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Birth name:  Christina Deliana "Line" van Warmelo Lifespan:  1870 Wynberg - 1955 Family:   Daughter of Ds. N.J. van Warmelo and Maria Magdalena Elizabeth Maré. Siblings: Dietlof , Willem,Fritz, and Johanna van Warmelo . Her cousin was the well-known Dutch writer and psychiatrist, Frederik van Eeden . Her grandfather (on her mother's side) was landdros Dietlof Maré . Deliana (c.1889) ² Deliana with her son-in-law, Charles Southey (c. early 1930s?)² She married Hendrik (Henry) Arthur Cloete (1845/1851 Wynberg - 1920) in 1893 in Heidelberg (Transvaal). He was  a prominent Pretoria advocate, procurator, and later British sub-agent. He was 20-25 years her senior and came from the well-known Cloete family of Constantia. He was awarded the CMG (Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George). Short biography of Henry Cloete (1905).³ They had at least four daughters. Their second daughter became Lady Reniera van Oosterzee (Cloete) (1896-1950), later Dame Reniera Stanley...

Birth name: Johanna (Hansie) van Warmelo Lifespan: 18 November 1876, Heidelberg - 13 January 1964, Newlands, Cape Town Occupation:   Volunteer nurse, author, Boer spy, Afrikaner nationalist propagandist, naturopath, and later self-described prophetess/health reformer Family: Daughter of Ds. N.J. van Warmelo and Maria Magdalena Elizabeth Maré. Siblings: Dietlof , Willem, Fritz, Deliana "Line" van Warmelo . Her cousin was the well-known Dutch writer and psychiatrist, Frederik van Eeden . Her grandfather (on her mother's side) was landdros Dietlof Maré . Dietlof van Warmelo ( c.1869/1872 Heidelberg - 1966 Pretoria). Studied in the Netherlands. Served on commando during the 2nd Boer War. Willem van Warmelo (1874 Heidelberg - 1948 Pretoria). Studied in the Netherlands. Served on commando during the 2nd Boer War. Frederik ''Fritz'' van Warmelo (1878-1943). Served in the 2nd Boer War. Johanna as a nurse (unidentified photographer) Timeline Early life Johanna ...

The McLarens were an affluent Scotish family in Heldelberg, Transvaal. William Sinclair (St Clair) McLaren married Elizabeth Marshall in 1874. They had two sons: Lt. William Victor St Clair McLaren and Captain James Marshall McLaren. Timeline Biographies William Sinclair McLaren  (1843 Scotland - 1889 Heidelberg) William arrived in Heidelberg in 1871 as a Scottish merchant. Upon arrival, he worked for Heinrich Ueckermann , until he opened a shop in partnership with John Pagan in direct competition with Ueckermann. McLaren (and Pagan) quickly became one of the wealthiest men in the district through trading and property speculation. McLaren and Pagan were founding members of the Presbyterian Church in Heidelberg. The family home and shop stood on the northern corner of Ueckermann and Begeman Streets (a separate property at what is now 60 Van Der Westhuizen Street (Blue Plaque) also belonged to the family). John Pagan (1844 Scotland - 1917 Sea Point). He married Margaret Wilson n...

Lifespan: 1870 Tulbagh -1949 Heidelberg (Gauteng) Occupation: Building contractor Family: He married Johanna Cornelia Delport (1873 - 1918 Ermelo), then Anna Hermina Boshoff (1873 Z.A.R. - 1940 Heidelberg). Joubert and Boshoff were buried in the Kloof Cemetary (Heidelberg). Joubert was a building contractor in the Heidelberg (Gauteng) area. The following are some of his known projects: De Rust, Heidelberg  (1906) Laer Volkskool, Heidelberg  (1906) Entabeni, Heidelberg (1909) Union Buildings, Pretoria (1910-1913)? Transvalia Hostel, Heidelberg (1913) Excelsior Hostel, Heidelberg  (1913) Concordia Hostel, Heidelberg  (1916) Hoër Volkskool, Heidelberg  (1919-1922) Sources Johannes Stephanus Joubert Johannes Stefanus JOUBERT

Built: 1889 Status: Extant Building type: Church hall Photo from north-east. Unidentified photographer. Van Belkum Hall is a historic church hall belonging to the Nederduitse Gereformeerde (NG) Klipkerk congregation in Heidelberg. It was officially named “The Van Belkum Hall” in 1933 in honour of Ds. Jac (Jacobus) van Belkum , who served as minister of the congregation from 1903 to 1927. Ds. Jacobus van Belkum (1851 Netherlands - 1933 Johannesburg) was a NH Kerk minister and editor of religious publications.¹ The hall has played an important role in the town’s early education history. When the Christian National (C.N.O.) Volkskool opened in August 1903, the Van Belkum church hall - together with the basement, vestry, and some rooms of the Klipkerk - was used as one of the first classrooms. This was during the period when the school was still housed in temporary church premises before its own building was completed around 1907. Even after the 1915 split into Laer and Hoër Volkskoo...

Built: 1932 Architect: Gerard Moerdyk¹ Building contractor: Leggat en Leemhuis¹ View from south. Image source: Die Hervormer, Aug 1965. View from south-west. Note the sandstone and granite  gedenkteken on the left (unveiled 1965). Source: NHK Heidelberg on FB View from east. Source: NHK Heidelberg on FB Suikerbosrand became a wyk (ward) of the Potchefstroom NH congregation from 1853. In 1864 the local members petitioned the Pretoria church council for their own church building. It was one of the early independent Transvaal churches, with baptisms recorded from as early as 1865. It originally built the Kruiskerk (a cruciform church) in 1865 on the same town square where the later Klipkerk now stands. This was a separate NH congregation, distinct from the Nederduitse Gereformeerde (NG) congregation that had also formed around the same time. The first minister was Ds. Van Warmelo . In 1885 the two congregations (NH and NG) negotiated a union and formed the “United Church” (Nederdu...

Built: 1882 : 1896 Architect: Unidentified Status: Extant Church with rectory on right.² Rectory. Google Street View (2017) Stained glass window. Source: Dr David Biggins on Angloboerwar.com. Photographer: Colin Ross.³ St Ninian’s Anglican Church stands on the corner of Marais and Voortrekker Streets in Heidelberg. Built in 1882 as a simple hall-style structure with roughly plastered walls and Gothic windows, it is one of the town’s earliest Anglican buildings. The adjacent rectory and outbuildings date from 1896. During the British occupation of Heidelberg in the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902), the church was frequently used by soldiers and became an important focal point for the British garrison. Its ornamental stained-glass windows were installed in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. A veranda was later added in honour of the Rev. R.A. Urquhart, one of the early rectors. In 1953 two oak trees were planted in Voortrekker Street to commemorate the coronation of Queen Eliza...

  Built:  1913 : 1919 Architect:  Wynand Louw (1883-1967) Building contractor:  Johannes Stephanus Joubert   (1870-1949) Status:  Demolished Excelsior was the third church-owned hostel built for boys at the Hoër Volkskool in Heidelberg. From as early as 1912 a house on the Vereeniging Road had been used under the name “Excelsior” with Mr D.J.M. Jordaan as hostel father. It began in private houses in Brinkdorp and was formally taken over by the church as a hostel in January 1918. A decision was then made to erect a purpose-built third hostel, which was also named Excelsior. Architect Wynand Louw of Paarl (who had designed Transvalia and Concordia ) drew the plans once again, and Mr J.S. Joubert served as builder. The new building was completed in 1924 at a cost of £10 820 and accommodated 90 boys. Like the other two hostels, Excelsior was owned and administered by the Nederduitse Gereformeerde / Hervormde Kerkraad and leased to the Education Departme...

Built:  1916 Architect:  Wynand Louw (1883-1967) Building contractor:  Johannes Stephanus Joubert (1870-1949) Status:  Demolished c. early 1960s Concordia was the second church-owned hostel built specifically for boys at the Hoër Volkskool in Heidelberg. After the success of Transvalia , the church proposed a second boys’ hostel, but the request was initially refused by the Administrator in October 1914 because of the country’s strained finances following the 1914 Rebellion. It was later approved, and the cornerstone was laid on 22 April 1916. The completed hostel accommodated 83 boys and three teachers at an original cost of £7 791.1.0. In 1918 it was enlarged by the addition of a study hall and music rooms, bringing the total cost with all improvements to £11,000. Like the other Volkskool hostels, Concordia was owned and administered by the Nederduitse Gereformeerde / Hervormde Kerkraad and leased to the Education Department. It continued to serve Hoër Volks...

Established: 1915 Built:  1919-1922 Architect: Unidentified, possibly Public Works Department? Building contractor:  Mr Johannes Stephanus Joubert   (1870-1949) Status: Extant Source: Hoër Volkskool Photo 1935. Source: Transnet Heritage Library. Timeline The Hoër Volkskool Heidelberg was formally established in January 1915 when the middle and secondary sections of the original Volkskool were separated from the primary (Laer) section. The new high school initially shared buildings and grounds with the Laer Volkskool, which sometimes created space constraints. Mr A.J. Louw served as its first headmaster (he also acted temporarily as head of the Laer Volkskool in the early transition period). The first permanent headmaster of the Laer Volkskool after the split was Mr D.C. Cronjé (1916-1919). Official opening in 1922. Growth was rapid. By 1920 the combined Volkskool system already had 515 pupils, and the Hoër section quickly developed into one of the prominent high scho...