-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tombi Peck Sent: 05 January 2014 04:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] early South Africa Thank you very much for this information Brian. I try (where possible) to use the correct name for an area at the time of the specific occurrence. I get irritated when people add a date in the late 1800's and use the name Gauteng! Do you know the date the names Gauteng, Mpumulanga (spelling?) etc. came into use. I for instance was born in the Union of South Africa and married in the Republic of South Africa. I tend to use the names of the individual countries here in the U.K...... It was only after I left St. John's D.S.G. in Pietermaritzburg to go to school in the Transvaal that I learned that most of the girls I was at school with thought I came from the Island of St. Helena rather than St. Helena Mine, Welkom! Best wishes, Tombi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Margetson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 2:02 PM Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] early South Africa > *Dates used by me when entering place names:-* > > > *Transoranje 1830s to 1848* > > *Orange River > *Sovereignty<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_River_Sovereignty> > > Sir Harry Smith <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Harry_Smith> > proclaimed British sovereignty over the Transorange on > > 3rd February 1848 up until 16th February, 1854 > > *Republic of Orange Free State * > >>From 17th February, 1854 until 30th May, 1902 > > (Although the British annexed the OFS republic on 6th October, 1900 > the boers and President Steyn had not conceded) > > *Orange River Colony* > >>From Treaty of >>Vereeniging<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Vereeniging> > on 31st May, 1902 until 31st May, 1910 > > > *ZAR ....* *Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek**-----Transvaal Republic* > > Est. 1852 & independent 1856 -1877, then again from 3-8-1881-1900. > > In between 1877-1881 it was Transvaal Colony. > > Annexation of Tvl......1st September, 1900 > > *Colony of Transvaal * > >>From 31st May, 1902 until 31st May, 1910 > > *NATAL.........*Natalia Republic from 12th October, 1839. > > Britain annexed 12th May, 1843 thence Colony of Natal to 31st May, 1910. > > ++++++ > > *Nieuwe Republiek* part the old Boer Republic of > Natalia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_Republic>...see > below weblink > > On August 5, 1884 was formed the Nieuwe Republiek (New Republic) with > Vryheid as its capital. > > On 20 July 1888 it was incorporated into the South African > Republic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Republic>, > [ZAR] when the British annexed Zululand. > > After the ABW reincorporated into Colony of Natal in 1903. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuwe_Republiek > > > For the* Cape* I use Cape of Good Hope up until abt 1710 and then Cape > Colony to 31st May, 1910. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com