Links, Jakob (Jacob)
* 15.02.1911 (1908), ? † .


Jakob Links (Nama) came from Maltahöhe. Attended the "fourth course" in the teachertraining seminary Augustineum which started in Okahandja on the 30.01.1933. He was send as an Evangelist to Maltahöhe on the 08.12.1933. On the final list, the year of birth is given as 1908 and in the column for remarks it says "krank".1
1934: Jakob Links errichtet in Huams am Schwarzrand am 23.09.1934 aus einem Predigtplatz ein Filial. RMG 2.500a Gibeon (...). Band 1 1897-1944 HJBe. 01.07.-31.12.1934.
"Evangelist"RMG 2.640b p. 113 date-listing of P. Jod, Mentioned under "Gaste: Evangelis" Synod-South Keetmanshooop June 1938 RMG 2.642 p. 101,
Mentioned by Spellmeyer as "Nama speaking" evangelist for Gibeon in his statistics requested by Pönnighaus in 1939. AELCRNVIII2.2PaulinumKorrespondenz1936-1948p.36,
A petition concerning the exemption of passlaw for Eduard Frederik is signed in April 1964 by the following persons during the Gibeon district conference of AMEC:
"Pastor P. A. Schmidt, Chief-pastor
Pastor W. M. Jod
Pastor J Nakem
Pastor M. Witbooit
Pastor J. Topnaar
Pastor D. Dausab
Pastor J. Jod
Pastor J. Links"2
Married:

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Education:

Other family members connected to RMG:
Johannes (Johann) Links (from Warmbad) attended the five year long course of Fenchel at Keetmanshop from 1889 up to the examination in 1894 together with Frederik Hein from Richtersveld, Nikodemus Davids, Kornelius Zwartbooi from Walvisbaai, Tomy Alcock and Eduard Thomas from Keetmanshoop.3
Wandres schreibt am 31.01.1895: "Der junge Schulgehülfe Johannes Links hat bis jetzt zu meiner Zufriedenheit gearbeitet, indes freue ich mich mit Zittern und lasse es an Ermahungen nicht fehlen."4
Johannes Links schließt sich 1905 den Kämpfern von Morenga an. "[...] in hochverräterischer Weise, nachdem er an den Trunk gekommen war [...]"5
While RMS missionary Nyhof was stationed in Steinkopf, waiting for the permission by the military to move to Warmbad, he encounters Johannes Links. Links asks for re-employement and is employed as a teacher.6 By the middle of 1909 it is reported in BRMG that Johannes Links had moved to the Cape and did not return again.7

Paul Links (Nama) attended the "fifth course" of the Augustineum in Okahandja. He was from Gibeon and born 1913. He attended 5 years school in Maltahöhe and worked on Kranzplatz before coming to the Augustineum. (His vita is therefore very much similar to that of Jeremias Vlermuis). He was confirmed in Maltahöhe. He was not married to Martha when joining the course. He spoke Nama. He completed the course with the examination on the 02.12.1938 and was send as teacher to the RMS mission school at Hoachanas.8

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History with the RMG:


1 AELCRN V 6.1:28+33.
2 NAN BAC 23.
3 Mentioned by missionary Ch. Spellmeyer in his speech "What methods and which aims should we pursue in the upbringing of our indiginous helpers? Or Why, how and for what do I train my indiginous helpers?", RMG 2.621 p. 208.
4 BRMG 1895:104.
5 JBRMG 1905:22+23.
6 BRMG 1907:198.
7 BRMG 1909:158.
8 AELCRN V 6.1:38-39.
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