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BRUNNER, Ernst August was born in Oude Wetering. Son of Reverend E. A Brunner and M. J. Rademaker.
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Ernst August BRUNNER
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Education
Leiden. Arrived in Natal, 1872. Foundation employment at sugar and coffee estates, and finally settled down at a small trading station in the Lower Tugela valley where he engaged in trade with the natives and few Europeans in the district, running at the same time a ferry, a butchery, and a bakery. Went through the Zulu War as a volunteer, being a member of the Stanger Mounted Rifles.
Career
Attached himself to the Natal Guides under Major Barrow, and connected with his Mounted Infantry with Colonel Pearson’s column (medal and clasp). At termination of war was appointed a magistrate under Chief John Dunn, who sent him home in 1881 to interview authorities in Downing Street with regard to the proposed return of Cetywayo to Zululand. The mission proved futile, and upon the return of the exiled King settled at what is now the township of Eshowe, of which he was the originator, since he built the first house there, 1883, and the town grew around him.
Passed through the rebellion of 1885 and 1888, the last Boer Avar, and the rebellions of 1906 and 1908.
Colonial Treasurer, 1906-1907. Justice of the Peace, M.L.A. Eshowe, since 1898. Life Member Royal Colonial Institute.
General merchant.
Membership
Clubs: Victoria, Pi eterma ri tzburg.
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Spouse 1879, Cornelie Louise Colenbrander.
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Nationality
British