Similar Posts
Montfort Press
Montfort Press Limbe Monfort Press was established in 1957 in Thyolo by the Montfort Fathers to multiply their missionary efforts to print explanations of the catechism, to print a bible commentary with explanations to actual life, and print a magazine with how their teachings applied to life. In 1961, after years of using second-hand printing…
- British South Africa Company | Missions | Rhodesia | Rhodesia & Nyasaland | Southern Rhodesia | Zimbabwe
Roman Catholic Church: Driefontein Mission
Roman Catholic Church Driefontein Mission Rev. Skyes, Prefect Apostolic of the Zambesi Mission, purchased Driefontein farm in 1904 from Jan Engelbrecht, an Afrikaner who had converted to the Catholic faith. “Driefontein,” known locally as “Guta,” is Afrikaans for three fountains. Located 50 miles north of Ft. Victoria (Masvingo), the site allowed the Jesuits to expand to a…
Southern Rhodesia State Lotteries: Lottery Tickets 1950-1959
Southern Rhodesia State Lotteries Lottery Tickets 1950-59 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950
Myrtle Louise Aeschliman
Myrtle Louise Aeschliman (1893 – 1988) Myrtle (Mary) Louise Patterson was the daughter of George W. and Electa Ellen (Shaner) Patterson, born in Illinois in January 1893. Prior to 1921, Mrs. Patterson moved to Peking (Beijing) China where she taught school for American children. There she met and married Rev. Edward J. Aeschliman. The…
Muller & Phipps Africa Pty Ltd: Salisbury
Muller & Phipps Africa Pty Ltd Salisbury
British South Africa Police
British South Africa Police The British South Africa Police (BSAP) was, for most of its existence, the police force of Rhodesia. It was formed as a paramilitary force of mounted infantrymen in 1889 by Cecil Rhodes’ British South Africa Company, from which it took its original name, the British South Africa Company’s Police. Initially run directly by the company, it…