Petrus Jacobus Runckel
Petrus Jacobus Runckel was a Dutch colonial government official, who made a career in the administration on the Dutch Gold Coast.
Runckel was probably born in NoordwijkBinnen, the Netherlands to Petrus Jacobus Runckel sr. and Geertruida Catharina Escher. He was appointed assistant in the government of the Gold Coast by royal decree ofNovember 1845. After working in Elmina Castle for five years, he was appointed commandant of Fort Orange at Dutch Sekondi. In this office, he was also responsible for the Dutch gold mining enterprise in Dabokrom.
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