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SOUTHBROOM KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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In 1884 a young English missionary from Wick near Bath, Alfred Eyles, established a mission for the Society of Friends near the hill known as 'ntsaba' on the southern side of the Imbezane river.
Shortly before his marriage, he applied for a grant of land from the Natal Government to extend the size of his mission. He first acquired 125 acres at 10 shillings an acre and then a further parcel of some 212 acres, to enable the mission to become self-supporting. A third purchase of 557 acres resulted in his holding extending from the Imbezane to the Umkobi River. And so it began ....... |
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In 1887 he married Catherine Jarvis of Pewsey in Wiltshire. They had
four sons and two daughters.
