What is the story here?

In 1890 two German families (Mr C.W.F. Schultz, and his widowed sister Mrs. Schubach – now Mrs. Roux) travelled up by ox-wagon from the Cape and settled in Heidelberg. The farmer opened a store on the southern bank of the river (just behind the old power-station), but subsequently – in 1895 – this was moved to the present premises in Market Street.

(Source: Noel Roberts Story of Heidelberg)

Carl Wilhem Friedrich Schultz (08/05/1854 – 10/10/1930)(76 years old) was born in Germany and came to South Africa at a early age. They landed, with a group of settlers at East London on the 19th of October 1859 and first settled in Hanover. Later they moved to St. Mark’s in the Eastern Cape and from there came up, with his two sisters and settled in Heidelberg in 1890. 

Carl was married to Johanna Augustine (nee Kath)(04/08/1857-02/08/1933). They are both buried in the Heidelberg Kloof Cemetery. They had 8 children.
Carl and Johanna’s daughter, Frieda Adolphine Johanna Jordaan (Nee Schultz)(28/01/1891-19/09/1946)(55 Years) married David Johannes Mentz Jordaan (31/08/1887-04/12/1959). David was a schoolteacher and in 1911 he became the Hostel Warden for Excelsior Boarding School Hostel, which consisted of 3 houses on the Vereeniging Road. (The first 3 houses after crossing the R23 highway on the Vereeniging Road.

See Blue Plaque No. 10). As he was very interested in politics, being a schoolteacher presented certain problems. Grandpa Schultz then suggested that he joins the family firm, Schultz Ltd. This he did and became the debt collector. He had to travel around the district and collect arrears from the famers twice per year, as was the custom then. In between he could then have time to involve himself with politics and running of the town’s affairs. He became a town councillor in 1920 and was mayor of the town on 13 occasions. The Suburb, Jordaan Park and the Street, Jordaan Street is named after him. They lived at No1 Fenter Street and are also buried in the Kloof Cemetery. 

Grandpa Schultz purchased a stand (Burgererf) at 98 Begeman Street. On this stand, there are 6 houses today. In thoses days there was a tennis court, stables for the horses, many fruit trees and large gardens. The house had many rooms including a study with a huge fireplace. Carl, the Great Grandson of Grandpa Schults 
Recalls how they all sat around in this room at Christmas time, waiting for the rattling on the roof, because soon after that, Father Christmas will appear in the fireplace. –Having come down the chimney, of course! Many family reunions were held in this study.

ANECDOTE
When Grandpa Schultz lived at 98 Begeman Street, it was his habit to walk down H.F.Verwoerd Street (then Church Street) on his way to his shop. One Saturday morning, he got a speck of dust in his eye and could not get rid of it. On his way to town, he met his friend Dr. O’Reilly, walking in the opposite direction, on his way to the hospital. (The Doctor lived on the corner of Pretorius and Ueckermann Street. The big white house at the now O’Reilly’s place. See Blue Plaque No. 11) The two passed the time of day. Grandpa Schultz then asked Dr. O’Reilly to look at his eye and to remove the irritation. The good Doctor took out his handkerchief and with one corner he removed the said object. Both Doctor and Shopkeeper proceeded on their respective ways.

At the end of the month, Mr. Chultz received an account from Dr. O’Reilly for consultation and to add insult to injury, a “Services rendered after hours” fee was added to the account. The account read like this:-
10/- (ten shillings) consulting fee plus 5/- (five shillings) after hours service fee.
Total 15/- (fifteen shillings). In today’s money – R1.50.
This account could not have done much for the Schultz/O’Reilly friendship.

(Source: Methodist Church Archives compiled by Janet Wiseman) 
Note by Tony: Sybrand Van Der Spuy, a well known historian of Heidelberg, told me that he and his wife, Beverley, lived in a partitioned off section of this house after they got married. He also told me that his mother worked for Mr Schultz in his shop on the corner of Jacobs and Voortrekker Streets.

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