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| | VAN CITTERT, HermanBorn: 1859 05 27 Died: 1932 02 19Contractor |
Born in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Arrived in Pretoria with his two brothers Jan and Hendrik and their families in 1888. In 1893 the brothers, of whom Hendrik (1862-1899) was a brick-layer, were awarded the contract to build the facilities at Warmbaths (now Bela-Bela). Jan and Herman set up a construction company after the Anglo-Boer (South African War). They built many houses in the Pretoria suburbs of Pretoria-West, Sunnyside and Arcadia. Books citing VAN CITTERT Ploeger, Jan. 1994. Nederlanders in die Transvaal 1850-1950. Pretoria: Van Schaik. pp 125
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