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I've only managed to check one place, so I don't guarantee anything; but it gives the founding lady, sure enough, as Miss Emmarentia Botha and the time as 1887. No further details on where Miss E got her name from, but it's often difficult to extrapolate Dutch names to South Africa because many Dutch people are Catholics and therefore quite likely to name their children after martyrs, but Afrikaner Protestants would most certainly hesitate! We have a small surname stock, and a small given name stock as well. I'll dig deeper as soon as I can.