Oloff Johannes Truter [SEP] place of birth
Oloff Johannes Truter
Oloff Johannes Truter (Cape Town, 7 August 1829 – Koblenz, Germany, 29 August 1881) was a South African civil servant in the Orange Free State, miner, Landdrost and Acting Government Secretary.
Biography.
Biography Family.
Truter was the second son of Olof Johannes Truter, consul for the Netherlands in South Africa, and Catharina Geertruida Claris.
Truter was married to Sarah Hutchinson with whom he had three daughters.
Biography Career.
About Truter's younger years very little is known
Johannes Andreas Truter
Johannes Andreas Truter, also known as Sir John Truter (11 October 1763 - 5 June 1845), was the judicial officer of the Cape Colony and president of the Court of Justice at the Cape of Good Hope. He was also a South African Freemason and member of the Grand Orient of the Netherlands in South Africa.