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Uitenhage

THE FIRST STOP AFTER THE LANDING. George Augustus Kolbe came ashore at Algoa Bay on 14 April 1820, and his eldest child — JOHN GERSON ELIEZAR, born 7 JULY 1822 — was born here, forty miles inland. The family is at Graaff-Reinet by 1825.

The place

NameUitenhage
KindTown
RegionEastern Cape
StandingDocumented

Why it is here

THE FIRST STOP AFTER THE LANDING. George Augustus Kolbe came ashore at Algoa Bay on 14 April 1820, and his eldest child — JOHN GERSON ELIEZAR, born 7 JULY 1822 — was born here, forty miles inland. The family is at Graaff-Reinet by 1825.

WhenWhat
7 Jul 1822John Gerson Eliezar Kolbe born here — the Settler's eldest

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