Town · North-eastern Cape
Burgersdorp
George Augustus Kolbe and Margaret Downing lie under a cut-stone monument in the old cemetery here — names, London birthplaces, farm and dates carved on it, about forty miles from where their grandson wrote that he could not name them.
The place
| Name | Burgersdorp |
| Kind | Town |
| Region | North-eastern Cape |
| Standing | Documented |
Why it is here
George Augustus Kolbe and Margaret Downing lie under a cut-stone monument in the old cemetery here — names, London birthplaces, farm and dates carved on it, about forty miles from where their grandson wrote that he could not name them.
What happened here
| When | What |
|---|---|
| 25 Nov 1867 | Margaret Downing dies, aged 64 years 9 months and 2 days |
| — | the Kolbe–Downing monument, still standing |
Who the archive puts here