Lorenzo Mitford Cloete

1890 - 1979  (89 years)

• Name	Lorenzo Mitford Cloete  [1]
  Birth	1890	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Death	Oct 1979
  Person ID	I1564	master
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Pieter Voltelin Cloete,   b. Abt 1845   d. 16 Mar 1922, Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Hester Francina Bowker,   b. 30 Apr 1855   d. 6 Jun 1923, 'Westerford', Adelaide, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F135	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Ellen Pringle,   b. 17 Dec 1895
  Marriage	1928
  Children	> 1. Jill Cloete   2. Prunella Cloete + 3. Derick William Broderick Cloete > 4. Christopher Lawrence Cloete
  Family ID	F746	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  EP Herald, 23 Oct 1979 Descendant of early burgher dies in PE Mr. Lorenzo Mitford CLOETE, 89, a well-known Eastern Cape farmer, who died in Port Elizabeth, was born in the Albany district. He was a direct descendant of Jacob CLOETE, whose name headed the list of the first 17 free burghers of the Cape. Mr. CLOETE was educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, and then at Rhodes University where he studied law. He went farming in the Adelaide district. In 1928 he married Catherine Ellen PRINGLE. After his marriage, and until he retired from farming, he lived on the historic farm, Douglasdale, in the Alice district, where the original Chumie Mission Station was established in 1818 by the Rev. William BROWNLEE, later succeeded by the Rev. William CHALMERS. It was here, with the aid of a small printing press that the Bible was first translated into Xhosa in 1823. Mr. CLOETE leaves two daughters, Miss Prunella CLOETE and Mrs. T.W. HOPWOOD, and two sons, Mr. Derick CLOETE, a farmer in East Griqualand and Mr. Christopher CLOETE, a company director.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-D5R4 (Reliability: 3).