Joachim Ferreira
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| Born | August 8, 1835 Utrecht, Klip River Republic (Afrikaans: Klip Rivier Republiek), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Died | May 17, 1917 (aged 81) Piet Retief, Transvaal Province, Union of South Africa |
| Buried | Piet Retief, Eastvaal District Council, Mpumalanga, South Africa |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Utrecht Commando |
| Battles / wars | First Boer War
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| Spouse(s) | Adriana Gertina Davel |
Joachim Johannes Ferreira (8 August 1835 – 16 May 1917) was a Boer commandant of the First Boer War.[1]
Family
Ferreira was born near Uitenhage as the eldest child of Marthinus Stephanus Ferreira (born 2 February 1810) and Aletta Prinsloo (born 1815), with a younger brother and sister.[1] Young Ferreira was taken on the Great Trek as an infant. He married Adriana Gertina Davel (31 January 1848 – Piet Retief, Eastvaal District Council, Mpumalanga, 29 January 1929) and had a daughter by her.[1]
Career
He settled near Swaziland with other Voortrekker families in what they called the Commonwealth of the Klein Vrystaat in 1875. At the same time, Swazi King Mbandzeni granted a 36,000-acre grazing concession to Ferreira and his son-in-law, Franz Ignatius Maritz,[1][2] the largest concession to Boer settlers at the time.[3]
Ferreira began during the First Boer War (1880-1881) as the commandant of the Utrecht commando, and went on to lead one of the two Boer divisions at the Battle of Majuba Hill on 27 February 1881. He was responsible for negotiating the transfer of land east of the Lebombo Mountains to the South African Republic. His plans were frustrated by the actions of Sir Charles Saunders who annexed the territory which became known as British Maputaland.
In the Second Boer War (1899-1902) he destroyed the town of Ingwavuma (now in Umkhanyakude District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal), with his Utrecht Commando in 1899.
Joachim Ferreira died near Piet Retief on 16 May 1917.[1][4]
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e "Generaal Joachim Johannes Ferreira". geni.com. Geni. A MyHeritage Company. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ Jones 1993, p. 384.
- ^ Laband 2014, p. 40.
- ^ Uys 1992, p. 78.
Bibliography
- Jones, H. M. (1993). A Biographical Register of Swaziland to 1902. University of Natal Press. ISBN 9780869808801.
- Laband, J. (2014). The Transvaal Rebellion: The First Boer War, 1880–1881. Routledge. ISBN 9781317868460.
- Uys, I. S. (1992). South African Military Who's Who, 1452–1992. Fortress Publishers. ISBN 9780958317337.
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