Pieter Eimelius van Zyl[1]
1920 - 1983 (63 years)
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Name Pieter Eimelius van Zyl Birth 16 Feb 1920 Buffeljagsrivier,Swellendam, 
Gender Male Death 25 Mar 1983 Port Elizabeth,Cape,South Africa., Burial South Park Cemetry,Port Elizabeth, 
Memorial Pieter Eimelius van Zyl and Ethne Hall nee van Zyl nee Macpherson
_TYPE: PHOTOPerson ID I22 My Genealogy Last Modified 17 Jan 2022 | Edit
Father Frederick Jacobus van Zyl, b. 2 Mar 1875, Swellendam,Cape., d. 15 Jul 1957, Paarl,Cape., (Age 82 years) Mother Lilian Gertrude Langford, b. 13 May 1885, Oudtshoorn,Cape,South Africa., d. 9 Jan 1959, Paarl,Cape., (Age 73 years) Marriage 24 Jan 1906 Heidelburg,dist Swellendam,Western Cape,South Africa., [2, 3] - Married in St Barnabas Anglican Church (Church of the Province of South Africa) in Heidelberg
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- _WTITL: Wife
St Barnabas Anglican Church, Heidelberg
_TYPE: PHOTOFrederick Jacobus van Zyl and Lilian Gertrude Langford
_TYPE: PHOTOReverse of wedding photo FJ van Zyl and Lilian Gertrude Langorf
_TYPE: PHOTOMarriage Certificate FJ van Zyl and L G Langford
_TYPE: PHOTOFamily ID F7 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ethne Macpherson, b. 25 Dec 1925, Vryheid,Natal,South Africa., d. 17 Oct 2018, Nazareth House,Upper Dickens St,Port Elizabeth, (Age 92 years) Marriage 18 Jul 1947 St James Anglican Church,Durban, [1, 4] Ethne Macpherson on her wedding day
_TYPE: PHOTOPieter van Zyl and Ethne Macpherson wedding
_TYPE: PHOTOPieter van Zyl and Ethne Macpherson on their wedding day
_TYPE: PHOTOChildren 1. Lynda Ann van Zyl, b. 25 Mar 1950, Port Shepstone,Natal,,South Africa. (Age 76 years)2. Ian Derek van Zyl, b. 14 Feb 1953, Port Shepstone,Natal,,South Africa. (Age 73 years)Family ID F4 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jan 2022 | Edit
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Photos Ian, Pieter, Lynda van Zyl
_TYPE: PHOTOPieter van Zyl, Daisy Macpherson, Ian van Zyl, Lynda van Zyl, Ethne van Zyl
_TYPE: PHOTOEthne, Pieter, Ian and Lynda van Zyl
_TYPE: PHOTOThe six van Zyl brothers
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Notes - Born on the farm "Thornlands" at Buffeljagsrivier, near Swellendam. He worked for the Railways and was posted to the station in Paddock, Natal (now a National monument). Paddock is on the narrow gauge railway line which used to run from Port Shepstone to Harding. Paddock was home to a factory of the Natal Tanning Extract Company, which turned wattle bark into tanning extract. He took a job with them, and was eventually transferred to their head office in Pietermaritzburg in 1955. He was Company Secretary when he left them in 1971. He then moved to Paarl in the Cape, and worked for a time for Rhodes Fruit Farms. Rhodes Fruit Farms owned extensive vineyards and orchards at Groot Drakenstein, among them the Boschendal Estate, which was owned from 1717 to 1732 by his 8g-grandfather, Jacques de Villiers. He retired to Port Elizabeth.
The spelling of his second name differs from the traditional spelling, but this is how it appears on his birth certificate.
- Born on the farm "Thornlands" at Buffeljagsrivier, near Swellendam. He worked for the Railways and was posted to the station in Paddock, Natal (now a National monument). Paddock is on the narrow gauge railway line which used to run from Port Shepstone to Harding. Paddock was home to a factory of the Natal Tanning Extract Company, which turned wattle bark into tanning extract. He took a job with them, and was eventually transferred to their head office in Pietermaritzburg in 1955. He was Company Secretary when he left them in 1971. He then moved to Paarl in the Cape, and worked for a time for Rhodes Fruit Farms. Rhodes Fruit Farms owned extensive vineyards and orchards at Groot Drakenstein, among them the Boschendal Estate, which was owned from 1717 to 1732 by his 8g-grandfather, Jacques de Villiers. He retired to Port Elizabeth.
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Sources - [S20] Information from Ethne Hall.
- [S961] South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004, ("South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org)), detail for Frederick Jacobus van Zyl and Lilian Gertrude Langford. (Reliability: 3).
- [S811] South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004, detail for Frederick Jacobus van Zyl and Lilian Gertrude Langford. (Reliability: 3).
- [S5] South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955, Marriage Pieter van Zyl and Ethne Macpherson (Reliability: 3).
- [S20] Information from Ethne Hall.
