Like many towns in the Eastern Cape, the church played a pivotal role in the establishment of the town. Since 1850 church services were held in the open under a large pear tree on the farm Rustenburg, then the property of Mr Casper Lötter. The services were held and Communion celebrated by the minister of the parish of Somerset East. [1] Not sure if it is him or his father who passed away in 1854.
According to http://www.lotter.co.za/Stamboom.htm Casparus Johannes Lotter a1b4c1d3e7
According to http://www.e-family.co.za/families/francois_2006/f39.htm#P77 the parents of Casparus Johannes Lotter and Maria Gesina Lotter were Casparus Johannes Lotter (christened 03 Nov 1799) and Hester Adriana Joubert (christened 04 Nov 1804)
Look into additional child Hester Adriana Lotter (married to Matthys Johannes Petrus Snyman) [ h6 Matthys Johannes Petrus, *26.9.1860 (Jansenville) † 1.9.1947 (Jansenville), x Hester Adriana Lotter, *1864, dv Casparus Johannes Lotter & Anna Maria Francina Greeff from The South African Family STRYDOM - b3c3d3e5
http://incolor.inetnebr.com/strydom/geslagsregisters/strydom/333_e5.htm]
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