BIOGRAPHIES OF NAMIBIAN
PERSONALITIES
in alphabetical order
KLAUS DIERKS
Copyright © 2003-2004 Dr. Klaus Dierks
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001393
Ebner, Johann Leonhard
* .1778 in Germany
+ .1837 at Berlin, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1812
Last departure from Namibia: 1819
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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.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary
RAW DATA: Lau: Hahn, 86; Sibree: Register, 9; Eduard Moritz;
000465
Eça, Pereira de
*
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Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer
Collections/Papers:
1). Arquivo Historico Militar, Lisboa: Personal papers
001981
Edelstein, Otto
*
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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.
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Gender: m
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:35;
001983
Edwards, Samuel Howard
* .1827
+ .1922
First entry to Namibia: 1857
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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.
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Gender: m
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:35-36;
001395
Eedes, Harold Lionel Pritchard
[Nakale - nickname]
* 26.06.1899
+ 31.12.1975 in Namibia
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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.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM
RAW DATA: SWA Annual 1977,38;
001983
Een, Thure Johan Gustaf
* 09.04.1837 in the parish of Herrestad, Östergötland in Sweden
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Thure Johan Gustaf Een was born on 09.04.1837 in the parish of Herrestad, Östergötland
in Sweden. He was a Swedish mariner and trader. He was hired by Charles John Andersson to
undertake several trading expeditions in Damaraland and Ovamboland, during which he made
notes on the region and its peoples. He arrived with him and Eriksson at Walvis Bay in May
1866. He and Eriksson were trading in Ondonga in Ovamboland. Men such as Francis Galton,
Frederick Green, and the Swedes Andersson and J.A. Wahlberg had already explored the
Namibian interior to some extent. Een touched on the mission stations of the Rhenish
Missionary Society in Namaland and Damaraland. Een returned to Otjimbingwe where tidings
of Andersson's death at Omutwe-Onjambu in Angola reached him in October 1867. When the
Orlam Afrikaners launched an attack on Otjimbingwe in December 1867, Een was one of the
Europeans who assisted the Ovaherero defenders against the Nama. He was also present at
the historical peace conference between the Nama and the Ovaherero at Okahandja in
September 1870, and wrote a description of the formal and informal proceedings, a far cry
from the dry historical records. Een went to sea again during the months when trading was
slack. His voyages in command of the Telegraph took him to Tristan da Cunha and
adjacent islands, and to Gough Island. While lying off Tristan da Cunha, he rescued the
American whaler Norman, as well as the crew of the sinking British ship Sir
Rolph Abercrombie. Later Een served under H.M. Stanley in the founding of
the Congo Free State. He died on 18.94.1883 while he was on board of the board S.S.
Biafra at the Congo River mouth. Een has left behind a valuable account of Namibia
and his indigenous communities and the political dynamics from the middle of the 19th
century in Namibia.
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Gender: m
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:36;
001396
Effnert, Alexander
* 18.02.1875
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Schutztruppe officer.
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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
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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.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer
RAW DATA: Hubatsch; Fischer 1935:223;
000142
Eggert, Emma
[Edwards, Emma - birth name]
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Emma Eggert was the daughter of a Wesleyan missionary from Stellenbosch. She married the
Rhenish missionary Friedrich Simon Eggert on 06 April 1853.
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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
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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.
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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
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Schutztruppe officer.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer
RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:154;
001400
Eibregt, K.
[Eybrecht, K. - alternative spelling]
* in South Africa
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Farmer of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft at Gaub, sent to Namibia in 1912.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Profession: Farmer
Namibia National Archives Database
001443
Eimbeck, Paul
*
+ .1975
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Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
001444
|Eiseb, Abraham
* in Namibia
+ 08.1869
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Abraham |Eiseb was 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.
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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
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Missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary
Married to: Elfriede Eisenberg, née Schmitz, married 1905-
Namibia National Archives Database
001446
Eisenberg, Johannes
* .1910
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Missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft.
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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
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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.
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Gender: m
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:36;
001718
Eisinger, Emil
* at Baden, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 06.1896
Last departure from Namibia: 1898
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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.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
RAW DATA: AHK 1975:84-85;
000786
Eixab, Seth
* in Namibia
+ in Namibia
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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?.
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Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
000087
Ekandjo, Eino Kamati
[Maquestion - nickname]
* 14.10.1940 at Onangalo in Uukwaluudhi
+ 07.2002 in Namibia
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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.
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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]
*
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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.
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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
*
+
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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.
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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
Namibia National Archives Database
001450
Elliott, Major
*
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Major Elliott was the Commander of the Cape Police unit who killed Jacob Marengo on
20.09.1907 near Eenzaamheid in the Cape Colony (South Africa).
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Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:236; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001984
Elliot, John
*
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John Elliot was an Irish private of the 27th Foot (Royal Inniskillen Fusiliers) who
accompanied Sir Alexander on his expedition to Namibia in 1836-1837.
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Gender: m
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:;
001401
Elschner, Martin
* 12.07.1877
+
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Schutztruppe officer.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer
RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:59;
000444
Engel, Ernst, Dr.
[Demokritos africanus - pen-name]
* 19.09.1871 at Laufen, Germany
+ 28.01.1929 at Eislingen a.d.Fils, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1904
Last departure from Namibia: 1911
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Ernst Engel was born on 19.09.1871 at Laufen in Germany as son of the evangelical pastor
Dr. Carl Theodor Engel in Laufen, Germany. He studied at the theological seminaries at
Schönthal and Urach, 1886-1890. After military service 1890-91, he studied administration
and law, which earned him doctorates in law (Heidelberg 1898) and political science
(Tübingen 1898). He worked as "Intendanturrat" in the colonial administrations
in Tsingtao/China (1901-1903) and Namibia (1904-1911). After his return to Germany, he
published two books of poetry based on his stay in Namibia. He held further administrative
posts in Saarbrücken, and from 1919-1923 served as mayor of Idar-Oberstein. He died in
Eislingen on 28.01.1929.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM WRI
Profession: Administrative officer
Married to: Sophie Auguste Engel, née Pysall
Father: Carl Theodor Engel (1842-1933)
Children: Margarete Engel (married Merkt)
Collections/Papers:
1). In family possession, Eislingen, Germany
RAW DATA: Biography by Thomas Keil, based on handwritten CV in possession of his daughter
Margarete Merkt.;
000787
Engel, Lothar
* in Germany
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Lothar Engel was a theologian and until 1979 lecturer at Lutheran Theological College
Makamira (Tanzania), then at the Evangelisches Missionswerk, Hamburg. His theological
dissertation (Hamburg 1972) dealt about mission and colonialism in Namibia. He wrote many
other publications on Namibian church history and theology.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Theologian
Namibia National Archives Database
000788
Engelbrecht, Edward Schalk Wells
* 07.09.1911 at Upington, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1939
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Edward Schalk Wells Engelbrecht was born on 07.09.1911 at Upington in South Africa. He was
educated at Upington, Rondebosch and the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He came
to Namibia in 1939 as Town Clerk of Walvis Bay, a post he served until 1953. Then he was
Managing Director of Van Riebeeck (Pty) Ltd., Walvis Bay.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Married to: Magdalena C. Engelbrecht, née Kotze, married 1942-
Father: A.J. Engelbrecht
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;
000731
Engelbrecht, Gert
*
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Appears in Hendrik Witbooi's "Debt Book" as a debtor to Gamble in 1869, whose
debts were taken over by Witbooi in 1889, and in a list of unclear purpose.
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Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
000534
Engelbrecht, Johannes
*
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Of Baster origin, but apparently a very close associate, friend, or member of the Witboois
living at Hoachanas.
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Gender: m
RAW DATA: BRMG 1892:182;
000789
Engelbrecht, Josias Andreas
[Angelbrecht, Angel - colloquial name]
* 13.03.1925 at Garies, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1947
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Josias Andreas Engelbrecht was born on 13.03.1925 and educated at Garies and the Com. High
School Paarl in South Africa. He came to Namibia in 1947. He was the advertising manager
of the newspaper, Die Suidwes-Afrikaner, 1947-1950, then editor of the same paper. From
1959 until 1955 he served as a Member of the Head Commission of the South African United
Party.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: JOU
Profession: Journalist
Married to: Maria Magrietha Engelbrecht, née Cous, married 1951-
Father: J.A. Engelbrecht
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;
001451
Engelbrecht, Magdalena
*
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Gender: f
Namibia National Archives Database
000790
Engelmohr, Louis Roscher
* 11.02.1931 at Pretoria, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 01.12.1969
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Louis Roscher Engelmohr was born on 11.02.1931 at Pretoria in South Africa. He was
educated at the Pretoria Boys High School. He came to Namibia in December 1969 as manager
of the Windhoek Branch of the French Bank (with which he had been since 1952).
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Married to: Anna Breggie Engelmohr, née van der Merwe, married 1964
Father: Theodor Wilhelm Engelmohr
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;
001452
Erastus
* in Namibia
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Gender: m
Father:
Namibia National Archives Database
000792
Erichsen, Eric
*
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Eric Erichsen worked for the Danish Association for International Cooperation in Denmark.
He has engaged in substantial research on the political and economic relations between the
Nordic states and Namibia before Namibian independence.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Namibia National Archives Database
000793
Eriksson, Andrew Albert
* .1876 at Omaruru
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Andrew Albert Eriksson was the son of the trader Axel Eriksson. He was born in 1876 at
Omaruru. He became a priest in Sweden and wrote a book on his father, "Vite
Höfdingen" ("The white chief").
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Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Mother: F.A. Eriksson, née Stewardson
Father: Axel Eriksson (1846-1901)
RAW DATA: Winquist: Scandinavians and South Africa;
000794
Eriksson, Axel (Jnr.)
* .1878 at Omaruru
+ .1924 at Gaideb near Warmbad
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Axel Eriksson (Jnr.) was the son of the trader Axel Wilhelm Eriksson. He was born in 1878
in Omaruru. When his artistic talent was discovered by Hans Meyer, a German visitor he
worked for, the latter sponsored his art education in Berlin. After two years, Eriksson
returned to Omaruru and established himself as a freelance artist. In 1913, he had his
first solo exhibition at Swakopmund. After World War I, he moved to Lüderitzbucht (1919)
and then to the farm Gaideb near Warmbad. He depicted landscapes, wildlife scenes and
people of southern Namibia in pastel and oil, as well as pen and ink drawings. He died in
1924 at Gaideb near Warmbad.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: ART
Profession: Artist
Mother: F.A. Eriksson, née Stewardson
Father: Axel Eriksson (1846-1901)
RAW DATA: Winquist: Scandinavians and South Africa; Lilienthal: Art in Namibia, p.19-21;
000146
Eriksson, Axel Wilhelm (Snr.)
[Karuwapa - nickname]
* 24.08.1846 at Vänersborg, Sweden
+ 05.05.1901 at Urupupa near Namutoni
First entry to Namibia: 09.05.1866
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Axel Wilhelm Eriksson was born on 24.08.1846 at Vänersborg in Sweden. He was a trader,
hunter and naturalist. As a young Swede, he was sent to the Cape Colony by Charles John
Andersson's father under a three-year contract as apprentice to Andersson. In 1866, he was
sent with Captain T.C. Een to Ovamboland. He also accompanied Andersson in 1867 on the
trip during which Andersson died. In 1870, he settled at Omaruru, where he established a
flourishing trade business (from 1871-1886 in association with Anders Ohlsson, a Swedish
brewer and businessman resident in Cape Town). He conducted numerous trade and hunting
expeditions to various parts of the country, mainly Ovamboland, and employed numerous
Europeans to conduct trade operations for him. During 1879, he came to the assistance of
the Boers who had trekked to the Kaokoveld from the south. In 1887, he settled on the farm
Urupupa near Namutoni, where, with short absences, he stayed until his death. In 1894 he
trekked to the Transvaal via Lake Ngami, from where he returned to Omaruru briefly to
transfer his property to his son Axel. Eriksson took an active interest in zoology and
collected specimen for various overseas museums. He was married to Fanny Stewardson on 18
September 1871. They had four children. He died on 05.05.1901 at Urupupa.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Trader
Married to: Fanny Eriksson, née Stewardson, married 1871-
Children: Axel Eriksson (-1924)
Andrew Albert Eriksson (1876-)
Collections/Papers:
1). South African Museum (Zoological collections)
2). Zoological Society, London (Zoological collections)
RAW DATA: Esterhuyse 1968:12; P.Reiner 1992:405; Tabler 1973:37-39;
4). v. Schumann 1986:3; Kuhlmann 1939:90; A. Otto-Reiner 1991
5). Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks)
001989
Eriksson, Carl A.
* at Vänersborg, Sweden
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Hunter and trader in Namibia; documented for 1878. Not to be confused with his brother
Axel Wilhelm Eriksson.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:40;
001990
Eriksson, Gustaf Albert
* at Vänersborg, Sweden
+ .1894 at Lubango, Angola
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Gustaf Albert Eriksson was a trader and hunter, working with his elder brother Axel
Wilhelm Andersson and W. Chapman, in Namibia at least between 1876-1891. From 1890 until
his death in 1894, his business was based in Lubango, Angola where he died in 1894.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:40;
000084
Ernst, Hans
*
+ .1997
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Hans Ernst was instrumental in the establishment of the Grootfontein Museum (opened 1983).
He was the chairperson of the Otavi Mountain regional group of the SWA Scientific Society
from 1975-1980 and was active in many organisations and public functions, including the
Rietfontein Farmers Cooperative, the Grootfontein Town Council, the DTA Party, the Ombili
Foundation and the National Monuments Council.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Namibia National Archives Database
001453
Erskine, D.
*
First entry to Namibia: 1878
Last departure from Namibia: 1880
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Resident magistrate in Walvis Bay, 1878-1880.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM
Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.1162 (Notes on Erskine)
000467
Erzberger, Matthias
* 20.09.1875 at Buttenhausen in Germany
+ 26.08.1921 Baden/Germany
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Matthias Erzberger was a German politician and leader of the Catholic
"Zentrumspartei". He attacked the German colonial policy, in particular colonial
corruption scandals, and the prohibition of mixed marriages.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Politician
Collections/Papers:
1). Bundesarchiv Koblenz: Personal papers
001454
Eschstruth, Max
* in Germany
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Distriktschef/Bezirksamtmann in Grootfontein, 1904-1908.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM
Functions: Regierungsrat
Oberförster
RAW DATA: Hubatsch;
000012
Esslinger, Dieter Ernst
* 22.12.1940 at Okahandja
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Dieter Ernst Esslinger was born on 22.12.1940 at Okahandja. He received his schooling in
Okahandja, Omaruru, Swakopmund and in Dillenburg (Germany). He studied German and
Afrikaans at the University of Stellenbosch and UNISA in South Africa. He was teaching at
Swakopmund and Windhoek. As from 1972, he became Subject Advisor for German in the
Administration for Whites.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: EDU
Profession: Teacher
Functions: Subject Adviser: German - Administration for Whites - 1972-
Mother: Maria Elisabeth Esslinger (1906-2002)
Father: Ernst Esslinger (-1992)
RAW DATA: Vom Schutzgebiet bis Namibia (2002);
000797
Esslinger, Ernst
* in Germany
+ 07.1992 at Bellville, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 193?
Last departure from Namibia: 1972
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Ernst Esslinger was Rhenish missionary in Okahandja (where he taught at the Augustineum),
Omaruru, Wupperthal (South Africa), and at Lüderitzbucht. Since his retirement in 1972 he
lived with his wife in Bellville, South Africa where he died in July 1992.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary
Married to: Maria Elisabeth Esslinger, née Burkhardt (1906-2002), married 1935-
Children: Dieter Ernst Esslinger (1940-)
Namibia National Archives Database
000798
Esslinger, Maria Elisabeth
[Burkhardt, Maria Elisabeth - birth name]
* .1906 at Rötenberg, Germany
+ 05.09.2002 at Bellville, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1935
Last departure from Namibia: 1972
---
Maria Elisabeth Esslinger was trained as pediatric nurse. She came to Namibia in 1935 as
fiancé of the Rhenish missionary Ernst Esslinger, whom she married in May 1935 at
Okahandja. She lived in Okahandja, Omaruru, Wupperthal (South Africa), and Lüderitzbucht.
Since her husband's retirement in 1972 they lived in Bellville, South Africa where she
died on 05.09.2002.
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Gender: f
Field of activity: MED
Profession: Nurse
Married to: Ernst Esslinger (-1992), married 1935-
Children: Dieter Ernst Esslinger (1940-)
Namibia National Archives Database
000468
Esterhuyse, Jan Hendrik
* 21.06.1912 at Williston, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 1944
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Jan Hendrik Esterhuyse was born on 21.06.1912 at Williston in South Africa He was educated
in Calvinia. He studied at the University in Stellenbosch in South Africa (BA 1936;
teacher's diploma 1937) and studied archival science in Munich in Germany. He worked in
the archives at Cape Town and Bloemfontein. He obtained his MA in 1943 with a thesis on
the relations between Boers and Barolong at Thaba 'Nchu. He was the appointed Head of the
SWA Archives Depot at Windhoek in 1944 (?), and served in this position for 13 years. He
received a Ph.-D. on Namibian history 1880-1894. He was a Member of the first Historical
Monuments Commission. He left Namibia to become head of the Cape Archives. He retired in
1977 and lived in Pretoria afterwards.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: HIS
Profession: Historian
Married to: , née Lochner
Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.289 (Materials for his thesis)
RAW DATA: Opvoeding en kultuur v.1 no. (1977);
001455
Eustace, J.T.
*
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Magistrate of Springbok (Cape Colony) who travelled to southern Namibia in 1884 to promote
British interests.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM
RAW DATA: Esterhuyse 1968:71;
001456
Eveleigh, William
* .1882
+ .1945
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William Eveleigh was the author of "South West Africa" (London 1915), the first
English comprehensive English language survey of Namibian geography and economy, written
with the incorporation into South Africa in mind.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: WRI
RAW DATA: DSAB IV;
000724
Eversson, George
[Evensen, George - alternative spelling]
[Evenson, George - alternative spelling]
*
---
George Eversson was a trader based in Omaruru in 1878, and later apparently in Walvis Bay.
He was a partner of C. Wilmer and Deary in the Hope Mining Company in 1882-1884. He
obtained a mining concession from Piet ||Haibeb ||Gamab of the Topnaar in 1883. He is
listed in Witbooi's "Debt Book" 1888 as a creditor (with the spelling
"Evensen").
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Trader
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:40; Esterhuyse 1968:37, 59, 76;
001991
Eyebrecht
* in South Africa
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Eyebrecht was a carpenter, schoolmaster, mission helper and a guide. He was a Cape Malay
who spoke English, Afrikaans, and Nama. He was brought to Namibia by missionaries and
served as chief advisor to Jonker Afrikaner at Windhoek in 1851. He served as guide to
Galton and Andersson, 1851-1853. He married a Griqua woman in 1852.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Tabler 1973:40;
001404
Eymarl, Hugo
* 24.12.1873
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Schutztruppe officer.
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Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer
RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:155;
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