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Aka:  Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk (Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa) Built: 1965 Architect: Unidentified Bulding contractor: Eric Visser View from west.¹ The congregation was established in 1950. The complex, inaugurated in 1965, included a church hall. 'Nou gaan die gemeente alhier die sentrum word van waaruit nie net die gevestigde lidmate van die kerk  gearbei sal word nie, maar ook die verwagte nuwe intrekkers ma die damskemas en die nedersettings langs die Oranjerivier”. ' (1965) Locality map Google Street View Sources Van der Westhuizen, J.C. (1965) Inwyding Kerkgebou Kimberley . Die Hervormer, September 1965.

Full name: Ernest H.A. Cohen, EHA Cohen Lifespan: ? London - 1935 Occupation:  Mining engineer, adventurer Biography He was nicknamed "Alphabetical" Cohen due to his initials and extensive list of professional qualifications (such as M.I.M.E. and many others). This was a point of pride, as he reportedly instructed people to address mail to him simply as "Alphabetical Cohen, Rand Club." As a youth, he sailed around Cape Horn in 1876 to California, where he had an uncle. Expecting a bank job, he instead became the world's youngest bank manager at age 17 in a Wild West mining camp (amid the atmosphere Mark Twain captured in Roughing It - Twain was a personal friend). Popular with miners despite (or because of) his English accent, he was dubbed "the young sprig of British nobility." He then travelled through U.S. gold diggings, especially Nevada's Virginia City in its heyday, witnessing shootings, feuds, Indian raids, and the fading Pony Express era. ...