BIOGRAPHIES OF NAMIBIAN PERSONALITIES
in alphabetical order

KLAUS DIERKS
Copyright © 2003-2004 Dr. Klaus Dierks

A - H

000419
Aaron
*
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Aaron was a "white" trader who in 1854 had obtained a mining concession in the Swakop/Kuiseb area from the Captain of the Orlam Afrikaners, Jonker Afrikaner. Possibly he was identical with Aaron de Pass. Aaron de Pass had commenced fishing operations at Walvis Bay in 1852, while Barry Munnik from Cape Town had established himself in this industry in early 1859, and William Latham was fishing there in the late 1860s. The fish was generally dried and then exported to Mauritius. Owing to the inadequate infrastructure, there was too much sand in the dried fish. As a result the prices received for the final fish product were so low that the venture did not prove economically feasible. Small-scale fishing operations and whaling did, however, continue.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: TRA
Profession: Trader

RAW DATA: Esterhuyse 1968:10; Tabler 1973:1; Wilken et al, 1978:56-56; Berichte, 1853:283; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000124
Abraham
*
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Abraham was one of the Witbooi Nama who left Gibeon with Hendrik Witbooi in 1884.
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Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

000354
Abrahams, Kenneth Godfrey, Dr.
* 25.10.1936 in the Cape Province, South Africa 
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Kenneth Godfrey Abrahams was born on 25.10.1936 in the Cape Province in South Africa. He obtained a M.B.Ch.B. degree from the University of Cape Town, a D.V.D.T.M. & H. degree from Liverpool University in the United Kingdom and a M.D. from the University of Stockholm in Sweden. He joined the Ovamboland People's Congress (OPC) in 1957 and SWAPO in 1960. While he studied at the University of Cape Town, he belonged to the secret Maoist Yo Chi Chan movement as well as the National Unity Movement (NUM) which rivalled the African National Congress (ANC) in strength among Cape Coloureds in the Western Cape. He was the editor of the "SWA Observer and Commentator" in Cape Town in 1960/61. In 1962 he moved to Rehoboth with his wife (Ottilié, married in 1961) to open a medical practice there and was granted citizenship of the "Baster Gebied". In 1963 the Yo Chi Chan's planned guerrilla activities in South Africa were discovered and the Abrahams tipped off about their imminent arrest by the South African authorities in Rehoboth. When security police arrived to arrest the couple, elders in the "Baster Gebied" (i.a. Hermanus Christoffel Beukes) threatened bloodshed which led to the retreat of the police. Soon afterwards the SA authorities gave him indemnity to stay. However, Abrahams decided to go into exile to Botswana together with Andreas Shipanga who was at this stage a National Organiser for SWAPO and the Baster Paul Smit. They were escorted to Ghanzi in Botswana and received residence permits. On the way to Lobatse, still in Botswana, they, together with Hermanus Beukes, an elder on the Baster Council and petitioner at the United Nations, were kidnapped by three South African policemen in an unmarked truck and brought to Gobabis. There they were jailed and charged to have left Namibia illegally. Abrahams' father-in-law, Otto Ferdinand Schimming, discovered that he was jailed at Gobabis and the situation received world-wide publicity. Abrahams was flown into Cape Town and charged with sabotage while the South African Police claimed they had arrested him near Gobabis in Namibia. The British High Commission in Botswana and the British Embassy in South Africa launched an investigation and instituted Habeas Corpus proceedings at the South African Supreme Court which eventually led to his release back to Botswana. From there the Abrahams left for Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania. Both were appointed to the SWAPO Central Committee. The Abrahams couple was expelled from SWAPO in 1964, allegedly on the initiative of Emil Appolus. The couple settled then in Lusaka in Zambia, where Abrahams practised as a medical doctor. Political pressure eventually led to the couple being declared prohibited immigrants. 1968, Abrahams evaded the Zambian Police and fled again to Tanzania while his wife was arrested and imprisoned with their youngest child. Accompanied by much public furore over the popular "doctor freedom fighter", Ottilié was released and rejoined her husband in Sweden where they lived until 1978. On 10.06.1978 Abrahams was, together with Andreas Shipanga, a founding member of a new political party, the SWAPO-Democrats (SWAPO-D). He returned to Namibia in 1978 as a SWAPO-D office bearer. He also was a member of the Namibia National Front (NNF, formed in 1977) until 1980 when he joined the Namibia Independence Party (NIP). Since then he was active in community issues and grassroot development projects and a number of committees including the Namibia Nationhood Co-ordinating Committee. He was also a member of the Namibian Educational Forum (NEF). Abrahams edited the "Namibian Review". Since 1989, he was the NNF Information Secretary. He doesn't play an active role in Namibian politics any more.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL MED
Profession: Medical doctor

Married to: Ottilié Grete Abrahams, née Schimming

RAW DATA: Namibia Handbook and Political Who's Who, 1990 (Pütz, Von Egidy and Caplan); Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000355
Abrahams, Ottilié Grete
[Schimming, Ottilié - birth name]
* 02.09.1937 at Windhoek
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Ottilié Grete Abrahams, née Schimming, was born on 02.09.1937 at Windhoek. Her parents were Otto Ferdinand Schimming and Charlotte Schimming, née Freiser. She received her education at the Primary School in Windhoek and the Secondary School at the Zonnebloem College in Cape Town, South Africa. She matriculated at the Trafalgar High School in Cape Town in 1954. She obtained a BA degree and a Higher Primary Teacher's Certificate from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1961. She joined the SWA Student Body as a founding member in 1952, which was reconstituted 1955 as the SWA Progressive Association (SWAPA) to campaign for improved "black" education facilities. Its newspaper, the South West News, was banned for its nationalist content in 1960. 1957 she became a Member of the Cape Peninsula Student's Union. She joined the Ovamboland People's Congress (OPC) in 1957 and SWAPO 1960. In 1961 Ottilié Schimming married Kenneth Godfrey Abrahams. While the couple studied at the University of Cape Town, they belonged to the secret Maoist Yo Chi Chan movement as well as the National Unity Movement (NUM) which rivalled the African National Congress (ANC) in strength among Cape Coloureds in the Western Cape. After her completion of her studies at the UCT, she taught at the Trafalgar High School and Alexander Sinton High School at Cape Town. In 1962 the couple moved to Rehoboth where Kenneth opened a medical practice. In 1963 the Yo Chi Chan's planned guerrilla activities in South Africa were discovered and the Abrahams tipped off about their imminent arrest by the South African authorities in Rehoboth. When security police arrived to arrest the couple, elders in the "Baster Gebied" (i.a. Hermanus Christoffel Beukes) threatened bloodshed which led to the retreat of the police. Soon afterwards the SA authorities gave them indemnity to stay. However, Kenneth Abrahams decided to go into exile to Botswana together with Andreas Shipanga who was at this stage a National Organiser for SWAPO and the Baster Paul Smit. They were escorted to Ghanzi in Botswana and received residence permits. On the way to Lobatse, still in Botswana, they, together with Hermanus Beukes, an elder on the Baster Council and petitioner at the United Nations, were kidnapped by three South African policemen in an unmarked truck and brought to Gobabis. There they were jailed and charged to have left Namibia illegally. Ottilié's father, Otto Ferdinand Schimming, discovered that they were jailed at Gobabis and the situation received world-wide publicity. Abrahams was flown into Cape Town and charged with sabotage while the South African Police claimed they had arrested him near Gobabis in Namibia. The British High Commission in Botswana and the British Embassy in South Africa launched an investigation and instituted Habeas Corpus proceedings at the South African Supreme Court which eventually led to his release back to Botswana. There the Abraham couple was re-united and both went into exile 1963 to Tanzania. Both were appointed to the SWAPO Central Committee. The Abrahams couple was expelled from SWAPO in 1964, allegedly on the initiative of Emil Appolus. The couple settled then in Lusaka in Zambia, where Abrahams practised as a medical doctor and Ottilié taught at the Chizongwe Secondary School and Lusaka Girls' School. Political pressure eventually led to the couple being declared prohibited immigrants. 1968, Abrahams evaded the Zambian Police and fled to Tanzania while his wife was arrested and imprisoned with their youngest child. Accompanied by much public furore over the popular "doctor freedom fighter", Ottilié was released and rejoined her husband in Sweden where they lived until 1978. While in Sweden, Ottilié continued her university studies. She obtained a MA degree from Stockholm University in 1974. However, she didn't complete her Ph.-D. thesis at Stockholm University (1974-1978). On 10.06.1978 she was, together with Kenneth Abrahams and Andreas Shipanga, a founding member of a new political party, the SWAPO-Democrats (SWAPO-D). She returned to Namibia in 1978 as a SWAPO-D office bearer. She also was a member of the Namibia National Front (NNF, formed in 1977) until 1980 when she joined the Namibia Independence Party (NIP) where she became the Secretary-General and Secretary for Information and Publicity. Since then she was active in community issues and grassroot development projects and a number of committees: She became the Chairlady of the People's Action Committee (anti-conscription in the South African Army) in 1981, in 1984 she was active in the Action Manpower Bureaus and in the Action General Sales Tax. In 1985 she was involved in the Action Site and Service. In the same year she became the Director of the Jakob Marengo Tutorial College in Khomasdal. She was also active in the Namibia Nationhood Co-ordinating Committee and a member of the Namibian Educational Forum (NEF). Ottilié Abrahams also edited the "Namibian Review". She was the Chairlady of the Khomasdal Civic Association (KCA). In 1989 she was elected as NNF Secretary-General. After the independence of Namibia she didn't play an active role in Namibian politics any more.
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Gender: f
Field of activity: POL

Married to: Kenneth Abrahams
Father: Otto Schimming

RAW DATA: Namibia Handbook and Political Who's Who, 1990 (Pütz, Von Egidy and Caplan); Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000335
Adrian, Friedrich Wilhelm Jacob
* 18.07.1883 at Ahaus, Germany
+ .1953 at Windhoek
First entry to Namibia: 1904
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Friedrich Wilhelm Jacob Adrian was born on 18.07.1883 in Ahaus, Germany. He came to Namibia in 1904 as a Schutztruppe soldier, and fought in the German-Namibian War 1903-1908. Adrian worked later as a clerk (Zahlmeister) with the Lüderitz railway, then in a managerial position with the Pomona-Diamantengesellschaft, later with CDM until 1940. He was interned from 1942-1946 in Andalusia in South Africa. Adrian died 1953 in Windhoek.
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Gender: m

Married to: Käthe Adrian, née Kirschenlohr, married 1918-

Namibia National Archives Database

002309
Africa, Ben, Dr.,  Baster Captain
* 13.10.1938 at Rehoboth
+  at Rehoboth
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After the crushing of the Baster Uprising in 1925, the third Baster Captain, Albert Mouton, was deposed by the South Africans (legally already in 1924: Proclamation No. 31 of 1924 which transferred all powers of the Baster Captain, Raad and Judiciary to the Rehoboth Magistrate). Ben Africa was only in 1977 elected as fourth Baster Captain (until 1979). Ben Africa was born on 13.10.1938 at Rehoboth. He matriculated at the Athlone High School in Cape Town in South Africa in 1957. He graduated from the University of Cape Town Medical School in 1964 with a bursary of the SWA Administration. As a student in Cape Town he steered away from active politics but narrowly missed expulsion from medical school after openly speaking out about discrimination on campus: "black" students could not attend post mortems on "whites", but "white" students could dissect "black" corpses. He was appointed as first Resident District Surgeon of Rehoboth in 1966. In 1971, however, the Rehoboth Baster Association (RBA) was constituted by Ben Africa, John McNab and Piet Junius. The new party was founded mainly as a result of the refusal of the then ruling Rehoboth Volksparty (Rehoboth People's Party) to negotiate with the SWA Administration to relieve the problems caused by a major gastro-enteritis epidemic in the "Baster Gebied". Ben Africa represented the Baster in the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference (01.09.1975). The RBA joined the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) in November 1977. On 03.10.1977 an election was held for a Kaptein (Captain) for Rehoboth in terms of the Rehoboth Self-Government Act, No. 56 of 1976. The election was narrowly won by Ben Africa, leader of the Baster delegation at the Turnhalle Conference and of the Baster Vereniging. His opponent was Johannes (Hans) Gerard Adolf Diergaardt of the Rehoboth Liberation Party. Diergaardt challenged the outcome of the election in court, and the court consequently ruled that Africa could not be installed as Kaptein of the Rehoboth Gebied. On 31.10.1977 elections for the Rehoboth Volksraad were held and won by Diergaardt. Consequently he became the fifth and last Baster Captain in 1979. On 03.07.1978 Ben Africa became Vice-President of the DTA. He also was the Chairman of the Turnhalle Credentials Committee and the Committee on Discriminatory Practices affecting labour conditions and salaries. He was a Member of the first "Interim's" National Assembly in 1979 and a Member of the first "Interim's" Ministers' Council from 1980 to 1983. In November 1986 the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) was formed after the RBA split. The RBA was renamed the Rehoboth Democratic Turnhalle Alliance Party (RDTAP) and was led by Ben Africa.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Married: <1>Marjory Judith: two children
<2>Ida Kroukamp: one son

RAW DATA: Namibia Handbook and Political Who's Who, 1990 (Pütz, Von Egidy and Caplan); Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000481
Afrika, Jonathan
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+ .188?
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Jonathan Afrika was a courageous Bechuana and excellent marksman initially in the employ of the trader Thomas Morris, but joined Charles John Andersson's service in 1853, when he guided Andersson and Galton when they attempted to open up the route between Walvis Bay and Ngamiland. In 1875, he was hunting in the Pandamatenga area for George Westbeech. He was forbidden to hunt in the Mangwato area by Bechuana Chief Khama because of his poaching. In June 1884, he was at the Zambezi, recovering after having been mauled by a wounded lioness. He was killed in an ambush some time between 1886 and 1889, while driving Andersson's cattle in the vicinity of Rehoboth.
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Gender: m

RAW DATA: Andersson, 1853:863, 1861:86-87; v.Schumann;

000482
Afrikaner, Beetje
[Boois, Beetje - birth name]
[Booi, Beetje - birth name]
* .1790
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Beetje Afrikaner was born ca. 1790. She was was the daughter or sister of Jan Booi (s) of Bethany. She became the wife of Jonker Afrikaner. Beetje became politically active in the 1860s after Jonker's death. She had at least five children.
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Gender: f

Married to: Jonker Afrikaner

RAW DATA: Lau, 1985:V1241;

000453
Afrikaner, Christian, !Gû-!gôun or Nauba-xu gye |ki-khoen or  |Aixa|aen Captain (Orlam Afrikaner)
[|Haragab - Nama name]
*
+ 15.06.1863 at Otjimbingwe
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Christian Afrikaner was the son of Jonker and Beetje Afrikaner. His Nama name was |Haragab (like his brother Jan Jonker). He succeeded his father as Chief of the Orlam Afrikaners after the latter's death in August 1861. He was the fifth in the genealogy of the Orlam Afrikaners. On 04.06.1863 he wrote to Charles John Andersson: "Furthermore, I must say that you wish to steal the land, even though you know that it has always belonged to us. Because you did not not know how to get the land, you decided the following: 'Let me instigate and support the Herero against the people'. So that they shall kill me and all my people. In this way you would get the land. That is why you have strengthened these people with guns and powder." Consequently Christian was killed a little bit later, on 15.06.1863, in an attack on Maharero's settlement at Otjimbingwe by "Andersson's private army". This marked the erosion of Orlam Afrikaner power. His brother David, his uncles Jonas and Jager and his adviser Timotheus were killed in the same attack.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Functions: Captain - Orlam Afrikaner - 1861-1863

Mother: Beetje Afrikaner
Father: Jonker Afrikaner

RAW DATA: Lau,1989:292; v.Schumann; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000484
Afrikaner, David
[Afrikaner, Hendrik - alternative name]
*
+ 01.05.1849 at Blydeverwacht
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David Afrikaner was also known as Hendrik Afrikaner. He was the brother of the old Jager Afrikaner, and uncle of Jonker. David Afrikaner was leader, evangelist and interpreter at Blydeverwacht, which was one of the main settlements of the Orlam Afrikaners (|Aixa|aen) remaining behind when Jonker left for northern Namaland and Damaraland in the 1830s. He died on 01.05.1849 at Blydeverwacht.
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Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

000485
Afrikaner, David, (Jnr.)
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+ 15.06.1863 at Otjimbingwe
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David Afrikaner (Jnr.) was the son of Jonker and Beetje Afrikaner. He was killed in an attack on Maharero's settlement at Otjimbingwe on 15.06.1863. His brother Christian and his uncles Jonas and Jager were killed in the same attack.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

Mother: Beetje Afrikaner
Father: Jonker Afrikaner

RAW DATA: v.Schumann; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000486
Afrikaner, Jager, !Gû-!gôun or Nauba-xu gye |ki-khoen or  |Aixa|aen Captain (Orlam Afrikaner)
[Afrikaner, Christian - baptism name]
[|Hom|aramab - Nama name]
* at Roode Zand, South Africa
+ .1823 at Blydeverwacht
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Jager Afrikaner was the son of Klaas Afrikaner. He was the third in the genealogy of the Orlam Afrikaners. He was born at Roode Zand in South Africa. Initially, the family were dependants of the Dutch farmer Pienaar in the Cape Colony, but after murdering Pienaar in March 1796, they moved to Blydeverwacht, where they gradually established themselves as a powerful group, which became known as Orlam Afrikaners (also: |Aixa|aen), entirely independent of the Cape authorities and Dutch farmers. Jager was baptised in 1815 (named Christian) three months after destroying Warmbad, and stopped cattle raiding commandos until his death in 1923. He was one of the founders of Namibia's first systematic settlement in an engineering sense, ||Khauxa!nas or Schans Vlakte which was discovered by Klaus Dierks in 1987. His successor was his son Jonker Afrikaner (|Hara-mûb or |Hoa|aramab)(1823-1861).
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

Father: Klaas Afrikaner
Children: Jonker Afrikaner

RAW DATA: Lau, 1985:V1241; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks

000487
Afrikaner, Jager, (Jnr.)
* .1820
+ 15.06.1863 at Otjimbingwe
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Jager Afrikaner (Jnr.) was born ca. 1820. He was one of Jonker Afrikaner's brothers who left Blydeverwacht with him in 1823. He was killed in an attack on Maharero's settlement at Otjimbingwe on 15.06.1863. His brother Jonas and his nephews Christian and David were killed in the same attack.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Lau, 1985:V1241; v.Schumann;

000126
Afrikaner, Jakob Jager
[Afrikaner, Jakobus Jager - alias]
[Jager, Jakobus - alias]
*
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Jakob Jager Afrikaner was an office bearer under Hendrik Witbooi. He was also his son-in-law. He was a school teacher and interpreter at Rietmond after 1894.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: EDU

RAW DATA: BRMG 1905:162;

000127
Afrikaner, Jan Jonker, !Gû-!gôun or Nauba-xu gye |ki-khoen or  |Aixa|aen Captain (Orlam Afrikaner)
[|Haramumab - Nama name]
[|Hoa-|arab - Nama name]
* .?.1820
+ 10.08.1889 at Tsaobis
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Jan Jonker Afrikaner was the son of Jonker Afrikaner and Beetje Boois of Bethany. He was born around 1820. He succeeded his brother Christian as Chief of the Orlam Afrikaners (|Aixa|aen)in 1863. His Nama name is variously given as |Haramumab or |Hoa-|arab. He was the sixth and last in the genealogy of the Orlam Afrikaners. He married Mietje Hendrik in Bethany in December 1842. After considerable internal conflict, he succeeded his older brother Christian as Captain after the latter's death in June 1863. Under him, the Afrikaners lost their position of political dominance in central Namibia. In December 1867 he had to flee to Walvis Bay, after he unsuccessfully tried to again attack Otjimbingwe. Some days later (22.12.1867) a commando from Otjimbingwe surprised Jan Jonker in Anawood and defeated him crushingly. In May 1870 Jan Jonker Afrikaner tried to persuade Maharero to form an "anti-European alliance", but Maharero declined the peace offer under the influence of the Rhenish Missionary, Carl Hugo Hahn. In September 1870 Jan Jonker took part in the Peace Conference of Okahandja. In 1876 negotiations between William Coates Palgrave and Jan Jonker ended unsuccessfully. In 1878 Jan Jonker participated in a Conference of Hoachanas, which was boycotted by a majority of Namibian leaders. In January 1879, Jan Jonker sent a petition to the British authorities in the Cape Colony for protection of the Orlam Afrikaners which was declined by the British in January 1880. After the outbreak of a renewed Ovaherero-Nama War on 23.08.1880, Jan Jonker was defeated by Wilhelm Maharero in the Battle of Otjikango on 12.12.1880. For the first part of the 1880s, the Afrikaners under Jan Jonker and the Witboois under Moses were allies. In November 1881 Jan Jonker with his Witbooi allies was defeated by the Ovaherero in the Battle of Osona. Jan Jonker fled to the Gamsberg area. In February 1885 Jan Jonker concluded a private treaty with Adolf Lüderitz. In May 1885 he sold very large tracts of his territory to German colonial agents, and shortly afterwards (January 1886) signed a Protection Treaty with Germany. As from 1888 (perhaps September 1887) he was fighting actively against Hendrik Witbooi. He was finally defeated by Witbooi near Tsaobis in August 1889, and allegedly shot by his son Phanuel on 10.08.1889. For a critical discussion of the stories of his death, see Witbooi (1989:170). He was buried on Farm Jonkersgrab No. 7. The Orlam Afrikaners' polity ceased to exist.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

Married to: Mietje Hendrik
Mother: Beetje Afrikaner
Father: Jonker Afrikaner

RAW DATA: Lau 1985:V1241; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000488
Afrikaner, Jonas
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+ 15.06.1863 at Otjimbingwe
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Jonas Afrikaner was one of Jonker Afrikaner's younger brothers who lived near Windhoek during the 1840s and 1850s. He was killed in an attack on Maharero's settlement at Otjimbingwe on 15.06.1863. His brother Jonas and his nephews Christian and David were killed in the same attack.
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Gender: m

RAW DATA: Lau, 1985:V1241; v.Schumann;

000338
Afrikaner, Jonker, !Gû-!gôun or Nauba-xu gye |ki-khoen or  |Aixa|aen Captain (Orlam Afrikaner)
[|Hara-mûb - Nama name]
[|Hoa|aramab - alternative Nama name]
[Kakuoko - Otjiherero name]
* .1785 at Roode Zand (Groot Vlakte) near Tulbagh, South Africa
+ 18.08.1861 at Okahandja
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Jonker Afrikaner (|Hara-mûb) was born ca. 1785 at Roode Zand (Groot Vlakte) near Tulbagh in the Cape Colony in South Africa. His father was Jager Afrikaner (1760-1823). He followed him as Captain of the Orlam Afrikaners (|Aixa|aen) in 1823. He was the fourth in the genealogy of the Orlam Afrikaners. He left his father's settlement at Blydeverwacht (||Khauxa!nas - Schans Vlakte) in 1823 for central Namibia together with three brothers and some 300 followers, and established a large settlement at Windhoek around 1840 or before.

In 1825 he expressed the wish to have his own missionary. From then until his death, he and his Raad played a prominent role in Nama- and Damaraland, thereby creating a powerful, if rudimentary, state. In the 1830s he strengthened his power over the central and southern parts of Namibia. He established an alliance with the Kai||khaun. In 1836/37 he persuaded the British explorer James Edward Alexander to arrange for a missionary for him. In 1840 Jonker built a church for a congregation of between 500 and 600 in Klein-Windhoek. In 1842 the first two missionaries of the Rhenish Missionary Society (Carl Hugo Hahn and Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt) arrived in Windhoek.

In the 1840s Jonker Afrikaner commenced his road building activities in central and southern Namibia (over the Auas Mountains to the south and the northern Bay Road from Windhoek to Walvis Bay). During this time he tried to subjugate the Ovaherero. The Ovaherero chiefs Tjamuaha (born ca. 1790) and Maharero (born 1820) were forced to settle in Windhoek. The Ovaherero chiefs Tjamuaha and Oove ua Muhoko Kahitjene formed an alliance with Jonker (Christmas Peace of 1842). In August 1843 he asked Rhenish Missionary Heinrich Kleinschmidt to write a letter to Abraham Christian from the !Gami-#nun (Bondelswarts), not to proceed with his plans to attack the Ovaherero, together with the Kai||khaun (Red Nation of Hoachanas). In 1844 ||Oaseb from  the Kai||khaun attacked Ovaherero leader Kahitjene without Jonker lifting a finger to assist him. Kahitjene's defeat can be directly attributed to his attempt to have tried to win independent access to arms and horses, with assistance of Rhenish missionary Carl Hugo Hahn.

1844 Jonker invited the Wesleyan missionaries Richard Haddy and Joseph Tindall to Windhoek, in order to replace the Rhenish missionaries (Carl Hugo Hahn and Heinrich Kleinschmidt) who interfered to much in Jonker's policies. In 1846 Jonker levelled serious accusations against missionary Hahn, whom he considered responsible for the outbreak of hostilities between the Nama and Ovaherero. Hahn, on the other side, accused the Wesleyan Missionary Society to tolerate Jonker's attacks against the Ovaherero. Hahn regarded Jonker and ||Oaseb as the centres of an Anti-European Missionary coalition. In 1849 the hostilities between Jonker and the Ovaherero and the Ovambanderu increased. In 1850 Jonker was pivotal in establishing the first copper mines in the Khomas Hochland (Aaron de Pass: Pomona Mining Company). In August 1850 Jonker attacked Okahandja and the Rhenish missionary station there. In 1852 Jonker continued his attacks on the Ovaherero (Tjamuaha and Maharero were attacked at Otjosemba). In 1854 Jonker moved to Okahandja in order to control the Ovaherero and the Rhenish missionaries. In the late 1850s conflicts between Jonker and other Namaland communities like ||Oaseb of the Kai||khaun and Willem Swartbooi (!Huiseb #Haobemab) increased. But the dividing lines between Jonker and other Nama communities were not clear cut and changed constantly. The Hoachanas Peace Accord of January 1858 again established an alliance between Jonker Afrikaner and ||Oaseb.The political constellation as it consolidated itself in the late 1850s can be described as follows: The chiefs ||Oaseb of the Kai||khaun, Amraal Lambert or #Gai|nub of the Kai|khauan, Piet Koper !Gamab of the Fransman Nama or !Khara-khoen, Hendrik Henricks or !Nanib gaib #Arisemab of the ||Hawoben and Jacobus Boois from Bethany supported Jonker Afrikaner, while Willem Swartbooi or !Huiseb #Haobemab from Rehoboth, the chiefs from Bethany (David Christian Frederiks) and Berseba and later Kido Witbooi or #A-||êib from Gibeon, assisted by Captain Tseib from Keetmanshoop, represented the anti-Jonker coalition. The Rhenish missionaries and European traders greatly added to these polarisations of different Namibian groups. The intent was to destroy Jonker’s nascent state structures in order to weaken any local political power that might have resisted the missionaries’ objectives and later colonial annexation. Jonker’s slogan: "Africa to Africans, but Namaland and Hereroland to us" was a challenge which was not acceptable to the missionaries.

In the early 1860s Jonker expanded his attacks into Ovamboland and the Kaokoveld in the north. The economic power increasingly slipped out of the hands of the Namibian leaders and passed into the hands of European traders and missionaries. A new form of European colonial domination was unofficially introduced by the missionary-trader alliance long before the colonial annexation took place. This development paved the way for the overthrow of Jonker Afrikaner's sovereignty in the 1860s. On 18.08.1861 Jonker Afrikaner died in Okahandja. He was married to Beetje Boois, sister or daughter of Jan Boois of Bethany. He was one of the most controversial figures of Namibian history, although his key role in the history of the central part of the country as a powerful ruler is uncontested. His successor was Christian Afrikaner (|Haragab (like his brother Jan Jonker Afrikaner))(1861-1863).
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

Married to: Beetje Afrikaner, née Boois
Father: Jager Afrikaner

RAW DATA: Lau,1985:V1241-42; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks (Grave of Jonker Afrikaner)

002153
Afrikaner, Klaas, !Gû-!gôun or Nauba-xu gye |ki-khoen or  |Aixa|aen Captain (Orlam Afrikaner)
[!Garuhamab - Nama name]
*
---
Klaas Afrikaner (!Garuhamab) was the father of Jager Afrikaner and grandfather of Jonker Afrikaner (around 1760). He was the second in the genealogy of the Orlam Afrikaners (after "Old Afrikaner or "Oude Ram" who died before 1760 in Cape Town). Although data are scanty, it is known that from 08.-15.12.1779 Klaas Afrikaner was at Warmbad, which may also contain a clue to the foundation of ||Khauxa!nas (Schans Vlakte). Klaas and the Boer Pienaar accompanied William Paterson and Robert Gordon on a journey to the Oranje River region in this year. In 1793, Klaas Afrikaner and his followers conducted a commando campaign against the "Bastaard Hottentotten", the descendants of Nama and slaves who had migrated northwards into Namibia. During the course of this campaign, which was undertaken on behalf of the South African Cape Government, the Orlam Afrikaners moved deep into Namibia. On their return to the Oranje River they were caught up in a skirmish with Guilliam Visagie, the first "white" settler in Namibia itself, who had established himself in #Nu#goaes (Swartmodder, later Keetmanshoop). It must have been at this time, between 1796 and the turn of the century, that Klaas Afrikaner and his followers established ||Khauxa!nas to the east of the Great Karas Mountains as a hidden retreat and "impregnable fortification" against possible attempts at pursuit by the Cape authorities, although the only primary historical source to support this is the Wesleyan Missionary Benjamin Ridsdale. Around the turn of the 18th century Klaas Afrikaner handed over the leadership over the Orlam Afrikaners to his son, Jager Afrikaner, also known as |Hom|aramab.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

Raw Data: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000492
Afrikaner, Klaas
[!Garuhamab - Nama name]
*
---
Klaas Afrikaner was the son of Jager Afrikaner and nephew of Jonker Afrikaner. No further details could be traced.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

000489
Afrikaner, Samuel
*
---
Samuel Afrikaner was a Griqua who was either related to, or a subject of, Jan Jonker Afrikaner. He, with a group of Nama and Bushmen, attacked the expedition of Robert Lewis, James Todd and J.J.L. Smuts in Kaokoland in 1864, and was involved in a skirmish with the expedition of William Coates Palgrave near Namutoni on 28.04.1866.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Vedder, 1985:502; Stals, 1991:xiv,13;

000493
Afrikaner, Simon
*
---
Simon Afrikaner was the uncle of Jonker Afrikaner. He joined Jonker in the late 1840s with some followers from Blydeverwacht. He is referred too by Rhenish Missionary Carl Hugo Hahn as "the pious Simon".
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

000494
Afrikaner, Titus
*
---
Titus Afrikaner was the uncle of Jonker Afrikaner. He visited Jonker Afrikaner but never settled near him with his followers.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

000420
Ahrens, Christian
*
+ 03.01.1905 at Haruchas
---
Christian Ahrens was a Schutztruppe officer (Oberleutnant, Regiments-Adjutant im 2. Feldregiment). He died in action on 03.01.1905 during the German-Nama War, 1903-1913 at Haruchas near Gochas.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

Namibia National Archives Database

002137
|Aib, Mythological !Gami-#nun Captain (Bondelswarts)
*
+
---
|Aib (meaning "Fire Man") was the third mythological Captain of the !Gami-#nun (Bondelswarts) after |Nanub, around 1800. His mythological successor was #Oab (meaning "Wind").
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Bondelswarts - around 1800

RAW DATA: Budack 1972:243-244; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

00083
Albat, Ernst Wilhelm
* 04.07.1919 at Neuenrode bei Königsberg, Germany (now Russian Federation)
+ 25.06.1997 in Namibia
---
Ernst Wilhelm Albat was born on 04.07.1919 in Neuenrode near Königsberg, Germany (today Russian Federation). In the early 1950s he came to Namibia as farmer for the Rhenish Mission farms Ganachanas and Gaub. After retirement in the 1980s, he established himself on a smallholding. From 1980 until his death on 25.06.1997, he was the chairperson of the Otavi Mountains local group of the Namibia Scientific Society. He married Emmy Probst in 1943.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Profession: Farmer
Functions: Chairman - Namibia Scientific Society, Ortsgruppe Otavibergland

Married to: Emmy Albat, née Probst, married 1943

Namibia National Archives Database

000661
Albes, Louis
* 22.10.1877 at Nienburg/Weser, Germany
+ 27.08.1957 at Hannover, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 16.07.1901
Last departure from Namibia: 1919
---
Louis Albes was born on 22.10.1877 at Nienburg in Germany. He landed in Namibia on 16.07.1901 in Lüderitz as part of a Schutztruppe reinforcement of 50 soldiers under the command of Hauptmann Josef Bischoff. He first served on the Oranje River boundary, later in Outjo (1902-1904), then participated in the German-Namibian War of 1903-1908; i.a. he fought in the battles of Otjihinamaparero (25.02.1904) and Gross-Nabas (January 1905). On 09.02.1908 he left the Schutztruppe to serve in the police force (Landespolizei), apparently in the   so-called "diamond police" of the "Sperrgebiet". He was again in active military service in World War I, he was taken prisoner by South African Union forces on 27 April 1915 at the battle of Gibeon, interned in Kimberley and Aus, released in November 1916. He subsequently lived in Lüderitz and was repatriated to Germany in 1919, where he lived in Hannover-Bemerode until his death on 27.08.1957. He was married to Ida (née ??) at Lüderitz in August 1912.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL

Married to: Ida Albes (-1983), married 1912-1957

Collections/Papers:
1). Private custody of S.Godendorff, Grünewaldstr.16, 23564 Lübeck, Germany (mss. and photos)
RAW DATA: Mitteilungsblatt des Traditionsverbandes 85 (1999), pp.67-72;

000448
Albrecht, Abraham
* 01.1778 in Germany
+ 10.07.1810 at Farm Honingberg, Cape Colony, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1806
Last departure from Namibia: 1811
---
Together with his brother Christian, Abraham Albrecht was the first missionary (London Missionary Society) to come to Namibia. He was born in January 1778 in Germany. The Albrecht brothers settled at Blyde Uitkomst (Blydeverwacht) in February 1806, but moved to Warmbad in October the same year. However, they were compelled to evacuate the station at Warmbad in 1811 on account of an impending attack by Orlam Afrikaner commandos. He died from tuberculosis on 10.07.1810 at the farm Honingberg in the Cape Colony in South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Collections/Papers:
1). Dutch Reformed Church Archives, Cape Town (Letters)
2). National Archives of Namibia: A.386 (copies of (1))
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:1; B.Lau, 1985:V1242; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks (Old "Pastorie" built on the foundations of Albrecht's house)

000356
Albrecht, Ferdinand W. K. P.
* 16.01.1895 at Hannover, Germany
First entry to Namibia: April 1914
---
Ferdinand Albrecht was born on 16.01.1895 at Hannover in Germany. He came to Namibia in April 1914. He was a director or board member of several fishing industry and investment companies and SWANLA.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Industrialist and farmer

Father: Carl Albrecht

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959; WWSA 1974;

000449
Albrecht, Johann Christian
[Albrecht, Christian]
* .1773 at Leitkirch, Germany
+ 25.07.1815 at Cape Town, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1806
Last departure from Namibia: 1811
---
Together with his brother Abraham, Johann Christian Albrecht was the first missionary (London Missionary Society) to come to Namibia. He was born in 1773 at Leitkirch in Germany. The Albrecht bothers settled at Blyde Uitkomst (Blydeverwacht) in February 1806, but moved to Warmbad in October the same year. However, they were compelled to evacuate the station at Warmbad in 1811 on account of an impending attack by Orlam Afrikaner commandos. He then became a missionary at Pella. He married Sophie Burgmann on 05 .08.1810. He died on 25.07.1815 at Cape Town of tuberculosis.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Sophie Albrecht, née Burgmann, married 1810-

Collections/Papers:
1). Dutch Reformed Church Archives, Cape Town (Letters)
2). National Archives of Namibia: A.386 (copies of (1))
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:1; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000744
Alcock, George
*
---
George Alcock  was a trader. He appears in Hendrik Witbooi's "debt book" as a creditor, 1891.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Namibia National Archives Database

001943
Aldersly, G.
* in England
First entry to Namibia: 1860
Last departure from Namibia: 1869
---
G. Aldersly was a British engineer who apparently came to Namibia as a tourist together with A.B. Waddington. They came by sea from Cape Town to Angra Pequeña in February 1860 and traversed Namaland and Hereroland to Lake Ngami.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ENG

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:1+117;

000490
Alexander, James Edward
* 16.10.1803 at Clackmannanshire, UK
+ 02.04.1885 at Isle of Wight, UK
First entry to Namibia: 24.11.1836
Last departure from Namibia: July 1837
---
James Edward Alexander was born on 16.10.1803 at Clackmannanshire in the United Kingdom. He was a British army officer who was posted to South Africa in 1835, after having served in Burma and Turkey. In 1836, he conducted an expedition to Namaqualand and Damaraland (proceeding as far as Rehoboth, Tsebris and Walvis Bay) for the Royal Geographical Society, and the journal of his expedition was published in 1838. He returned to England in 1837, where he was knighted. In 1841, he was transferred to Canada, and then served in various parts of the world until his retirement in 1881. He married Eveline Marie Mitchell in October 1837. They had five children. He died on 02.04.1885 at the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

Married to: Eveline Marie Alexander, née Mitchell, married 1837-

RAW DATA: Lau, 1985:V1242; Gunn and Codd, 1981:79; Tabler 1973:1-3;

001944
Allen, John
* in England
---
John Allen was a hunter, trader's assistant, transport hand. He was a young Englishman who left his ship at Walvis Bay and during September-October 1850 was in Larsen's employ at his camp in Otjimbingwe. Allen was hired by Galton early in 1851, and he accompanied Galton and Andersson to Ondonga and back to Gross Barmen, 03.03 to 04.08.1851. Larsen and Allen started from Barmen to Walvis Bay with a wagon in August 1851 to fetch inland the remainder of Galton's goods, while Galton and Andersson were visiting Gobabis and Rietfontein, and they met Galton's party again east of Windhoek on 02.11.1851 and accompanied it back to Barmen.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

002239
Amatundu ga Nima, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
* 
+
---
The third Ongandjera King on record was Amatundu ga Nima. He ruled before 1858. The first 14 Ongandjera kings cannot be dated. His successor was the fourth Ongandjera king Niita yIitula.     
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002140
Amaxab, !Gami-#nun Captain (Bondelswarts)
*
+
---
!Gami-#nun (Bondelswart) Captain Amaxab was the successor to ||Nanib, before 1850. He was the sixth in the recorded genealogy of the !Gami-#nun captains. His successor was |O-bib (before 1860).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Bondelswarts - before 1850

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000048
Amathila, Ben
[Amadhila, Ben - alternative spelling]
* 01.10.1939 at Walvis Bay
---
Ben Amathila was born on 01.10.1939 at Walvis Bay. He visited the Rhenish Mission School at Tsumeb (a classmate of John Ya Otto) until 1954. Amathila went to the Augustineum Training College Okahandja until 1958 when he was forced to leave school to work in the Walvis Bay fish canneries Oceana from 1958-62. He became a member of the Ovamboland People's Organisation (OPO) in 1958. Amathila was fired from his job in the Walvis Bay Oceana cannery blamed for being the ring leader behind strikes there. He was unemployed for three years during which time he worked towards the creation of SWAPO as Chairman of the Western Region, based in Walvis Bay. He left for exile 1966 first to Botswana, living there for over a year until getting into Zambia where he stayed for six months until reaching Tanzania in 1968. He was appointed SWAPO Treasurer General and in 1969 organised the Tanga Consultative Congress where he was elected Deputy Secretary for Education and Culture. In 1971 he was appointed as Chief Representative for Scandinavia, West Germany and Austria based in Stockholm. Amathila was elected as Secretary for Economic Affairs in the SWAPO Enlarged Central Committee Meeting near Lusaka 1976. He became Secretary for Economics on the SWAPO Central Committee 1989. He became the Regional Head, Swakopmund in the Election Directorate 1989. He was a Member of the 1989 Constituent Assembly and a Member of the National Assembly (1990-). On 21.03.1990 he was appointed as Minister for Trade and Industry until 15.03.1993 when he was appointed as the new Minister for Information and Broadcasting (until 21.03.2000). In the same year he replaced Zephania Kameeta as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly who became the Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia. Amathila became the Chairperson of the Archives of the Anticolonial Resistance and Liberation Struggle (AACRLS) in 2001.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Functions: Minister - Ministry of Trade and Industry - 1990-1993
Minister - Ministry of Information and Broadcasting - 1993-2000
Member of the National Assembly: 1990-
Deputy Speaker of National Assembly 2001-
Chairman - Steering Committee: Archives of the Anticolonial Resistance and Liberation Struggle (AACRLS): 2001-

Collections/Papers:
1). Namibia Handbook and Political Who's Who, 1990 (Pütz, Von Egidy and Caplan)
2). Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks)

Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

000053
Amathila, Libertine née Appolus, Dr.
* 10.12.1940 at Franzfontein
---
Libertine Amathila was born on 10.12.1940 at Franzfontein. She visited the Lutheran Mission School at Franzfontein until Standard two and the Otjiwarongo Primary School until Standard five. She visited the Augustineum Training College Okahandja, 1955-1957, until the Standard eighth. She obtained the Senior Certificate at Wellington High School, Cape Province, South Africa, in 1959. She received the M.B.Ch.B. at the Warsaw Medical Academy, Poland, in 1969. She got Diplomas in Nutrition and Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1972 and 1977-78. She obtained a M.B.Ch.B. and Swedish Language Certificate from Stockholm in 1975. The studies in Pediatrics at Stockholm, 1975, she didn't complete. She received a Diploma for Epidemology and French Language in Bamako, Mali, 1980. Amathila went into exile 1962 via Botswana and Zimbabwe when she was nearly caught travelling under a false name. She was helped by black policemen and spent another five months and five days travelling via Lusaka to reach Tanzania. She took up a Polish scholarship to study medicine to graduate 1969 as the first Namibian female doctor under the SWAPO Nationhood Programme. She became Deputy Secretary for Health and Welfare on the SWAPO Central Committee and Director of the SWAPO Women's Council (1969-1976) at the 1969 SWAPO Consultative Congress Tanga, Tanzania. After studies in London and Sweden, she dropped further studies to go to Lusaka and help in the SWAPO refugee camps, 1975-1979 when she was transferred to Angola as the Director of the Children's Centre at Kwanza Sul. Amathila shuttled from camp to camp organising various health and health organisation projects. She was awarded with the Omugulu-gOmbashe Medal for Bravery and Long Service, 1987. She returned to Namibia as part of the SWAPO Election Directorate, 1989. She was a Member of the 1989 Constituent Assembly and a Member of the National Assembly (1990-). On 21.03.1990 she was appointed as Minister for Local and Regional Government and Housing until 12.09.1996 when she was appointed as the new Minister for Health and Social Services (until date).
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: Medicine; POL
Profession: Medical Doctor
Functions: Deputy Secretary for Health and Welfare on the SWAPO Central Committee, before 1989.
Head of Department, Medical Services and Social Welfare in the SWAPO Election Directorate.
Minister - Ministry of Regional and Local Government and Housing - 1990-1996
Minister - Ministry of Health and Social Services - 1996-
Member of the National Assembly: 1990-

Collections/Papers:
1). Namibia Handbook and Political Who's Who, 1990 (Pütz, Von Egidy and Caplan)
2). Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks)

002263
Amukwa yAmunyela, Ovamboland (Uukwaluudhi) King
* 
+
---
The first Uukwaluudhi King on record was King Amukwa yAmunyela. He ruled before 1850. The first seven Ongandjera kings cannot be dated. His successor was the second Uukwaluudhi King Nakakwiila.     
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000086
Amungulu, Naftalie
*
---
Naftalie Amungulu was arrested in late 1966. He was held in detention until charged June 1967 under the Terrorism Act. He was tried with other Namibians in the Pretoria Terrorism Trial from September 1967 until February 1968. He was  sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island. This sentence was later reduced to 20 years on appeal.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: PRI 3/20 (Prison file)

002253
Amunyela gwa Tshaningwa, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
* 
+  .1862
---
The fifteenth Ongandjera King on record was Amunyela gwa Tshaningwa. He ruled from 1858 until 1862. The Ongandjera kingdom was at the peak of its power. In 1862 the Ondonga King Shikongo sha Kalulu attacked the Ongandjera area, again with military assistance from Jonker Afrikaner. The 15th Ongandjera King Amunyela gwa Tshaningwa was killed. After that, the Ongandjera kingdom began to decline economically and politically. Amunyela was succeeded for a short while by King Ekandjo lya Kadhila in 1862.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002246
Amunyela gwIileka, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
* 
+
---
The eight Ongandjera King on record was Amunyela gwIileka. He ruled before 1858. The first 14 Ongandjera kings cannot be dated. His successor was the ninth Ongandjera king Asino.     
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002248
Amwaama, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
* 
+
---
The tenth Ongandjera King on record was Amwaama. He ruled before 1858. The first 14 Ongandjera kings cannot be dated. His successor was the eleventh Ongandjera king Tshaanika tsha Tshiimi.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000709
Anders, Ernst
* 18.11.1869
---
Schutztruppe officer.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL

Namibia National Archives Database

000495
Andersson, Charles John
[Andersson, Karl Johan - Swedish name form]
* 04.03.1827 at Vänersborg, Sweden
+ 06.07.1867 at Omutwe-Onjambu, Angola
---
Charles John Andersson was born at Vänersborg in Sweden as son of a Swedish mother and British (Welsh) father on 04.03.1827. He travelled to Ovamboland in 1850 with Francis Galton. He became manager of the Walvis Bay Mining Company in 1857. Andersson resigned after a year, but on 25 April 1860 bought the Company's assets at Otjimbingwe and set up a large trading centre there. On 24.09.1864, however, he sold all his assets at Otjimbingwe to the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft, represented by Carl Hugo Hahn. Finding himself at the height of political conflict at the time, he became involved on the side of Ovaherero against the Orlam Afrikaners. He died of malaria and dysentery on an expedition to Ovamboland and Angola at Omutwe-Onjambu (Angola). He was married to Sarah Jane Aitchison on 25.07.1860 with four children.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Married to: Sarah Jane Andersson, née Aitchison, married 1860-1867
Mother: Kasja Andersdotter
Father: Llewellyn Lloyd
Children: Charles Llewellyn Andersson (1861-)

RAW DATA: Lau 1985:V1243; Lau 1989:156; Tabler 1972:3-8;

001945
Andersson, Charles Llewellyn
* 03.08.1861 at Cape Town, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1862
Last departure from Namibia: 1865
---
Charles Llewellyn Andersson was the eldest son of Charles John Andersson. He was born on 03.08.1861 at Cape Town in South Africa. As a child he lived with his parents at Otjimbingwe for varying periods between January 1862 to May 1865.
---
Gender: m

Mother: Sarah Jane Andersson, née Aitchison (1832-1917)
Father: Charles John Andersson (1827-1867)

Namibia National Archives Database

000496
Andersson, Sarah Jane
[Aitchison, Sarah Jane - birth name]
* .1832
+ 24.03.1917
---
Sarah Jane Andersson, née Aitchison, was born in 1832. She was the wife of Charles John Andersson, whom she married on 25 July 1860. She apparently met her future husband in 1852, when he boarded at her mother's house in Cape Town after returning from his journeys to Damaraland. Her husband's early death in 1867 left her with four children and no means, and she was forced to start a haberdashery business, as her mother had done. She died on 24.03.1917.
---
Gender: f

Married to: Charles John Andersson (1827-1867), married 1860-1867

RAW DATA: Lau 1989:293; v.Schumann;

000711
Anderson, William James Gatherer
* 27.05.1888 at Pacaltsdorp, South Africa
---
William James Gatherer Anderson was born on 27.05.1888 at Pacaltsdorp in South Africa. He was the headmaster of the Windhoek High School in the 1920s.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: EDU
Profession: Teacher

Married to: Minna Anderson, née Barrow-Darling, married 1918-
Father: G.B. Anderson

Namibia National Archives Database

000421
Andreas, Ovaherero Chief
*
+ .1906
---
Ovaherero Chief Andreas was an important leader of a Ovaherero unit in southern Namibia in the German-Namibian War, 1903-1908. He was fighting at the side of Hendrik Witbooi, and after Witbooi's death with Cornelius Frederiks. He was involved in the skirmishes of Heusis on 25.03.1905 and Nubib on 13.09.1905. Andreas was seriously wounded in the battle of Namtob on 11.02.1906. Allegedly he died of thirst soon thereafter.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966, pp.215+359; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000357
Andrup, Hans Jorgen
* 21.02.1918 at Copenhagen, Denmark
---
Hans Jorgen Andrup was born on 21.02.1918 at Copenhagen in Denmark. He attended the Technical Institute and the University of Copenhagen. He came to Namibia in 1951. He worked as an architect and was also producer and director of drama for SWAPAC 1973.
---
Gender: m
Profession: Architect

Married to: Gertrud Marie Andrup, née Henning, married 1971-
Father: Erik Andrup

Namibia National Archives Database

001729
Angebauer, Karl
* .1882 at Warsaw near Schwerin, Germany
+ 08.1952 at Berlin-Friedenau, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1904
Last departure from Namibia: 1919
---
Karl Angebauer was born in 1882 at Warsaw near Schwerin in Germany. He came to Namibia with Schutztruppe reinforcements in 1904 and spent 2 1/2 years as a soldier, then settled as a farmer - first on Chudib at the Omuramba Ovambo, later near Nkurenkuru at the Okavango. He was re-activated during World War I, then farmer on Steinau in the Grootfontein District. He was deported to Germany in 1919. He started writing about his African experiences and published many articles and several books, mostly on his hunting adventures and travels through Ovamboland and the Kavango. He died in August 1952 in Berlin-Friedenau.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL AGR WRI
Profession: Soldier Farmer Writer

Namibia National Archives Database

000050
Angula, Helmut Pau Kangulohi
* 11.11.1945 at Otananga
---
Helmut Pau Kangulohi Angula was born on 11.11.1945 at Otananga. He received his schooling in northern Namibia. He became active in SWAPO in 1963, went into exile through Botswana in 1966 at the age of 21. Angula studied in Kabwe, Zambia and at the Voronesh University in the Soviet Union. He graduated with a M.Sc. (Biology). Back to Zambia, he became Vice-Principal of the SWAPO school at Old Farm, later Director of Nyango Health and Education Centre, then SWAPO representative in (1977-1986) and at the United Nations (1986-1989). He returned from exile in 1989. He was a Member of the Constituent Assembly 1989 and Member of the National Assembly, 1990-. He then held several deputy minister's and minister's posts in the Namibian government. He published an autobiographical novel, which appeared first in German translation (Die zweitausend Tage des Haimbodi ya Haufiku; Bonn 1988) and then in English (The two thousand days of Haimbodi ya Haufiku; Windhoek 1990).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Functions: Central Committee Member - SWAPO - 1976-
Representative to the United Nations - SWAPO - 1986-1989
Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy - 1990-1991
Minister of Fisheries - 1991-1995
Minister of Finance - 1995-1996
Minister of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development - 1996-
Member of the Constituent Assembly, 1989
Member of the National Assembly: 1990-

Collections/Papers:
1). Namibia Handbook and Political Who's Who, 1990 (Pütz, Von Egidy and Caplan)
2). Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks)

000051
Angula, Hiskia Panduleni
* 14.12.1958
+ 19.04.2001
---
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

000052
Angula, Nahas Gideon
* 22.08.1943 at Onyaanya
---
Nahas Gideon Angula was born 22.08.1943 at Onyaanya. He obtained his schooling at Onyaanya Primary School and Oniipa Boy's School 1959. He achieved St. 6 at Engela Boy's School in 1961. Angula visited the Ongwediva Training College 1962 and obtained  St. 8 at Oshigambo Junior Secondary School. He received the O-Levels at Nkumbi International College in Zambia in 1967 and a B.Ed. at the University of Zambia, 1969-72. After this he went to the USA and obtained a MA degree from the Columbia University, New York in 1978 and a MEd from the same University. Angula became active in SWAPO in 1967 and went into exile to Zambia in the same year. He was Secretary for Education in the SWAPO Politburo. He became Head of the Department, Voter Registration in the SWAPO Election Directorate in Windhoek in 1989, after having returned from exile in 1989. He was a Member of the Constituent Assembly 1989 and Member of the National Assembly, 1990-. He then held two minister's posts in the Namibian Government, the Minister of Education, Sport and Culture from 1990 to 1995 and the Minister of Higher Education and Vocational Training from 1995 to date. During the SWAPO Central Committee Meeting from 02.04.2004 to 03.04.2004 in Windhoek, Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (proposed by Sam Nujoma), Nahas Angula (proposed by Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo, seconded by Libertine Amathila) and Hidipo Hamutenya (proposed by Mosé Penaani Tjitendero, seconded by Hartmut Ruppel) were elected as the three SWAPO presidential candidates for the Presidential Election 2004 in order to succeed the President of the Republic of Namibia, Sam Nujoma. The sole SWAPO presidential candidate will be elected during an Extraordinary SWAPO Congress at the end of May 2004. During the Extraordinary SWAPO Congress on 28. and 29.05.2004 over 500 delegates from Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party were voting on a successor to President Sam Nujoma, who has been the dominant political figure in Namibia for five decades. An inclusive first round of secret balloting saw party Vice-President Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba, handpicked by Nujoma to be his successor, with the most votes - 213 out of 516 - but fell short of the overall majority required to avoid another round of voting against his two rivals. Foreign Minister Hidipo Hamutenya, who was dismissed in a surprise move by President Nujoma on 21.05.2004 (together with his Deputy Minister, Kaire Mbuende), gathered 166 votes while Nahas Angula won 137 votes. Under SWAPO constitutional rules, Angula fell out, and Pohamba and Hamutenya went into a second round of voting. In the second round, all but one of Angula’s votes went to Pohamba.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Minister of Education, Culture and Sport - 1990-1995
Minister of Higher Education and Vocational Training - 1995-
Member of the Constituent Assembly, 1989
Member of the National Assembly: 1990-

Married: Katrina Tangeni Namalenga: Two children.

Collections/Papers:
1). Namibia Handbook and Political Who's Who, 1990 (Pütz, Von Egidy and Caplan)
2). Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks)

000384
Ankama, Swapo Joseph
* .1962 at Oshaandja, Oshana Region
+ 28.01.2001 at Windhoek
---
Swapo Joseph Ankama was a SWAPO youth activist. He was born in 1962 at Oshaandja. He joined SWAPO in 1976 and went into exile in the late 1970s; worked for SWAPO in exile in various capacities from 1908-1988. Since 1990 he worked at the Ministry of Local Government and Housing as Chief Clerk. He died on 28.01.2001 at Windhoek.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

Married to: Namene Ankama

RAW DATA: The Namibian 31.01.2001; New Era 02-04.02.2001;

000422
Annuis, Joni
*
---
Assistant teacher at Bethany, 1906
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: EDU

RAW DATA: JBRMG 1906, p.23;

001946
Anthing
*
---
Anthing was a trader. He was once a magistrate at the copper mines in Little Namaland, and in October 1874 he lived alone and traded at Goanikontes near Heigamchab on the Swakop River. Anthing lived at Walvis Bay and at Naidaus in the late 1870s and was a resident of Kimberley in 1890.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Trader

Namibia National Archives Database

000478
Appolus, Putuse, Meekulu
*
+ 28.10.1986 at Lusaka, Zambia
---
"Meekulu" Putuse Appolus grew up in South Africa. She worked as a nurse in Lüderitz and went into exile in 1961, where she served i.a. as SWAPO representative in Algiers, and as a member of the SWAPO Central Committee. On 28.10.1986, she died in Lusaka of a stroke.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Nurse
Functions: Member - SWAPO Central Committee - -1986

Married to: Emil Appolus since 1952
Children: Nora Appolus
            Mburumba Appolus

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000128
Arie, Paul
*
---
Paul Arie was a Witbooi Council Member. Possibly he was in relation with Jan Arie(s), a son-in-law of Jonker Afrikaner, frequently mentioned in mid-century missionary records. Apparently he was not a member of the Gibeon community as there is no mention of this name in the 'kerkboek'.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Lau 1995:227;

000129

#Ariseb (Kannamab), ||Hawoben Captain (Veldschoendrager)
*
---
#Ariseb (Kannamab) was a Captain of the Veldschoendragers (||Hawoben) around 1814. He was the first in the recorded genealogy of the ||Hawoben. Heinrich Schmelen mentioned "Kannamap Arrisip" (Captain of the "Field shoe wearers") in a letter in 1814. #Ariseb died in 1837. He was succeeded by his son, Hendrik Henricks (!Naníb gaib #Arisemab)(1837-1865).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

Married to !Nanis
RAW DATA: Budack 1972:249-251; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000479
Arndt, Wilhelm Henry, Dr.
* 11.07.1909 at Kattowitz, Silesia, Germany (now Poland)
+ 09.06.1993 at Windhoek
First entry to Namibia: 1937
---
Wilhelm Henry Arndt was born on 11.07.1909 at Kattowitz in Germany. He  studied law at the universities Breslau (Germany, now Poland) and Aix-en-Provence (France). He came to Namibia in 1937. He served in the South African Air Force 1942-1945 in the Middle East and Italy. Since 1946, he was a businessman (B. Grundleger (Pty) Ltd.) in Windhoek. He died on 09.06.1993 at Windhoek.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW
Profession: Lawyer
Functions: Vice-Chair - SWA Regional Red Cross
President - SWA Scientific Society - 1966-1976

Married to: Eva Brauer, married 1937-
Father: Wilhelm Heinrich Arndt

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959; Mitt.NWG 43,4-6

000450
Arning, Wilhelm, Dr.
* .1865
+ .1943
First entry to Namibia: -
Last departure from Namibia: -
---
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: EDU
Profession: Medical doctor
Functions: Director

Collections/Papers:
1). Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen (Personal papers)

000480
Arnold, Augustus Conrad
* 04.02.1924 at Jamestown, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 10.01.1953
---
Augustus Conrad Arnold was born on 04.02.1924 in Jamestown, South Africa. He came to Namibia in 1953 after serving at several South African municipalities, and served as Windhoek Town Clerk from 1953- (into the 1970s).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM
Functions: Town Clerk - Windhoek Municipality - 1953-

Married to: Anna Magdalene Badenhorst, married 1945-
Father: John Henry Arnold

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

002310
Arnold, John, San Chief
*
+ 
---
John ||'Aiha (traditional title) Arnold is the Chief of the !Kung Traditional Authority since 1990.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000370
Arnot, Frederick Stanley
* .1858 at Glasgow, UK
+ .1914 at Johannesburg, South Africa
---
Frederick Stanley Arnot was born at Glasgow in 1858. He arrived in South Africa in 1881 as an independent missionary connected with the Plymouth Brethren and proceeded north from Durban, eventually reaching Lealui, the capital of the Lozi Kingdom ruled by King Lewanika. After two years in the area, he moved on to Angola, then to Katanga. He wrote prolifically about his travels, and his works offer some information on the Lozi Kingdom when it ruled over the Caprivi region. In 1914, he died in Johannesburg.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Namibia National Archives Database

000638
Aschenborn, Dieter
* 15.11.1915 at Okahandja
+ 09.2002 at Windhoek
---
Dieter Aschenborn was born on 15.11.1915 at Okahandja. He was the son of the artist Hans Anton Aschenborn. At the age of six, he moved with his family to Stellenbosch, then to Kiel in Germany, where he was taught art by his father. Later he moved to South Africa as a farmer, and was interned during World War II. Aschenborn served as the first game warden in the Etosha National Park (1949- ), where he developed his technique of painting on leather. He moved to Windhoek, where he became a full-time artist, doing graphic works, paintings and sculptures, in particular wood reliefs, with a preference for wildlife scenes. He designed many murals and interior decorations of public buildings in Namibia, as well as postage stamps. He died in September 2002 at Windhoek.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ART
Profession: Artist

Married to: Gertrud Julie Luise Aschenborn, née Wagener, married 1947-
Mother: Emma Aschenborn, née Bredow (1892-1949)
Father: Hans Anton Aschenborn (1888-1931)

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959; Lilienthal: Art in Namibia, pp.10-11;

000415
Aschenborn, Hans Anton
* .1888 at Kiel, Germany
+ 04.10.1931 at Kiel, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1909
Last departure from Namibia: 1920
---
Hans Anton Aschenborn was a German artist, poet and farmer. He was born in 1888 in Kiel as son of a naval officer. He visited the secondary school in Kiel (Abitur) and obtained training at the Kolonialschule Witzenhausen, military service, and art training at Kassel. He emigrated to Namibia in 1909, where in 1912 he bought the farm "Quickborn" south of the Waterberg. In 1913 he married Emma Bredow. After military service during World War I, he was prisoner-of-war in Fort Napier (South Africa) and returned to his farm afterwards and started a career as artist. He moved with his family to South Africa in 1920 and returned to Germany in 1921, where he produced artwork with African themes (much used as illustrations in German colonial literature as well as colonial revisionist propaganda), poetry (including the once popular "Wie oft sind wir geschritten / auf schmalem Negerpfad" song), short stories and autobiographical works on his African experience. Some of his works, like the linocut camelthorn tree which was used for the cover of the annual "Afrikanischer Heimatkalender" from 1931-1962 and again since 1979, developed iconographical significance for the identity of German-speaking Namibians. During a filming expedition to East Africa (1924/25) he got infected with a tropical disease which led to his early death on 04.10.1931. His ashes were buried at his former farm Quickborn in Namibia.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ART
Profession: Artist

Married to: Emma Aschenborn, née Bredow (1892-1949), married 1913-
Father: Richard Aschenborn (1848-1935)
Children: Wulf Aschenborn
Dieter Aschenborn (1915-)
Hansjörg Aschenborn
RAW DATA: AHK 1982, p.18; AHK 1979, pp.109-119; Fischer 1935:224-225; Lilienthal: Art in Namibia, pp.8-9;

000385
Aschenborn, Hans Jürgen
* 19.08.1920 at Windhoek
+ 03.10.1986
---
Hans Jürgen Aschenborn was born on 19.08.1920 at Windhoek. He was the son of the artist and poet Hans Anton Aschenborn and his wife Emmy. After schooling in Windhoek, he attended the University of South Africa and University of Pretoria and worked as a librarian in several South African libraries. From 1965 until his death on 03.10.1986, he served as a Director of the State Library Pretoria.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LIB
Profession: Librarian
Functions: Assistant Director - State Library Pretoria - 1959-1964
Director - State Library Pretoria - 1965-1986

Married to: Helga Christa Aschenborn, née Hermenau, married 1947-
Mother: Emma Aschenborn, née Bredow (1892-1949)
Father: Hans Anton Aschenborn (1888-1931)

Namibia National Archives Database

000426
Aschenborn, Richard
* .1848 at Hermsdorf, Schlesien, Germany (now: Poland)
+ .1935 at Kiel, Germany
---
Richard Aschenborn was born in 1848 at Hermsdorf, Schlesien, Germany (now: Poland). He was a German naval officer, commander in the rank of "Korvettenkapitän" of the frigate "Nautilus" which visited Angra Pequeña in 1884. He died in 1935 at Kiel.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL

Children: Hans Anton Aschenborn (1888-1931)

RAW DATA: Rohlfs 1884, p.14; AHK 1979, p.1100;

002234
Ashikoto, Martin (Ambala), Ovamboland (Ondonga) King
*
+
---
The 14th Ondonga King Martin (Ambala) Ashikoto ruled from 1960 until 1967. In 1967 he was sent into exile to Namaland by the SWA Administration because he overstepped his legal powers. His successor was the 15th Ondonga King Pau (Paulus) Elifas (1967-1970).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002247
Asino, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
* 
+
---
The ninth Ongandjera King on record was Asino. He ruled before 1858. The first 14 Ongandjera kings cannot be dated. His successor was the tenth Ongandjera king Amwaama.     
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000712
Auala, Leonard Nangolo Vilho
*
---
Leonard Nangolo Vilho Auala was the first bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Ovambo Kavango Church (ELOC; later ELCIN). He stood up against South African occupation with the "Open Letter" of 1971.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL

Namibia National Archives Database

000026
Auge, Johan Andreas
* .1711
+ .1805
First entry to Namibia: 29.09.1761
Last departure from Namibia: 09.02.1762
---
Johan Andreas Auge was born in 1711. He was a participant of a land expedition from the Cape Colony to Namibia from July 1761 to April 1762. The expedition consisted of its leader Hendrik Hop, Surveyor Carel Frederik Brink, Johan Auge, Surgeon Carel Christoffel Rijkvoet, scout Jacobus Coetzee and twelve other Cape burghers, as well as 68 Basters. They crossed the Oranje River on 29.09.1761, visited Warmbad, travelled northwards up to the Xamob (present-day Löwen) River, and turned back on 09.12.1761. On 09.02.1762, they crossed the Oranje River on their way back. He died in 1805.
---
Gender: m
Profession: Naturalist

1). RAW DATA: Esterhuyse 1968:6; Eveleigh pp.92ff; Tabler 1973:58-59;

000639
Avafia, Kwami E.
* in Ghana
---
Kwami Avafia started working at the Academy Library in December 1989. He served as Director of the University of Namibia Library from 1990-2000.
---
Gender: m
Profession: Librarian

Namibia National Archives Database

000640
Avenant, Cornelius Gerhardus
* 08.06.1912 at Carnavon, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1955
---
Cornelius Gerhardus Avenant was born on 08.06.1912 at Carnavon in South Africa. He came to Namibia in 1955. He was the Manager of the Windhoek Branch of the United Building Society, in 1959.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

000641
Baard, Kenneth Carl
* 29.12.1926 at Cape Town, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1952
---
Kenneth Carl Baard was born on 29.12.1926 at Cape Town in South Africa. He entered Namibia in 1952. He was a Land Surveyor.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

000451
Bachran, Horst
* .?.1911
+ 07.08.1989 at Okahandja
---
Horst Bachran was born in 1911. He worked as a prospector. He was an avid collector of archaeological, mineralogical and zoological items from Namibia, which after his death were acquired by the Swakopmund Museum. He died on 07.08.1989 at Okahandja.
---
Gender: m

Collections/Papers:
1). Museum Swakopmund (Archaeological and zoological collections)
RAW DATA: "What is to happen to this singular priceless treasure?", Windhoek Observer 17.02.1990;

001947
Backhouse, James
* .1794
+ .1869
First entry to Namibia: 29.01.1840
Last departure from Namibia: 18.02.1840
---
James Backhouse was born in 1794. During a tour of South African Wesleyan Missions with G.W. Walker between 1848-1840, James Backhouse visited Cook and Tindall at Warmbad and Blydeverwacht in January/February 1840. He left Namibia on 18.02.1840. He died in 1869.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:9; DSAB I:31-32;

000027
Badenhorst, Jan
*
First entry to Namibia: 1761
Last departure from Namibia: 1762
---
Jan Badenhorst was a participant in Hendrik Hop's expedition to Namibia in 1761/62.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

000644
Badenhorst, Frans
* at Swellendam, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 01.1961
---
Frans Badenhorst was educated at Worcester Boys High School and Pretoria University. He practised law at the Pretoria Bar before coming to Namibia in January 1961. He was the Judge-President of the South West Africa Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa from ... to ... He was married to Renata Baroness von Nolde.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW
Profession: Judge
Functions: Judge-President - South West Africa Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa

Married to: Renata Badenhorst, née von Nolde

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

000645
Bailey, Roy Robert Malcolm
* in South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 195810
---
Roy Robert Malcolm Bailey was educated at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He came to Namibia in October 1958 as a Quantity Surveyor. He married Phyllis Bailey, née Farquhar, in 1949.
---
Gender: m

Married to: Phyllis Bailey, née Farquhar, married 1949
Father: Robert Harold Bailey

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

000452
Bailie, J.A.
* .1816
First entry to Namibia: 1848
Last departure from Namibia: 1851
---
J.A. Bailie was born in 1816. He was a missionary of the Wesleyan Missionary Society at Warmbad, where he was stationed with his wife from early 1848 to July 1851. He left Warmbad with Tindall in 1851, and was later stationed at Lilyfontein, Cape Colony in South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Collections/Papers:
1). Dutch Reformed Church Archives Cape Town (Diary )
2). National Archives of Namibia (copy of (1))
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:9;

000795
Baines, Thomas
* 27.11.1820 at King's Lynn, England
+ 08.05.1875 at Durban, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: March 1861
Last departure from Namibia: 12.04.1866
---
Thomas Baines was born on 27.11.1820 at King's Lynn in the United Kingdom. He was an artist, adventurer and explorer. He was in central Namibia twice, both times reaching the country via the eastern routes with Chapman's expeditions: from March to July 1861, and again from August 1863 to December 1864. Thomas Baines' art works have great historical significance today as he was the most important artist to depict Namibian settlements, landscapes and typical scenes of the lives of 19th century indigenous Namibians, settlers and explorers. His book "Explorations in South West Africa" (London 1864) is an important first-hand account. Besides Namibia, he travelled and painted extensively in southern Africa and in Australia. He died on 08.05.1875 at Durban in South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ART
Profession: Artist

RAW DATA: Lau: Andersson, 1989:294; Lilienthal: Art in Namibia, 1997:12-13; Tabler 1973:9-10;

000713
Bald
*
---
Bald was the Superintendent of Krantzplatz Reserve around 1955.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

001948
Baldwin, William Charles
* .1826
+ .1903
---
William Charles  Baldwin was born in 1826. He was a traveller and hunter, mainly in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. He visited Lake Ngami in 1859, and the Caprivi in ??. His published account "African Hunting from Natal to the Zambesi", published 1863, gives relevant contemporary information. He died in 1903.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:10;

000646
Ball, Gilbert Clarence
* 05.08.1909 at Springfontein, O.F.S., South Africa
---
Gilbert Clarence Ball was born on 05.08.1909 at Springfontein in south Africa. He was educated at the Rhodes University in Grahams Town (South Africa). He was the Surveyor-General of South West Africa from ... - ... .
---
Gender: m
Functions: Surveyor General

Married to: Bertha Muriel Balal, née Barrow, married 1935-
Father: Edward James Ball

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

000647
Baltzer, Franz
* 29.05.1857 at Dresden, Germany
---
Franz Baltzer was born on 29.05.1857 at Dresden in Germany. He was an engineer in the service of the Prussian state. Since 1906 he was employed in the Reichskolonialamt, where he was much involved with the construction of railways in the German colonies, a subject on which he also published extensively. Apparently he never visited Namibia.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Deutsches Koloniallexikon;

000130
Bam, Albertus
*
+ ??.??.1898
---
Albertus Bam was a handyman, trader and transport rider. It is said that he was the son of a European man and a Baster woman. His special duty was to follow Witbooi after tribute-collecting tours of Otjimbingwe and reclaim the Europeans' cattle which often, accidentally, were among the Ovaherero or Damara herds. In November 1897, Bam was given a 10 000 hectare farm by Ovaherero leaders in Otjimbingwe. No connection to the missionary family of the same name was traced. Bam died in 1898.
---
Gender:
Field of activity: BUS

RAW DATA: More details in Lau 1989:172; Lau 1995:227;

001949
Bam, Christiaan H.
*
---
Christiaan H. Bam was probably a son of missionary Johannes Bam. He was in charge of the store of the Rheinische Missions-Handels-Gesellschaft (MHG) in Otjimbingwe in January 1879, and was working for the MHG at Okahandja in December 1880, when he fetched the body of Wilhelm Maharero from the battlefield at Otjikango (Gross-Barmen) to Okahandja.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Trader

Father: Johannes Bam (-1855)
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:10;

000430
Bam, Johannes Heinrich
* 01.03.1849 at Scheppmannsdorf
+ 26.09.1891 at Bethany
---
Johannes Heinrich Bam was born on 01.03.1849 in Scheppmannsdorf as son of missionary Johannes Bam. He served as a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft since 1874. He took part in the negotiation on the fraudulent land sale of Bethany to Adolf Lüderitz. He died on 26.09.1891 at Bethany.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Lina Bam, née Baade, married 1876-
Father: Johannes Bam (-1855)

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966, pp.31-32+329; Rohlfs 1884, p.12;

Copyright of Photo Dr. Klaus Dierks

001950
Bam, Johannes
* at Cape Town, South Africa
+ 12.1855 at Rooibank
First entry to Namibia: 1842
---
Johannes Bam was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft. He came to Windhoek shortly before Hahn and Kleinschmidt arrived there in 1842. He was later in charge of the Rhenish mission station at Rooibank (Scheppmannsdorf) near Walvis Bay from 1847 until his death in December 1855. He had a wife and numerous children. For some time, he received all goods for the Rhenish missionaries in Central Namibia at Walvis Bay to forward them upcountry. He was buried by Latham and Chapman, and his wife and children were taken to Walvis Bay and cared for by Mrs. Latham.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:10;

000648
Banghart, M.D.
*
---
M.D. Banghart was a mining engineer with a B.Sc. from the University of Nebraska in the USA. He was an American citizen who came to southern Africa in 1940 in the employ of Newmont Mining Corporation. He was a Managing Director of the Tsumeb Corporation and the O'okiep Copper Company in South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ENG

RAW DATA: SWA Annual 1954;

000649
Barbour, Edwin Alfred
* 17.06.1930 at Vryheid, Natal, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 01.1970
---
Edwin Alfred Barbour was born on 17.06.1930 at Vryheid, Natal in South Africa. He was a geologist. Came To Namibia in January 1970. He was married to married to Philomena Mary Barbour, née Normoyle in 1957.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: GEO
Profession: Geologist

Married to: Philomena Mary Barbour, née Normoyle, married 1957-
Father: Harley Wilson Barbour

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

000684
Barella, Ludwig
*
---
---
Gender: m

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.429

000650
Barker, John F.
* in England
---
John F. Barker was trained as a zoologist. He was appointed in 1987 as Director of the Formal Education Unit of the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: EDU

RAW DATA: The Namibian 17.07.1987;

000651
Barnard, Alan John, Dr.
* 22.02.1949
---
Alan John Barnard was born on 22.02.1949 and is an Anthropologist. He was educated at the George Washington Univ. (BA 1971), McMaster Univ. (MA 1972), UCL (Ph.-D. 1976). He researched on the Khoisan, primarily in Botswana. He teaches at the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom since 1978.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: SCI

Namibia National Archives Database

001951
Barry, Edward
*
Last departure from Namibia: 09.1863
---
Edward Barry was a trader's assistant. As a young man from Cape Town he accompanied the Chapman-Baines expedition from the Cape Colony to Walvis Bay and through Hereroland to Lake Ngami and the Zambesi and back in 1860-1863. He copied Chapman's journal in August-September 1863 at Haigamkab. He returned to Cape Town from Walvis Bay in September 1863.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:11;

000652
Barth, C.J.C. Paul
[Barth, Paul]
* .1877 at Papenburg, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1909
---
Paul Barth was born in 1877 at Papenburg in Germany. He was a nautical officer, sailing from 1892-1904. Then he was serving at the hydrographic office "Deutsche Seewarte", 1904-1908. He came to Namibia in 1909, first as farm owner (farm Yakandonga, Otjiwarongo District, 1909-1920), then as the manager of the "Farm-Wirtschafts-Gesellschaft für Südwestafrika", and editor of "Mitteilungen der Farm-Wirtschafts-Gesellschaft" and "SWA Farmer". He was member of many commissions and boards (i.a. Debt Settlement Board, Anti-Depression Commission). He also served as an editor of the "Allgemeine Zeitung" and in management positions of various agricultural organisations, i.a. "DSWA Wollzüchterei", "SWA Karakulbreeders Association", "Agricultural Union for SWA", "SWA Show Association", "Verband der Reichsdeutschen in SWA".
---
Gender: m

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.239
RAW DATA: WWSA 1929/30;

001276
Bartie
*
---
---
Gender: m
Profession: Blacksmith

Namibia National Archives Database

000623
Barrell, Valdur Pettit
* 15.03.1915 at Barkly West, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1951
---
Valdur Pettit Barrell was born on 15.03.1915 at Barkley West in South Africa. He joined the Anglo American Corporation in Johannesburg, 1935. He came to Namibia as local secretary of the Consolidated Diamond Mines of SWA in 1951. Later he became Manager of the Windhoek Office of De Beers Consolidated Mines.
---
Gender: m

Married to: Diane Evelyn Barrell, née Winter
Father: G.M.H. Barrell

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

000716
Bartholomäus
*
---
Bartholomäus was an evangelist in Otjikukuruma/Osire near Waterberg. He was dismissed in 1902.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL

Namibia National Archives Database

000431
Bartlett
[Bardel - This is the name by which Bartlett appears in oral traditions of the Witboois]
*
---
Bartlett was a missionary from the London Missionary Society, stationed from 1816-1825 in Pella, later in Campbell. Apparently, he never visited Namibia, but was important in the christianisation of Orlam groups who later moved to Namibia. Bartlett is mentioned as "Bardel" in oral traditions of the Witboois.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Namibia National Archives Database

000432
Bartsch, Gustav
* 10.01.1879
+ 02.05.1893 in Namibia
First entry to Namibia: June 1889
---
Gustav Bartsch was born on 10.01.1879. He was a private ("Reiter") in Curt von François' Schutztruppe, died on 02.05.1893 at Windhoek from wounds sustained during the attack on Hoornkrans, 12.04.1893. He was the second person buried at the old Windhoek Cemetery.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Soldier

Namibia National Archives Database

001277
Bassingthwaighte, Francis James
* .1820 at Norfolk, England
+ .1888 near Keetmanshoop
First entry to Namibia: 1844
---
Francis James Bassingthwaighte was born in 1820 at Norfolk in the United Kingdom. He was a trader, blacksmith and farmer. He arrived at Walvis Bay in 1844, hired by Dixon and Morris. He lived at Sandfontein, then Rooibank, then Goanikontes, whilst trading with the various Namibian communities. He settled in Rehoboth as blacksmith in 1848 for ca. 10 years and married one of Dixon's daughters in 1852. He was supplying meat for his father-in-law, Dixon, to St. Helena and the many ships that were plying the islands off the coast loading guano. He later had a farm near the Matchless Mine in 1863. In later years he was in the diplomatic service of Jonker Afrikaner. In the 1870s and 1880s he lived in Aris and near Keetmanshoop. He died on the way to Cape Town, near Keetmanshoop, in 1888.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Trader

Married to: Rebecca Bassingthwaighte, née Dixon
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:11-12; SEASA 2, 189; Bell: South West; Lau: Hahn 355, 373 ff, 378, 480;

000654
Bassingthwaighte, Frank
* 22.01.1921 at Windhoek
---
Frank Bassingthwaighte was born on 22.01.1921 at Windhoek and educated at the Windhoek High School, Rhodes University and University of Cape Town in South Africa. He was a businessman, Director of Trip Travel, World Travel Services, Trip Insurance Consultants, Flats Ltd. He was married to: Yvonne Bassingthwaighte, née Nel, married 1958-.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Married to: Yvonne Bassingthwaighte, née Nel, married 1958-
Father: Frank Bassingthwaighte

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

001954
Bassingthwaighte, James Benjamin
* in Namibia
---
James Benjamin Bassingthwaighte was a hunter, trader and farmer. He grew up in Great Namaqualand. His mother was Rebecca Bassingthwaighte, née Dixon (ca.1835-) and his father was James Frank Bassingthwaighte (1820-1888). In the 1870s he lived in Little Namaqualand. He went to live near Keetmanshoop in 1881, and moved to Gibeon with his wife and child in 1882. He farmed on the farm Hoffnungsfelde, south west of Windhoek,  as from 18.12.1896.
---
Gender: m

Mother: Rebecca Bassingthwaighte, née Dixon (ca.1835-)
Father: James Frank Bassingthwaighte (1820-1888)
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:11;

000435
Bassingthwaighte, Rebecca
[Dixon, Rebecca - Maiden name]
* 31.08.1833 at Dublin, Ireland
+ 16.04.1923 at Windhoek
First entry to Namibia: 1843 (?)
---
Rebecca Bassingthwaighte was born on 31.08.1833 at Dublin in Ireland. She was one of the first "white" women who immigrated to Namibia, daughter of the trader Dixon. She died on 16.04.1923 at Windhoek.
---
Gender: f

RAW DATA: AHK 1982, p.37;

000655
Basson, Jacob Daniel du Plessis
[Basson, Japie]
* 25.07.1918 at Paarl, South Africa
---
Jacob Daniel du Plessis Basson was born on 25.07.1918 at Paarl in South Africa and was educated at the Paarl Boys High School and Stellenbosch University, B.A. (Law). He became a journalist, reporting from the Parliamentary Press Gallery and a Director of Sea Products (SWA) Ltd. and several fishing companies. He was the Organising Secretary of the National Party of SWA from March 1949-October 1953 and Member of Parliament for the Namib Constituency in the South African Parliament, first elected August 1950, re-elected April 1953. He was married to Caroline Clarence Strauss on 20.9.1947.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS POL

Married to: Caroline Clarence Basson, née Strauss, married 1949-
Father: Daniel Johannes Basson

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959; SWA Annual 1954;

000363
Basson, Wouter
*
---
Wouter Basson, as South African national and medical doctor, held the rank of a brigadier in the South African Defence Force and was heading its biochemical warfare programme from 1982-1992. He was involved in diverse shadowy dealings of the Apartheid Regime's military, including chemical and biological weapons, experiments on humans, and manufacture and distribution of illegal drugs. He was linked to the killing of Namibian PLAN combatants (Swapo) by muscle relaxants and their subsequent dumping into the sea. He went on trial in 1999 on charges of murder and fraud.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MED
Profession: Medical doctor

Namibia National Archives Database

001953
Bates, Harry
*
---
Harry Bates was an English trader and hunter whose sojourn in Namibia is documented between 1875-1878, with trading between Omaruru, Ovamboland and the Okavango.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Trader

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:12;

001278
Bathie, Robert
*
---
Robert Bathie was an assistant carpenter for the Walvis Bay Mining Company in 1857.
---
Gender: m
Profession: Carpenter

Namibia National Archives Database

00003
Baumann, Christian
* 31.05.1842 at Lichtenthal in Germany
+ 14.05.1888. at Okombahe
First entry to Namibia: 1864
---
Christian Baumann was born on 31.05.1842 at Lichtenthal in Germany. He was one of Carl Hugo Hahn's mission colonists who came to Namibia in 1864. He stayed at Otjimbingwe from 1866 until 1874. After the failure of the Missions-Handels-Gesellschaft, he joined the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft as a mission helper and began work at the Waterberg mission station in 1874 until 1878. He was in charge there during Rhenish Missionary Beiderbecke's absence in 1875-1876. After 1878 he moved to Rooibank, and after he was ordained in 1883, he moved to Otjimbingwe, where he stayed until moving to Okombahe in 1886. He was married to Johanne Marie Kleinschmidt on 10.02.1868. They had eighth children. He died at Okombahe on 14.05.1888.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:12; Guedes;

Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

002321
Baumann, Emilie
* 29.11.1868 at Otjimbingwe
---
Emilie Baumann was born on 29.11.1868 at Otjimbingwe. She was the eldest child of Christian Baumann and Johanne Marie Baumann, née Kleinschmidt.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Guedes; Vergißmeinnicht, 1893:47;

000791
Baumann, Heinrich
* 25.08.1870 at Otjimbingwe
---
Heinrich Baumann was born on 25.08.1870 at Otjimbingwe. He was the second child of Christian Baumann and Johanne Marie Baumann, née Kleinschmidt.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Guedes; Vergißmeinnicht, 1893:47;

000004
Baumann, Hugo
* 28.09.1872 at Otjimbingwe
---
Hugo Baumann was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft, born in Otjimbingwe on 28.09.1872. He was sent out to Namibia again in 1900 and returned to Germany in 1911.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Anna Baumann, née Hartwig, married 1920-

Namibia National Archives Database

000005
Baumann, Johann Philipp
* at Lichtenthal, Bessarabia, Russia
+ .1885
First entry to Namibia: 1866
---
Johann Philipp Baumann was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft. He came to Namibia in 1866. He lived from 1879 to 1881 in Scheppmannsdorf. He was married to Maria Baumann, née Kleinschmidt in 1868. He died in 1885.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Maria Baumann, née Kleinschmidt, married 1868-

Namibia National Archives Database

000006
Baumann, Johanne Marie
[Kleinschmidt, Johanne Marie - birth name]
* 26.02.1843 at Windhoek
+ 16.02.1926 at Gütersloh, Germany
---
Johanna Marie Baumann was born on 26.02.1843 at Windhoek. She was the eldest child of Franz Heinrich and Hanna Kleinschmidt. She married Rhenish Missionary Christian Baumann on 10.02.1868 at Otjimbingwe. They had eight children. She died on 16.02.1926 at Gütersloh in Germany.
---
Gender: f

Married to: Christian Baumann (1842-1888), married 1868-1888
Mother: Hanna Kleinschmidt, née Schmelen (1819-1884)
Father: Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt (1812-1864)

RAW DATA: Lau 1985:V1267; Vergissmeinnicht 1893:19; Faulenbach;

000007
Baumann, Joseph
* 16.07.1912 at Werther/Westfalen, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1953
Last departure from Namibia: 1967
---
Joseph Baumann was born on 16.07.1912 in Werther/Westfalen, Germany. After secondary school and military service and study of theology in Münster/Germany, he was Pastor in Bielefeld, Germany. He came to Namibia in 1953 as Rhenish Missionary: first to Lüderitz, later to Okahandja. He headed the Rhenish Mission Literature Bureau in Karibib, 1964-1967. He wrote a doctoral thesis about the professional biography of Dr. Heinrich Vedder (19??). He returned to Germany in 1967 to work as a pastor in Halle.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL WRI
Profession: Lutheran pastor
Functions: Pastor - Rhenish Mission
Head - Rhenish Mission Literature Bureau Karibib - 1964-1967

Namibia National Archives Database

001279
Bauszus, Hans
* 15.08.1871
---
Hans Bauszus was born 0n 15.08.1871. He was a German Schutztruppe officer and later an active Nazi, SS-Brigadeführer, heading the "Verbindungsstelle Berlin" of the "Kolonialpolitisches Amt der NSDAP" (Nazi Party).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

Collections/Papers:
1). Berlin Document Center (Personal file)
RAW DATA: Fischer 1935; Kameradschaft... Mitgliederliste;

001280
Bayer, Maximilian
* in Germany
---
Maximilian Bayer was a German Schutztruppe officer. He took part in the Naukluft fights against Hendrik Witbooi, 1894, and in the German-Namibian War, 1903-1908. Later he was instrumental in establishing the German Boy Scout movement. He wrote several books, including youth literature, about Namibia.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL WRI
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:223,298,327,351,252,354,358-360;

000656
Beaulieu, Martin Charles de
* .1857
+ .1945
First entry to Namibia: 1904
---
Martin Charles de Beaulieu was born in 1857. He served as an adjutant to General von Schlieffen. Later he was Chief of Staff of the Schutztruppe (in the rank of Oberleutnant) and was subsequently promoted to commander of the VI., then of the XIV. Army Corps in Germany.  He retired as General of Infantry. He died in 1945.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL

RAW DATA: Gann: Rulers; Nuhn 1988;

002110
Bebi, Boniface, Fwe (Mafwe) King
[Mamili, traditional title]
* at Linyanti
+ 
---
After the death of Fwe (Mafwe) King Richard Muhinda in 1987, he was succeeded by Mamili Boniface Bebi (1987-1999) who originated from Linyanti. He was the sixth in the recorded genealogy of the Mafwe kings. Bebi won an election against his opposition candidate, George Simasiku. Boniface Bebi was involved into the secessionist coup d'etat against the Republic of Namibia to create an independent state of Caprivi in 1998. In October 1998 he fled, together with other instigators of the coup d'etat, (Mishake Muyongo, for instance) to Botswana. Botswana granted Bebi political asylum in February 1999. In May 1999 Denmark granted political asylum to Boniface Bebi and other Caprivi secessionists. Bebi was followed by Mamili George Simasiku (1999-).

---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

001282
Bechuana, Tom
*
---
Tom Bechuana was apparently a much depended-upon servant in the employ of both Green and Andersson as from 1856 onwards.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

001263
Beck
* in Germany
---
Beck was a non-commissioned German Schutztruppe officer. In 1904 he was the second in command at Gibeon. He ordered to make the military station ready for defence after the departure of Von Burgsdorff in October 1904, and thus prevented an effective Witbooi attack on Gibeon.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Soldier

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:211,358;

001281
Beck, Richard
* 12.10.1871 in Germany
+ 04.08.1914
---
Richard Beck was born on 12.10.1871 in Germany. He was a German Schutztruppe officer. He attacked Jakob Marengo on 04.05.1906 on South African territory at Van Rooisvley. He died on 04.08.1914.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966: 224-226, 232; Fischer 1935:83;

000008
Becker, Friedrich Wilhelm
* 03.09.1913 at Port Elizabeth, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1941
---
Friedrich Wilhelm Becker was born on 03.09.1913 in Port Elizabeth in South Africa. He visited the secondary school in Rheydt and Bad Kreuznach, Germany. He received his business training in Mainz until 1932, then returned to South Africa. He came to Namibia in 1941 to work in the karakul industry and established an own karakul export firm in 1946, which was integrated into Eastwood Holt (1947) and into Boere-Saamwerk Bpk. in 1955. He was the managing director of this firm until 1976. He was married to Hildegard Becker, née Halenke in 1947.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Hildegard Becker, née Halenke, married 1947-
Father: W.G. Becker

Namibia National Archives Database

001284
Becker, Gustav
* 17.09.1877 at Betzdorf, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1907
---
Gustav Becker was born on 17.09.1877 at Betzdorf in Germany. He was a missionary of the Rhenish Missionary Society. He came to Namibia in 1907 and was stationed at Windhoek. He was married to: Henriette Becker, née Fenchel in 1911.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Henriette Becker, née Fenchel, married 1911-

Namibia National Archives Database

000009
Becker, Klaus Jürgen
* 21.01.1944 at Birstein/Hessen, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1949
---
Klaus Jürgen Becker was born on 21.01.1944 in Birstein/Hessen in Germany. He came to Namibia with his parents in 1949. He received his schooling in Lüderitz and studied at the University of the Witwatersrand (languages) and Cape Town (economics). Since 1980 he is a businessman in Windhoek. He was active in the Interessengemeinschaft Deutschsprachiger Südwester (IG) and the Lüderitzbucht Stiftung. He is married to Hildegard, nee Hofmeister.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman
Functions: Member of the Board - IG - 1981-1992
Member of the Board - Lüderitzbucht Stiftung

Married to: Hildegard, nee Hofmeister

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000658
Behnsen, Ernst August Heinrich Friedrich
* 21.05.1897 at Hannover, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1932
---
Ernst August Heinrich Friedrich Behnsen was born on 21.05.1897 at Hannover in Germany. He received his schooling in Hannover. He was director of numerous companies, i.a. Metje and Ziegler, Ohlthaver and List, South West Breweries, and fishing companies. He was married to Herta M.J. Behnsen, née Metje in 1929.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Married to: Herta M.J. Behnsen, née Metje, married 1929-

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959; Mitteilungen SWAWG 13,2;

001286
Beiderbecke, Carl Heinrich
* 03.08.1845 at Deppendorf/Germany
+ 10.05.1936 at Paterson, New Jersey, USA
---
Carl Heinrich Beiderbecke was born on 03.08.1845 at Deppendorf in Germany. He was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft. He came to Otjimbingwe in 1872 and moved to the Rhenish mission station of Otjimbingwe where he learned the Otjiherero language from Carl Hugo Hahn. On 15.11.1873 Beiderbecke established a mission station at Otjozondjupa (meaning "Waterberg"; in Otjiherero "Karumue katjomumbonde" or "Omuveroume Mountain"). He worked there (until May 1880) with Franz Tamm (01.11.1873.-14.11.1876) and Christian Baumann (1874-04.11.1878). During the 1870s the Boer farmer Willem Krüger lived in the Otjozondjupa area to protect the San and Dama there. He also assisted Carl Heinrich Beiderbecke. In 1880 Beiderbecke had to abandon the mission station at Otjozondjupa due to the outbreak of the Ovaherero-Nama war. He emigrated later to the USA, where he became minister of the German Lutheran Congregation in New York from 1881 until 1917. He died at Paterson in New Jersey in the USA on 10.05.1936. He was married to: Margaritha (Gita) Beiderbecke, née Hahn from 1850 to 1906.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Margaritha (Gita) Beiderbecke, née Hahn (1850-1906)

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002007
Beiderbecke, Margaritha (Gita)
[Hahn, Margaritha - birth name]
* 06.07.1850 at Rehoboth
+ 06.11.1906 in New York/USA
---
Margarith (Gita) Beiderbecke was born on 06.07.1850 at Rehoboth. She was the daughter of Carl Hugo Hahn and Emma Sarah Hahn, née Hone. She married Rhenish Missionary Carl Heinrich Beiderbecke on 24.11.1875. They had seven children. She later emigrated with her husband to the USA. She died on 06.11.1906 in New York in the United States of America.
---
Gender: f

Married to: H. Beiderbecke
Mother: Emma Sarah Hahn, née Hone (1814-1880)
Father: Carl Hugo Hahn (1818-1895)

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

001287
Belck, Waldemar
* in Germany
---
Waldemar Belck was Lüderitz' agent in Walvis Bay in 1884.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Esterhuyse p,77;

001288
Bell, Johannes
* 23.09.1868 at Essen, Germany
+ 21.10.1949 at Würgasen, Germany
---
Johannes Bell was born on 23.09.1868 at Essen in Germany. He was Reichskolonialminister 19??-19??. He died on 21.10.1949 at Würgasen in Germany.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

Namibia National Archives Database

001953
Bell, John
* in South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1861
Last departure from Namibia: 1862
---
John Bell was a traveller. He was the eldest son of Charles Davidson Bell, Surveyor General of the Cape Colony. He accompanied Henry Samuel Chapman from Cape Town to Walvis Bay, through Hereroland to Lake Ngami and back to the Cape Colony via Shoshong, Kuruman and Hope Town, 1861-1862. He apparently died before 1890. He was married to Margaret Bell, née Roome in 1865.
---
Gender: m

Married to: Margaret Bell, née Roome, married 1865-
Father: Charles Davidson Bell

Namibia National Archives Database

001289
Bender, Eugen
* 20.07.1866 in Germany
---
Eugen Bender was born on 20.07.1866 in Germany. He was a Schutztruppe officer.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:83;

001291
Bens, Johann
*
---
Johann Bens was a teacher of the Baster community in Rehoboth.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: EDU

RAW DATA: JBRMG 1906:34;

000555
Benseler, Annemarie
* 17.06.1912
---
Annemarie Benseler was born on 17.06.1912 and was a librarian of the Namibia Scientific Society.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: LIB

Namibia National Archives Database

000662
Benz, Alfred
* 08.09.1905 at Baden, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1929
---
Alfred Benz was born on 08.09.1905 at Baden in Germany. He came to Namibia in 1929. He was the Managing Director of the South West Creamery.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Hildegard Johanna Benz, née Zemke, married 1930-

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

000453
Benson, Mary
*
---
Mary Benson was an anti-apartheid activist and writer, and worked with Reverend Michael Scott.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: POL

Collections/Papers:
1). School of Oriental and African Studies, London

001292
Berchem
*
---
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:333;

001293
Berger, Alfred, Dr.
* 25.10.1887
---
Alfred Berger was born on 25.10.1887. He was a veterinary officer of the Schutztruppe.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL VET
Profession: Veterinarian

RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:223;

000424
Berger, Carl
[Berger, Karl - alternative spelling]
* 07.06.1871 at Wiesbaden, Germany
+ .1962 at Farm Haruchas
First entry to Namibia: 1898
---
Carl Berger was born on 07.06.1871 at Wiesbaden in Germany. He was a Rhenish Missionary in Gibeon. He left the mission in 1906 (?) but stayed on in Namibia as a farmer (Farm Haruchas). He was accused by other missionaries of making money out of his position. He died in 1962 on his farm Haruchas. He was married to Ida Berger, née Bergmann, widowed Albat, in 1902.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL AGR
Profession: Missionary Farmer

Married to: Ida Berger, née Bergmann, widowed Albat, married 1902-

Collections/Papers:
1). VEM: RMG 1.341a = A/w 8 c * Nachlass
2). NAN: A.108 (Photo collection)
3). NAN: A.146 (??)
RAW DATA: Zondagh 1991:76-77; Drechsler 1966:358;

000665
Berger, Christiane
* .1940 at Prague, Czechia
---
Christiane Berger was born at Prague in Czechia in 1940. She came 1945 as a refugee to Germany. She received her  schooling and training at the teacher college in Münster and Kiel. She came to Namibia in 1975 to work as a teacher in Karibib. She writes for German language newspapers and magazines in Namibia. She is the editor of "Afrikanischer Heimatkalender" since 19??.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: EDU
Profession: Teacher

Namibia National Archives Database

000664
Berger, Josef-Andreas, Dr.
* 24.02.1915 at Waging, Germany
---
Joseph-Andreas Berger was born on 24.02.1915 at Waging in Germany and obtained his schooling in Salzburg (Austria) and Berlin. He studied at the University of Rostock. From 1945 to 1946 he was a Lecturer at the University of Rostock and from 1948 to 1950 a Consultant for Geology at the Landesmuseum in Linz, Austria. He came to Namibia in ?. He was the owner of Karibib Marble Crush and Dr. Berger's Mines. He was a Member of the Karibib Town Council, from 1956 to 1959 and 1971- and Mayor of Karibib from 1959 to 1963 and 1972-. He was married to: Gerda Ottilie Elisabeth Sophie Berger, née Gaedecke in 1945.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: SCI
Profession: Geologist
Functions: Mayor - Karibib - 1959-1963, 1972-

Married to: Gerda Ottilie Elisabeth Sophie Berger, née Gaedecke, married 1945-
Father: Josef Berger

Namibia National Archives Database

001294
Bergh, W.F.
*
---
W.F. Bergh was an employee of the magistrate of Springbok (Cape Colony). He visited the communities of southern Namaland in 1885.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM

RAW DATA: Esterhuyse p.79;

000796
Bergmann-Maag, Ursula
* .1920 at Windhoek
---
Ursula Bergmann-Maag was born in 1920 in Windhoek. She took private art lessons with Adolph Jentsch on her parents' farm near Okahandja. From 1946 to 1950 she studied at Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town. She returned to Namibia in 1974.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: ART
Profession: Artist

RAW DATA: Lilienthal: Art in Namibia. pp.14-15;

000666
Berker, Hans Joachim
* 28.03.1924 at Hamburg, Germany
+ 05.07.1992 at Windhoek
First entry to Namibia: 1928
---
Hans Joachim Berker was born on 28.03.1924 at Hamburg in Germany. He came to Namibia at the age of four years in 1928. He had his education in Windhoek and studied law at Rhodes University in Grahamstown/South Africa and Oxford University/U.K. with a B.A. and LL.B. He became an Advocate. He practised as lawyer, judge, and also in business. He was also an active sportsman and winner of the Class II Cape to Rio Yacht Race 1973. He married Marianne Leis on 03.06.1968. On 01.03.1983 he became the new High Court President, succeeding Frans Badenhorst. He was appointed as Judge President of the Supreme Court at Namibia's independence on 21.03.1990. On 05.07.1992 the first Chief Justice at the Supreme Court died in Windhoek. His successor was the South African Judge, Ismael Mahomed, who was judge at the Namibian Supreme Court since 1991. He was married to Marianne Berker, née Leis in 1968.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW
Profession: Lawyer

Married to: Marianne Berker, née Leis, married 1968-
Father: Hans Joachim Berker

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks)

000667
Bermann, Louis William
* 16.08.1904 at Siolio, ?
First entry to Namibia: 1910
---
Louis William Bermann was born on 16.08.1904 at Siolio (?). He came to Namibia in 1910. He was a businessman and director of various companies, including S.W.Agency, SWA Chemicals, SWACO Properties, Permanent Building Soc.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

001295
Bernsmann, Friedrich
* 23.06.1845 at Barmen, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1873
---
Friedrich Bernsmann was born on 23.06.1845 at Barmen in Germany. He was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft since 1873. He was stationed at Otjimbingwe (since 01.01.1874) and Omburo. He was married to: Emilie Bernsmann, née Wertholt (-1880), and Charlotte Bernsmann, née Neumann.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: <1>Emilie Bernsmann, née Wertholt (-1880),
<2>Charlotte Bernsmann, née Neumann
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:52; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks)

000668
Berry, Hermanus Human
[Berry, Hu - colloquial]
*
---
Hermanus Human Berry is a biologist with a M.Sc. from Stellenbosch University and a Ph.- D. from Cape Town University. He did extensive studies on the wildlife ecology at the Etosha National Park.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: SCI
Profession: Biologist

Namibia National Archives Database

000669
Bertelsmann, Werner, Prof. Dr.
* 17.02.1916 at Kassel, Germany
+ 05.07.1984
First entry to Namibia: 1937
Last departure from Namibia: 1964
---
Werner Bertelsmann was born on 17.02.1916 and educated at Kassel in Germany. He studied law in Tübingen, Kiel, Köln and Göttingen. He travelled to South Africa as an exchange student in 1937 and visited Namibia. He was a German soldier in World War II. From 1945 to 1951 he was a lawyer in Kassel. He went to South Africa as legal advisor to German firms. From 1952 to 1959 he was editor of the "Allgemeine Zeitung" in Windhoek. From 1959 to 1961 he was employed with the Administration of SWA as  a translator of the "Official Gazette". From 1962 to 1964 he worked at the South African Information Dept. in Pretoria and as from 1964 at the University of South Africa. He graduated as Dr.-Jur. at the University of Göttingen with a dissertation on the minority rights of the German-speaking population in Namibia. From 1971 to 1976 he was a Professor of public law at the University of the North, South Africa. He died on 05.07.1984. He was married to Brigitte Bertelsmann, née Schieferstein.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW
Profession: Lawyer

Married to: Brigitte Bertelsmann, née Schieferstein

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.422 (Newspaper cuttings and printed matter on Namibia collected by Bertelsmann)
RAW DATA: Namibiana 10;

000671
Besseling, Johan
* 25.09.1924 at Cape Town, South Africa
---
Johan Besseling was born on 25.09.1924 at Cape town in Germany. He served with the South African Air Force in World War II from 1942 until 1946. He was general manager, factory manager, and director in the Walvis Bay fishing industry. He was married to Catherine Joan Besseling, née Whall in 1954.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Catherine Joan Besseling, née Whall, married 1954
Father: Josephus Besseling

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

002316
Bessinger, Niko
* 12.06.1948 at Walvis Bay
---
Niko Bessinger was born on 12.06.1948 at Walvis Bay. He received his schooling at the St. Bonifacius Roman Catholic School Primary School Windhoek and the St. Augustine's Secondary School Parow/South Africa. He matriculated at the Athlone High School in Cape Town in 1966. He visited the Architectural Faculty of the University of Cape Town from 1969 until 1972. He obtained a Fullbright Scholarship in 1978 and received a B.Sc. (Architecture) in 1980 and a B.Arch. in 1981 from the University of Detroit (USA). He got the National Dean's List Award in 1979 and 1980. Bessinger is a registered Architect in Namibia since 1983 and became a Member of the Namibia Institute of Architects and the Namibia Council of Architects and Quantity Surveyors. Bessinger joined SWAPO in 1972 and is an active member since 1976. He was appointed as Treasurer of the SWAPO Windhoek office in 1977 and National Treasurer in 1978. He was the Joint Secretary for Foreign Affairs on the SWAPO National Executive within Namibia from 1981 until 1989. On 11.09.1987 Judge J Bethune ordered the release of a number of SWAPO activists (Hendrik Witbooi, Danny Tjongarero, Niko Bessinger, Anton Lubowski, John Pandeni and Ben Ulenga) who were detained by the South African Authorities in terms of the Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967. Bessinger was a Member of the SWAPO Central Committee. In 1989 he became the Deputy Head of the Department for Foreign Liaison in the SWAPO election Committee. He was a Member of the 1989 Constituent Assembly and a Member of the National Assembly (1990-1995). On 21.03.1990 he was appointed as Minister for Wildlife, Conservation and Tourism until 20.03.1995. Since he practices as a professional architect in private practice. He was married to Hermine Bessinger, née Bertolini. They had two children.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Architect

Married to: Hermine Bessinger, née Bertolini, two children

RAW DATA: Political Who's Who, 1990 (Pütz, Von Egidy and Caplan); Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks)

000672
Bester, Andries Jacobus
* 06.04.1905 at Lindley, Orange Free State, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 24.12.1925
---
Andries Jacobus Bester was born on 06.04.1905 at Lindley in the Orange Free State in South Africa. He came to Namibia in 1925. He was a cattle and karakul farmer and member of numerous agricultural boards. He was the Representative of the Grootfontein Constituency for the UNSWA Party in the Legislative Assembly, 1945-1950. He was married to Mary Louisa Bester, née Shepperson in 1930.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR POL
Profession: Farmer, politician
Functions: Member for Grootfontein, UNSWA Party - Legislative Assembly - 1945-19550

Married to: Mary Louisa Bester, née Shepperson, married 1930
Father: Johannes Gerhardus Bester

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

000510
Beukes, Adriaan
[Peukus, Adrijan - alternative spelling]
*
+ 25.08.1893 at Horebis
---
Adriaan Beukes was a Rehoboth Baster who was probably killed, together with his father Johannes Beukes, during a Hendrik Witbooi's raid on a train of 13 oxwagons with supplies en route from the coast to Rehoboth. The raid took place at Horebis on 25.08.1893. Beukes appears as a creditor in Witbooi's "Debt Book" in 1891 (here spelled "Adrijan Peukus").
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Father: Johannes Beukes (-1893)

RAW DATA: Quellen 22:20.9.1893;

002332
Beukes, Attie
*
---
The Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP) was founded in May 1989under the leadership of, inter alia, Werner Henry Mamugwe, Attie Beukes (grandson of Samuel Jacobus Beukes who fought the Germans in 1915 and the South Africans in 1925), Hewat Beukes (son of Hermanus Christoffel Beukes) and Erica Beukes, Hewat's wife. The WRP joined the UDF alliance and later the Socialist Alliance of Namibia (SAN).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000511
Beukes, Berend
[Beukes, Bernd]
*
---
Berend Beukes was an envoy in the peace negotiations between Hendrik Witbooi and Samuel Maharero in 1892. He was probably a member of the Baster community who acted as hosts and intermediaries.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

002333
Beukes, Erica
*
---
The Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP) was founded in May 1989under the leadership of, inter alia, Werner Henry Mamugwe, Attie Beukes (grandson of Samuel Beukes who fought the Germans in 1915 and the South Africans in 1925) and Hewat Beukes, her husband. The WRP joined the UDF alliance and later the Socialist Alliance of Namibia (SAN).
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002331
Beukes, Hans
*
---
Hans Beukes was a leader of the Baster community after the Second World War. He was one of the first petitioners to the United Nations. During 1956 the International Court of Justice at the Hague (ICJ) continued to deal with the SWA problem in an advisory capacity. It confirmed the United Nations General Assembly’s right to adopt resolutions on SWA, and to grant oral hearings to petitioners (Michael Scott, Mburumba Kerina (Getzen), Jariretundu Kozonguizi, Hans Beukes, Markus Kooper, Sam Nujoma, Ismael Fortune, Jacob Kuhangua and Hosea Kutako). This gave new impetus to the political socialisation and consciousness of "black" leaders in Namibia. In 1959 the Herero Chiefs’ Council sent Hans Beukes and Jariretundu Kozonguizi to the UN as representatives of a future independent Namibia. In 1963 some Ovaherero spokesmen in contact with Kerina and Beukes, discussed the formation of a new political party.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002335
Beukes, Hermanus Christoffel
[Nickname Oom Maans Beukes]
* 20.06.1913 at Rehoboth
+ 22.07.2004 at Rehoboth

Hermanus Christoffel Beukes was born on 20.06.1913 at Rehoboth. His father was the second cousin of Samuel Jacobus Beukes (Koos Petisie) who was the first petitioner to the forerunner of the United Nations, the League of Nations, just after World War One. Hermanus Beukes received only three years of formal schooling and was educated further by his mother. A formative political experience was when, with the Baster community besieged by South African forces in 1925 - who were imposing their authority on Rehoboth - he was called into service at the age of 11 years to ferry messages to and from on horseback on the unfolding crisis. By trade he was a shoemaker (he produced the famous "veldskoene") who refused during his life time to shut up. He was a resolute and outspoken opponent of South Africa's rule over Namibia. After the United Nations were established in 1945, Beukes was one of the first Namibians to petition the world body with arguments that South Africa was not adhering to its obligations in terms of the mandate of the League of Nations and therefore its rule over Namibia was illegal. During this process he kept the issue of South Africa's disputed control over South West Africa on the UN's agenda. One of Hermanus Beukes's sons, Hans Beukes, went to to the UN in turn to make the case for Namibian independence. Hans Beukes addressed the United Nations General Assembly in 1959, after the Herero Chiefs’ Council sent him and Jariretundu Kozonguizi to the UN as representatives of a future independent Namibia. When in July 1963 the South African Police's Special branch arrived in Rehoboth to arrest the community leader and Rehoboth's medical doctor, Kenneth Abrahams, Hermanus Beukes was instrumental in getting the Rehoboth community to congregate in large numbers at Abraham's house to avoid his arrest. Abrahams was eventually smuggled out of the house with Beukes's help, and took refuge in the veld for a few days until the order for his arrest had been revoked. At this stage, Beukes and Abrahams were both members of the SWAPO party and had, for months, been recruiting people to be sent into exile for military training. About a week later Kenneth Abrahams, together with Hermanus Beukes, Andreas Shipanga and the Baster Paul Smit, headed east, to go into exile via Botswana. It was after they had crossed safely into Botswana that South African agents kidnapped them and returned them to Namibia, setting off a chain of events that eventually caught the attention of the British Government. At that stage, Abrahams was in Cape Town, where he was to be charged with sabotage and faced a certain jail term on Robben Island. While he fought against his arrest in a Cape Town court, the Namibian SWAPO members, including Hermanus Beukes, were being helped in the Gobabis court by Advocate Bryan O'Linn. Embarrassed and under British pressure, the South African Government finally relented, and the four Namibians were   released and returned to Botswana. Beukes had planned to travel to New York to make his and Namibia's case at the United Nations, but he never came so far. After a stint in a refugee camp in Francis Town in Botswana, he chose to return home because he found it hard to adjust to the foreign environment. Hermanus Beukes returned to Rehoboth where he remained vociferously opposed to South African rule over Namibia. In 1977 or 1978 he had a meeting with South Africa's first Administrator General, Judge M.T. Steyn, at the same time that one of his sons, Hewat Beukes, was detained without trial at Gobabis. Instead of using his audience with Steyn to plead on behalf of his son, Beukes chose to accuse Steyn that the South Africans had left a trail of blood from the Oranje River in the south to the northern border of Namibia ever since they had arrived in SWA in 1915. A week later his son Hewat was released. Hermanus Beukes was never a Baster nationalist but he was a Namibian first and foremost. He was widowed in 1984 and had two daughters and eighth sons, four sons died before him. He died on 22.07.2004 at the age of 91 years at Rehoboth and was, under strong Namibian government presence, buried at Rehoboth on 31.07.2004.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Obituary: Namibian: 30.07.2004

002330
Beukes, Johannes
*
---
Johannes Beukes was a leader of the Baster community during and after the First World War. On 15.04.1915 the Basters rose against the Germans as a result of a secret meeting between Botha and Baster Captain Cornelius van Wyk on 01.04.1915. The Bsters ware specifically dissatisfied that the "Baster Corps" which fought on the German side against the South African forces, was used to guard a prisoners of war camp in Otjiwarongo. In Schlip, Pieter Mouton collected all available able-bodied Basters to proceed to Sam-Khubis. The Germans, on their way to Sam-Khubis, attacked the Basters at Heuras, Uitdraai and Kabirab. Among the Basters fighting the Germans were Samuel and Johannes Beukes. On 05.04.1915, during the Baster rebellion against the Union of  South Africa, SA war planes threatened to attack Rehoboth. There was no bloodshed and a complete surrender followed. Martial law was declared, and 632 people including Basters (289), Ovaherero (218), Nama (75) and Dama (50) were detained. Johannes and Samuel Beukes landed up with 42 other Basters before a South African firing squad but were saved when the League of Nations intervened literally at the last minute.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002329
Beukes, Samuel Jacobus
[Nick name: Koos Petisie]
[Nick name: Koos Völkerbund]
[Nick name: Koos VVO]
*  1890 at Rehoboth
+  December 1965 at Rehoboth

Samuel Jacobus Beukes was a leader of the Baster community during and after the First World War. Between 1904 until the outbreak of the war he worked as a post office messenger. On 15.04.1915 the Basters rose against the Germans as a result of a secret meeting between Botha and Baster Captain Cornelius van Wyk on 01.04.1915. The Baster were specifically dissatisfied that the "Baster Corps" which fought on the German side against the South African forces, was used to guard a prisoners of war camp in Otjiwarongo. In Schlip, Pieter Mouton collected all available able-bodied Basters to proceed to Sam-Khubis. The Germans, on their way to Sam-Khubis, attacked the Basters at Heuras, Uitdraai and Kabirab. Among the Basters fighting the Germans were Samuel and Johannes Beukes. On 05.02.1919 the Basters of Rehoboth requested the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa to place them under direct British protection, like Basutoland. This request was not granted. Samuel Beukes was the first indigene to petition the League of Nations for independence for the Rehoboth Basters. The South Africans nicknamed Beukes "Koos Petisie". When the United Nations replaced the League of Nations in 1945, Beukes continued his petitions. He set a precedent for the later petitions of Hosea Kutako. On 05.04.1915, during the Baster rebellion against the Union of South Africa, SA war planes threatened to attack Rehoboth. There was no bloodshed and a complete surrender followed. Martial law was declared, and 632 people including Basters (289), Ovaherero (218), Nama (75) and Dama (50) were detained. Johannes and Samuel Beukes landed up with 42 other Basters before a South African firing squad but were saved when the League of Nations intervened literally at the last minute. In 1928 he became a member of the Baster Council. He continued to petition the United Nations after the Second World War. In May 1962 the UN representatives de Alva and Carpio approached Samuel Beukes in order to give witness on the Namibia case. Beukes died at the age of 75 years in December 1965 in Rehoboth.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Obituary: AZ: 03.12.1965; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

001296
Beyer
*
---
Beyer was a German Schutztruppe officer. He crossed the Oranje River border in 1906 in an unsuccessful attempt to engage Marengo in battle. From 1911-1914  he was the Bezirksamtmann of Warmbad.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:226; Hubatsch;

000361
Bezuidenhout, David
[Bezuidenhout, Dawid]
* 07.09.1935 at Keetmanshoop
+ 07.08.1998 at Windhoek
---
David Bezuidenhout was born on 07.09.1935 at Keetmanshoop. He matriculated at the Athlone Institute in Paarl, South Africa in 1951, and obtained a teacher's diploma at the Athlone Training College in 1954, before serving as a teacher in Namibia from 1955 until 1971. He entered politics in 1959 when he was elected the first Vice President of the SWA Coloured Organisation. He served in the Coloured Council (1962-1980), the Labour Party (Chief Secretary 1974-84, elected party leader 1984-88), the Coloured Second Tier Representative Authority (Exco member 1980-85, Exco Chairman 1984-85), the Multi-Party Conference 1984. He was an appointed Minister of Transport in the Transitional Government 1985-89. He was a founding member of the United Democratic Front in 1989 until his resignation from politics in 1995. He married Susanna Olivier and fathered five children. He died on 07.08.1998 at Windhoek. He was married to Susanna Bezuidenhout, née Olivier.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL EDU
Profession: Teacher
Functions: Vice President - SWA Coloured Organisation - 1959-

Married to: Susanna Bezuidenhout, née Olivier

Namibia National Archives Database

000673
Biermann, Alwyn
* 03.11.1929 at Windhoek
---
Alwyn Biermann was born on 03.11.1929 at Windhoek. He was educated at Swakopmund and Windhoek. He was the General Manager of Model Supermarket in 1971. He was married to Sylvia Llwellen Biermann, née Mitchell in 1953.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Sylvia Llwellen Biermann, née Mitchell, married 1953
Father: Edward Churchill Biermann

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

000674
Biermann, E.C.
* .1896 in South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1926
---
E.C. Biermann was born in 1896 and grew up in South Africa. He studied at the Agricultural College, Potchefstroom. He came to Namibia as principal of the Agricultural School Gammams, 1926. He was an Officer-in-charge of the Angola Boers, 1930. He was Chief Inspector of Lands and Advisor on Settlements, 1935 and Member of Farming Interests Board as well as Superintendent of Housing Scheme Noordoewer.
---
Gender: m

Father: Hugo Hendrik Biermann

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.98;

000512
Bikeur, Kido
[Pekuur, Kido - alternative spelling]
[Bukuur, Kido - alternative spelling]
*
---
Kido Bikeur was a registered member of the Gibeon congregation. His wife's name Sara. No further details could be traced.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

000513
Bikeur, Louder
[Pekuur, Louder - alternative spelling]
[Bikür, Louder - alternative spelling]
[Pikeur, Louder - alternative spelling]
[Bukuur, Louder - alternative spelling]
*
---
Louder Bikeur was a Witbooi office-bearer. His wife's name was Sara. According to Rhenish missionary Olpp, Bikeur "with his people" joined the Witbooi main settlement at Gibeon only in 1871.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

Namibia National Archives Database

000733
Binaar, Gert
*
---
Gert Binaar appears in Hendrik Witbooi's "Debt Book" as a debtor to Gamble in 1869, whose debts were taken over by Witbooi in 1889.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

001955
Bingle, Frederick H.
*
---
Frederick H. Bingle was a hunter and trader. His stay in Namibia is documented for 1874 and 1876.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Trader

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:13;

000556
Birkenmayer, Magdalena Maria
[Lindenmüller, Margarethe - pseudonym]
[Natterer, Magdalene Maria - birth name]
* in Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1911
---
Magdalena Maria Birkenmayer lived with her husband Anton at the small farm Birkenfels in the lower Swakop river. She became locally known by her singing and dancing performances, and published poetry under the pen name "Margarethe Lindenmüller".
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: ART WRI

Married to: Anton Birkenmayer
Children: Birkenmayer (married Ströbele)

Namibia National Archives Database

001956
Birmingham
*
---
Birmingham was a trader's assistant. He was employed by Andersson in 1864.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:13;

001297
Bischoff, Josef
* 11.10.1887
---
Josef Bischoff was a Schutztruppe officer.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:75,175;

001063
Bismarck, Otto Eduard Leopold von, Fürst
* 01.04.1815 at Schönhausen (Elbe), Germany
+ 30.07.1898 at Friedrichsruh, Germany
---
Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck was the German Imperial Chancellor (Reichskanzler) from 1871 to 1890. He was a conservative Prussian landlord and politician and Prussian Prime Minister from 1848 to 1871. He was widely hailed as the "founder of the [Second] German Empire" in the German-French War of 1870/71, he became its first Chancellor under the Emperors Wilhelm I, Friedrich III and Wilhelm II. He was forced by Wilhelm II to resign in 1890 following disagreements in foreign policy regarding the attitude towards England and Russia. Bismarck was initially against German colonial acquisitions, but changed his attitude in 1884 by extending the Empire's "protection" to German commercial interests in several overseas countries. However, his intention was not to set up a fully-fledged colonial administration but rather to leave the further development of the colonies to private companies. Only after the apparent failure of this policy, and under Bismarck's successor Chancellor Caprivi from 1890 on, did the German Empire embark upon a more active colonial policy and administration.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Functions: Reichskanzler - Germany - 1871-1890

Mother: Wilhelmine Luise Bismarck, née Mencken (1790-1839)
Father: Ferdinand von Bismarck (1771-1845)

Namibia National Archives Database

001957
Björklund, Botolf Bernhard
* 10.09.1844 at Snappertuna, Finland
+ 09.04.1902 in Finland
First entry to Namibia: 1869
Last departure from Namibia: 1887
---
Botolf Bernhard Björklund was born on 10.09.1844 at Snappertuna in Finland. He was a Finnish missionary who landed at Walvis Bay together with five other Finnish missionaries (inter alia Martti Rautanen) on 14.02.1869. He was a member of the party which left Otjimbingwe for Ovamboland on 27.05.1870. After a meeting with Ondonga King Shikongo sha Kalulu at Omandongo on 10.07.1870, it was decided that Björklund should remain behind in the Ondonga area together with Jurvelin, Heinonen and Malmström. He married the eldest daughter of missionary Kleinschmidt, Katharine Albertine, on 05.03.1874. Björklund baptised the first Ovambo converts at Omaruru in 1881, and then visited Finland and returned in 1883 to the Cape Colony, where he spent a few months because of his wife's health. He then settled in Omaruru to minister the Ovambo workmen in Hereroland. He returned to Finland in 1887 and died there on 09.04.1902.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Katharine Albertine Björklund, née Kleinschmidt (1847-), married 1874-
RAW DATA: DSAB I:80; Tabler 1973:13;

000211
Björklund, Katharine Albertine
[Kleinschmidt, Katharine Albertine - birth name]
* 19.07.1847 at Rehoboth
---
Katharine Albertine Björklund was born on 19.07.1847 at Rehoboth. She was the daughter of Franz Heinrich and Hanna Kleinschmidt. She married Finnish missionary Botolf Bernhard Björklund on 05.03.1874. They had four children.
---
Gender: f

Married to: Botolf Bernhard Björklund (1844-1902), married 1874-
Mother: Hanna Kleinschmidt, née Schmelen (1819-1884)
Father: Franz Heinrich Kleinschmidt (1812-1864)

RAW DATA: Lau 1985:V1269; Tabler 1972:13;

001298
Blaauw, Andries
*
---
Andries Blaauw was one of Jakob Marengo's fighters, who was with him when surrendering to the Cape Police in May 1906.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:360;

001958
Black, Derek
*
---
Derek Black was a hunter and trader in Botswana, Namibia and Angola from the late 1870s to the 1890s. He was travelling i.a. together with Lewis, Merton, Eversson, Garrett, W. Chapman, Eriksson.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:13-14;

001299
Blank, Robert
* 16.09.1869 at Ringenwalde, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1906
---
Robert Blank was born on 16.09.1869 at Ringenwalde in Germany. He came to Namibia in 1906. He was farmer and Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was the Chairperson of the Swakopmunder Sportverein. He was married to Hedwig Blank, née Koehler in 1907.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Profession: Farmer

Married to: Hedwig Blank, née Koehler, married 1907-
RAW DATA: WWSA 1929/30;

001300
Blecher, Adolf
* 22.07.1869 at Hesselbach, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1900
---
Adolf Blecher was born on 22.07.1869 at Hesselbach in Germany. He was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft. He came to Namibia in 1900 and was stationed at Otjimbingwe and Rehoboth. He was married to Mathilde Blecher, née Siebel in 1902 and Martha Blecher, née Stegemann in 1914.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: <1>Mathilde Blecher, née Siebel, married 1902-
<2>Martha Blecher, née Stegemann, married 1914-

Namibia National Archives Database

001301
Bleek, Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel, Dr.
* 08.03.1827 at Berlin, Germany
+ xx.xx.1877 at Cape Town, South Africa
---
Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek was born on 08.03.1827 at Berlin in Germany. He was a prominent philologist of southern African languages and librarian. He laid the foundations of San philology by recording oral texts of imprisoned San at Cape Town.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LIN
Profession: Linguist

RAW DATA: DSAB I:82-85; Hahn 710,729;

000514
Bloedoog
[|Auxamûb - Nama name]
*
---
Bloedoog (|Auxamûb) was the Deputy Captain of the Veldschoendragers (||Hawoben) during the 1880s and at least until 1894.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

Namibia National Archives Database

001302
Blumhagen, Hugo, Dr.
* in Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1905
Last departure from Namibia: 1909
---
Hugo Blumhagen came to Namibia in 1905. He was the Bezirksamtmann of Swakopmund district from 1907-1909. He served also in other capacities in the German colonial administration of Namibia. During the 1930s, he published extensively for the aim of having the former colonies returned to German rule.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM WRI

RAW DATA: Hubatsch;

000675
Bock, Stefan
* 10.07.1927 in Germany
+ ?

First entry to Namibia: 1952
---
Stefan Bock was born on 10.07.1927 and educated in Buxtehude, Stade and Flensburg in Germany. He served in the German Air Force 1944/45. He came to Namibia in 1952. He worked with the Tsumeb Corporation 1952-1961 and Edmund Lafrenz (Pty) Ltd. 1961-1969. He was the General Manager of Bon Roads Construction 1969-1970 and General Manager of Edmund Lafrenz 1971 until the early 1980s. He was married to Doris Helen Bock, née Bertram in 1955.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Doris Helen Bock, née Bertram, married 1955-
Father: Rudolf Bock

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

001304
Böhler, Marianne
* in Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1893
---
Marianne  Böhler was a nurse. She arrived 1893 in Windhoek as the first professional nurse in Namibia.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: MED
Profession: Nurse

RAW DATA: AHK 19822,33;

001305
Böhm, Johann Albert Friedrich
* 21.12.1833 at Michelbach, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1863
---
Johann Albert Friedrich Böhm was born on 21.12.1833 at Michelbach in Germany. He was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft. He arrived in Namibia in 1863. Firstly he was migrating with the Swartboois, he was stationed for years at Ameib. He went with the Swartboois to Sesfontein in 1877 to examine the country for migrating there. Later he was stationed at Walvis Bay. In 1884, he mediated as translator the sales contract between Lüderitz and Topnaar Captain Piet ||Haibeb ||Gamab, and also the treaty with the Rehoboth Baster. He was married to: Katharina Böhm, née Hahl.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Katharina Böhm, née Hahl
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:329; Tabler 1973:14;

000646
Böhme, Rolf Carsten
* 28.11.1925 at Grootfontein District
---
Rolf Carsten Böhme was born on 28.11.1925 in the Grootfontein District and educated at the Primary School Otavi, then at the Swakopmund High School, University Stellenbosch and Veasseys Engineering College. He was an engineer and General Superintendent Services of the Tsumeb Corporation, 1971-(?). He was married to Ursula Lucie Hedwig Böhme, née Schaepe in 1953.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ENG
Profession: Engineer

Married to: Ursula Lucie Hedwig Böhme, née Schaepe, married 1953-
Father: Rudolf Johannes Böhme

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

001306
Böhmer, Rudolf
* in Germany
---
Rudolf Böhmer was the Bezirksamtmann for Lüderitzbucht, 1906-1914. In the 1930s, he was the author of German colonial revisionist propaganda.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM

RAW DATA: Hubatsch; Drechsler 1966:366;

000455
Boehmer, Walter
*
---
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: WRI

Collections/Papers:
1). Völkerkundemuseum München (Manuscripts)

001307
Böhmer, Walter
* in Germany
---
Walter Böhmer was a farmer who caned an African worker to death.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:267;

001310
Bohr
* in Germany
---
Bohr was a Schutztruppe officer and the commander of Aais. He provoked the Khauas Nama in an incident on 13.09.1894 which led to the first war against them.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:96,342; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000678
Bollig, Michael, Prof. Dr.
* in Germany
---
Michael Bollig taught social and cultural anthropology at the University of Cologne. He conducted research on conflict management in northern Kenya. Since the early 1990s he has been working on the pastoral economies of northern Namibia and southern Angola.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: SCI

Namibia National Archives Database

000456
Bonn, Moritz Julius
* .1873
+ .1965
---
Moritz Julius Bonn was born in 1873. He was a German economist and Director of the Handelshochschule (School of Commerce) München. In ... he travelled to South Africa and Namibia and wrote very critically about the colonial economy and politics. In 1919 he was with the German delegation in Versailles. Decidedly anti-Nazi, he emigrated in 1933 to England where he died in 1965.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ECO
Profession: Economist

Collections/Papers:
1). Bundesarchiv Koblenz

001311
Bonfield, George W.
* .1836
+ .1861 at Okavango River
---
George W. Bonfield was an associate of Green and Andersson, trek assistant, hunter and trader. He was taken by a crocodile when Green's boat was overturned by a hippopotamus in the Okavango river near Libebe (later Andara) in 1861.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: TRA

RAW DATA: Tabler;

001312
Bongard, Oskar
* in Germany
---
Oskar Bongard was a German colonial official. He accompanied Dernburg on his trip to German South West Africa in 1908.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:262,299,366;

001313
Boois, Jacobus
*
---
Jacobus Boois reportedly took part in Jan Jonker Afrikaner's raids in the Swakop-Kuiseb area in 1867.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Esterhuyse p.14;

000679
Booth, Thornton Vivian
* 10.1929
---
Thornton Vivian Booth was a director of Ovenstone Investments, Director and General Manager of John Ovenstone Ltd., one of the major players in the Namibian fishing industry, in the 1970s. He was married to Avril Booth, née Ramsay in 1954.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Avril Booth, née Ramsay, married 1954-
Father: William Thornton

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

000680
Borchardt, Harro Kurt
* 18.06.1918 at Swakopmund
---
Harro Kurt Borchardt was born at Swakopmund on 18.06.1918. He moved with his parents to Germany in 1924. He studied at the Insurance College, Berlin, and worked with the Allianz Versicherung. He was an Officer in the German Army, 1938-1945 and returned to Namibia in 19??. He was the Manager of Mutual and Federal Insurance Co.Ltd. (SWA). He was married to Erika Borchhardt, née Biess in 1945.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Erika Borchhardt, née Biess, married 1945-
Father: F. Borchardt

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

000742
Bosman
*
---
Bosman apparently was a trader. He appears in Hendrik Witbooi's "Debt Book" as a creditor, 1891.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

RAW DATA: Not traced in Table, Esterhuyse, Lenssen. - Could it be Schluckwerder?;

001314
Botha, Chris J.
* 05.10.1862 at Somerset East, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1888
---
Chris J. Botha was born on 05.10.1862 at Somerset East in South Africa. He was a farmer, trader and prospector in Namibia since 1888. He served under German command in several wars against Namibians. He was the first to discover tin in Namibia, 1908. He was Native Affairs Commissioner 1916-1917, then transferred to judicial staff, resigned from Government Service 1920 and returned to farming. He was married to Florence Botha, née Martin in 1896.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR TRA
Profession: Farmer Trader Prospector
Functions: Native Affairs Commissioner - 1916-1917

Married to: Florence Botha, née Martin, married 1896
Father: Anthony Botha
RAW DATA: WWSA 1929/30;

000681
Botha, Jacobus Pieter
* 02.02.1933 at Germiston, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 04.1957
---
Jacobus Pieter Botha was born on 02.02.1933 at Germiston in South Africa. He was an Advocate (B.A., LL.B.). He came to Namibia in April 1957. He was married to Margaret Lennarine Botha, née Michau in 1957.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW
Profession: Lawyer

Married to: Margaret Lennarine Botha, née Michau, married 1957-
Father: Michiel Wilhelm Botha

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

000682
Botha, Johannes Stefanus
* 19.01.1922 at Bloemfontein, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1950
---
Johannes Stefanus Botha was born on 19.01.1922 at Bloemfontein in South Africa. He was educated at the Rondebosch Boys High School and University of Cape Town. He was a Major in the South African Air Force, 1939-1945. He came to Namibia in 1950. He was director of various companies, Manager of Minerals Plant (Pty) Ltd.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Father: J.S. Botha

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

001959
Botha, Pieter J.
* 02.10.1846 in Natal, South Africa
+ 22.10.1933 at Johannesburg, South Africa
---
Pieter J. Botha was born on 02.10.1846 in Natal in South Africa. He was a hunter and trader. He was with Jan van Zyl near Rehoboth in June 1876, and he was part of the infamous hunting party under H. van Zyl that in 1877 killed a herd of 103 elephants in one day at Olifants Pan. Botha joined the Dorsland Trekkers in the Kaokoveld and settled in Humpata, Angola. He died on 22.10.1933 at Johannesburg in South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:15;

000677
Böttger, Herbert Alfons
[Böttger, Piet - call name]
* 18.03.1912 at Windhoek
---
Herbert Alfons Böttger was born on 18.03.1912 at Windhoek. He was educated in Halle/Saale and Windhoek. He was a businessman, since 1944 with the S.W. Agency Group of Companies. He was the Chairperson of the S.W. Agency since ... and a board member of the SWA Scientific Society. He was married to Marianne Böttger, née Hollaender in 1935.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Marianne Böttger, née Hollaender, married 1935
Father: Alfred Böttger

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

001309
Böttlin
* in Germany
---
Böttlin was a German Schutztruppe officer. He was seriously wounded in a battle with the !Gami-#nun (Bondelswarts) at Hartebeestmund at the Oranje River on 12.12.1903, but escaped to British territory in the Cape Colony.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:134; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

001315
Bouwer, Barend
*
---
Barend Bouwer was a trekboer, one of the leaders of the "Republic Upingtonia".
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

001960
Bowe, Henry
*
---
Henry Bowe was a trader from South Africa who came to Namibia before 1880. He married a daughter of the Baster missionary David Cloete and traded with the Ovambo.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:15-16;

000683
Boysen, Elsa
[Brunn, Elsa - birth name]
* 15.03.1910 in Germany
---
Elsa Boysen was born on 15.03.1910 and educated in Germany. She came to Namibia in 1931. She continued her husband's firm J.B. Boysen (Swakopmund) after his death. She was married to J.B. Boysen in 1928.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businesswoman

Married to: J.B. Boysen, married 1928-
Father: Arthur Brunn

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

001316
Brand zu Beidstein, Max Freiherr
* 03.01.1877 in Germany
---
Max Brand zu Beidstein was born on 03.01.1877 in Germany. He was a Schutztruppe officer.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:106;

000615
Brand, Pieter
* in South Africa
---
Pieter Brand was a hunter who joined Willem van Reenen's expedition to Great Namaqualand at Warmbad in November 1791. During the party's stay at the site of the future Rehoboth, 23.01.-14.02.1792, Brand and seven others explored 15 days northwards but were forced to turn back by lack of water.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:16;

000887
Brandmayr, Josef, Dr.
* .1950 at Wels, Austria
First entry to Namibia: 197?
---
Josef Brandmayr was born in 1950 at Wels in Austria. He studied geography, political; science and philosophy at Salzburg and Innsbruck. He undertook a study trip to Namibia 1975-1976. He obtained a Dr.-Phil. 1978 with a dissertation on the geography of Namibia. He did further studies on European ethnology at Innsbruck, and medicine in Vienna (Dr.-Med. 1989). From 1990 to 1995 he was a medical officer at the Windhoek State Hospital, then in private practice. From 1996 to 1999 he was President of the Namibia Scientific Society. He returned to Austria in 1999 for health reasons.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: SCI MED
Profession: Geographer Medical doctor
Functions: President - Namibia Scientific Society - 1996-1999

RAW DATA: Mitt.NWG 43,4-6;

000980
Brandt, Anna Maria Bismarck
[Brandt, Marie - short name]
[Mähler, Anna Maria Bismarck - birth name]
*
---
Anna Maria Bismarck Brandt married the trader and farmer Hermann Brandt on 24.12.1894 at Taungs, and moved with him to Namibia, where Brandt and her brother Oskar purchased the farm Gui-|ganabis from Hendrik Witbooi. Brandt named the farm Marienthal after his wife, and thus ultimately the town Mariental. She was married to Hermann Brandt (1858-1925) in   1894.
---
Gender: f

Married to: Hermann Brandt (1858-1925), married 1894-
Mother: Josephine Helena Mähler, née Likie (1852-1923)
Father: Karl Bernhard Mähler (-1901)
Children: Percy Brandt (1898-1986)
RAW DATA: Zondagh 1991:93 et passim;

000972
Brandt, Hermann
* .1858 at Porta Westfalica, Germany
+ 13.01.1925 at Lüderitz
---
Hermann Brandt was born in 1858 at the Porta Westfalica in Germany. He was a farmer and transport rider. He emigrated from Germany to South Africa, and came to Namibia in the 1890s. He purchased in 1895 the farm Gui-|ganabis (Enkelkameelbom) from Hendrik Witbooi. He died on 13.01.1925 at Lüderitz. He was married to Anna Maria Bismarck Brandt, née Mähler in 1894.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Profession: Farmer Transport rider

Married to: Anna Maria Bismarck Brandt, née Mähler, married 1894-
Children: Percy Brand
RAW DATA: Zondagh 1991:86-94;

001328
Brecher, Ferdinand
* 21.03.1813 at Willingen, Nassau, Germany
+ 18.01.1902 at Steinkopf, South Africa
---
Ferdinand Brecher was born on 21.03.1813 at Willingen in Germany. He was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft in South Africa. He was stationed in Komaggas (1844-1846) and Steinkopf (1846-1894). He served the Witbooi Nama while they were still south of the Oranje River. He died on 18.01.1902 at Steinkopf in the Cape Colony in South Africa. He was married to Anna Brecher, née Hansefei (-1854).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Anna Brecher, née Hansefei (-1854)
RAW DATA: Lau, Hahn V:1249; Vergissmeinnicht;

000684
Brener, Harry
* 25.06.1898 in Latvia
---
Harry Brener was born on 25.06.1898 in Latvia. He came to South Africa in 1907. He was educated in Pretoria. He went to Namibia in 1915, and started a business on his own in 1918. He was the Proprietor of Brener Gamsu. He was the Managing Director of Ascony (Pty) Ltd. and a founding member of the Rotary Club Windhoek. He was married to Henriette Brener, née de Jong in 1920.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Henriette Brener, née de Jong, married 1920-
Father: Samuel Brener

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

000341
Breuil, Henri Edouard Prosper, Abbé
[Breuil, Abbé - ]
* 28.02.1877 at Mortain, France
+ 14.08.1961 at L'Isle-Adam, France
---
Abbé Breuil was born on 28.02.1877 at Mortain in France. He was a Catholic priest and internationally renowned prehistorian, visited Namibian rock art sites in 1947, 1948 and 1950, together with his assistant Mary Boyle and Ernst Scherz. He was instrumental in the popularisation of the Brandberg rock paintings, in particular the "White Lady" (which however depicts a male person). Fascinated by their artistic quality, but misled by the inherently racist assumption that such art could not have been executed by local southern African people, he endorsed the (now discredited) theory of a Mediterranean origin of the artists, which was put forward by the first European who saw the painting in 1918, Reinhard Maack. Breuil published several volumes of copies taken from the Brandberg paintings. He died on 4.08.1961 at L'Isle-Adam in France.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL SCI

Namibia National Archives Database

Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

001318
Brill, Dr.
* in Germany
---
Dr. Brill was the Bezirksamtmann for the Windhoek District from 1910 until 1912.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM

RAW DATA: Hubatsch;

001319
Brincker, Peter Heinrich, Dr.
* 09.02.1836 at Isselshorst near Gütersloh, Germany
+ 26.11.1904 at Stellenbosch, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1863
Last departure from Namibia: 1890
---
Peter Heinrich Brincker was born on 09.02.1836 at Isselshorst near Gütersloh in Germany. He was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft. He was trained at the mission seminary in Barmen, ordained (09.02.1862) and sent to South Africa in 1862. He arrived in Namibia 1863, stationed alternatively at Otjimbingwe (arrival: 12.09.1863, shortly after the outbreak of the Ovaherero-Nama War of the 1860s), Otjikango and Okahandja between 1863-1879. During a visit to Stellenbosch in February 1864, he married Johanna Knab of Ebenezer in the Cape Colony. He started off by making a thorough study of the Otjiherero language. After his marriage he arrived at the mission station of Otjikango which was founded by Carl Hugo Hahn in 1844. Brincker decided to resume work at the mission which Hahn had been compelled to abandon in 1859. Because of the frequent attacks by the Orlam Afrikaners, Brincker was forced, not less than seven times, to leave Otjikango in fear of his life. In August 1865 the ||Hawoben leader Hendrik Henricks attacked Otjikango and took Brincker hostage. Brincker reported later that Chief Hendrik took a strong anti-missionary attitude: "What are you doing here in this country? I don’t want this." In 1866 he returned to Otjimbingwe but went back to Otjikango a few months later after a community of the Ovambanderu had unexpectedly settled at the station. Brincker's attempts to convert them to Christianity were defeated when the Ovambanderu decided to join Chief Kamaharero Maharero at Okahandja. Brincker again went to Otjimbingwe until 1869 when he returned to Otjikango which he rebuilt, erecting a school and a church there. On 23.09.1870 Namibian leaders (Jan Jonker Afrikaner, Maharero, Kido Witbooi of Gibeon, David Christian Frederiks of Bethany and Jakobus Isaak of Berseba) and missionaries (Hahn, Diehl and Irle of Okahandja, Brincker of Otjikango, Olpp of Gibeon, seven Finns and the trader C. Conrath) organised a peace conference at Okahandja. A treaty was signed in which Jan Jonker was designated "co-regent", i.e. Maharero’s subordinate. Ten years of peace followed. Brincker stayed at Otjikango until 1878. In 1875 his translation of the Psalms into Otjiherero was published in Cape Town. After a trip to Germany 1879-1880, he took over the heading of the Augustineum at Otjimbingwe from missionary Büttner until 1889, when missionary Viehe took over. He was transferred to the Cape Colony in 1890 and  retired 1892 to live in Stellenbosch. Brincker was an accomplished linguist, who translated the bulk of the New Testament into Otjiherero. His Otjiherero-German dictionary remains a standard work. In 1899 the University of Cape Town awarded him an honorary doctorate in literature. Brincker actively supported the German colonisation of Namibia. In 1889 he authored a memorandum to Chancellor Bismarck which advocated the stationing of a strong military contingent in the colony. He died on 26.11.1904 at Stellenbosch in South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL LAN
Profession: Missionary Linguist

Married to: Johanna Brincker, née Knab, married 1864-
RAW DATA: DSAB I:119-121; Tabler 1973:16; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

001322
Brink, Carel Frederik
*
First entry to Namibia: 1761
Last departure from Namibia: 1762
---
Carl Frederik Brink was a land surveyor. He participated in a land expedition from the Cape Colony to Namibia from July 1761 to April 1762. The expedition consisted of its leader Hendrik Hop, Carel Frederik Brink, Johan Andreas Auge, Carel Christoffel Rijkvoet, Jacobus Coetzee and twelve other Cape burghers, as well as 68 Basters. They crossed the Oranje River on 29.09.1761, visited Warmbad, travelled northwards up to the Xamob (Löwen) River, and turned back on 09.12.1761. On 09.02.1762, they crossed the Oranje on their way back. Brink wrote a diary, and compiled the first ever map of Great Namaqualand.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

000685
Bristowe, Leslie
*
---
Leslie Bristowe was educated in England at Charterhouse and the Royal School of Mines. He was a mining engineer in Northern Rhodesia, 1926-1932; Southern Rhodesia, 1932-1934 and Transvaal, 1934-1944. He came to Namibia in 1944. He was the General Representative of the South West Africa Company since 01.01.1949.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ENG
Profession: Engineer

RAW DATA: SWA Annual 1954;

000686
Brock, Wilhelm
* 17.09.1893 at Hamburg, Germany
---
Wilhelm Brock was born on 17.09.1893 at Hamburg in Germany. He came to Namibia in 1922. He was a Managing Director of Woermann and Brock Co. He was married to: Helene Brock, née Keck in 1921.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Helene Brock, née Keck, married 1921
Father: Max Brock

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

001323
Brockmann, Heinrich
* 12.07.1873 at Delingsdorf, Germany
+ .1951
First entry to Namibia: 1902
---
Heinrich Brockmann was born on 12.07.1873 at Delingsdorf in Germany. He was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft. He was married to Helene Brockmann, née Upmeier in 1905. He died in 1951.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Helene Brockmann, née Upmeier, married 1905-

Namibia National Archives Database

001961
Brooks, William (Jnr.)
*
---
William Brooks (Jnr.) was the eldest son of hunter and trader William Brooks Sr. He travelled with W. Chapman and McKiernan from 1875 to  1876.
---
Gender: m

Mother: Mrs. Brooks, née Jervis
Father: William Brooks (-1875)
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:16-17;

001962
Brooks, William (Snr.)
*
+ .1875 at Pallah Fountain
---
William Brooks (Snr.) was a hunter and trader. He was an illiterate South African who came to Namibia in the 1870s with his wife (Mrs. Brooks, née Jervis) and five children and lived at Otavi 1874-1875. He hunted with W. Chapman. He died in 1875 at Pallah Fountain.
---
Gender: m

Married to: Mrs. Brooks, née Jervis
Children: William (Jnr.) Brooks
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:16-17;

000687
Brown, Raphael
* 22.03.1925 in Palestine
---
Raphael Brown was born on 22.03.1925 in Palestine. He was educated in England. He came to Namibia in 1948 to join M. Pupkewitz Sons. He was a Director of M. Pupkewitz Sons, Director of General Wholesalers (Pty) Ltd. He was married to Ida Brown, née Raff in 1950.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Ida Brown, née Raff, married 1950-
Father: Montague Brown

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

001325
Buchner, Dr.
*
---
Dr. Buchner accompanied Consul-General Nachtigal on his trip to Bethany in October 1884.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Esterhuyse 1968:72;

001329
Büchsel
*
---
Büchsel was the Chief of Staff of the German Admiralty.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:350;

000552
Budack, Kuno Franz Robert, Dr.
* 17.05.1934 at Klein-Drensen, Netzekreis, Germany (now Poland)
First entry to Namibia: 1966
---
Kuno Franz Robert Budack was born on 17.05.1934 at Klein-Drensen in Germany (now Poland). He studied ethnology in Berlin, Cologne and Pretoria. From 1962-1963 he studied at the Africa Institute at UNISA. From 1963 to 1966 he worked at the Ethnological Division of the "Department for Cooperation and Development" in South Africa, then from 1966 until retirement in 1991 as a government ethnologist in Namibia. His special research focuses on culture and history of Khoe-khoen, precolonial history, inter-ethnic relations, names and place names, and family history; numerous publications. He was active in the Namibia Scientific Society, which he served as President from 1982-1992 and 1995-1996.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: SOC
Profession: Ethnologist
Functions: President - Namibia Scientific Society - 1982-1992 + 1995-1996

RAW DATA: Mitt.SWAWG 43,4-6;

001327
Budler, Johann Friedrich
* 16.01.1816 at Königsberg, Germany (now Russian Federation)
+ 29.11.1873 at Ceres, South Africa
---
Johann Friedrich Budler was born on 16.01.1816 at Königsberg in Germany (now Russian Federation). He was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft in South Africa. He was stationed in Komaggas, Steinkopf (1842-1844), Wuppertal and Saron. For some time, he served the Witbooi Nama as a missionary while they were still south of the Oranje River. The church register of Gibeon records several persons as baptised by him.He died on 29.11.1873 at Ceres in South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: <1>Frederika Budler, née Auret (-1862), married 1845-1862
<2>Maria Budler, née Barker, married 1864-
RAW DATA: Lau, Hahn V:1249; DSAB II:96-97

000690
Buhr, Hermann Wilhelm Otto
* 22.11.1913 at Hannover, Germany
---
Hermann Wilhelm Otto Budler was born on 22.11.1913 and educated in Hannover in Germany. He came to South Africa in 1936 and to Namibia in 1953. He was the Managing Director of Freight Services (SWA) and Chairperson of the Walvis Bay Harbour Advisory Board. He was Married to: Monica Buhr, née du Plessis in 1946 .
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Monica Buhr, née du Plessis, married 1946
Father: Dietrich Buhr

RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

001331
Bullrich, Georg
* 01.07.1882
---
Georg Bullrich was born on 01.07.1882. He was a Schutztruppe officer.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:154;

000659
Burger, Wolfgang
* 02.06.1918 at Otjiwarongo
---
Wolfgang Burger was born on 02.06.1918 at Otjiwarongo. He was educated at the Deutsche Oberschule Swakopmund and at the Paarl Boys High School. He was an agency manager of the Alliance Assurance Co.Ltd. He was married to Jean Iona Buerger, née McHugh.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Jean Iona Buerger, née McHugh

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

000437
Burke, John Dermot Lardner
[Lardner-Burke, John Dermot]
* 13.02.1889 at Grahamstown, South Africa
---
John Dermot Lardner Burke was born on 13.02.1889 at Grahamstown in South Africa. He was educated at St.Andrew's College and Rhodes University College in Grahamstown. He was an attorney. He was a Member of the Windhoek City Council and Mayor. He was Member of the Council of the Law Society of SWA, Chairman of SWA Building Society and editor of the "Windhoek Advertiser" from 1920-1950 (?).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW JOU
Profession: Lawyer Journalist
Functions: Mayor - Windhoek

RAW DATA: WWSA 1929/30;

001333
Burmeester
*
---
Burmeester was a trader in Keetmanshoop in 1904.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: TRA
Profession: Trader

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:357;

001963
Bussell, William
* at Cape Town, South Africa
+ in Namibia
First entry to Namibia: 1874
---
William Bussell was a South African hunter and trader. He was a schoolmate of W. Chapman. He landed at Walvis Bay with W. Chapman and Sabatta on 16.06.1874. He was a member of Eriksson's party that reached Ombandja and crossed the Kunene on 25.08.1881. Bussel married a daughter of the Baster missionary David Cloete and died of cancer in Hereroland. He was married to Mrs. Bussell, née Cloete.
---
Gender: m

Married to: Mrs. Bussell, née Cloete
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:17;

000458
Büttner, Carl Gotthilf
* 24.12.1848 at Königsberg, Germany (now Russian Federation)
+ 12.12.1893 at Berlin, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1872
---
Carl Gotthilf Büttner was born on 24.12.1848 at Königsberg (East Prussia in Germany, now Russian Federation). He studied theology. He joined the Rhenish Missionary Society in 1870, and was sent to Namibia in 1873 to head the Augustineum in Otjimbingwe (from 01.02.1873 to 17.07.1880) as successor of Carl Hugo Hahn. He landed at Walvis Bay on 23.01.1872. In 1879 the missionaries Brincker and Büttner completed their translation of the New Testament into the Otjiherero language. He returned to Germany in 1880 to become pastor in Wormditt near Königsberg and returned to Namibia on official mission in 1884/1885 with "Reichskommissar" Dr. Heinrich Göring to negotiate for various "protection treaties" with Namibian communities. Büttner mainly concentrated on "protection treaties" in Namaland. In 1884/85 he discovered the rock paintings at Ameib in the Erongo Mountains (Philips Cave)(C1 Period: between 4400 and 1200 BC). In June 1885 Büttner tried to conclude a private treaty with the Chief of the Bondelswarts (!Gami-#nun), Wilhelm Christian, but was however unsuccessful because Christian did not want to lose his good links with the Government of the Cape Colony. On 28.07.1885 a protection treaty was concluded between Jakobus Isaak of Berseba and Büttner. On 02.09. a further protection treaty was concluded between Manasse !Noreseb of Hoachanas (!Hoaxa!nâs) and him. On 21.10.1885 a protection treaty was concluded between Maharero of Okahandja and Heinrich Göring in the presence of Secretary Nels and missionaries Diehl and Büttner. Göring later noted that Diehl and Büttner convinced Maharero even though he (Göring) had his doubts that Maharero has the right to sign on behalf of all Hereroland. On 03.11.1885 a protection treaty was concluded between Manasse Tyiseseta of Omaruru and Göring in the presence of missionary Büttner. In spite of this treaty, Manasse managed to maintain a polity independent from the Germans and Maharero. This independence was based on sound trade links with the Cape Colony for arms and ammunition as well as a disciplined armed force. In the late 1880s, following the arrival of German colonial forces in central SWA, Manasse Tyiseseta continued to seek political independence. In December 1885 Büttner demanded that Hendrik Witbooi should be "eliminated" as he constituted a major threat to all German interests in the territory. From 1886 to 1889 he was the Inspector of the German-East African Mission Society (Bethel Mission), then teacher at the Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen in Berlin. He has published numerous (mainly linguistic) publications. He died on 12.12.1893 at Berlin in Germany. He was married to Maria Büttner, née David.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL POL LIN
Profession: Missionary Linguist

Married to: Maria Büttner, née David

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:35-36, 38, 57-58, 300, 326, 328, 330-331; DSAB II:112; Vergissmeinnicht 1893:56; Dt. Koloniallexikon; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

001966
Cain, John
*
Last departure from Namibia: 1887
---
John Cain was a trader who lived at Okahandja with his Ovaherero wife and several children. He moved to the Transvaal before November 1887.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:18;

001965
Cain, Willi
* in Namibia
+ in Namibia
---
Willi Cain was probably a son of John Cain and his Ovaherero wife. He was murdered in 1899 by the German Prinz Prosper von Arenberg.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

001034
Campbell, John
* 03.1766 at Edinburgh, Scotland
+ 04.04.1840 at London, England
---
John Campbell was born in March 1766 at Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. He was a director of the London Missionary Society. He was appointed to the first deputation to inspect LMS settlements in southern Africa. He travelled extensively in South Africa between 1812-1814 and 1819-1821, coming close to Namibia and reporting relevant information in his published works. He died on 04.04.1840 at London.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL

Collections/Papers:
1). SOAS: GB 0102 CWM/LMS Africa Personal Boxes 3,5 (Papers 1772-1840)
RAW DATA: Lau: Hahn I;

000691
Campher, Lourens Ignatius
* 10.03.1927 at Bloemhof, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1952
---
Lourens Ignatius Campher was born on 10.03.1927 at Bloemhof in South Africa. He was a medical doctor who studied at the University of Pretoria. He came to Namibia in 1952 and practised in Omaruru. He was married to Ann Elizabeth Campher, née Shepperson in 1953.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MED
Profession: Medical doctor

Married to: Ann Elizabeth Campher, née Shepperson, married 1953-
Father: Lourens Ignatius Campher

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

000386
Caprivi de Caprera de Montecuccoli, Georg Leo von, Graf (Count)
* 24.02.1831 at Berlin, Germany
+ 06.02.1899 at Skyren near Krossen, Germany
---
Georg Leo von Caprivi de Caprera de Montecuccoli was born on 24.02.1831 at Berlin in Germany. He joined the Prussian Army in 1849. He was in active service in the German/French War 1870/71. He became Generalmajor in 1877 and Generalleutnant in 1882. He headed the German Navy in the rank of Vizeadmiral from 1883 to 1888. On 30.03.1890, Emperor Wilhelm II appointed him as Chancellor (Reichskanzler) to succeed Bismarck, who disagreed with the Emperor about foreign policy. Although the person was virtually unknown in the country, Caprivi's name got famous in Namibia through the "Caprivi Strip", which was named after him (allegedly by Theodor Leutwein) because under his Chancellorship the so-called Heligoland Treaty with Britain was signed, which gave Germany colonial authority over this stretch of land between the Okavango and Zambezi rivers. Caprivi resigned from the Chancellorship on 26.10.1894 and was succeeded by Fürst Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst. He died on 06.02.1899 at Skyren near Krossen in Germany.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Functions: Reichskanzler - Germany - 1890-1894

RAW DATA: Meyers Konversationslexikon 6.Aufl.; Drechsler 1966:70-72, 74, 77/78, 99-100, 295, 305, 312, 314, 316-317, 335-337, 339-340, 342, 347;

001967
Carew, Henry Seymour
* in South Africa
+ 01.1880 at Natboud
---
Henry Seymour Carew was a hunter and trader. He was from South Africa and married a Baster woman of Rehoboth. He first lived in the Witbooi area, which he left in 1871, then for five months among the Kai||Khaun (Red Nation) at Hatsamas, and on 01.01.1972 settled at Gurumanas. He died in 1880 when he was run over by a wagon. His wife continued his business.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:18;

000754
Carlsson, Bernt
* .1938 at Stockholm, Sweden
+ 21.12.1988 at Lockerbie, Scotland
---
Bernt Carlsson was born in 1938 at Stockholm in Sweden. He joined the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League at the age of sixteen. He studied economics at the University of Stockholm and became assistant to the Minister of Commerce in 1967. He was appointed as International Secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Sweden in 1970 and became Secretary-General of the Socialist International from 1976-1983. He was appointed as the United Nations Commissioner for Namibia from 1987 to 1988. He was killed in the Pan Am aeroplane crash near Lockerbie in Scotland in December 1988, while he was on his way to New York for the United Nations ceremony marking the Namibia peace agreement.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Functions: Secretary-General - Socialist International - 1976-1983
Commissioner for Namibia - United Nations - 1987-1988

Collections/Papers:
1). International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam (Papers 1972-1983, mostly from his Socialist International period, not on Namibia)

001964
Carlsson, Carl
* in Sweden
---
Carl Carlsson was a Swedish hunter and trader who resided at Omaruru during the 1870s. In 1880 Carlsson and Leen had a store near Rautanen's mission in Ondonga.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:18-19;

000782
Carvalho, Ruy Duarte de
*
---
Ruy Duarte de Carvalho studied cultural anthropology at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris. He taught anthropology at the University of Luanda. His major body of work focussed on the Otjiherero speaking communities of southwestern Angola, namely the Kuvale.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ACA
Profession: Anthropologist

Namibia National Archives Database

001335
Castell-Rüdenhausen, Hubertus, Graf zu
* .1909 at München, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1935
---
Hubertus Castell-Rüdenhausen was born in 1909 at München in Germany. He came to Namibia in 1935. He was a hunter, writer and nature conservationist.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

001336
Castray, Charles Cathcart
*
---
Charles Cathcart Castray was a trader, farmer, settler and associate of Prof. Wahlberg. Since the mid-1850s he was in partnership with trader Wilson. He belonged to the group of traders who became politically involved in the 1860s in Otjimbingwe.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler;

001968
Cator
*
First entry to Namibia: 14.06.1859
---
Cator was a British officer, who travelled for leisure with J. Chapman and other in Namibia between 1859 and 1861.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:19;

001969
Chapman, Henry Samuel
* 04.08.1834 at Cape Town, South Africa
+ 09.08.1922 at Braamfontein, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 02.1860
---
Henry Samuel Chapman was born on 04.08.1834 at Cape Town in South Africa. He was a hunter and trader. He was a brother to James Chapman (Jnr.) He arrived at Walvis Bay by sea in February 1860, and travelled extensively between Walvis Bay, Ovamboland, Hereroland, Lake Ngami and the Cape until 1863. Later he lived at Oudtshoorn, Kimberley and Johannesburg. He died on 09.08.1922 at Braamfontein in South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Married to: Mrs. Chapman (-1886)
Father: James (Snr.) Chapman
Children: Maude McCabe (married Chapman)
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:19-20;

000131
Chapman, James, (Jnr.)
* 27.12.1831 at Cape Town, South Africa
+ 04.02.1872 at Du Toit's Pan, Kimberley, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1855
Last departure from Namibia: 1871
---
James Chapman (Jnr.) was born on 27.12.1831 at Cape Town in South Africa. He was a trader, hunter, traveller, and photographer. He was one of the first persons to take photographs in Namibia, but only few of the photos have survived. The photographs he took during his journey with Galton and Andersson have never been found. Between 1852 and 1864 he was engaged in trading expeditions which led him several times to Nama- and Damaraland. He published a detailed journal. Chapman attempted to farm at Anawood on the banks of the Swakop River in 1863 and 1864, but was forced to abandon the ideas owing to the Nama-Ovaherero-War, in which he refused to become involved. From 1864-1870 he lived at various places in South Africa, but returned as a trader and hunter to Hereroland and Ovamboland between 1870-1871. He was married to Cecilia Catherine (Cissy) Roome on 12 May 1857. They had four children. He died on 04.02.1872 at Du Toit's Pan, Kimberley in South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Trader

Married to: Cecilia Catherine (Cissy) Chapman, née Roome, married 1857-
Father: James (Snr.) Chapman
Children: William James Bushnell Chapman (1858-1932)

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.233 (Manuscript of "Travels in the interior of Africa"; notes on hunting, geology, gold etc.)
2). NAN: A.410
RAW DATA: Lau 1985:V1249; Tabler 1966:26; Tabler 1973:21-22; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000692
Chapman, William James Bushnell
* 22.03.1858 at Cape Town, South Africa
+ 14.10.1932 in the Gobabis District
First entry to Namibia: 1864
---
William James Bushnell Chapman was born on 22.03.1858 at Cape Town in South Africa. He was the eldest son of James Chapman (Jnr.). He was a trader, hunter and farmer. He firstly entered Namibia as a child in 1864, but was sent back to Cape Town the same year. He returned on 16.06.1874 to Walvis Bay as assistant at Harrison's store but soon left for trading and hunting trips to the interior. He started trading with Ovamboland in 1875. He went to Angola in 1881 and farmed in Humpata, Angola. He frequently returned to Namibia for hunting and trading, and resettled with other Angola Boers in Namibia in 1928 where he settled in the Gobabis district. He married Hester Sophia Jacoba Opperman, daughter of a Dorsland trekker, in 1884. Nine children were born to them. After his wife's death in 1902, he remarried the widow of Otto Peters (born Van der Walt) in 1905. He died on 14.10.1932 in the Gobabis District.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Profession: Farmer

Married to: <1>Hester Sophia Jacoba Chapman, née Opperman (-1902), married 1884-1902
<2> ? Chapman, née Van der Walt, married 1905-
Father: James Chapman (1831-1872)

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.233 (Account of history of Angola Boers; memoirs)
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:21-25;

002112
Chikamatondo, Subya (Masubya) King
[Liswani, traditional title]
*
+ 
---
In the eastern parts of the Caprivi Strip, the Subya (Masubya) community elected Liswani Chikamatondo (1909-1945) as their King. The German representative, Kurt Streitwolf, who was sent by the colonial administration to establish administrative structures in the Caprivi Strip, supported the election. The Subya had a traditional leadership structure with the title Liswani for more than 200 years. When Streitwolf visited the Subya area in 1909, he found very few Masubya, because many had fled when they heard that the Germans would arrive due to the German oppression policy against the Ovaherero which was well known in the Caprivi Strip. Chikamatondo died in July 1945 and was followed by Liswani Moraliswani (1945-1996).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

001337
Cholnoky, Bela Jenö
* .1900
+ .1972
---
Hydrobiologist and botanist who researched about Namibian diatomaceae.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: SCI

Namibia National Archives Database

002143
Christian, Abraham, !Gami-#nun Captain (Bondelswarts)
[!Nau Xab |Gari Numab - Nama name]
[Christiaan, Abraham - alternative spelling]
*
+
---
!Gami-#nun (Bondelswart) Captain Abraham Christian (!Nau Xab |Gari Numab) was the successor to Jan Christian, before 1869. He was the ninth in the recorded genealogy of the !Gami-#nun captains. In August 1843 Orlam Afrikaner Captain Jonker Afrikaner asked Rhenish Missionary Heinrich Kleinschmidt to write a letter to Abraham Christian, to persuade him not to proceed with his plans to attack the Ovaherero, together with the Kai||khaun (Red Nation of Hoachanas). Abraham's successor was Jacobus Christian (Xau-||ob !Nanxamab)(before 1869).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Bondelswarts - before 1869

Married to: Xau-||ôs
RAW DATA: Budack 1972:244; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002150
Christian, Anna Katrina, !Gami-#nun Captain (Bondelswarts)
[!Garisema !Nanse Gôa-Khoes - Nama name]
[Christiaan, Anna Katrina - alternative spelling]
*
+
---
!Gami-#nun (Bondelswart) Captain Anna Katrina Christian (!Garisema !Nanse Gôa-Khoes) was elected in 1977. Before 1977 the South African Apartheid policy only allowed councillors and no captains (this policy came into effect in 1953). She is the seventeenth in the recorded genealogy of the !Gami-#nun captains.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Bondelswarts - 1977 -

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

02181
Christian, Jacobus, !Gami-#nun Captain (Bondelswarts)
[Xau-||ob !Nanxamab - Nama name]
[Christiaan, Jakobus - alternative spelling]
[Christiaan, Jacobus - alternative spelling]
*
+
---
!Gami-#nun (Bondelswart) Captain Jacobus Christian (Xau-||ob !Nanxamab) was the successor to Abraham Christian (!Nau Xab |Gari Numab) before 1869. He was the tenth in the recorded genealogy of the !Gami-#nun captains. He died probably in 1869. Jacobus' successor was Wilhelm Christian (#Nao Xab Xau-||ômab)(1869-1901).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Bondelswarts - 1943-1953

Married to: Gôa-khoes
RAW DATA: Budack 1972:244; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002146
Christian, Jakobus, !Gami-#nun Captain (Bondelswarts)
[Taoseb #Naoxamab - Nama name]
[Christiaan, Jakobus - alternative spelling]
*
+  .1943
---
Jakobus Christian (Taoseb #Naoxamab) was the Captain of the !Gami-#nun (Bondelswarts) from 1919 to 1943. He was the fifteenth in the recorded genealogy of the !Gami-#nun captains. He was the son of  Johannes Christian and returned from the South African exile in 1919. Jakobus took over the captainship from Wilhelm Christian (1918-1919). After his return he was charged for entering South West Africa without the consent of the South African SWA Administration. Jakobus was convicted but was given a suspended sentence. He was allowed to stay in his community but the Administration refused to recognise him as the Captain of the Bondelswarts. Instead Hendrik Sneeuwe was installed as Bondelswart Chief. This treatment, compounded by the levying of a ridiculously high dog tax and a fee for cattle-branding irons, led to the "Bondelswart Affair of 1922". There were also indications towards the end of 1916 that the !Gami-#nun (Bondelswarts) were planning a rebellion against the South Africans with involvement of Jakobus Christian (who was still in exile in South Africa) and the local leader Adam Pienaar. In March 1920 the South Africans asked for the resignation of Hendrik Sneeuwe due to some corruption practices. Timotheus Beukes was appointed instead. This, again, was not accepted by the !Gami-#nun (Bondelswarts). They still wanted Jakobus Christian as their Captain. In April 1922, Abraham Morris, Jakob Marengo's co-commander who had fled German SWA (c. 1906) during the German-Nama War 1903-1913, returned home from exile in South Africa. He crossed the Oranje River at Haibmund. Morris and his party reached Guruchas (|Guruxas) near |Haib on 28.04.1922, where he was greeted by Jakobus Christian. This was reported to the South African authorities in Warmbad and Windhoek. The SWA Administrator issued a warrant for Morris' arrest. An attempt was made to bring Morris to Warmbad but the !Gami-#nun (Bondelswarts) refused to allow this. Negotiations between the South Africans (Noothouse, Superintendent of the Dreihoek reserve and Roman Catholic Father Krolikowski from Guruchas) and the Bondelswarts were stalled. On 25.05.1922 Noothouse's house at Dreihoek was raided by the !Gami-#nun (Bondelswarts). Four days later the !Gami-#nun (Bondelswarts) were attacked by South African soldiers using war planes, bombs and submachine guns, and there were more than 100 casualties on the !Gami-#nun side. Abraham Morris was killed on 29.05.1922 in Bergkamer in the |Haib Gorge near the Oranje River. The surviving !Gami-#nun (Bondelswarts), together with Jakobus Christian, surrendered to Lieutenant Prinsloo at Guruchas. Consequently Jakobus Christian was sentenced to five years imprisonment with hard labour (04.06.1922) at Keetmanshoop, but was released in 1924. The South Africans now installed him a Captain of the !Gami-#nun. He died in 1943. Successor was Nathanel Christian (|Gariseb #Khami !Nansemab) from 1943 until 1953.    
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Bondelswarts - 1919-1943

Father: Johannes Christian (1903-1910)
Married to: !Hao-||êis
RAW DATA: Budack 1972:244; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002149
Christian, Jakobus, !Gami-#nun Captain (Bondelswarts)
[!Hao-||êib Taosemab - Nama name]
[Christiaan, Jakobus - alternative spelling]
*
+
---
After the death of !Gami-#nun (Bondelswart) Captain Nathanel Christian (|Gariseb #Khami !Nansemab) in 1953, the South African Apartheid policy only allowed councillors and no !Gami-#nun captains any more. In 1953 there were two candidates for the chieftaincy. One was Jakobus Christian (!Hao-||êib Taosemab). This situation remained unchanged until 1977 when !Gami-#nun (Bondelswart) Captain Anna Katrina Christian (!Garisema !Nanse Gôa-Khoes) was sworn in.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Bondelswarts - 1953-1977 (?)

RAW DATA: Budack 1972:244; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002142
Christian, Jan, !Gami-#nun Captain (Bondelswarts)
[|Garimûb - Nama name]
[Christiaan, Johannes - alternative spelling]
*
+
---
!Gami-#nun (Bondelswart) Captain Jan Christian (|Garimûb) was the successor to |O-bib, before 1860. He was the eighth in the recorded genealogy of the !Gami-#nun captains. His successor was Abraham Christian (!Nau Xab |Gari Numab)(before 1869).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Bondelswarts - before 1869

Married to: !Nouxas
RAW DATA: Budack 1972:244; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

001338
Christian, Jan Abraham, !Gami-#nun Captain (Bondelswarts)
[!Nanseb Kaib #Naoxamab (Tôasib) - Nama name]
[Christiaan, Abraham - alternative spelling]
*
+ 25.10.1903 at Warmbad
---
Jan Abraham Christian was the Captain of the !Gami-#nun (Bondelswarts) from 1901 to 1903, whose killing in October 1903 triggered the Bondelswart rising against the Germans. He was the twelfth in the recorded genealogy of the !Gami-#nun captains. On 25.10.1903 a dispute about judicial power and the right to possess weapons arose between the Bondelswart Nama and the Germans. Bondelswarts Chief Jan Abraham Christian and German District Chief Lieutenant Walter Jobst were killed during a violent clash in Warmbad. The Bondelswarts rose up under the leadership of Johannes Christian, who succeeded his elder brother Abraham Christian, and Leutwein later reported that Jobst was mistaken in his judgement to use violence against Abraham Christian. In the ensuing war against the Bondelswarts, the Germans were supported by Hendrik Witbooi. After the death of Jobst, Lieutenant von der Bussche organised the defence of Warmbad. Christian followed his father Willem Christian (#Nao Xab Xau-||ômab)(1869-1901) and was succeeded by his brother Johannes Christian (!Nanseb #Khami #Naoxamab)(1903-1906).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Bondelswarts - 1901-1903

Father: Willem Christian (1869-1901)
Married to: |Garises
RAW DATA: Leutwein 1906:294, 316, 439; Drechsler 1966:208; Budack 1972:244; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

001339
Christian, Johannes, !Gami-#nun Captain (Bondelswarts)
[!Nanseb #Khami #Naoxamab - Nama name]
[Christiaan, Johannes - alternative spelling]
*
+ 05.03.1910
---
Johannes Christian was the Captain of the !Gami-#nun (Bondelswarts) from 1903 to 1910. He succeeded his brother Abraham after the latter's death during the skirmish with the Germans in October 1903. On 25.10.1903 a dispute about judicial power and the right to possess weapons arose between the Bondelswart Nama and the Germans. Bondelswarts Chief Jan Abraham Christian and German District Chief Lieutenant Walter Jobst were killed during a violent clash in Warmbad. The Bondelswarts rose up under the leadership of Johannes Christian, who succeeded his elder brother Abraham Christian, and Leutwein later reported that Jobst was mistaken in his judgement to use violence against Abraham Christian. In the ensuing war against the Bondelswarts, the Germans were supported by Hendrik Witbooi. After the death of Jobst, Lieutenant von der Bussche organised the defence of Warmbad. Christian was the thirteenth in the recorded genealogy of the !Gami-#nun captains. In December 1903 he attacked the German military station Uhabis. He took up weapons against the Germans in October, during the German-Nama War 1903-1913. He was interned in 1904, but was accidentally released in 1905, and immediately took up the fight against the Germans (in many cases together with Jakob Marengo). In June 1906 Johannes Christian attacked Warmbad and Gabis. He concluded a peace treaty in December 1906 (Christmas Peace of Ukamas) with the Germans. He died in South Africa on 05.03.1910. His indirect successor was Wilhelm Christian (Jnr.)(|Gariseb Gaib !Nansemab)(1918/19).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Bondelswarts - 1903-1910

Father: Willem Christian (1869-1901)
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:211, 216, 227-228, 230-231, 274; Leutwein 1906:316, 445, 451, 459; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

001340
Christian, Joseph
*
---
Joseph Christian was a brother of Johannes Christian and a leader of the Bondelswarts who remained in 1907 south of the Oranje River in the Cape Colony in South Africa.
---
Gender: m

Father: Willem Christian (1869-1901)
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:231;

002147
Christian, Nathanel, !Gami-#nun Captain (Bondelswarts)
[|Gariseb #Khami !Nansemab - Nama name]
[Christiaan, Nathanel - alternative spelling]
[Christiaan, Nathanael - alternative spelling]
*
+
---
!Gami-#nun (Bondelswart) Captain Nathanel Christian (|Gariseb #Khami !Nansemab) was the successor to Jakobus Christian (Taoseb #Naoxamab) in 1943. He was the sixteenth in the recorded genealogy of the !Gami-#nun captains. He died 1953. Nathanel's successors were Wilhelm Christian (Gôa-khoeb |Garisemab) and Jakobus Christian (!Hao-||êib Taosemab). Both were candidates for the office of the !Gami-#nun (Bondelswart) Captain in 1970.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Bondelswarts - 1943-1953

Married to: Gôa-khoes
RAW DATA: Budack 1972:244; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000518
Christian, Wilhelm (Snr.), !Gami-#nun Captain (Bondelswarts)
[#Nao Xab Xau-||ômab - Nama name]
[Christiaan, Wilhelm - alternative spelling]
[Christian, Willem - alternative spelling]
[Monchab - corrupted spelling of Nama name]
*
+ 03.10.1901 at Warmbad
---
Wilhelm Christian (Snr.) was the Captain of the Bondelswarts or !Gami-#nun from March 1869 to his death in October 1901. He was the eleventh in the recorded genealogy of the !Gami-#nun captains. His Nama name was #Nao Xab Xau-||ômab. As from 1870 he was selling large areas of the !Gami-#nun traditional ground around Warmbad to white farmers (Jan Louw, Piet le Riche, Leonard Celliers; a Scot with the name Hill bought the farms Tsawasis, Holoog and Groendorn; Carl Wilhelm Walser from Switzerland bought the farms Ukamas, Ariamsvlei, Nakop Swartkop and Walsersbrunn). On 22.12.1876 he held negotiations with Palgrave at Warmbad. In 1884 Wilhelm Christian sold a huge track of communal ground near Aussenkjer at the Oranje River. In June 1885 the German negotiator, Rhenish Missionary Büttner, tried to conclude a private treaty with Christian, was, however, not successful. In November 1888 he formed an alliance with Hendrik Witbooi against a faction of the ||Hawoben. On 10.10.1889 he concluded a private treaty regarding the sale of land including all the mining rights with Dr. Theophilus Hahn from the Kharaskhoma Syndicate. On 21.08.1889 Christian established a protection treaty with Dr. Heinrich Ernst Göring. Curt von Francois established a military station in Warmbad in 1894 in order to control Wilhelm Christian. 1895 Christian allowed the "Herero-Orlams" to return to Namibia (who had moved in the 1840s to the northern parts of the Cape Colony) and to settle at Warmbad (later Vaalgras/Koichas in the ||Hawoben area). In October 1898 the Germans carried out a punitive expedition against Christian because he refused to accept the registration of rifles. He died on 03.10.1901 at Warmbad. He was succeeded by his son, Jan Abraham Christian (!Nanseb Kaib #Naoxamab (Tôasib))(1901-1903).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - !Gami-#nun - 1869-1901

Married to: <1>!Nanses
<2>Taoses
Children: Jan Abraham Christian (!Nanseb Kaib #Naoxamab (1901-1903))
Johannes Christian (!Nanseb #Khami #Naoxamab (1903-1910))

RAW DATA: Lau 1995:229; Quellen 8; Budack 1972:244; Lau 1987:39-40; Drechsler 1966:38-39, 66-68, 97-98, 131, 330, 336, 342; Leutwein 1906:6f, 30, 70. 1153, 155. 265, 298, 314-316, 399, 439ff.; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002145
Christian, Wilhelm (Jnr.), !Gami-#nun Captain (Bondelswarts)
[|Gariseb Gaib !Nansemab - Nama name]
[Christiaan, Wilhelm - alternative spelling]
*
+
---
Wilhelm Christian (Jnr.) was the Captain of the !Gami-#nun (Bondelswarts) from 1918 to 1919, after the German colonial era had come to an end in 1915 and after the death of the last !Gami-#nun Captain during the German period in 1910, Johannes Christian (!Nanseb #Khami #Naoxamab). He was the fourteenth in the recorded genealogy of the !Gami-#nun captains. After the return of Jakobus Christian (Taoseb #Naoxamab), son of Johannes Christian, from the South African exile, Jakobus took over the captainship from Wilhelm (1918-1919).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Bondelswarts - 1919-1943

Father: Johannes Christian (1903-1910)
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002148
Christian, Wilhelm, !Gami-#nun Captain (Bondelswarts)
[Gôa-khoeb |Garisemab - Nama name]
[Christiaan, Wilhelm - alternative spelling]
[Christiaan, Willem - alternative spelling]
*
+
---
After the death of !Gami-#nun (Bondelswart) Captain Nathanel Christian (|Gariseb #Khami !Nansemab) in 1953, the South African Apartheid policy only allowed councillors and no !Gami-#nun captains any more. In 1953 there were two candidates for the chieftaincy. One was Wilhelm Christian (Gôa-khoeb |Garisemab). This situation remained unchanged until 1977 when !Gami-#nun (Bondelswart) Captain Anna Katrina Christian (!Garisema !Nanse Gôa-Khoes) was sworn in.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Bondelswarts - 1953-1977 (?)

RAW DATA: Budack 1972:244; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

001970
Christie, J.J.
*
First entry to Namibia: 1876
---
J.J. Christie was a member of Palgrave's first mission to Namibia in 1876. He visited Windhoek in March 1877.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:25;

000693
Christie, P.
*
+ 05.11.1894 at Zuass
---
The trader P. Christie was the brother-in-law of George Tatlow, one of the first settlers at Omaruru. He was murdered at Zuass on 05.11.1894.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Trader

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973;

000132
Christine
*
---
Christine was a young Bantu - speaking woman who was freed from a slave ship by an English cruiser and then worked for a German family at Trinidad. When the family returned to Trinidad after a visit to Germany, she refused to return with them, and remained behind with a minister. She returned to South Africa with the Rhenish missionaries, the family of Carl Hugo Hahn (Snr.), in 1855, and eventually stayed at the mission station at Tulbagh.
---
Gender: f

RAW DATA: Lau 1985:V1250;

000664
Claassen, C.J.
* 20.09.1933 at Viljoenskroon, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1955
---
C.J. Claassen was born on 20.09.1933 at Viljoenskroon in South Africa. He was educated at Viljoenskroon and Steynsrus. He received his B.A. at the University of the Orange Free State. He came to Namibia in 1955 as a clerk in the S.A. Department of Education and Training. He was a Deputy Director of the Department of National Education from January 1981- (?).
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: On record 06.05.-20.05.1987;

001341
Clarke, Frederick
*
---
Frederick Clarke was a British businessman who was backing the "Groll Syndicate" which acquired shares in German colonial undertakings.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:63;

001342
Clave
*
---
Clave was a manager of a stud farm in German SWA.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:356;

000695
Clausen, Kurt Constantin
* 12.11.1887 at Kiel, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 14.11.1910
---
Kurt Constantin Clausen was born on 12.11.1887 at Kiel in Germany. He came to Namibia on 14.11.1910. He was a farmer and sworn appraiser for the District Omaruru from 1922-1955. He was married to Adelheid Emma Henriette Clausen, née Kern in 1916.
---
Gender: m

Married to: Adelheid Emma Henriette Clausen, née Kern, married 1916-
Father: Juan Gregorio Clausen

Namibia National Archives Database

001971
Clay, William
*
---
William Clay was a trader and hunter. His stay in Namibia is documented for 1876 (Okahandja) and Leeupan (1878).
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:25;

000010
Cleary, Sean
* .1948 at Somerset West, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1983
---
Sean Cleary was born in 1948 at Somerset West in South Africa. He studied at the universities of Cape Town, UNISA and Pahlavi University, Iran. He received his military service in the South African Navy. He was a South African diplomat, who was stationed in Tehran (1971-1975), then in the S.A. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1976-1978), Washington DC (1978-1983), and Los Angeles. In 1983 he became Director in the Office of the Administrator-General for South West Africa. As Chairman of the firm Transcontinental Consultancy he was in charge of the foreign propaganda operations of the South African-installed "governments" in Namibia, mainly against the SWAPO Party which was regarded as "Enemy No. One" by the South Africans in those years. He was married to Sophia Johanna Cleary, née Smit.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Diplomat
Functions: Director - Office of the Administrator-General - 1984-

Married to: Sophia Johanna Cleary, née Smit

Namibia National Archives Database

000696
Clements, P.B.
* .1866
+ .1946
---
P.B. Clements came from a British army family. He served in the 10th Royal Hussars from1884 (-1893). Later he joined the Imperial Corps, the Bechuanaland Border Police. In the First World War he took part in the invasion of German South West Africa as an officer of the 1st SAMR. He was taken prisoner by the Germans during the battle of Sandfontein. Later he was appointed military commandant of Swakopmund, 1915. He took part in the Mandume expedition 1917. 1918 he was appointed Deputy Asst. Quarter-Master.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.306

000519
Cleverly, John James
* .1856 in England
+ .1906 at Elliot, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1889
Last departure from Namibia: 1901
---
John James Cleverly was born in 1856 in England. Cleverly began his career as a civil servant of the Cape Colony in 1876. He worked as customs officer in Port Elizabeth from 1884 to 1889, when he was transferred to Walvis Bay as acting Resident Magistrate. His appointment was confirmed in July 1890, and he remained in Walvis Bay until 1901, when he was transferred back to East London as collector of customs and registrar of shipping. He was again in Walvis Bay as sub-collector of customs, civil commissioner and resident magistrate from 1903 to 1904, before being appointed resident magistrate in Elliot (Transkeian territory) in 1905. He died in Elliot at the age of 50 in 1906. His superiors apparently did not think very highly of him. Correspondence of the British Colonial Office (cited by Dreyer) depicted him as "a somewhat dangerous officer", "rather foolish and loquacious", "repeating and magnifying gossip", and one remark viewed him, apparently in the spirit of colonial solidarity, as "being prejudiced against the German colonial Government." He died in 1906 at Elliot in South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM
Profession: Civil servant

Collections/Papers:
1). Cape Archives (Journal)
RAW DATA: Dreyer 1987:23-24; Lau 1995:229; Wilkens and Fox 1978:18, 28; Drechsler 1966:339; Bülow 1896:35; His wife is buried in Walvis Bay; the gravestone is today kept in the Walvis Bay Museum.;

001343
Climo, Noah
*
---
Noah Climo was a chief managing miner at the Matchless Mine in 1857.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

000133
Cloete, Anna
*
---
Anna Cloete was the daughter of Daniel Cloete. She moved to Okombahe with her father, and played a considerable role in the school there.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: EDU

Father: Daniel Cloete (1830-1894)

RAW DATA: Driessler 1932:104;

000134
Cloete, Daniel
* .1830
+ 06.07.1894 at Spitzkoppe
---
Daniel Cloete was a close associate of Carl Hugo Hahn for more than thirty years. He was an Evangelist, Bible translator and interpreter. Supported by Hahn, he established and managed the mission station at Okombahe between 1870 and 1880. In 1883, he left the Rhenish Missionary Society and preached near Swakopmund until his death. He was married and had at least five children. He died on 06.07.1894 near the Spitzkoppe and was buried at Okombahe.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL

RAW DATA: Lau 1985:V1250;

000520
Cloete, Petrus
*
---
Petrus Cloete was a leading member of Hendrik Witbooi's following. The Cloetes in Namibia all seem to have descended from Daniel Cloete, who came with missionaries Hahn and Kleinschmidt from the Cape in 1842, and who later brought his father and brothers.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Olpp 1913; Hahn 1984/85:1250;

001344
Cloete, Willem
*
---
Willem Cloete was a church community elder in Otjimbingwe in the 1900s.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL

Namibia National Archives Database

001345
Cloos, Hans
* .1885
+ .1951
---
Hans Cloos was a German geologist who researched i.a. in Namibia.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: SCI

Namibia National Archives Database

001972
Cluitt, John
*
---
John Cluitt was a blacksmith. He lived at Omaruru at least between 1874 and 1877.
---
Gender: m
Profession: Blacksmith

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:25;

000888
Coetzee, Cornelius G.
[Coetzee, Neels - colloquial name]
* 08.07.1931 at Potgietersrust, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1967
---
Cornelius G. Coetzee was born on 08.07.1931 at Potgietersrust in South Africa. He obtained his Matrik at Lydenburg Hoër Skool. He received in 1951 his B.Sc. from the University Pretoria and 1952 a teacher diploma. He was a teacher in South Africa from 1953 to 1957. From 1958 to 1963 he was a researcher at the Medical Ecology Centre in South Africa. From 1963 to 1967 he was a curator of mammals at the Transvaal Museum. He came to Namibia in 1967 as Director of the State Museum (until 1982). From 1982 to 1989 he was the Deputy Director at the Department of National Education, then Director, and 1990 Under-secretary in the Ministry of Education. He retired in 1991 to Swakopmund. He was the President of the SWA Scientific Society from 1976 to 1979. He also was a Member of the South African Broederbond. He was married to Marianne Coetzee in 1955.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: SCI
Profession: Zoologist
Functions: President - SWA Scientific Society - 1976-1979
Director - State Museum Windhoek - 1967-1982
Deputy Director of Culture - Dept. of National Education - 1982-1989

Married to: Marianne Coetzee, married 1955-
RAW DATA: Mitt.NWG 43,4-6;

000497
Coetzee, Jacobus
* in South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1760
Last departure from Namibia: 1762
---
Jacobus Coetzee was baptised at Stellenbosch in South Africa on 08.10.1730. He was the first documented European to cross the Oranje River into Namibia, in 1760. His report led to Hop's expedition of 1761-1762. Coetzee accompanied that party as a guide. He was still alive in 1803. He was married to Maria Coetzee, née Cloete in 1754.
---
Gender: m

Married to: Maria Coetzee, née Cloete, married 1754-
Mother: Elisabeth Paling
Father: Johannes Coetzee

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:26;

000698
Cohen, Israel
* 06.06.1898 at London, England
---
Israel Cohen was born on 06.06.1898 in London in the United Kingdom. He came to Namibia in 1914. He joined S. Cohen Ltd. in 1935. He was a Director of S.W.A. Commercial Holdings. He was married to Katie Cohen, née Kuperholz in 1929.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Katie Cohen, née Kuperholz, married 1929-

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959, 1974;

000699
Cohen, Jack Leslie
* 11.03.1921 at Windhoek
---
Jack Leslie Cohen was born on 11.03.1921 at Windhoek. He was educated at St. George's School in Windhoek. He visited the Kingswood College in Grahamstown and the University of Cape Town. He served in World War II in East and North Africa.  He was a prisoner-of war of the Germans from 1942 to 1945. He joined the S. Cohen Company in 1949. He was the Director of various companies. He was married to Naomi Cohen, née Sussman in 1954.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Naomi Cohen, née Sussman, married 1954
Father: Simon Gerald Cohen

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959, 1974;

000700
Cohen, Simon
[Cohen, Sam]
* 26.07.1890 in Russia
+ 26.10.1977
First entry to Namibia: 1906
---
Simon Cohen was born on 26.07.1890 in Russia but came to England at the age of nine months, where he was educated. He came to South Africa in 1903 and to Namibia in 1906, when he run a general store in Swakopmund with his father. He returned to England in 1912. He came to Namibia again in 1916 and built one of its largest business empires, mainly in the motor trade but also with interests in the fishing industry and general trading. His main firm S. Cohen (Pty) Ltd. was established in 1928, and the holding company SWA Commercial Holdings in 1946. Cohen also made himself a name with contributing to charities. The Sam Cohen Library in Swakopmund was built through a donation from him. He died on 26.10.1977. He was married to Sophia Cohen, née Canter in 1920.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Sophia Cohen, née Canter, married 1920-
Father: Myer Cohen
Children: Jack Leslie Cohen (1921-)

RAW DATA: WWSA 1929/30, 1959, 1974; SWA Annual 1954;

000371
Coillard, François
* .1834 at Asnières-lès-Bourges, France
+ .1904 at Lealui, Zambia
---
François Coillard was born of a Huguenot peasant family in Asnières-lès-Bourges in France in 1904. He entered the Paris Evangelical Mission Society School of Missions and was ordained in 1857. He started mission work in Lesotho. In 1885 he started the Zambezi mission among the Lozi under King Lewanika, first at Sefula, later at Lealui, a mission that also had an impact on the Caprivi region of Namibia. He died at Lealui in 1904. He was married to Christina Coillard, née Mackintosh (1829-1891) in 1861.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Christina Coillard, née Mackintosh (1829-1891), married 1861-

Collections/Papers:
1). Zimbabwe National Archives
2). Archives of the Departement Evangelique Français d'Action Apostolique, Paris

000521
Coleman, William
*
---
William Coleman was the brother-in-law and manager of the trader Ricketts at Tsûb|Garis. He and his wife Annie were godparents of many Witbooi children baptised at Gibeon. He was married to Annie Coleman, née Ricketts.
---
Gender: m

Married to: Annie Coleman, née Ricketts

RAW DATA: Quellen 17:11.1.1886;

001346
Collier, Edward
*
---
Edward Collier was a miner on the Matchless Mine in 1857.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

001973
Collins, Charles
*
+ in Namibia
---
Charles Collins was a trader. He was robbed and killed by Nama before 1868.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:26;

000701
Collins, Gerald George
* 01.10.1906 at London, England
First entry to Namibia: 1929
---
Gerald George Collins was born on 01.10.1906 at London in the United Kingdom. He was educated at the William Ellis School and the University of London. He joined the Colonial Bank in London in 1924. He came to Namibia in 1930 in the employ of Barclays Bank. He became regional manager for SWA in 1956 until his retirement in 1966. After retirement, he continued to serve on the Bank's Board (as Chairman from 1987-1981). He was the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, 1972-. He was a keen amateur photographer, whose photos were widely published, and active in a number of clubs, boards and associations, including the South Africa Foundation, the Arts Association, the Windhoek Photographic Society, the SWA Jägerverein, the SWA Football Association, the Windhoek Club, the Windhoek Library Committee, SWAPAC, and the SWA Board of Censors. He was married to Sigrid Sophie Collins, née Volker in 1933.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Banker

Married to: Sigrid Sophie Collins, née Volker, married 1933
Father: G.W.E. Collins

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959; Namibiana 10;

001347
Conradie, David Gideon
* 24.08.1879
+ 30.09.1966
---
David Gideon Conradie was born on 24.08.1879. He served as Administrator for South West Africa from April 1933 to March 1943. He died on 30.09.1966.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM
Functions: Administrator for South West Africa - 1933-1943

Father:

Namibia National Archives Database

000702
Conradie, Jan
* 22.08.1930 at Kimberley, South Africa
---
Jan Conradie was born on 22.08.1930 at Kimberley in South Africa. He studied at UNISA (LL.B. 1974) in South Africa. He was transferred to Namibia in 1975, where he worked as a state legal advisor.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW

Namibia National Archives Database

000703
Conradie, Pieter Jacobus
* 16.03.1923 at Britstown, C.P., South Africa
---
Pieter Jacobus Conradie was born on 16.03.1923 at Britstown in South Africa. He came to Namibia at an unknown date, but after 1949. He served in 1959 as Windhoek Town Clerk. He was a Member of the SWA Sports Control Body. He was married to Christina Conradie, née Serfontein in 1949.
---
Gender: m

Married to: Christina Conradie, née Serfontein, married 1949-
Father: J.L.J. Conradie

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

000522
Conradt, Ludwig
[Konraat, L.]
* 26.02.1853 at Köslin, Pomerania, Germany (now Poland)
+ 31.08.1920 at Windhoek
---
Ludwig Conradt was born on 26.02.1853 at Köslin in Germany. He was a trader, farmer and writer. He came to Namibia with the Lüderitz enterprise and made himself independent in the late 1880s. He traded regularly with Hendrik Witbooi, supplying him with ammunition as late as 1891. He was one of the very few German settlers who were protected by the Ovaherero in 1904. A study of his record of nine court sentences, mostly for "insults", between 1890 and 1908, suggests that his "crime" was speaking out against colonial officials' practices. Although Conradt came to own four farms, developed properties in Rehoboth and Gibeon, and authored various publications, he spent his last years in a shed on a farm no longer his own, with only the most rudimentary furniture and equipment. He appears as a creditor in Hendrik Witbooi's "Debt Book". He died on 31.08.1920 at Windhoek.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS WRI

RAW DATA: NAN EST 26;

000135
Conrath, C.
*
---
C. Conrath was a trader from London. He came to Namibia some time after 1864 to manage the business of the mission trading company (Rheinische Missions-Handelsgesellschaft). There was considerable conflict with the Rhenish Missionary Carl Hugo Hahn, whose authority he refused to accept. Conrath represented the traders in September 1870 at Okahandja at the meeting between the Nama and the Ovaherero chiefs that ended the first Nama - Herero war. He also witnessed the Peace Treaty. As he proved incompetent, he was dismissed in 1877.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

RAW DATA: Tabler 1972:26; Metzkes 1962:74+79; v.Schumann; Faulenbach;

001348
Conze
*
First entry to Namibia: 1909
---
Conze was a Ministerialdirektor (in the German Colonial Office). He travelled to Namibia in 1909.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:291, 366;

001349
Cooke, Cranmer Kenrick
* .1906 at Somerset, England
+ 03.96.1992 at Howick, Natal, South Africa
---
Cranmer Kenrick Cooke was born in 1906 at Somerset in England. He was an archaeologist who also researched on Namibia. He died on 03.96.1992 at Howick, Natal in South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: SCI
Profession: Archaeologist

RAW DATA: Obituary: SA Archaeological Bulletin vol.47 (1992) p.127;

000136
Cook, Edward Boyer
* 04.11.1806 at Long Whatton, Leicestershire, England
+ 09.03.1843 at the Oranje River
---
Edward Boyer Cook was born on 04.11.1806 at Long Whatton in the United Kingdom. He was a Wesleyan missionary who arrived in the Cape Colony in 1832 and settled at Warmbad in May 1834, after funds donated by Josiah Nisbett facilitated the re-establishment of a mission station there. During his sojourn in the country, he travelled extensively and visited several prominent leaders in Namibia at the time, including Amraal Lamberts and Jonker Afrikaner. He married Frances Thornhill in January 1834. They had five children. He died on 09.03.1843 at the Oranje River.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Frances Cook, née Thornhill, married 1834-

RAW DATA: Lau: Hahn; DSAB III; Tabler 1973:26-27; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000704
Cooper, Allan D.
*
---
Allan D. Cooper was an Associate Professor of Political Science at St. Augustine's College, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. He has published and edited numerous articles and books on Namibia. He has been involved in anti-apartheid work since 1974 and is the author of the first divestment bill passed in the U.S.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: SCI

Namibia National Archives Database

001350
Cooper, Charles
*
---
Charles Cooper was a British businessman who was backing the "Groll Syndicate" which acquired shares in German colonial undertakings.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:68;

001351
Cope, Rupert Stephen
* 29.05.1875 at Bredasdorp, South Africa
---
Rupert Stephen Cope was born on 29.05.1875 at Bredasdorp in South Africa. He served as a captain in the South African Army between in 1914 and 1919, including the South West Africa campaign. Later he was a civil servant in the Department of Native Affairs and was stationed at Okamwandi in Ovamboland. He was married to Lorna Mary Cope, née Fogarty in 1922.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL ADM

Married to: Lorna Mary Cope, née Fogarty, married 1922-
Father: Edwin Thomas Cope
RAW DATA: WWSA 1929/30;

001352
Corbett, D.
*
---
D. Corbett was a wagon repairer, worked for the Walvis Bay Mining Company in 1857.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

001353
Corbett, James
*
---
James Corbett was a "very able workman" employed by the Walvis Bay Mining Company in 1857.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

001974
Corbitt
*
---
Corbitt was a trader who was at Otjimbingwe in February 1861.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:28;

000707
Cordes, Max Emil Robert
* 15.02.1875 at Leipzig, Germany
+ 05.11.1943 in Namibia
First entry to Namibia: 189905
---
Max Emil Robert Cordes was born on 15.02.1875 and educated in Leipzig in Germany. He was trained as watchmaker. He joined the German army in 1897, and the Schutztruppe in 1899. He served as personal secretary of Governor Theodor Leutwein from 1901, and followed Leutwein after the latter's retirement to Germany to assist him in the writing of his memoirs "Elf Jahre Gouverneur in Deutsch-Südwestafrika". After his return to Namibia, he was stationed at Otavi from 1906 to 1907. He retired from military service and worked for the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft in Swakopmund. He was the first town clerk of Swakopmund, from 1910 until his death in November 1943, only interrupted by military service in 1914/15 during World War One. He was married to Franziska Cordes, née Mayer in 1907.
---
Gender: m

Married to: Franziska Cordes, née Mayer, married 1907-
Children: Ruthilde Hillig (married Cordes)

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.331 (biographical details)

001354
Cosmus, Ludwig
* 08.02.1884 at Nordstrand, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1911
Last departure from Namibia: 1922
---
Ludwig Cosmus was born on 08.02.1884 at Nordstrand in Germany. He was a mission farmer of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft at Gaub. He was sent out to Namibia 1911 and returned to Germany in 1922.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR REL

Namibia National Archives Database

000705
Courtney-Clarke, Cecil Stanhope
* 13.11.1916 at Pretoria, South Africa
---
Cecil Stanhope Courtney-Clarke was born on 13.11.1916 at Pretoria in South Africa. He was the son of Francis Priestley Courtney-Clarke, Secretary for South West Africa 19??-19??. He was educated at St. John's College, Johannesburg. He came to Namibia in 1921. He served with the Royal Air Force from 1939 to 1946. He was a businessman and director of various companies. He was married to Constance Margaret Courtney-Clarke, née Tew in 1947.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Constance Margaret Courtney-Clarke, née Tew, married 1947-
Father: Francis Priestley Courtney-Clarke

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

001356
Courtney-Clarke, Francis Priestley
*
---
Francis Priestley Courtney-Clarke was the Chief Native Commissioner. Secretary for South West Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.161
2). NAN: A.313

000706
Cowley, Clive
* 03.05.1937 at Oudtshoorn, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1969
---
Clive Cowley was born on 03.05.1937 at Oudtshoorn in South Africa. He was educated in Port Elizabeth. He worked as journalist for various newspapers. He came to Namibia in 1969 as editor of the Windhoek Advertiser (1969-1971). Then he was correspondent for "The Star". He was the editor of various tourism publications. He was married to Dorothea (Doris) Cowley, née Knapp in 1971.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: WRI
Profession: Journalist

Married to: Dorothea (Doris) Cowley, née Knapp, married 1971-
Father: Thomas Niel Archibald Cowley

Namibia National Archives Database

001357
Crailsheim, Kurt von, Freiherr
* 04.12.1878
---
Kurt von Crailsheim was born on 04.12.1878. He was a Schutztruppe officer.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL

RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:91;

001358
Cramer, Ludwig
* in Germany
+ .1917 in Namibia
First entry to Namibia: 1906
---
Ludwig Cramer was a German coffee merchant from Hamburg. He came to Namibia in 1906 after a business failure, and farmed on the farm Otjisororindi at the Black Nossob River. He was convicted in August 1912 of violent abuse and killing of his farmworkers, including women. His wife Ada, who had assisted her husband in the floggings, later published a book trying to justify the crimes. Cramer died in 1917 by a blasting accident while digging a well on his farm.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Profession: Farmer

Married to: Adelheid (Ada) Cramer, née Cramer (1874-1962), married 1891-1917
Children: Ernst Ludwig Cramer (1895-1957)
Hildegard Ritter (married Cramer)
Friedrich Cramer
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:266-267, 366; AHK 1975:101-103;

001359
Cramer, Adelheid
[Cramer, Ada - short name form]
* .1874 at Brieg/Schlesien, Germany (today Poland)
+ .1962 at Aerzen, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1906
Last departure from Namibia: 1919
---
Adelheid Cramer was born in 1874 at Brieg/Schlesien in Germany (today Poland). She was the wife of the German farmer Ludwig Cramer. She immigrated with him to Namibia in 1906. The couple farmed on the farm Otjisororindi at the Black Nossob. Her husband was convicted in 1912 of violent abuse and killing of his farmworkers. Ada, who had assisted her husband in the floggings, later published a book "Weiss oder Schwarz" trying to justify the crimes, which is a telling and instructive testimony of the social conditions and paranoid state of mind of parts of the German settler community during the German Namibian War from 1903 to 1913. Ludwig Cramer died in 1917 in a blasting accident, and Ada Cramer was deported back to Germany in 1919, taught in a household school, and died in 1962 at Aerzen in Germany. Three of their children stayed in Namibia, i.a. the later popular writer Ernst Ludwig Cramer.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: AGR WRI

Married to: Ludwig Cramer (-1917), married 1891-1913
Children: Ernst Ludwig Cramer (1895-1957)
Hildegard Ritter (married Cramer)
Friedrich Cramer
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:366; AHK 1975:101-104;

000745
Crohn, Erhard Manfred
* 16.06.1912 at Berlin, Germany
---
Erhard Manfred Crohn was born on 16.06.1912 and educated in Berlin. He came to Namibia in 1930. He was a cattle and karakul breeder. He was married to Elly Crohn, née Degenhardt in 1937.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Married to: Elly Crohn, née Degenhardt, married 1937-
Father: Siegfried Crohn
Children:

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

001360
Cronje, Gabriel Jacobus
* 11.10.1891 at Rietkolk, Transvaal, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 06.01.1916
---
Gabriel Jacobus Cronje was born on 11.10.1891 at Rietkolk, Transvaal in South Africa. He came to Namibia on 06.01.1916. He was a Head Warder at Lüderitzbucht.
---
Gender: m

Father: Johannes Hendrick Cronje
RAW DATA: WWSA 1929/30;

000746
Cronjé, Isak Adolph
* 13.04.1894 at Senekal, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 01.1928
---
Isak Adolph Cronjé was born on 13.04.1894 and educated at Senekal in the Orange Free State in South Africa. He came to Namibia in 1928. He was a farmer and politician. He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Otjiwarongo, 1940-1945, and served in various functions. He was married to Irene Christophine Cronjé, née Helm in 1919.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Profession: Farmer
Functions: Member - Legislative Assembly - 1940-1945
Chair - Otjiwarongo Coop. Society - 1938-1947
Chair - SWA Agricultural Union - 1950-1956
President - Otjiwarongo Agricultural Industrial Soc. - 1953-1954

Married to: Irene Christophine Cronjé, née Helm, married 1919
Father: Cornelis Coenraad Cronjé

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

001361
Curris, Lieutenant
*
---
Curris was a lieutenant of the Cape Police detachment who negotiated with Jakob Marengo on 17.09.1907.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:236;

000011
Dahlmann, Kurt
[Stachus - pen name]
[Kaktusblüte - pen name]
* .1918 at Königsberg, Germany (now Russian Federation)
First entry to Namibia: 1958
---
Kurt Dahlmann was born in 1918 in Königsberg, East Prussia (then Germany, now in Russia). He obtained his schooling in Danzig with the "Abitur" in 1936. He was German soldier (Air Force) in World War II. He studied law in Kiel and became a journalist in Kiel. From 1958 to 1978 he was working for the German language daily "Allgemeine Zeitung" in Windhoek and became later the editor of the newspaper (01.09.1960). In March 1959 he suggested a loose federation of SA and SWA. At a later stage, his cautious call for a more realistic attitude towards the liberation struggle was perceived as too liberal among sections of the Namibian German community, and he was ousted from the "Allgemeine Zeitung" when the newspaper was bought by the conservative Dr. Dieter Lauenstein with German financial backing (Hanns-Seidel Foundation), allegedly from the CSU party. From 1979 to 1984 he was involved in tourism and advertising. From September 1984 to 1985 he was the editor of the newly founded German language weekly "Namibia Nachrichten" which was funded through German government sources.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: Journalism
Profession: Journalist
Functions: Editor - Allgemeine Zeitung - 1958-1978
Editor - Namibia Nachrichten

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

001975
Dallen
*
---
Dallen was a European at Stewardson's place near Aris in August 1863. Further details unknown.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:28;

001362
Dame, Colonel
* in Germany
---
Colonel Dame was the commanding officer in German SWA after Trotha's demise on 19.11.1905.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:220-222, 360; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000372
Dammann, Ernst, Prof. Dr.
* 06.05.1904 at Pinneberg, Germany
---
Ernst Dammann was born on 06.05.1904 at Pinneberg in Germany. He was a theologian and linguist. He served as a pastor in Germany from 1929 to 1933, and Tanzania from 1933 to 1936. In 1940 he became lector in African languages at Hamburg University. He was a professor of African studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin, 1957-1962 and the Marburg University, 1962-1973. Dammann made several field research trips to Namibia and did linguistic studies on Otjiherero and Oshindonga, with numerous publications. He was married to Ruth Dammann, née Scholtiseck (1911-) in 1932.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL LAN

Married to: Ruth Dammann, née Scholtiseck (1911-), married 1932-

Collections/Papers:
1). Basler Afrika Bibliographien (personal papers and sound recordings relating to Namibia)

000747
Dammann, Ruth
[Scholtiseck, Ruth - birth name]
* 30.06.1911 at Breslau, Germany (now Poland)
---
Ruth Dammann was born on 30.06.1911 at Breslau in Germany (now Poland). She was the wife of theologian and linguist Ernst Dammann. She accompanied him on several journeys to Namibia, where she recorded orature.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: LAN

Married to: Ernst Dammann (1904-), married 1932-

Collections/Papers:
1). Basler Afrika Bibliographien (orature recordings)
RAW DATA: Namibiana vol.4, no.2;

001364
Daneel, John
*
---
John Daneel was a Cape Town merchant who in 1856 became the director of the short-lived Phoenix Mining Company.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

RAW DATA: Cape Archives GH 21/17;

000460
Dannert, Gustav Heinrich Eduard
[Dannert, Eduard]
* 30.07.1849 at Vörde, Germany
+ .1924
First entry to Namibia: 1874
---
Gustav Heinrich Eduard Dannert was born on 30.07.1849 at Vörde in Germany. He was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft. He arrived in Otjimbingwe in 1874, and founded the mission station Omburo on 16.05.1876. Later he lived in Omaruru. He died in 1924. He was married to Auguste Dannert, née Dahl in 1877.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Rhenish Missionary

Married to: Auguste Dannert, née Dahl, married 1877-
Children: Elisabeth Kuhlmann (married Dannert)(1878-)
Eduard Dannert
Hans Dannert (1882-)
Hedwig Wetschky (married Dannert)(1884-)
Helene Heyse (married Dannert)(1886-)
Friedel Dannert (1889-)
Otto Dannert (1890-)
Willy Dannert (11894-)

Collections/Papers:
1). Private collection of E. Doll
2). NAN: copy of no.1
RAW DATA: Otto-Reiner 1991;

000523
Dannert, Julius
* 13.10.1858 at Vörde, Germany
+ 19.10.1897 at Otjimbingwe
---
Julius Dannert was born on 13.10.1858 at Vörde in Germany. He worked for the missionary trader Hälbich as a smith, but established himself independently as a transport rider and trader in Otjimbingwe by 1887. He was married to Johanna Schaffranck. Due to his critical attitude towards the colonial government, Dannert's relations with his brother Eduard, the missionary, and other settlers seem to have been strained, whereas his relations to Nama and Ovaherero customers were reported to be based on mutual respect. He died on 19.10.1897 at Otjimbingwe.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Married to: Johanna Dannert, née Schaffranck

Namibia National Archives Database

000524
Dausab, Daniel
*
---
Daniel Dausab was attached to the mission station at Hoachanas between 1867 (1869?) and 1905, mostly as a school teacher. As Timotheus Sneeue's brother-in-law, he was brought by Rhenish Missionary Olpp from the Cape Colony in South Africa as a young man or boy. As from 1890, the missionaries commented on Dausab's strong anti-Witbooi (and anti-German) feelings and vanishing interest in mission work. Apparently Dausab's final withdrawal from the mission led Rhenish Missionary Judt to close the station Hoachanas late in 1891. It seems that Dausab's anti-Witbooi feelings led him to mobilise several Ovaherero chiefs to attack the Witbooi community in Gibeon in October 1891. According to Olpp, Dausab became a "Witkam" and follower of Witbooi shortly afterwards. The timing of this is not clear, and the precise context of his correspondence with Sneeue recorded in the Witbooi journal could not be reconstructed. He left Hoachanas by the end of 1894, a dissatisfied "cripple" who was no longer interested in working for the mission. In 1904 he joined Stuurman and Hendrik Witbooi in the Great Resistance War against the Germans.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL EDU

Children: Johannes Dausab

Namibia National Archives Database

001365
Dausab, Daniel
* in Namibia
---
Daniel Dausab was a schoolmaster in Rehoboth. He joined the breakaway movement from the Rhenish Missionary Society to AMEC in 1946.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: EDU

RAW DATA: Schlosser 1958:107;

001366
Dausab, Gert
*
---
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL

Namibia National Archives Database

000525
Dausab, Johannes
*
---
Johannes Dausab was the brother of Daniel Dausab. However, Daniel also had a a son named Johannes, and the reference in the Witbooi Journal could be to either. Budack (1972:994) noted that Johannes Dausab was an official and "kornet" under Manasse !Noreseb from Hoachanas.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

001367
Dausab, Johannes
*
---
Johannes Dausab was an evangelist of the Rhenish Mission in Keetmanshoop. Later he joined the breakaway to the AMEC in 1946.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL

RAW DATA: Schlosser 1958:107;

001369
David, Salomon
*
---
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL

Namibia National Archives Database

001370
Davids, Nikodemus
* in Namibia
---
Nikodemus Davids was a schoolmaster in Bethany in 1903.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: JBRGM 1903:15;

000461
Davidson, Basil
*
---
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: WRI

Collections/Papers:
1). School of Oriental and African Studies, London

001371
Davis
*
---
Davis was Chairman of the Board of the South West Africa Company.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:345;

000748
Davis, Nissen Avroy Alan
* 21.11.1933 at Windhoek
---
Nissen Avroy Allan Davis was born on 21.11.1933 at Windhoek and was educated at the Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg in South Africa. He was a journalist, advertising contractor and estate agent. He was an editor of the SWA Annual and correspondent of SAPA, Associated Press and leading South African newspapers. He was married to Pamela Davis, née Warder in 1955.
---
Gender: m
Profession: Journalist

Married to: Pamela Davis, née Warder, married 1955-
Father: Sam Davis

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

000749
Davis, Philis
* 30.11.1913 at Oudtshoorn, South Africa
---
Philis Davis was born on 30.11.1913 at Oudtshoorn in South Africa. He was a dental surgeon. He was the Chairperson of the English Dramatic Society Windhoek. He was married to Diana Clare Davis, née Delmonte in 1941.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MED
Profession: Dental surgeon

Married to: Diana Clare Davis, née Delmonte, married 1941-
Mother: Ray Davis
Father: Benjamin Davis

RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

000462
Davis, Samuel
[Davis, Sam]
* 09.12.1903 at Primrose, South Africa
---
Samuel Davis was born on 09.12.1903 at Primrose in South Africa. He was educated at the Durban High School. He came to Namibia in 1927 and opened a meat processing plant in Walvis Bay. In 1931 he turned to journalism. He participated in World War II in the intelligence service. He was a journalist and estate agent. He was the founder and editor of the "SWA Annual", chair of SWA Publicity and Tourist Association, as well as a Member of the Windhoek City Council. He was married to Sera Davis, née Levin.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: Journalism
Profession: Journalist

Married to: Sera Davis, née Levin
Father: Lionel Davis

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.256 (Papers relevant to SWA Annual)
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959, 1974;

002154
Dawids, Dawid, Patriarch King, Riemvasmaker
* .1840
+ .1940
---
The "Patriarch King", Dawid Dawids (1840-1940), of a Namibian community called the "Riemvasmakers", was born in or around 1840. He is believed to have been an Omuherero whose descendants were suppressed by the Nama. Dawids later led his group, also called Nama speaking Ovaherero (Herero-Orlams) through the south of Namibia to the northwestern Cape Colony in the 1860s, to settle in the Augrabies area (later, after their return from South Africa in 1895, they were relocated at Vaalgras/Koichas (|Hai-|Gâsib)(1908)). Oral history has it hat during the drought 1829/30 these Ovaherero moved south where they came into conflict with the local Nama communities (||Oaseb of the Kai||khaun in alliance with Jonker Afrikaner of the Orlam Afrikaners)(Goman torob: the Cattle War). It is also thought that these Herero-Orlams were direct descendants of Ovaherero prisoners-of-war during the Orlam wars in the 1860s.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000763
De Beer, Barend Alexander Leonardus
* 31.10.1934 at Springbok, South Africa
---
Barend Alexander Leonardus de Beer was born on 31.10.1934 at Springbok in South Africa. He was educated in Keetmanshoop, Windhoek, the University  of South Africa. He was an Auditor and  Partner of P.J. Malherbe & Co. He was married to Sienie Petra de Beer, née van der Walt in 1960.
---
Gender: m
Profession: Auditor

Married to: Sienie Petra de Beer, née van der Walt, married 1960-
Father: Willem de Beer

Namibia National Archives Database

000657
De Beer, Dave
* at Johannesburg, South Africa
---
Dave de Beer was born and educated in Johannesburg. In 1969 he was expelled by the South African Government from northern Namibia where he was working in the hospital in Odibo. In 1972 he was expelled from Namibia altogether, along with his employer, Bishop Colin Winter. De Beer then joined the Christian Institute in Johannesburg but was "banned" one month later. In 1974 he claimed Dutch nationality and left South Africa to work with Colin Winter in the UK. In 1976 he moved to the Netherlands to do publicity work for Namibia and Namibian churches with the Working Group Kairos in Utrecht. He is the author of several books and many articles on Namibian issues.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL

RAW DATA: Allies in apartheid, 1988;

000764
De Bruin, Cors
* 08.08.1921 at Hilversum, Netherlands
First entry to Namibia: 1947
---
Cors de Bruin was a dealer and specialist in mineral specimens, owner of a large mineralogical collection. He was married to Ursula Elizabeth De Bruyn, née Dahms in 1954.
---
Gender: m

Married to: Ursula Elizabeth De Bruyn, née Dahms, married 1954
Father: Johannes De Bruyn

Namibia National Archives Database

001977
De Bruyn, Pieter
*
---
Pieter de Bruyn was a hunter. In 1738 or 1739 he was hunting elephants at the Oranje River, and probably crossed the river into Great Namaqualand.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:29;

000765
De Jager, Christoffel Lombard
* 16.06.1934 at Windhoek
---
Christoffel Lombard de Jager was born on 16.06.1934 at Windhoek and was educated at Windhoek High School and the University at Stellenbosch in South Africa. He practised as an attorney at Walvis Bay since 01.06.1959. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly since May 1970. He was married to Elsa Renate de Jager, née Wilhelm in 1962.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL LAW
Profession: Lawyer

Married to: Elsa Renate de Jager, née Wilhelm, married 1962-
Father: Roelof Jacobus Beukes
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

000766
De Jong, Jacob
* 12.11.1898 at Amsterdam, Netherlands
First entry to Namibia: 1916
---
Jacob de Jong was born on 12.11.1898 at Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He was educated at the Gymnasium at Paarl in South Africa. He was a pioneer in establishing a modern meat canning factory and industry in Namibia. He was a cattle farmer and commander of the Boy Scouts.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS AGR
Profession: Businessman Farmer

Married to: , married 1933
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

001374
De Jongh
*
---
De Jongh a ccompanied Heinrich Vogelsang in 1884 on his way to Bethany.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Esterhuyse 1968:39;

000767
De Klerk, Jacobus Johannes
* 10.01.1920 at Upington, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1941
---
Jacobus Johannes de Klerk was born on 10.01.1920 at Upington in South Africa. He was educated at the Paarl Commercial College. He emigrated to Namibia in 1941 and was the General Manager of SWA Amalgamated Auctioneers. He was married to Joachemina Paulina de Klerk, née Kotze in 1944.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Married to: Joachemina Paulina de Klerk, née Kotze, married 1944
Father: D.S. de Klerk
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

000768
De La Bat, Bernabé Jean Gerard
* 20.01.1928 at Worcester, South Africa
---
Bernabé Jean Gerard de la Bat was born on 20.01.1928 at Worcester in South Africa. He was educated at the Boys High School, Worcester and the Stellenbosch University. He was a Director of Nature Conservation and Tourism of the SWA Administration. He held many honorary positions in the SWA Mountain Club, S.A. Academy for Arts and Science, SA National Council for Nature Conservation, SA National Commission for Environmental Sciences, SA National Commission for the Environment, SA Nature Conservation Coordinating Committee, Namib Desert Research Association, SA Association of Arts (SWA Branch), SWA Scientific Society and the SA Wildlife Foundation. He was married to Hetta de la Bat, née van der Merwe in 1954.

---
Gender: m

Married to: Hetta de la Bat, née van der Merwe, married 1954
Father: Gabriel de Vos de la Bat
Children:
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

001976
Deary, Frederick C.
*
---
Frederick C. Deary was a trader, concessionaire. He traded at Natboud at least between 1874-1876.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:28;

001372
Deininger, Wolfgang
* 01.10.1882 in Germany
---
Wolfgang Deiniger was born on 01.10.1882 in Germany. He was a Schutztruppe officer.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:223;

001373
Deistel
*
---
Deistel was a gardener in Cameroon who got Nama prisoners assigned for labour and reported about their pitiful condition to Berlin.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:359;

000527
Demmler, Friedrich Christian Georg
*
+ 01.10.1901 at sea between Namibia and Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1898
Last departure from Namibia: 1901
---
Friedrich Christian Georg Demmler was a lieutenant of the Schutztruppe. He arrived in Namibia in July 1898. He deputised for Bezirksamtmann v. Burgsdorff while the latter was on home leave in 1900. He contracted malaria and was shipped home three years later, but died aboard the ship on 01.10.1901.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Lau 1995:230; NAN A.648; NAN NLA 24 D.26;

000769
Dempers, Cornelius Nicolaas
* 07.02.1898 at Ceres, South Africa
---
Cornelius Nicolaas Dempers was born on 07.02.1898 at Ceres in South Africa. He was a businessman and Managing Director of C. Dempers & Co. He was mMarried to Letia Dempers, née Wait in 1929.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Married to: Letia Dempers, née Wait, married 1929
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

000440
Dempwolff, Otto Heinrich August Louis
* 25.05.1871 at Pillau, Germany (now Russian Federation)
+ .1938
First entry to Namibia: 1899
Last departure from Namibia: 1905
---
Otto Heinrich August Louis Dempwolff was born on 25.05.1871 at Pillau, Ostpreussen (Germany, now Russian Federation). He studied at Königsberg, Marburg, Leipzig, Berlin and Tübingen in Germany. He graduated as a medical doctor. He worked from 1895 to 1897 as a medical officer of the "Neuguinea-Kompagnie" and from 1898 to 1911 as medical officer of the Schutztruppe in several German colonies. His first entry to Namibia was in 1899 (?). Between 1904 and 1905 he was in the rank of "Stabsarzt" stationed at Grootfontein. Already during his medical work, Dempwolff followed his interest in linguistic studies. While in Namibia, he studied Nama and Otjiherero. Later he was teaching languages at the "Hamburger Kolonialinstitut", specialising in Melanesian languages, but he also published about Nama and several East African languages. He died in 1938.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MED LIN
Profession: Medical doctor

RAW DATA: Deutsches Koloniallexikon;

001375
Denker, A.
* in Germany
---
A. Denker was a German farmer. He was infamous for his maltreatment of farm workers.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR

RAW DATA: Drechsler 166:155;

001376
Denker, Richard
*
---
Richard Denker was one of the few Germans who publicly denounced the killing of Namibian prisoners-of-war during the German Namibian War of 1903 to 1908.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:360;

000137
De Pass, Aaron
* .1815 at Kings Lynn, England
+ 09.1877 at London, England
---
Aaron de Pass was born in 1815 at Kings Lynn in the United Kingdom. He was a merchant and shipping entrepreneur from the South African Cape Colony since 1846. Besides exploiting the marine resources off the coast of Namibia (for which purpose he established stations at Walvis Bay, Sandwich Harbour and Ichaboe), he was also active in the copper mining activities in Namibia during the 1850. Aaron de Pass had commenced fishing operations at Walvis Bay in 1852, while Barry Munnik from Cape Town had established himself in this industry in early 1859, and William Latham was fishing there in the late 1860s. The fish was generally dried and then exported to Mauritius. Owing to the inadequate infrastructure, there was too much sand in the dried fish. As a result the prices received for the final fish product were so low that the venture did not prove economically feasible. Small-scale fishing operations and whaling did, however, continue. Aaron de Pass was married to Esther da Costa. He died in September 1877 in London.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Esther De Pass, née Da Costa

RAW DATA: Lau 1989:298; Phillips: The Pomona story; DSAB I:220; Tabler 1973:1; Wilken et al, 1978:56-58; Berichte, 1853:283;

001377
De Pass, Daniel
*
---
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Namibia National Archives Database

000390
Dernburg, Bernhard
* 17.07.1865 at Darmstadt, Germany
+ 14.10.1937 at Berlin, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1909
Last departure from Namibia: 1909
---
Bernhard Dernburg was born on 17.07.1865 at Darmstadt in Germany. He was a director of the Darmstädter Bank, and many other financial institutions. He was appointed Kolonialdirektor in 1905. He was the Staatssekretär in charge of the newly founded Reichskolonialamt between 1906 and 1910. In 1919 he co-founded the Deutsche Demokratische Partei, a liberal party. Dernburg visited Namibia in 1908. His policy in support of a state monopoly for the newly discovered Namibian diamonds made him extremely unpopular among German settlers in the colony. He died on 14.10.1937 in Berlin.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Banker

Collections/Papers:
1). Politisches Archiv des Auswärtigen Amtes Berlin (was there in 1938; no longer in this institution, fate unknown; possibly identical with no.2)
2). Bundesarchiv Koblenz (Personal papers 1900-1937: Speeches; papers on travels, particularly from his colonial office time; private and official correspondence), * Might contain material on his travel to Namibia
3). in private custody (allegedly lost in 1970)
RAW DATA: Hubatsch;

Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks (Dernburg's visit to Omaruru, 1908)

000770
Detering, Karl Heinrich
* 24.07.1907 at Gaub
+ 02.12.1999 at Windhoek      
---
Karl Heinrich Detering was born on 24.07.1907 at Gaub as son of Wilhelm Detering. He was educated at the Humanistisches Gymnasium Gütersloh, Germany. From 1928 to 1930 he was a clerk for the Rheinborn AG in Borneo, Indonesia. From 1931 to 1932 he served as a private secretary to the Managing Director of the Otavi Minen und Eisenbahn Gesellschaft (OMEG) Company in Namibia. From 1933 to 1935 he was a bookkeeper for the Rietfontein Farming Co. From 1935 to 1937 he was a business traveller for various Namibian firms. From 1938 to 1940 he served as the manager of the Farm Gaub. From 1940 to 1947 he was interned at Andalusia and Baviaanspoort in South Africa. From 1947 to 1955 he served as the Branch Manager of Taeuber & Cohrssen SWA in Otjiwarongo. From 1955 to 1958 he was a traveller for Brockmann & Kriess and from 1958 1968 Assistant Manager of the South West Breweries. He died on 02.12.1999 in Windhoek. He was married to Hertha Detering, née Lichtenthaler in 1937.  
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman

Married to: Hertha Detering, née Lichtenthaler, married 1937- (?)
Mother: Auguste Detering, née Stocksiek
Father: Wilhelm Detering (1873-)
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

001378
Detering, Wilhelm
* 27.08.1873 at Sieker, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1901
---
Wilhelm Detering was born on 27.08.1873 at Sieker in Germany. He was a farmer for the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft at Gaub. His son was Karl Heinrich Detering. He was married to Auguste Detering, née Stocksiek in 1903.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR

Married to: Auguste Detering, née Stocksiek, married 1903-
Children: Karl Heinrich Detering (1907-1999)

Namibia National Archives Database

000771
De Villiers, Daniel Jacobus
* 22.12.1930 at Wolmaransstad, South Africa
---
Daniel Jacobus de Villiers was born on 22.12.1930 at Wolmaransstad in South Africa. He was educated at the Upington High School and the Stellenbosch University. He was a farmer, a Member of the Karakul Board since 1958 and a Council Member of the Karakul Breeders Association since 1961. He chaired the Grünau Farmers Association and he was a Commanding Officer of the Karasburg Commando from 1967 to 1971. He was married to: Elizabeth De Villiers, née Roentgen in 1956.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Profession: Farmer

Married to: Elizabeth De Villiers, née Roentgen, married 1956-
Father: Jan Daniel De Villiers
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

000253
De Villiers, Katharina
[Rath, Katharina - birth name]
* 21.05.1849
---
Katharina de Villiers was born on 21.05.1849. She was the eldest daughter of Rhenish Missionary Johannes and Anna Rath. She was married to a Mr. De Villiers in Sarepta, and lived in the Cape Colony in South Africa from 1878.
---
Gender: f

Married to: De Villiers
Mother: Anna Rath, née Jörris (1822-1859)
Father: Johannes Rath (1816-1903)

Namibia National Archives Database

000772
Devlin, Stanley William
* 31.03.1909 at Kimberley, South Africa
---
Stanley William Devlin was born on 31.03.1909 at Kimberley in South Africa. He was educated at the Christian Bros. College in Kimberley and the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He was an Assistant General Manager of the CDM from 1944 to 1954 and a General Manager of CDM  from 1955. He was married to Margaret Norah Devlin, née Counihan in 1939.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ENG

Married to: Margaret Norah Devlin, née Counihan, married 1939-
Father: Thomas Devlin
RAW DATA: WWSA 1969;

000773
De Vylder, Gustav
* .1827 in Sweden
+ .1908 in Sweden
First entry to Namibia: 1873
Last departure from Namibia: 1875
---
Gustav de Vylder was born in 1827 in Sweden. He was originally a surveyor. He changed his field to the study of insects and reptiles. In 1871, after having obtained a grant to study and collect in South Africa, he left on the Swedish corvette Norrköping to South America and ultimately Cape Town. He remained in the Cape Colony until the early part of 1873 when he left for Namibia. A Swedish tradesman, Bergvall, wishing to try his luck in Namibia, asked De Vylder to help him in trading. Part of the trip was overland which gave De Vylder time to collect specimens. For the next two years, he remained in Namibia concentrating on the northern part and establishing his headquarters at Omaruru which by this time had a number of Scandinavians. De Vylder returned to Sweden in 1875, and much of his collection was subsequently obtained by the Riksmuseum in Stockholm. From 1879 to 1887, he was in Cape Town where he continued his insect collection as well as wrote poetry and other literary works. He kept diaries but never published his research. In 1897, he again returned to Sweden. He died there in 1908.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: SCI

Namibia National Archives Database

000774
De Wet, Johannes Marthinus
[De Wet, Jannie]
* 10.11.1927 at Rouxville, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1928
---
Johannes Marthinus de Wet was born on 10.11.1927 at Rouxville in South Africa. He was educated at the Outjo Primary School, the Ficksburg High School and the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He was a technical officer to the Afrikander Cattle Breeders Association from 1955 to 1957. He was the Chairman of the Northern Agricultural and Industrial Show from 1959 to 1960. He served on many agricultural committees. De Wet entered the South African Parliament as M.P. for the Namib Constituency in 1964. 1966, he became the M.P. for Karas. He was appointed as Commissioner-General on 01 May 1970. During his term of office, the migrant workers' general strike took place. He was married to Lesinda De Wet, née Leroux-Preis in 1952.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR POL
Profession: Farmer Politician

Married to: Lesinda De Wet, née Leroux-Preis, married 1952-
Father: Gideon De Wet
RAW DATA: Dickie/Rake 1973. WWSA 1974.;

000463
Dickmann, Renee
* .1886 in Belgium
+ .?.1955
First entry to Namibia: 1914
---
Renee Dickmann was born as Dieckmann, probably in Belgium (in 1886), and came to South Africa around the beginning of the First World War. He worked as a colonial officer and administrator from 1915 into the 1920s in Ondangwa, Nkurenkuru and the Waterberg Reserve. He is principally known for his vast collection of photographs from this period, which was donated by his widow in 1955 to the South African Museum in Cape Town, and is now held by the National Archives of Namibia. He was married to Steenie Maria Iris Dickmann, née Smuts.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM

Married to: Steenie Maria Iris Dickmann, née Smuts

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.333 (Photographs)

000416
Diehl, Else Karoline
* 10.02.1913 at Haiger, Dillkreis, Germany
+ 16.08.2002 at Windhoek
First entry to Namibia: 1938
---
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: REL

Married to: Hans-Karl Diehl, married 1938-.

Namibia National Archives Database

001379
Diehl, Hans Karl
* .1911
---
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL

Namibia National Archives Database

000138
Diehl, Hermine
[Schmidt, Hermine - birth name]
* 15.09.1840 at Naurod, Germany
+ 06.06.1879 at Okahandja
---
Hermine Diehl was born on 15.09.1840 at Naurod, Germany. She was the first wife of Philipp Diehl (married on 21.01.1872). They had three children. She died on 06.06.1879 at Okahandja.
---
Gender: f

Married to: Philipp Diehl (1837-1920), married 1872-1879

RAW DATA: Vergissmeinnicht 1893:51-52;

001380
Diehl, Jakob
[Diehl III]
* 08.08.1878 at Schwalbach, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1901
---
Jakob Diehl was born on 08.08.1878 at Schwalbach in Germany. He was a construction technician employed by the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft. He came to Namibia in 1901. He was also referred to as "Diehl III".
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

000139
Diehl, Philipp
[Diehl I]
* 18.05.1837 at Ehringshausen, Germany
+ 24.03.1920 at Usakos
First entry to Namibia: 1868
---
Philipp Diehl was born on 18.05.1837 at Ehringshausen in Germany. He was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft who came to Okahandja with Johann Jakob Irle on 18 May 1870, and was present at the meeting held there in September 1870 between the Nama and Ovaherero chiefs that resulted in the Peace Treaty of 23.09.1870, which Diehl witnessed. Also referred to as "Diehl I". He worked at Okahandja from 1870 until at least 1890, when Maharero died there. He served as "Präses" (Preses) of the Herero mission. He married twice: Hermine Schmidt (from 21.01.1872 to 06.06.1879) with three children and Amalie Skoglund (28 March 1882) with two children. He died on 24.03.1920 at Usakos.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: <1> Hermine Schmidt (1840-1879), married 1872-1879
<2> Amalie Skoglund, married 1882-

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:145, 162, 243, 245, 332. 348, 351; Tabler 1972:29;
Vergissmeinnicht 1893:51-52; Mossolow 1986:51;

001381
Diehl, Wilhelm
[Diehl II]
* 30.06.1877 at Okahandja
---
Wilhelm Diehl [Diehl II] was born on 30.06.1877 at Okahandja. He was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft. He was sent out in 1901. He was married to Eugenie Diehl, née Schüler in 1906.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Eugenie Diehl, née Schüler, married 1906-

Namibia National Archives Database

000775
Diekmann, Wilhelm Johannes
* 10.12.1890 at Osternburg, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1908
---
Wilhelm Johannes Diekmann was born on 10.12.1890 at Osternburg in Germany. He came to Namibia in 1908 with his father. He was a farmer at Hamakari (Ohamakari) and other farms until 1957 until h retired to Windhoek.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Profession: Farmer

Father: Gustav Diekmann
RAW DATA: Namibiana III,1 (1981);

000367
Diergaardt, Johannes Gerard Adolf, Baster Captain
[Diergaardt, Hans]
* 16.09.1927 at Rehoboth
+ 12.02.1998 at Rehoboth
---
Johannes (Hans) Gerard Adolf Diergaardt was born on 16.09.1927 at Rehoboth. He was trained as a car mechanic, became later a farmer and businessman. Diergaardt entered politics in 1947 as a member of the Rehoboth Burgervereniging. He founded the Rehoboth Tax Payers Association in March 1959, the Rehoboth Peoples Party (Rehoboth Volksparty) in 1968, and the Rehoboth Liberation Party in 1975. In 1969 Diergaardt was Chairman of the National Convention, which included SWAPO and SWANU. He was a member of the Rehoboth Advisory Council from 1959 until it was abolished in 1977. He participated in internal settlement talks in the 1970ies, including the Turnhalle Conference in 1975-76. He was a Member of the internal National Assembly, 1978-. On 03.10.1977 an election was held for a Kaptein (Captain) for Rehoboth in terms of the Rehoboth Self-Government Act, No. 56 of 1976. The election was narrowly won by Ben Africa, leader of the Baster delegation at the Turnhalle Conference and of the Baster Vereniging. His opponent was Johannes (Hans) Gerard Adolf Diergaardt of the Rehoboth Liberation Party. Diergaardt challenged the outcome of the election in court, and the court consequently ruled that Africa could not be installed as Kaptein of the Rehoboth Gebied. On 31.10.1977 elections for the Rehoboth Volksraad were held and won by Diergaardt. Consequently he became the fifth and last Baster Captain in 1979. In the 1980s he took part in the "transitional governments" and was the "internal" Minister of Agriculture and Conservation from 1988-89. In 1988 he founded the Federal Convention of Namibia and was elected as its top candidate to the Constituent Assembly in the 1989 elections. However, he vacated his seat in the subsequent National Assembly due to ill-health. Throughout his life, he was committed to establish a special status for his Baster community, and spearheaded its unsuccessful post-independence legal bid for the return of control over the land around Rehoboth, which was finally dropped in 1997. He died on 12.02.1998 at Rehoboth. The position of a Baster Captain was not filled after this. He was married to Sannie Diergaardt.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Functions: Chairman - National Convention - 1969
Member - Rehoboth Advisory Council - 1959-1977
Member - National Assembly of South West Africa - 1978-
Kaptein - Rehoboth Community - 1979-
Minister of Agriculture and Conservation - Transitional Government of National Unity - 1988-1989
Member of Constituent Assembly - 1989-1990

Married to: Sannie Diergaardt

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000528
Diergaardt, Johannes
*
---
Johannes Diergaardt was a Rehoboth Baster who occasionally acted as a diplomatic messenger for Hendrik Witbooi, but later served in the Baster auxiliary troop assisting v. François' expeditions against Hendrik Witbooi's stronghold at Hoornkrans. His father was killed in one of Witbooi's raids on Baster transport riders after the Hoornkrans massacre. No further details could be traced.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

000002
Dierks, Klaus, Dr.
* 19.02.1936 at Berlin-Dahlem, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1965
---
Klaus Dierks was born on 19.02.1936 at Berlin-Dahlem. He received his schooling in Zeuthen, Schulpforta, Eichwalde (GDR-Abitur: 1955) and Berlin (West) Abitur 1956. He studied civil engineering and history at the Technische Universität Berlin, Diplomingenieur 1965, Doktor-Ingenieur (Dr.-Ing.), 1992. He came to Namibia in 1965 to work as a civil engineer in the Roads Department. He became Chief Engineer in the Department of Transport in 1981. He was involved in the planning, design and construction of Namibia's unique roads system in the last forty years. Dierks was a founding member of the "Interessengemeinschaft Deutschsprachiger Südwester" (IG) in 1977 and drew closer to the liberation movement SWAPO in 1982. Due to this political involvement he was dismissed by the South African authorities in 1987. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Works, Transport and Communications in the first Namibian government, 1990, and the second government, 1995. He was a Member of the National Assembly from 1990 to up to his retirement in 2000. Dierks was pivotal in establishing new east-west road links in order to connect Namibia with the landlocked countries in the east, like the Trans-Kalahari and Trans-Caprivi highways. Furthermore he created and implemented a development programme in transport and telecommunication infrastructure for the formerly neglected regions in Namibia's north, in order to balance the "two Namibias". He played a key role in the technical re-integration of the port town of Walvis Bay between 1990 and 1994 and in the development of the port of Lüderitz. He was instrumental in the establishment of planning and management criteria to construct highways and appropriate rural roads by labour-based means. This led to a new concept in the engineering of roads in order to fight the unemployment problem in Namibia. He designed the unique Road Sector Reform in order to safeguard and enhance the best roads system in Africa, Namibia's roads infrastructure. He played a decisive role in the revival of the Tsumeb Copper Mines in 1999 and in the development of alternative energies (wind power and solar power). His special interests are mountaineering (Himalayas) and early Namibian history. He re-discovered the ancient Namibian settlement of //Khauxa!nas in the Great Karas Mountains. As Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Namibia's state-owned railway company, TransNamib, since 2002, he managed to turn-around the ailing transport company into a highly profitable undertaking. He is also the Chairman of the Electricity Control Board (ECB) (since 2000) and the Deputy Chairman of the Road Fund Administration (since 2003). He serves as a Member of the Cabinet Committee: Archives of the Anticolonial Resistance and Liberation Struggle (AACRLS) and is the Chairman of the Research Committee of the AACRLS. He published many books and articles on engineering and historical matters in Namibia. He is married to Karen Dierks, née von Bremen on 23.08.1962, with four children: Alexander Dierks (1966-), Katrin Dierks (1967-), Susanne Dierks (1970-) and Annette Dierks (1978-). His father was Ernst Joachim Albert Karl Dierks, born on 12.02.1905 at Berlin-Friedrichshagen (died during World War Two in August 1944 in France) and his mother: Annemarie Dierks, née Pötzsch, born on 09.06.1913 at Berlin-Lichtenberg.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: Engineering; Civil Service; POL
Profession: Civil Engineer Professional Engineer (Pr.Eng.)
Functions: Deputy Minister - Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication - 1990-1999
Deputy Minister - Ministry of Mines and Energy - 1999-2000
Member of National Assembly 1990-2000
Chairman - Electricity Control Board (ECB)- 2000-
Chairman - TransNamib (Namibian Railways)- 2002-
Deputy Chairman - Road Fund Administration - 2003-
Chairman - Sub-Committee: Research: Archives of the Anticolonial Resistance and Liberation Struggle (AACRLS) 2002-
Member - Steering Committee: Archives of the Anticolonial Resistance and Liberation Struggle (AACRLS) 2002-

Married to: Karen Dierks, née von Bremen, married 23.08.1962
Children: Alexander Dierks (1966-)
Katrin Dierks (1967-)
Susanne Dierks (1970-)
Annette Dierks (1978-)
Father: Ernst Joachim Albert Karl Dierks, born 12.02.1905 at Berlin-Friedrichshagen
Mother: Annemarie Dierks, née Pötzsch, born 09.06.1913 at Berlin-Lichtenberg

Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks

000529
Diestel, Friedrich
* 01.06.1862 in Germany
+ 02.09.1894 at Gurus
---
Friedrich Diestel was born on 01.06.1862 in Germany. He was a lieutenant of the Schutztruppe who arrived in Namibia in June 1894 and fell three months later in the war against Hendrik Witbooi at 02.09.1894 at Gurus in the Naukluft Mountains.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL

RAW DATA: Lau 1995:230; NAN A.648; Lenssen 1994:263;

001382
Dietrich
*
---
Dietrich was a German trader who murdered in 1903 the daughter-in-law of Ovaherero Chief Zacharias Zeraua of Otjimbingwe, a case which was widely discussed and perceived as a major cause of Ovaherero dissatisfaction against the German colonial dispensation.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: TRA

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:154-155;

002077
Dimbare, Frans, Mbukushu Chief
[Fumu, traditional title]

*
+
---
Fumu Frans Dimbare, together with Fumu Alfons Majavero, ruled on Tanhwe Island in the Okavango River as Chief of the Mbukushu area in the Kavango from 1969 until 1991. He was the fifteenth in the recorded genealogy of the Mbukushu kings.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002070
Dimbu I, Mbukushu King
[called also Ndara or Libebe]
*
+ .1895 at Thipanana Island in the Okavango River
---
In the Kavango one of the earlier known Mbukushu Kings was Dimbu I. He was the ninth in the recorded genealogy of the Mbukushu kings. He succeeded King Diyeve I. He died in 1895 and was succeeded by King Diyeve II (1895-1915).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002073
Dimbu II, Mbukushu King

*
+ .1939 at Tanhwe Island in the Okavango River
---
In the Kavango Mbukushu King Disho I died in 1929. He was the twelfth in the recorded genealogy of the Mbukushu kings. He was succeeded by King Dimbu I. King Dimbu I died in 1939 and was succeeded by King Disho II (1939-1947).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000464
Dinter, Kurt
* 10.06.1868 at Bautzen, Germany
+ 16.12.1945 at Neukirch, Germany
---
Kurt Dinter was born on 10.06.1868 at Bautzen in Germany. He was a renown botanist. He died on 16.12.1945 at Neukirch in Germany.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BOT
Profession: Botanist

Collections/Papers:
1). South African Museum, Cape Town: Private herbarium (purchased in 1923)
2). Unknown: private papers * Hermann Jacobsen "Handbuch der sukkulenten Pflanzen" (Jena 1954-1955) has published illustrations from "Nachlass Dinter", without information where the material is available
3). Various places: Herbarium material * Herbarium specimen collected by Dinter have gone to Zürich, Berlin-Dahlem, National Herbarium Pretoria, and other places
4). NAN: A.364

002063
Dinyando, Mbukushu King
*
+ before 1850
---
In the Kavango one of the earliest known Mbukushu Kings was Dinyando. He was the second in the recorded genealogy of the Mbukushu kings. He succeeded King Sinyungu. No life dates could be traced so far. Successor was King Sihurera (before 1850).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002072
Disho I, Mbukushu King

*
+ .1929 at Tanhwe Island in the Okavango River
---
In the Kavango Mbukushu King Diyeve II died in 1915. He was the eleventh in the recorded genealogy of the Mbukushu kings. He was succeeded by King Disho I. King Disho I died in 1929 and was succeeded by King Dimbu II (1929-1939).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002074
Disho II, Mbukushu King

*
+
---
In the Kavango Mbukushu King Dimbu I died in 1939. He was the thirteenth in the recorded genealogy of the Mbukushu kings. He was succeeded by King Disho II. King Disho II, however, was deposed by the South Africans in 1947 (due to alleged illegal hunting of the "royal" game, a hippopotamus) and banned to Botswana. He only returned to Namibia in 1969. From 1947 until 1969 Max Makushe was the Mbukushu Chief. After him the Mbukushu Kings Fumu (traditional title) Alfons Majavero and Fumu Frans Dimbare ruled on Tanhwe Island in the Okavango River.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks (Photo taken at Mukwe, June 1975)

002313
Ditshabue, Hubert Tidimalo, Tswana Chief
*
+ 
---
Hubert Tidimalo Ditshabue followed Tswana Chief Kgosi-kgolo (traditional title) Constance Letang Kgosiemang in 1992. He lives in Aminuis.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

001384
Dixon, Daniel Esma
*
---
Daniel Esma Dixon hailed from Omaruru. He was a transport rider during the German-Namibian War of 1904 and thereafter.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:353;

000776
Dixon, Frank Horace
* 19.12.1918 at Kimberley, South Africa
---
Frank Horace Dixon was born on 19.12.1918 at Kimberley in South Africa. He was educated at Christian Bros. College, Kimberley and Leeds University in the U.K. From 1939 until 1945 he served as a Lieutenant in World War II. He was an architect. He was the President of the SWA Institute of Architects. He was married to Barbara Dixon, née Campbell in 1946.
---
Gender: m
Profession: Architect

Married to: Barbara Dixon, née Campbell, married 1946-
Father: C.C. Dixon
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;

000777
Dixon, Jacobus Christiaan
* 22.05.1923 at Garies, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1946
---
Jacobus Christiaan Dixon was born on 22.05.1923 at Garies in South Africa. He was educated at Upington. He served in the South African Army during World War II from 1941 to 1946. He came to Namibia in 1946 as a carpenter for the SWA Administration Dept. of Works, became then a building contractor. He was a director of various companies in the construction and tourism sector, incl. J.C. Dixon, Windhoek Bricks, Suidwes Safari Motels, Toerkor, Johnny Hamman en Kie., Putt-Putt SA and SWA Travel Safari. He was married to Jacoba Gerharda Elizabeth Dixon, née Kruger in 1950.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Married to: Jacoba Gerharda Elizabeth Dixon, née Kruger, married 1950
Father: James Richard Dixon
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;

001978
Dixon, Peter
*
First entry to Namibia: 12.1843
---
Peter Dixon was a trader and transport rider. He came to Namibia as a trader with his wife and four children and trader Morris at the request of Jonker Afrikaner in December 1843, in partnership with T. Lawton of Cape Town. Dixon and Morris established a trading post at Sandfontein. He was still alive in 1877.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:29-30;

001383
Dixon, Sidney
*
First entry to Namibia: 1841
---
Sidney Dixon was a well-known trader who came to Namibia with his family, trader Morris, and Saul Shepherd in 1841. He established a trading post at Sandfontein in ca. 1845 but also undertook trading throughout Nama- and Damaraland. The partnership with Morris was dissolved in the late 1840s. Dixon was still trading in 1877.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: TRA

RAW DATA: Tabler: Pioneers, 30; Esterhuyse 1968:11;

002069
Diyeve I, Mbukushu King
*
+ .1850 at Thipanana Island in the Okavango River
---
In the Kavango one of the earlier known Mbukushu Kings was Diyeve I. He was the eighth in the recorded genealogy of the Mbukushu kings. He succeeded Queen Rukonga. He died in 1850 and was succeeded by King Dimbu I (called also Ndara or Libebe).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

002071
Diyeve II, Mbukushu King
[called also Ndara or Libebe]
*
+ .1915 at Tanhwe Island in the Okavango River
---
In the Kavango the first Mbukushu King who can be clearly dated was Diyeve II, also called Ndara or Libebe. He was the tenth in the recorded genealogy of the Mbukushu kings. He succeeded King Dimbu I in 1895. He shifted the Mbukushu residence from Thipanana Island to Tanhwe Island, which is situated opposite the Roman Catholic mission station Andara. 1903 Diyeve II agreed with Roman Catholic Father Nachtwey to allow the establishment of such a station. 1911 Diyeve asked better German protection against aggressions from the Tswana people in Bechuanaland. Consequently the German colonial administration established a police station on Tanhwe Island. King Diyeve II died in 1915 and was succeeded by King Disho I (1915-1929).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

000434
Doerk, Ludwig
* 10.01.1865
+ 24.02.1892 at Windhoek
First entry to Namibia: June 1889
---
Ludwig Doerk (born on 10.01.1865), a sergeant in Curt von François' "Schutztruppe", committed suicide in Windhoek shortly after his discharge from the troop. He died on 24.02.1892 and was the first person buried in the old Windhoek graveyard.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Soldier

RAW DATA: AHK 1982, pp.32+51;

001979
Dolman, Alfred
* 19.09.1827 at London, England
+ 28.12.1851 at near Kolobeng, Botswana
First entry to Namibia: 01.1844
---
Alfred Dolman was born on 19.09.1827 at London in the United Kingdom. He was a tourist and son of a rich lawyer. At the age of 16 he sailed up the west coast to Ichaboe and Angra Pequeña. He died of exhaustion on 28.12.1851 near Kolobeng in the Kalahari, after visiting Lake Ngami.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:30-31;

001385
Domscheidt, Augustine
* in Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1893
---
August Domscheidt was the first nurse who arrived 1893 in Windhoek.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: MED

RAW DATA: AHK 1982:33;

000140
Dönges, Johannes Michael
* 06.02.1832 at Wetter near Marburg, Germany
+ 27.03.1917 at Tulbagh, South Africa
---
Johannes Michael Dönges was born on 06.02.1832 at Wetter near Marburg in Germany. He was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft in the Cape Colony in South Africa, stationed at Tulbagh (1854), Wupperthal (1855-1858), Amandelboom (1858), Schietfontein (1859-1871) and Concordia (1871-1904). He was not active in Namibia. He died on 27.03.1917 at Tulbagh in South Africa. He was married to Anna Dönges, née Leipoldt in 1861.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Anna Dönges, née Leipoldt, married 1861-

RAW DATA: Lau 1985:V1251; Vergissmeinnicht 1893:34; Bösesken 1983:28;

000141
Dose, Louis
* 12.1853 at Altona, Germany
+ 23.01.1905 at Cape Town, South Africa
---
Louis Dose was born in December 1853 in Altona in Germany.He was a merchant in Longmarket Streetin Cape Town, who regularly supplied traders in Namibia. He died on 23.01.1905 at Cape Town in South Africa. He was married to Julie Dose.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Trader

Married to: Julie Dose

Namibia National Archives Database

000411
Dove, Karl, Dr.
* 12.11.1863 at Tübingen, Germany
+ .1922 at Jena, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 189206
Last departure from Namibia: 1893
---
Karl Dove was born on 2.11.1863 at Tübingen in Germany. He was a geographer. He studied geography and science and graduated in Göttingen (Dr.-phil.). He completed his habilitation as "Privatdozent" for geography and climatology in Berlin. He travelled in central Namibia from June 1892 to late 1893 on behalf of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft für Südwestafrika, and published extensively about it, then travelled to the Cape Colony, Natal, East Africa and Egypt. He was Professor for geography at Jena University from 1899 to 1907 and Professor for geography at Freiburg University after 1914. He was strongly engaged in colonial politics as board member of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft and deputy chairman of the "Kolonialwirtschaftliches Komitee". He took a decidedly chauvinist and racist standpoint: the infamous remark "Leniency towards the native is cruelty towards the white man" has been coined by him. He died in 1922 in Jena.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: NAT
Profession: Geographer

Father: R. Dove

RAW DATA: W. Tabel: Erlebnisberichte von Forschern und Jägern aus der Kolonialzeit Südwestafrikas, in: Afrikanischer Heimatkalender 1976, pp.85-120; Deutsches Koloniallexikon; Giesebrecht (ed.): Die Behandlung der Eingeborenen...; Drechsler 1966:117, 79, 112, 146, 157, 302, 325-326, 331, 339, 348;

000530
Draghoender, Samuel
[Dragoener, Samuel - alternative spelling]
[Draghoender, Fanetje - birth name]
*
---
Samuel Draghoender was a council member under Hendrik Witbooi. He was baptised in 1870. His parents, Willem and Magdalena Draghoender, gave his "heathen" name as Fanetje.
---
Gender: m

Mother: Magdalena Draghoender
Father: Willem Draghoender

Namibia National Archives Database

001386
Dreary, F.C.
*
---
F.C. Dreary was a trader in Walvis Bay in ca.1882.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: TRA

Namibia National Archives Database

000781
Drechsler, Horst, Prof. Dr.
* 08.01.1927 at Erfurt, Germany
---
Horst Drechsler was born on 08.01.1927 at Erfurt in Germany. He studied History, German and Spanish at the University of Jena (Ph.-D. 1952) in Germany (G.D.R.), where he worked until 1959. Since the mid-1950s he was involved into research on German colonial history, in particular on Namibia. From 1960 until 1964 he worked at the University Halle-Wittenberg. His "Habilitation" in 1964 with his ground-breaking thesis on anti-colonial resistance in German South-West Africa (Südwestafrika unter deutscher Kolonialherrschaft, publ. 1966) brought him fame. From 1964 until 1967 he was a lecturer and from 1967 until 1989 he was a professor at the University of Rostock. In 1987 he served as a visiting professor at the University of Havana, Cuba. Drechsler's book on the resistance struggle in Namibia during the German Namibian War 1903-1908, published in English as "Let us die fighting" as well as in French, Portuguese and Russian translations, became one of the most influential works on Namibian history. Despite criticism from mostly right-wing detractors, in particular against the concept of genocide of Namibian indigenes, he is using for the 1903-1908 War, his meticulous scholarly use of documentary sources is beyond doubt. In 1996, he published a history of German colonial companies in Namibia.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ACA WRI
Profession: Historian

Namibia National Archives Database

000445
Drew, Dewdney William
* .1864 at Norwich, England
---
Dewdney William Drew was born in 1846 at Norwich in the United Kingdom. He was a minister of the Congregational Church who came to South Africa in 1891. He engaged himself in various human rights activities. While being a member of the South African Union Parliament (1915-1918), he visited Namibia and got involved in defending the rights of the Rehoboth Basters. At the end of the First World War, he returned to Britain and died around 1930. He was married to Millicent Mortimer Drew, née Morgan in 1894.

---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL POL
Profession: Church minister

Married to: Millicent Mortimer Drew, née Morgan, married 1894-

Namibia National Archives Database

001387
Drews, Wilhelm
* 13.12.1881
+ 06.06.1918
---
Wilhelm Drews as born on 13.12.1881. He was a Schutztruppe officer. He died on 06.06.1918.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL

RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:223;

001980
Du Toit
*
+ 11.12.1880 at Klein Barmen
---
Two Boers of the name Du Toit, father and son, were killed during a fight with a Nama commando at Klein Barmen on 11.12.1880.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

001388
Duella, Heinrich
* in Namibia
---
Heinrich Duella was a Oshiwambo speaking Namibian, who was 1902-1903 teacher in Gaub. He had visited Germany.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: EDU

RAW DATA: JBRMG 1903:24;

001320
Duft, Gustav
* in Germany
---
Gustav Duft came to Namibia as a legal official (Bergreferendar) for mining matters, employed by the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft für Südwestafrika. He was the Distriktschef for Keetmanshoop from 1894 to 1897. Later he became Bezirksamtmann for Windhoek.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM

RAW DATA: Hubatsch; Esterhuyse 1968:130,220; Drechsler 1966:80-81;

000783
Dumeni, Kleophas
* in Namibia
---
Kleophas Dumeni was the Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Ovambo-Kavango Church (ELOK; later ELCIN) since 1979.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Clergy

Namibia National Archives Database

001389
Duminy, François Renier, Chevalier
* .1749
+ .1811
---
François Renier Duminy was the leader of a South African expedition with the ship "Meermin" to Namibia in 1793.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

000533
Duncan, Anna Maria
[Cloete, Anna Maria - birth name]
* .?.1842
+ 05.05.1917 in Namibia
---
Anna Maria Duncan was the wife of Robert Duncan (Sen.)(1835-1910). She had 10 children with him. She died on 05.05.1917.
---
Gender: f

Married to: Robert Duncan (1835-1910)
Children: Robert (Jnr.) Duncan (1865-1907)

Namibia National Archives Database

000531
Duncan, Robert (Snr.)
[Duncan, Bob - colloquial name]
[Old Bob]
* .1835 at St. Andrew's, Scotland
+ 09.07.1910 at Rietmond
First entry to Namibia: 1866
---
Robert Duncan was born in 1835 at St. Andrews in the United Kingdom. He was a trader and farmer. Duncan's trading in Namaland and selling of arms and ammunition to the Witboois and others is documented since at least 1866. He enjoyed a reputation as a great friend of Namaland long before coming out in strong support of Hendrik Witbooi. Duncan started out in a hunting and trading business called "Duncan and Hill Company" which folded in 1888. After 1888 Duncan was probably the major arms and ammunition supplier contracted by Witbooi, and was wanted by the Germans in 1894. He eventually gave himself up voluntarily in May 1894 and was imprisoned in Windhoek. The charges only dealt with a certain arms delivery to Witbooi in April 1890, and Duncan was acquitted in May 1895. Duncan is recorded to have lived for lengthy periods of time at Haruchas, at Gochas, at Keetmanshoop, near Rietfontein, and at Hasuur. In 1896 he was given the farm Persip by Simon Koper in settlement of debts. However, he left the farm to be managed by his son David and lived in a traditional Nama house in Rietmond for the last months or years of his life. He was married to Anna Maria Cloete (* ca. 1842, + 05.05.1917), a Witbooi woman. They had 10 children. He died on 09.07.1910 at Rietmond. He was married to Anna Maria Duncan, née Cloete (1842-1917).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Married to: Anna Maria Duncan, née Cloete (1842-1917)
Children: David Duncan
Robert Jnr. Duncan

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.37 (copies of concessions and other legal documents)
RAW DATA: Lau 1995:231; Esterhuyse 1968:12;

000532
Duncan, Robert (Jnr.)
* 10.02.1865
+ 05.06.1907 in Namibia
---
Robert Duncan (Jnr.) was the son of Robert Duncan (Snr.), who worked closely with his father.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

Father: Robert Duncan, née 1835-1910

RAW DATA: NAN NLA 25 D.46;

000373
Duparquet, Charles
* .1830 at L'Aigle, France
+ .1888 at Loango, Congo
First entry to Namibia: 1879
---
Charles Duparquet was born in 1830 in L'Aigle (Normandy, France). Duparquet was the first modern Catholic missionary to the interior of central Africa. He was ordained a priest in the missionary Congregation of the Holy Ghost (Spiritans) in 1855 and subsequently set up missions in several African countries. He was made vice-prefect of the Prefecture of Cimbebasia, which included Namibia. He arrived by ship at Walvis Bay in 1979, travelled through central and northern Namibia, tried unsuccessfully to start a mission at Omaruru (where the Rhenish missionaries instigated the Ovaherero to expel his Jesuits), and wrote a report about his travels. He died in Loango, Congo, in 1888.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

RAW DATA: Tabler 1873:35;

000348
Du Pisani, Etienne
* at Windhoek
---
Etienne du Pisani was born in Windhoek. He received his schooling in Windhoek. He studied anthropology in Stellenbosch in South Africa. He worked from October 1974 until April 1977 as ethnologist at the State Museum in Windhoek. He wrote numerous articles on the ethnology of Namibian peoples.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: SOC
Profession: Anthropologist

Namibia National Archives Database

000784
Du Plessis, Abraham Hermanus
* 28.08.1914 in the Prieska District, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1934
---
Abraham Hermanus du Plessis was born on 28.08.1914 in the Prieska District in South Africa. He was educated at Upington and UNISA (B.Admin). He came to Namibia in 1934, in the service of S.A. Railways and Harbours. He was active in the Afrikaanse Taal en Kultuur Vereeniging (A.T.K.V.). Since 1945 he was employed by the Suidwes-Drukkery Bpk. (where he became Director). Since 1946 he was the Secretary of the National Party of South West Africa and since 1948 Member of the National Assembly. 1950 he became a Member of the Executive Committee. Du Plessis became later a minister in the Cabinet of the Republic of South Africa. He was married to Elsie Susanna Du Plessis, née Lombard in 1939.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Politician
Functions: Secretary - National Party of South West Africa - 1946-
Member - Legislative Assembly of South West Africa - 1948-

Married to: Elsie Susanna Du Plessis, née Lombard, married 1939-
Father: Willem Jacobus Du Plessis

Namibia National Archives Database

000755
Du Plessis, Jan Louis
* 19.12.1882 at Paarl, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 03.05.1905
---
Jan Louis du Plessis was born on 19.12.1882 at Paarl in South Africa. He was educated in Paarl in South Africa. He came to Namibia in May 1905 and served in the German forces in the German Namibian War, 1903-1908. He was then engaged in railway construction work. He was interned by the Germans at Okanjande in 1914. He became a Head Warder after the First World War. He was married to Susanna Johanna Du Plessis, née Meyer in 1919.
---
Gender: m

Married to: Susanna Johanna Du Plessis, née Meyer, married 1919
Father: Jan Louis Du Plessis
RAW DATA: WWSA 1929/30;

001390
Du Plessis, Louis
*
---
Louis du Plessis was a leader of the Dorsland Trekkers and Upingtonia.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

001391
Du Plessis, Wentzel Christoffel
* 05.03.1904 in South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1963
---
Wentzel Christoffel du Plessis was born on 05.03.1904 in South Africa. He was the Administrator for South West Africa from  1963 to 1968.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

001392
Dyer, Richard C.
*
First entry to Namibia: 1878
---
Richard C. Dyer was the commander of the vessel "Industry" which annexed Walvis Bay in 1878.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Navy officer

Namibia National Archives Database

001393
Ebner, Johann Leonhard 
* .1778 in Germany
+ .1837 at Berlin, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1812
Last departure from Namibia: 1819
---
Johann Leonhard Ebner was born in 1778 in Germany. He was a missionary of the London Missionary Society in Pella (South Africa), Jerusalem (Namibia) and Warmbad (Namibia) from 1812-1819. He then terminated his connection with the LMS and returned to Europe, where he managed a book shop in Berlin. He died there in 1837.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

RAW DATA: Lau: Hahn, 86; Sibree: Register, 9; Eduard Moritz;

000465
Eça, Pereira de
*
---
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

Collections/Papers:
1). Arquivo Historico Militar, Lisboa: Personal papers

001981
Edelstein, Otto
*
---
Otto Edelstein was a trader. He lived at Omaruru in 1876 and was reported at Otjikoko in May 1877, and near Omaruru in January 1878.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:35;

001983
Edwards, Samuel Howard
* .1827
+ .1922
First entry to Namibia: 1857
---
Samuel Howard Edwards was a hunter and trader. He traded mainly in Bechuanaland. In 1857 (??) he travelled from Lake Ngami through Hereroland to Walvis Bay.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:35-36;

001395
Eedes, Harold Lionel Pritchard
[Nakale - nickname]
* 26.06.1899
+ 31.12.1975 in Namibia
---
Harold Lionel Pritchard Eedes was born on 26.06.1899. He served from 1932 until 1954 as Native Commissioner in northern Namibia, first in the Kavango region, then after Carl Hugo Linsingen (Cocky) Hahn's retirement 1946 in Ovamboland. He was widely known as "Nakale". In 1936 he moved the Kavango capital from Nkurenkuru to Rundu (called Runtu until the late 1940s). In 1941 the Uukwangali Queen Kanuni was forced by Eedes into exile in Angola. He died on 31.12.1975 in Namibia.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM

RAW DATA: SWA Annual 1977,38;

001983
Een, T.G.
* in Sweden
---
T.G. Een was a Swedish mariner and trader. He was hired by Andersson and arrived with him and Eriksson at Walvis Bay in May 1866. He traded with Ovamboland. Later Een served under H.M. Stanley in the founding of the Congo Free State.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:36;

001396
Effnert, Alexander
* 18.02.1875
---
Schutztruppe officer.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:204;

001397
Eggers, Otto
* 17.08.1878
+ 13.03.1904 at Owikokorero
---
Otto Eggers was born on 17.08.1878. He was a Schutztruppe officer. From 1894 until 1903 he was the Distriktschef of Okahandja. He died in action during the Battle of Owikokorero in March 1904.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Hubatsch; Fischer 1935:223;

000142
Eggert, Emma
[Edwards, Emma - birth name]

---
Emma Eggert was the daughter of a Wesleyan missionary from Stellenbosch. She married the Rhenish missionary Friedrich Simon Eggert on 06 April 1853.
---
Gender: f
Married to: Friedrich Simon Eggert, married 1853-

RAW DATA: Lau 1985:V1252;

000145
Eggert, Friedrich Simon
* 15.10.1820 at Lippe-Detmold, Germany
+ 10.06.1889 in USA
---
Friedrich Simon Eggert was born on 15.10.1820 at Lippe-Detmold in Germany. He was trained as an agricultural assistant and farm hand. He was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft in the Cape Colony in South Africa from 1850-1853, then in Berseba, Rehoboth, Naosanabis (present-day Leonardville), Gobabis and Rooibank from 1853. He was a preacher in North America from 1869. He married Emma Edwards from the Cape Colony on 06 April 1853. He died on 10.06.1889 in the USA.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Emma Eggert, née Edwards, married 1853-

RAW DATA: Lau 1986:V1252;

001398
Egloffstein, Otto von, Freiherr
* 23.06.1876
+ 06.09.1914
---
Schutztruppe officer.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer

RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:154;

001400
Eibregt, K.
[Eybrecht, K. - alternative spelling]
* in South Africa
---
K. Eibregt hailed originally from the Cape Flats near Cape Town in South Africa. He was a carpenter, schoolmaster, preacher, interpreter, chief advisor to Jonker Afrikaner in 1851. He married a Griqua woman in 1852. From 1852/53 he worked as a trader for Johannes Andersson.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Lau: Hahn V:1252; NAN Andersson Papers 23.1.1853;

000143
Eich, Wilhelm
* 15.09.1850 at Dierdorf, Germany
+ 23.04.1935 at Swakopmund
First entry to Namibia: 1871
---
Wilhelm Eich was born on 15.09.1850 at Dierdorf in Germany. He was an employee of the Rhenish Missionary Society's trading company (Rheinische Missions-Handelsgesellschaft) who came to Namibia in 1871, but returned to Germany in 1877 to receive training as a missionary. He returned to the country in 1883, and joined his elder brother, the missionary Friedrich Eich. He was missionary at Otjosazu (1889-1891) and Otjozondjupa (1891-1904). Between 1904 and 1910, and again between 1919 and 1925, he was the Head of the Herero Mission. He married to Emilie Mohn from Dierdorf on 03.01.1884. They had seven children. He died on 23.04.1935 at Swakopmund.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Emilie Eich, née Mohn, married 1883-

RAW DATA: Vergissmeinnicht 1893:91; Mossolow; Drechsler 1966:54, 332, 353;

000144
Eich, Friedrich
* 20.01.1843 at Dierdorf, Germany
+ 21.10.1919 at Worcester, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1871
---
Friedrich Eich was born on 20.01.1843 at Dierdorf in Germany. He was a missionary of the Rhenish Missionary Society at Otjisewa from 1873 until 1884. After spending three years in Germany, he was stationed in New Guinea from 1888 until 1891, and after spending a further two years in Germany, he moved to Sarepta in the Cape Colony in South Africa where he took over the mission station from Johannes Rath on 27.07.1893. He was married twice, to Margarethe Paschen (20.12.1874 until 01.10.1889), three children, and to Wilhelmine Klonk (06 April 1894). He died on 21.10.1919 at Worcester in South Africa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: <1>Margarethe Eich, née Paschen, married 1874-1889
<2>Wilhelmine Eich, née Klonk, married 1893-

RAW DATA: Vergissmeinnicht 1893:56; Tabler 1973:36;

001442
Eickmeyer, Hermann
* 03.07.1881 at Herford, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1912
---
Farmer of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft at Gaub, sent to Namibia in 1912.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Profession: Farmer

Namibia National Archives Database

001443
Eimbeck, Paul
*
+ .1975
---
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

001444
|Eiseb, Abraham
* in Namibia
+ 08.1869
---
Abraham |Eiseb was a A Damara by birth. He joined the Swartboois in the Kaokoveld until their subjugation by the Germans. He worked for the guano and seal culling firm Ehlers Matthews at Cape Cross, thereafter as head of his clan in the Huab area. He died in August 1869.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: F.K.Krenz: Der alte ¦Eiseb, Namibiana, no.10, pp.195-200;

001445
Eisenberg, Friedrich
* 16.04.1875 at Wengern/Ruhr, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1903
---
Missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Elfriede Eisenberg, née Schmitz, married 1905-

Namibia National Archives Database

001446
Eisenberg, Johannes
* .1910
---
Missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Namibia National Archives Database

001985
Eisenlohr, Johan Christiaan
*
First entry to Namibia: 1791
Last departure from Namibia: 1792
---
Johan Christiaan Eisenlohr was an apothecary of the Württemberg Regiment at the Cape, 1787-1791. He accompanied Willem van Reenen to Great Namaqualand in 1791-1792.
---
Gender: m

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:36;

001718
Eisinger, Emil
* at Baden, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 06.1896
Last departure from Namibia: 1898
---
Emil Eisinger was a Schutztruppe soldier. He arrived in June 1896 with military reinforcements in Swakopmund, was stationed in Outjo, and took part in the Swartbooi War 1897-98. After a nervous breakdown he was repatriated and dismissed from the military. In 1913 he published a book "Im Damaraland und Kaokofeld" which is of interest particularly for its information on the Swartbooi War.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL

RAW DATA: AHK 1975:84-85;

000786
Eixab, Seth
* in Namibia
+ in Namibia
---
Seth Eixab grew up in Windhoek-Katutura. He studied social work in Germany, returned to Katutura in 1979. He was a community activist and was instrumental in establishing the Katutura Community Centre. He died in 199?.
---
Gender: m

Namibia National Archives Database

000087
Ekandjo, Eino Kamati
[Maquestion - nickname]
* 14.10.1940 at Onangalo in Uukwaluudhi
+ 07.2002 in Namibia
---
Eino Kamati Ekandjo was born on 14.10.1940 at Onangalo in the Uukwaluudhi area. He grew up in northern Namibia as a herdboy. He went for contract work to Windhoek where he worked in a bakery until 1964, and joined SWAPO. In 1964, he went into exile together with Festus Joel Shidolo, via Botswana to Tanzania where they arrived at Dar-Es-Salaam in September 1964. He was a founder member of the South West Africa Liberation Army (SWALA, later PLAN) and received military training in Ghana and Tanzania. In 1966, he was sent to Namibia as part of the PLAN G2 group. In March 1966, he was arrested and taken to Pretoria where he was held in detention, interrogated and tortured until charged in June 1967 under the Terrorism Act. He was tried with other Namibians in the Pretoria Terrorism Trial, September 1967 until February 1968. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. This was reduced to 20 years on appeal. He spent 16 years on Robben Island and was released in 1984 to Namibia, from where he went again into exile in 1986. He studied at Fircroft College in Birmingham, UK and was repatriated in 1989. He worked as a record clerk at State House until retirement in September 2001. He died in July 2002.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

Father: Amon Ekandjo

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: PRI 3/6 (Prison file)
2). Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks)
RAW DATA: Prisoners of apartheid; Obituary by Helao Shityuwete in The Namibian 11.7.2002;

000088
Ekandjo, Jeremiah
[Ekandjo, Jerry - colloquial]
*
---
Jeremiah (Jerry) Ekandjo was the Chairman of the Windhoek Branch of the SWAPO Youth League. He was arrested August 1973 under the Sabotage Act. He was tried at Swakopmund in November 1973, charged with inciting others to take up arms. He was sentenced to eight years imprisonment and served his prison term on Robben Island near Cape Town. In 1989 he became a Member of the Constituent Assembly and in March 1990 a Member of the National Assembly (1990-). He was appointed Deputy Minister of Local Government and Housing on 21.03.1990 until 1993. In 1993 he was appointed as Deputy Minister for Home Affairs. On 16.09.1995 he became the Minister of Home Affairs.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Politician
Functions: Deputy Minister - Ministry of Regional and Local Government and Housing - 1990-1993
Deputy Minister - Ministry of Home Affairs - 1993-1995
Minister - Ministry of Home Affairs - 1995-
Member of National Assembly 1990-

Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: PRI 3/14 (Prison file)
2). Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks)

002254
Ekandjo lya Kadhila, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
* 
+ 
---
The sixteenth Ongandjera King on record was Ekandjo lya Kadhila. He succeeded Amunyela gwa Tshaningwa who was killed in 1862. Ekandjo ruled for a short time during 1862. He was succeeded for a short while by Queen Nakashwa in 1862.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

001986
Ekhart
* in Germany
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Ekhart was a missionary trader and storekeeper. He was in charge of the storehouse of the Wuppertal Trading Company at Heigamchab, from where the goods were forwarded into the interior of Namibia. When the place was attacked and looted by Jan Jonker Afrikaner and Jakobus Boois at the end of 1867, Ekhart and his family fled to Sandwich Harbour and embarked to Cape Town.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS

RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:36-37;

001447
Elger, August
* 10.41.1777 at Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1900
Last departure from Namibia: 1914
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Missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary

Married to: Adele Elger, née Jansen, married 1902-
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:349, 352;

000089
Elias, Moses
*
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Moses Elias was arrested in 1966. He was charged in June 1967 under the Terrorism Act. He was tried with other Namibians in the Pretoria Terrorism Trial, September 1967 to February 1968. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Prisoners of apartheid;

002235
Elifas, Paulus (Pau), Ovamboland (Ondonga) King
*
+ 06.10.1970 in Namibia
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The 15th Ondonga King Pau (Paulus) Elifas ruled from 1967 until 1970. He died on 06.10.1970. He was followed by King Filemon yElifas lyaShindondola (1970-1975).
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL

RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);

001449
Eliphas
*
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Ovaherero leader.
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Gender: m

RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:188;

000905
Eliphas, Abener Shindondola, Omukwaniilwa
* 07.06.1935 in Namibia
+ 03.07.2000 in Namibia
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader

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