Cape Town

I had to make the trip into Cape Town today for an appointment and to drop some documents off at the Master of the Court to hopefully finally wind up Don's estate. After dropping the documents off I took a walk around near there and discovered this old church from 1799 that I had never seen before, now a museum. I was interested to see the family names on the backs of the pews. And there was a beautiful and magnificent pipe organ still in perfect working order upstairs

[John Falconer]

A good find. Interesting names.

[narayani]

Sweet little church. That settlement is taking a long time…stressful 😕

[Diana]

Fabulous capture of this beautiful little church. I was not aware that they had family names on the pews.

[Desi]

@johnfalconer Thank you. The front pews each had just one name so I guess those must have been for the wealthier or more influential families?

[Desi]

@narayani It became very stressful. They local guy who I unfortunately employed to handle the estate simply emigrated without letting me know part way through the process. I wonder if he bothered to inform any of his other clients. I may now have to pay another chunk of money to another law firm to take over because in this country if the value of the estate is over some miniscule amount you have to, by law, use the services of an accountant or lawyer trained in this field, even though Don's will was incredibly simple with no dependents and me, as his spouse, the sole beneficiary.

[Desi]

@ludwigsdiana I think perhaps it is only the old churches that may have reserved certain pews for certain families? From the date inscribed into the building on the outside, this church was built in 1799 as a Dutch Reformed Church. The church has expanded and moved to Bellville and this old church building is open as a museum with free entry.