When Solomon was four, the family moved to Pniel near Kimberley in the Cape Colony to work for a German missionary, Ernst Westphal, and his wife Wilhelmine.
Cando Solomon tiña catro anos, a familia trasladouse a Pniel preto de Kimberley na Colonia de Cabo para traballar para un misoneiro alemán, Ernst Westphal, e a súa muller Wilhelmine.