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Full name:  Heinrich Julius Friedrich Christiaan Ernest Ueckermann Lifespan:  1827 Germany - July 1883 Heidelberg (Gauteng) Occupation: Trader, cooper, politician Wife: Married Elizabeth Mason (1831 England - 1910 Pretoria) in 1850 in Pietermaritzburg. They had 13 children. Heinrich Ueckermann Timeline Biography Ueckermann arrived in South Africa in 1849. He disembarked in Durban and set up business in Pietermaritzburg , where he initially worked as a cooper and later ran a store. After the birth of their first son (1852), the family began extensive ox-wagon treks into the interior (as far as the Soutpansberg), during which at least one daughter was born (1854). The inland did not meet their expectations, so they returned to Pietermaritzburg. After the birth of their second son (in 1856) , they moved inland again.³ Ueckermann met Jacob Maré on the farm Eendracht (on the northern slope of the Suikerbosrand). While staying there, he walked the Suikerbosrand hills hun...

Overview The "Three Georges" associated with the 1886 gold discovery at Langlaagte (on the Witwatersrand, which led to the founding of Johannesburg) refer to three prospectors and friends: George Harrison , George Walker , and George Honeyball . They are sometimes collectively called the "Three Georges" in historical accounts of the event, particularly in older South African sources examining the claims and controversies around who truly discovered the Main Reef series of auriferous conglomerates. "I purposely abstain from setting out which of these three claimants was the true discoverer, since even a Government enquiry failed to settle the question." (Rosenthal, 1959) Langlaagte Map based on the original 1886 farm surveys used by the Grays and the Monuments Commission. (Source: Johannesburg 1912) In 1886 the farm Langlaagte (originally surveyed as Portion 224) had been subdivided into four equal portions of approximately 560 morgen each, labelled...