Talk:Gerrit Maritz

Wife
"The Maritz family were regarded as of high standing. It is one of life's little ironies that after the death of Gerrit Maritz his wife, Mina (nte Olivier) married his farm servant,..."(The voortrekkers of South Africa: from earliest times to the foundation of the republics by Manfred Nathan, Central News Agency, ltd., 1937) --PBS (talk) 23:44, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Sooilaer
For future reference, the location of Sooilaer, where Maritz died: -28.94056°N, 29.57778°W. Google has some street views which show the old wagon drift beside the bridge. Maritz was reburied at another location when this area became heavily populated. JMK (talk) 16:54, 7 July 2011 (UTC)