Hercules McCarthy, authors Great Grandfather
Hercules worked on the diamond diggings in the Western Transvaal
Hercules Rifle bag was donated to a museum in Klerksdorp
Hercules married Susanna Cecilia Stoffelina Elisabeth Therblanche in Lindley 1898
Hercules and Susanna`s children
Hercules married Maria Jacoba Elizabeth van Heerden, here with her children
Reminants of Hercules and Maria`s house on the farm
Hercules married Maria Johanna Furstenberg, his third wife in Wolmaransstad. He is in the back row right.
Hercules and Maria moved to a farm called Genesa in the Kalahari.
Their farm house in the Kalahari
Hercules and Maria in later years moved back to Wolmaranstad. here they are sitting on their verandah in Wolmaranstad. On the left is Louwrens van Heerden contributed a lot of information with the author.
Hercules bought a plot at Ebenaezer and thereafter stayed with children in Klerksdorp. Louwrens van Heerden standing at the gate of the plot.
Maria`s death certificate
