| Name |
Conrad Johannes Haman |
| Nickname |
Coenie; Coena |
| Birth |
22 Jul 1896 [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Rsrch. Note |
- tColyn vDyk: Het die Cafe Royal op Hermanus besit.
http://www.hermanus.co.za/history/281-skipper-van-dyk
Those Early Days
I knew Coena Haman well. He was the barman at the Bay View Hotel when he bought an old garage in the main road and changed it into a cafe for his wife. They called it the Cafe Royal as the well-known hotel nearby was the Royal Hotel. After his wife died, Coena continued with the cafe for many years. It became famous for light meals, tea and scones and chicken pies. After Coena's death, Brenda Kotze bought the premises from his estate and established Hermanus Pharmacy.
http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=3792&forum_id=1
In April 1922, Bill caught his record man-eating shark of 2,176 lbs (967 kg) which took him five hours to land. In 1969, Coena Haman gave a vivid description of this drama to a visiting reporter of Die Burger newspaper.
'It was at 12:30 that day when the news came of sharks in the harbour. Bill and I went to Frans-se-klip, the rock in the harbour from where he caught the other sharks. We could see it at once. It was huge. Bill immediately put out the two paraffin tins with kabeljou as bait. The shark disappeared, after a while came back, took the bait and tore away with it. The bamboo rod bent under the strain while the line whirred through the reel.
Bill was all concentration while a crowd collected. It was a titanic fight as the shark made Bill run across the rocks to the harbour. Across Piet-se-klip while man and shark were fighting each other, Selkirk had to draw on all his skills to tire out the monster and keep it from breaking the line on the reefs. The fight continued until seven that evening when he, with aching back and arms, at last had the shark on the sand. It was the largest fish to this day, caught by rod and line from the rocks. The huge shark was claimed as a world record, but this was contested because, it was said, he had used a float. According to the rules, floats were not allowed.'
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| Occupation |
Hermanus, Kaap, Suid-Afrika  |
| Barman |
Address:
Royal Hotel |
| Occupation |
Hermanus, Kaap, Suid-Afrika |
| Owner |
Address:
Cafe Royal |
| Occupation |
1984 |
Hermanus, Kaap, Suid-Afrika [1] |
| Proprietor |
| Residence |
1984 |
Hermanus, Kaap, Suid-Afrika [3] |
Address:
Royal Café, 145 Main Road |
| _FSFTID |
L2X4-Y6T |
| _UID |
03E68F71B53A4DB384D73E3411BACF2F6E38 |
| Death |
1 Sep 1986 [2] |
| Burial |
Hermanus, Kaap, Suid-Afrika [4] |
 |
Grafsteen
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| Person ID |
I29655 |
Van Dyk-stamboom |
| Last Modified |
26 Apr 2021 |
1896 - 1986 (90 years)
