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Family: Husband of Petronella van Rheede van Oudtshoorn, b1 Father of Gezina Wilhelmina Constantia Nielen (Harders); Catharina Cornelia Faure; Barend Hendrik Harders; Willem Ferdinand Harders; Marthinus Egbertus Harders and 2 others
Occupation: According to History of South Africa 1691-1795, Volume 2 by George McCall Theal page 176 he was working as a ship's chaplain until January 1758, when he was removed from the ship and sent to work as minister to the congregation in the Land van Waveren until the position could be filled by an appointment from the Netherlands. In 1761 the directors issued instructions that Ds Harder should remain there permanently. Remerus Harders was Predikant in Roode Zant from 1757 - 1773 (Carl Thunberg: Travels at the Cape of Good Hope; Fagan G&G, Church Street in the Land of Waveren 1975 page 30) He suffered from bouts of severe depression and as a result; he had to retire early (reference page 82, chapter 5 The Thousand Generation Covenant: Dutch Reformed Covenant Theology and the ...By Jonathan Neil Gerstner
(all above entered by A Bergh 2016 11 02)
Death date is variously given as being between 1807 - 1811.
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