T.C. Dönges
Full name: Theophilus Christian Dönges Lifespan: 1863 Schietfontein (Carnarvon) - 1949 Kroonstad Occupation: NK Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church) minister Family: Newphew of Theo Dönges . He was the father of the well-known politician Theophilus Ebenhaezer “Eben” Dönges (1898-1968), who later became a senior National Party figure, Minister of the Interior, and State President-elect. T.C. Dönges married Cornelia Hendrika Appeldoorn Cruywagen (1866 Wellington - 1950 Kroonstad) in 1889. T.C. Dönges T.C. Dönges with wife Cornelia. Dönges qualified at the Victoria-Kollege in Stellenbosch. He served in various Transvaal and Free State congregations, including Parys (1890-1896), Klerksdorp, Bothaville (1896), Hoopstad (1903), Kroonstad, and Goedemoed (1920) . Dönges served as the second consulent of the NG gemeente Odendaalsrus in the early Goudveld (c.1909-1910) while based in Hoopstad. In subsequent years he served various other congregations on a temporary basis. " Dit was ’n b...