Colonel Ignatius Ferreira | |
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| Born | Ignatius Philip Ferreira 5 July 1840 Grahamstown, Cape Colony, South Africa |
| Died | 13 May 1921 (aged 80) Kranspoort, Louis Trichardt district, Northern Transvaal |
| Occupation(s) | Soldier, fortune hunter, miner and farmer |
| Spouse | Baltrina Erasmus |
Colonel Ignatius Philip Ferreira, CMG DSO (5 July 1840, Grahamstown, Cape Colony – 13 May 1921, Kranspoort, Louis Trichardt district, Transvaal) was a South African soldier, fortune hunter, miner and farmer of Portuguese descent. He is more commonly known for having the earliest gold mining camp on the Witwatersrand named after him called Ferreirastown (Ferreirasdorp), which was on the edge of the farm Randjeeslagte soon to be proclaimed as the site of a new town called Johannesburg.