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Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon ZONNEVELD, Giel Born: 1869 02 25 Died: 1957 06 16 Architect Of Schiedam, Holland, the Netherlands. Son of Leendert Zonneveld (1843–1918) and Jaapje Pijnakker (1846–1888). Emigrated 1890. He taught at the Staatsmodelschool, Pretoria in 1893. In 1897 he joined the DEPARTEMENT PUBLIEKE WERKEN of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek as a 2nd clerk (Schoeman, 2011: 209), and is listed in the Longland's Directory of 1899 as 1st clerk. Appeared in an 1897 group photograph of the staff of the ZAR PWD. He is recorded in the papers of WIJERS (Ploeger, 1954: 17) as serving in the Ordinance Section of the Hollander Corps under VAN RIJSSE. He married Maartje Ida Bruijn (b 1869 10 15 Haarlemmermeer d 1964 06 12 Pretoria) in Pretoria of the then ZAR on 1897 07 28 (Ploeger & de Kock, 1989: 240) by whom he had four children, Jacoba (1898–1932), Giel (1902–1977), Jan Leendert (1908–1937) and Ida Martina (1911–2002). He died in Pretoria, Transvaal (Family Search). Articles citing ZONNEVELD Ploeger, J. 1954. Uit die nagelate papiere van Mnr. J. B. Wijers. Pretoriana. 4 2 15-17 References Longland. 1979. Longland's Pretoria Directory for 1899 (Reprint No. 85). Pretoria: The State Library. pp 223 Ploeger, Jan & De Kock, Gideon de V. 1989. Nederlandse emigrasie na Suid-Afrika 1800-1900. Port Elizabeth: University of Port Elizabeth. pp 240 Rex, Hermann Moritz. 1974. Die Lewe en Werk van Sytze Wierda in Nederland met verwysing na sy betekenis vir die Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek. Pretoria: Unpublished Ph.D. pp 375 Schoeman, Chris. 2011. Brothers in arms. Hollanders in the Anglo-Boer War. Cape Town: Zebra Press. pp 14, 209