Western Cape, KNYSNA district, Rural (farm cemeteries) / Western Cape, KNYSNA district, Gouna, San Ambrosa Catholic Church, Chapel Museum, small cemetery / (5 of 5 images)
Cemetery / Memorials information:-
In 1881 Italians were brought out by the Cape Government to start a silk industry in Gouna – about 14 miles north west of Knysna. There were 32 in the group – three families and a few single men – all silkworm breeders and specialists from the silk- producing districts of Northern Italy.
Their names included FARDINI, POLONIA, SCIOCATTI, TORNES and CACCIAS – amongst others. They had been lured by an invitation from Henry Barrington – an English gentleman farmer to start a silk industry.
The San Ambroso chapel still standing in Gouna was eventually built for them by Rev Rooney in 1891 – ten years after they arrived. It’s a tiny church – with just four pews on either side of a central nave.
https://www.knysnamuseums.co.za/pages/san-ambroso-museum/
Album complete.
eGGSA captions by: James Anderson
The GGSA Cemetery DVD/ Cemetery Transcript Project only has information on the cemetery location.
Cemetery ID: 7581
Google Earth Cemetery Initiative Information:-
GPSID: 9125
GPS: -33 58.146, 23 03.223
SCIOCATTI Rayno
contributed by: Christopher Fitchet
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