Wreath-laying ceremony
Alberton’s Heritage Society made Heritage Day special for Alberton residents.
ALBERTON – The Ninth Avenue cemetery has been upgraded and to mark this special event the Heritage Society unveiled plaques and announced the names of those buried in Alberton’s first cemetery.
The day’s ceremony provided interesting information on Alberton’s first cemetery. According to Annel Meyer the Voortrekker cemetery formed part of the original farm cemetery of the farm Elandsfontein number six.
The original farm cemetery received a cement surface and a wall with a ox wagon pattern on it. This wall was mended and the tombs were renovated as part of the project.
When Alberton was laid out in 1903, six stands were donated for a town cemetery, adjoining the existing farm cemetery.
The first known burial took place on January 24, 1906 and the last on November 15, 1908. Of six stands, only stand 777 was used as a cemetery. Other graves rest beneath this open space across from the traffic circle.
