History category
People
Notable residents and families.
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6 listed09 · 21 Jan 1856 — First reader, sexton and schoolmaster
A Mr Swarts was appointed the town’s first reader, sexton and schoolmaster, at £50 a year, while the congregation was still searching for a settled minister.
12 · 21 Sep 1862 — Gray accepts the first call
After several failed calls, Thomas Menzies Gray accepted the congregation on 21 September 1862, seven years after it was separated.
13 · 1862–1886 — First minister: Thomas Menzies Gray
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16 · 14 Aug 1890 — Oswald Pirow born in Aberdeen
Oswald Pirow, later a lawyer and far-right cabinet minister, was born here on 14 August 1890.
22 · Oct 1901–12 May 1902 — Baxter, van Heerden, and the war memorials
The same page records that John Alexander Baxter, fighting with the Boer forces, was captured in British khaki, tried, and executed in October 1901.
28 · 1921–1948 — Barnard’s ministry, hall and hostel
Gert Johannes Barnard served 27 years.