BEN our brother was in hospital for a short while, however, he recuperated quickly to take up his teaching at the Universitas Primary School (Tjokkies) in Bloemfontein. His grand child in the UK had a tonsillitis problem and is also going strong again. Ben is about to retire from his primary school career after forty years of teaching, coaching rugby and athletics and organisation of the annual yearend concerts. And of course his regular school tours with the pupils. Our De Beer family is very proud of our brother who contributed so much to his school and the community...many lawyers, medical doctors and mothers and fathers in the walk of life passed through his hands...We salute Barend Petrus de Beer !
Monday, May 21, 2012
VISIT TO DIWWIE DE BEER
Diwwie de Beer was awarded for his accurate and most complete research on the De Beer-family register of South Africa. I had the privelage to visit him and his sincere wife in a retirement resort in Lyttleton, Centurion near Pretoria. On that very same day he was in the process to assist researchers for a film on Racheltjie de Beer. He has a very daunted task in deed to trace all the possible family ties and links to this Voortrekker family. However, as he quoted, that although he wants to believe in the folk lore of the little girl who protected her brother in a snow storm and subsequently lost her life, he could not for certain (up to this stage) confirm their exact roots in the De Beer-family tree. Diwwie drew a lot of flack on this stance of staunch Afrikaners who grew up with the story of Racheltjie De Beer. Historically, however, he cannot change the facts without proven evidence of this specific De Beer-family. He traced a Rachel de Beer, but she was still living! One should keep in mind that many parents named their daughters after this famous name, namely, Rachel. Accordingly, some street names also got their names from Racheltjie De Beer...A school in Pretoria was for example named after Racheltjie while a plaque of the historical event was cast in bronze and fixed on the veranda of the former Sunday School building in Maitland Street, Bloemfontein. Unfortunately this plaque was removed when the new owners took it over and the where abouts of the plaque is unknown to me.
Diwwie is very sensitive about the story, because he says "to risk one's life for another person, is truly praise worthy". Fortunately, the script writers consulted Diwwie about the real family roots as to be as scientific as possible. We are all looking forward to the final outcome in the intended film.
Labels: Racheltjie De Beer
About Me
- Kallie de Beer
- BLOEMFONTEIN, FREE STATE PROVINCE, South Africa
Married to Christa. Three children. Johan(M), Christo(M) and Sanmariè(F).Two daughters In Law, Henriette and Lara and one son In Law, Louwrens Schlebusch. As family man and proud grand father of four grand children, Reinhardt (m), Elrie (f)Kalista (f)and Sanè (f)I strive to enhance a healthy southern African society. Also in my part time capacity as external assessor & moderator at the University of the Free State in Political Science related post graduates. Above all, I am sincerely interested in the De Beer family history, new uncovered facts about the Christian Bible, traveling and science.
Previous Posts
- ANNA JACOBA DE BEER (nee van Rooyen)
- BAREND PERUS DE BEER; CHURCH REGISTER
- NICHOLAAS DE BEER's GRANDSON VISITS THE SEVENTH DA...
- SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH HISTORY
- BENNIE DE BEER
- STEAM TRAINS; AUSTRALIA
- PUFFING BILLY IN AUSTRALIA
- BAREND PETRUS DE BEER FAMILY LINE
- DE BEER's AND SEVEN'th DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
- RESEARCH DE BEER SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LINKS
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