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VAN IJSENDIJK, JE

Born: 1858 03 26
Died: 1888 02 10

Engineer


Also spelled VAN YSENDYK.

One of the five engineers of the NZASM who left the Netherlands for the ZAR on 28 July 1887, the others of the group being GROLL, STEINMETZ, VAN DER MEULEN and VAN LENNEP. He died of malaria and is buried at Komatipoort, his grave in the cemetery now incorporated into the golf course, with that of his his compatriot, GH VAN DER MEULEN, who suffered the same fate..

In Memorium, [1908]: 10.

Books citing VAN IJSENDIJK

Anonymous [Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaanse Spoorwegmaatschappij]. [c.1909]. In Memoriam N.Z.A.S.M. Amsterdam: JH De Bussy. pp 10, 167

Bakker, Karel A, Clarke, Nicholas J. 2014. Eclectic ZA Wilhelmiens : A shared Dutch built heritage in South Africa. Pretoria: Visual Books. pp 114

De Jong, RC, Van der Waal, GM. 1988. NZASM 100 : 1887-1899, the buildings, steam engines and structures of the Netherlands South African Railway Company. Pretoria: C. Van Rensburg Publications on behalf of the Human Sciences Research Council. pp 37, 106