Thomas Moodie (Rhodesian settler)

Thomas Moodie (29 November 1839 - 30 April 1894) was a pioneer who in 1892 led a party of mostly Afrikaner farmers from the Orange Free State to settle in Rhodesia.[1] Moodie, known as "Groot Tom", left Bethlehem on 5 May 1892 with his party, and settled on 4 January 1893, establishing the town of Melsetter, named after the Moodie ancestral home in the Orkney Islands.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Moodie Trek to Rhodesia - 1892". Geni. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Geldenhuys, Preller (2015). Geldenhuys Genealogy, Descendants of Albert Barends Gildenhuizen.
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