Eastern Cape, EAST LONDON / OOS-LONDEN district, Rural area (farm and village cemeteries) / Eastern Cape, EAST LONDON district, Brakfontein Lutheran Church (Farm 351), cemetery / (3 of 149 images)
Cemetery information:-
The first settlers moved into the Brakfontein area in 1877. Pastoral care was provided from St Andrews, East London, by Pastor Baumgarten. On the 19th of April 1885 Pastor Baumgarten convened a meeting at which the congregation Luther Brakfontein was constituted. In 1898 a decision was taken to build a Church. The foundation stone was only laid on the 16th of February 1902 and the dedication of the church building took place in 19th of May 1902.
Album incomplete, although most have been photographed. The cemetery is still in use.
eGGSA captions done by: Brian Barrett, Gail Röthlin & Riana le Roux.
Information also available on the GGSA Cemetery DVD:-
Cemetery ID: 4276
No of names: 184
Google Earth Project Information:-
GPSID: 5063
GPS: -32 49.982, 27 57.907
2. Brakfontein Lutheran Church
The Church was originally built in 1902 but was destroyed by a fire in the early 1980's and rebuilt in 1985. Additional information by Brian Barrett
contributed by: Brian Barrett
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