6/10/2023 0 Comments Cemetery mary game![]() Port Elizabeth of Yore: Captain Jacob Glen Cuyler Port Elizabeth of Yore: Memorials to the Fallen in WarĪlgoa Bay before the Settlers: Sojourn by Henry Lichtenstein in the Early 1800s Port Elizabeth of Yore: Defences during the Boer War ![]() Port Elizabeth of Yore: Empire units in P.E. Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Earliest Photographs & Photographers Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Earliest Photographs Rations, Rules and other Regulations aboard the Settler Ships Port Elizabeth of Yore: “New Church” in Main Street Port Elizabeth of Yore: New Church in Main Street Port Elizabeth of Yore: St Mary’s Collegiate Church Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Harbour prior to the Charl Malan Quay Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Enclosed Harbour Scheme in the 1930s Port Elizabeth of Yore: Brickmaker’s Kloof Mosenthals: A Metaphor for the Fortunes of Port Elizabeth The precedent for the separation of place of worship from place of burial once established, was to be followed virtually throughout the city’s history.Ĭlose up view of the gravestone of the Reverend Francis McCleland Related Blogs: Thus adjacent to the Anglican cemetery a separate Muslim cemetery was laid out with a orientation facing east towards Mecca. The one major group which could not be included was the Cape Malay community, whose members were Muslims. Notwithstanding that for several years it also accommodated other Christian denominations within its walls. Control of the cemetery was assigned to the colonial state church, the Church of England, in this case. ![]() After the arrival of the 1820 British Settlers which brought an influx of people into the town, arrangements were made for civilians to share the military cemetery. After the formation of the town which was to become Port Elizabeth, civilian burials appear to have taken place on a site to the north of the settlement. In 1799 when Fort Frederick was being built, the military authorities laid out a burial ground to the south of the Baakens River. Mary’s cemetery showing its current state of decay Summary Mary’s church was built that it was managed by the church. This cemetery has the distinction of being the oldest cemetery in Port Elizabeth even predating the arrival of the 1820 settlers.
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