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Family Bible printed in 1702
Flip VAN VUUREN (73) of Modimolle (Nylstroom) who retired recently as co-owner of the Shrangri-La Hotel, is the proud owner of a family Bible inherited from his mother. Flip, a former Police member, was christened Philippus Jacobus Wilhelmus Buys Jansen VAN VUUREN, after his grandfather. The Afrikaans family Bible, known as a Statebybel, was printed in the Netherlands in 1702 and was bought by Flip's grandfather, who received it by ship. During the voyage, the Bible sustained water damage, which is still visible. Grandfather VAN VUUREN made the first entry of his family tree in the Bible - his marriage in 1895 to to Maria Elizabeth BUYS. According to family lore, the Bible was buried during the Anglo-Boer War.