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Johannes Petrus Meyer (nickname Jan; 26 June 1842, in Prince Albert, Cape Colony – 2 December 1919, in Johannesburg) was a politician, member of the Volksraad of the South African Republic, mining entrepreneur, and farmer; he is the man for whom Meyerton and Meyersdal (a neighborhood of Alberton) are named.
Alberton is a town situated on the southern part of the East Rand of the Gauteng Province in ... In 1856, Johannes Petrus Meyer (better known as Jan Meyer) acquired ...
Meyerton was established in 1891 and was named after Johannes Petrus Meyer, a field cornet and member of the Transvaal Volksraad. It acquired municipal status in 1961. Since 2001, Meyerton has been the administrative centre for the Midvaal Local Municipality. [2] Many projects have been undertaken to develop the area in the past 14 years.
Jan, Johan and Johannes were common male names among the Dutch of that time; two men involved in surveying the area for the best location of the city, Christian Johannes Joubert and Johann Rissik, are considered the source of the name by some. Johannes Meyer, the first government official in the area is another possibility.
Lucas Johannes Meyer (19 November 1846 – 8 August 1902), was a Boer general, member of the Transvaal government and president of the Nieuwe Republiek. [1] Early life
Seeking to maintain their position, Lucas Meyer therefore decided to not hold promised elections, and to seek the incorporation of the republic into Transvaal. [7] Within a few months the British annexed a stretch of the coastline of the Nieuwe Republiek and the Zulu Kingdom north of the Thukela river (1887) in order to prevent the new Boer ...
Dallas Goedert has been in a relationship with his girlfriend, Aria Meyer, since at least 2020.. Goedert was born and raised in South Dakota, and it was also where he met Meyer in elementary ...
Johannes Meyer (actor) (1884–1972), Danish film actor; Johannes Meyer (director) (1888–1976), German screenwriter and film director; Johannes Meyer (rugby union) (born 1981), Namibian rugby player; Johannes Meyer (British politician), British politician and MP for Downton; Johannes Meyer (Estonian politician), Estonian politician ...