March
1878. He was initially sent to the Cape Colony in South Africa to carry out plans for the
Confederation of South Africa, but met with insurmountable obstacles such as the Frontier
War five months after his arrival and the Zulu War (which commenced with the overwhelming
defeat of the British at Isandlwana) shortly after. British public opinion and the
government held him responsible, and he was recalled in 1880. He died on 29.05.1884 at
London.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Married to: Catherine Frere, née Arthur, married 1844-
RAW DATA: DSAB II:243-246; Tabler 1973:129; v. Schumann; Guedes;
000809
Frewer, Wilhelm Ferdinand
* 19.12.1911 at Essen, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1935
---
Wilhelm Ferdinand Frewer was born on 19.12.1911 at Essen in Germany. He studied music at
the Folkwangschule in Essen (Germany). He came to Namibia in 1935. He was a director of
the firm W. Frewer, Music Dealer. He established the Windhoek Symphony Orchestra and also
served as its conductor.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MUS
Profession: Musician Music dealer
Married to: Edith Anna Frewer, née Weiss, married 1938-
Father: Anton Frewer
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;
000810
Frey, Karl, Dr.
[Frey, Carl - alternative spelling]
* 03.09.1886 at Mengen near Freiburg, Germany
+ 08.1987
First entry to Namibia: 19.06.1912
---
Karl Frey was born on 03.09.1886 at Mengen near Freiburg in Germany. He was educated at
the universities of Strasbourg and Paris. He received his Dr.-phil. from the University in
Strasbourg. He came to Namibia during June 1912 as a teacher of the Kaiserliche
Oberrealschule in Windhoek. He served as Inspector of Schools in the SWA Education
Department from 1923 onwards. He was interned in South Africa during World War Two from
1940 to 1946. He retired after his release from internment and lived as a farmer on
Eorondemba. He was a Member of the Board of the Land and Agricultural Bank. From 1958-1970
he was a Member of the Senate of the Union/Republic of South Africa. He died in August
1987.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: EDU
Functions: Inspector of Schools - SWA Administration - 1923-
Board member - Land and Agricultural Bank of SWA
Member - Senate of the RSA - 1958-1970
Married to: Christine Henriette Ida Louise Frey, née Nissen-Lass, married 1914
Father: Jakob Martin Frey
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;
001994
Freyn, Barend
*
---
Barend Freyn was a hunter and explorer. He and P. Brand joined W. van Reenen's expedition
to Great Namaqualand at Warmbad in November 1791. Freyn led a party overland into Great
Namaqualand early in 1793, in an attempt to join S.D. van Reenen and Pienaar of the
"Meermin" at Walvis Bay.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:41;
000845
Friedrich, Walter, Dr.
* .1883 at Lübeck, Germany
+ 16.05.1951 at Cape Town, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1914
Last departure from Namibia: 1929
---
Walter Friedrich came to Namibia in 1914. He was a medical practitioner in Karibib from
1914 until 1919, then at the Catholic Hospital in Windhoek from 1919 to 1929. He was the
President of the SWA Scientific Society in 1927. In 1929, he moved to Switzerland, then to
Berlin, and in 1950 moved to South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MED
Profession: Medical doctor
Functions: President - SWA Scientific Society - 1927
RAW DATA: Mitt.NWG 43,4-6;
001472
Frielinghaus
*
---
First head (Oberingenieur) of the Mines Office of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft für
Südwestafrika, 1888.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM
RAW DATA: Esterhuyse 1968:130;
001473
Fries, Eduard
*
---
Eighth mission director of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft, 1918-
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Clergy
Functions: Missionsdirektor - Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft - 1918-
Namibia National Archives Database
000471
Fries, Engelbert de
* 18.08.1870
First entry to Namibia: 1893
---
Came to Namibia in 1893 as Schutztruppe soldier and stayed as a farmer and trader.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.389 (Diaries 1893-1895; recipe book; passport; bank book, photographs
000817
Fritz, Georg Johann
* 08.03.1926 at Neu Bartelsdorf, Ostpreussen, Germany (now: Poland)
First entry to Namibia: 1954
---
Georg Johann Fritz was born on 08.03.1926 at Neu Bartelsdorf, Ostpreussen, Germany (now:
Poland). He was educated in Germany (Lehrerbildungsanstalt Mehlsack; Ingenieursschule
Köln). He immigrated to Namibia in 1954. He was a building contractor and Director of G.
Fritz (Pty) Ltd.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Married to: Hannelore Fritz, née Prifflinger, married 1958-
Father: Hermann Fritz
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;
000472
Fritzsche, Christian Adolf Max
*
+ at Dresden, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1906
---
Christian Adolf Max Fritzsche was a lawyer and notary in Windhoek from 1906. He was a
Member of the Landesrat from 1910 until 1915 and Consul for Belgium from 1911 to 1915.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW
Profession: Lawyer
Functions: Member - Landesrat - 1910-1915
Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.223
000339
Fröhlich, Hans
* 08.06.1891 at Schönbrunn near Wolkenstein, Germany
+ 03.05.1979 at Lüderitzbucht
First entry to Namibia: 1907
---
Hans Fröhlich was born at Schönbrunn in Germany on 08.06.1891. He emigrated to Namibia
in 1907and worked until 1911 as farm apprentice with his uncle, Hansheinrich von Wolf, at
Duwisib. He had his military service from to 910-1911 at Kranzplatz near Gibeon. He
received from 1911 until 1912 training as an accountant in Maltahöhe. Then he was farm
manager on farm Auros near Khub. During World War I he served with the police, and after
the war he was farmer on Gurus, Morgenzon, Fahlgras, Aneis, and Halifax. From 1940 until
1941 he was interned at Andalusia in South Africa. From 1974 to his death on 03.05.1979 he
lived in Lüderitz.
---
Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
000818
Fröhlich, Richard Paul
* 18.08.1907 at Johannesburg, South Africa
---
Richard Paul Fröhlich was born on 18.08.1907 at Johannesburg in South Africa. He was
educated at the Windhoek German High School. Her was a businessman and director of
numerous companies. He was a Member of the Karakul Advisory Board.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman
Married to: Sophie Magdalena Fröhlich, née de Wet, married 1941-19??
Renate Fröhlich, née van Schriek, married 1968-
Father: Adolf Fröhlich
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959, 1974;
001474
Fromm
*
---
Distriktsamtmann for Okahandja, 1907-1912.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM
Functions: Distriktsamtmann - Okahandja - 1907-1912
RAW DATA: Hubatsch;
001471
Fryer, Alfred
*
---
Alfred Fryer was Boer farmer on ||Khauxa!nas (Gugunas or Schans Vlakte). He was accused by
the German administration of assisting Jakob Marengo in 1904. He was later exonerated in a
court of law in Keetmanshoop, but his three sons, the youngest only 16 years of age, were
executed by the Germans on 29.09.1904 on the farm Garabis.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:205; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001995
Fuller
*
---
Trader. He worked for F.W. Gunning at the White Nossob in June 1877.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:42;
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