Charles Frederick Hitge dies on Vrolykheid

29 July 1846 · family · Prince Albert

A farmer of 27, born in England, dies on Vrolykheid in the Zwartberg leaving moveable property and one child seven weeks old and not yet baptised. [CORRECTED 30 Jul 2026] This row previously read "dies at Oorlogs Kloof (PAR-000066)" on the family tree's authority, marked [TO VERIFY against a death notice or register]. That verification has now happened and it went the other way: death notice no. 8586 (DOC-0110), signed by his brother and filed within five weeks, gives the place as "Vrolykheid Zwarteberg". Oorlogs Kloof is a different farm, not a variant name. The 1841 N. Hitge title over Vrolykheid is five years earlier - see LEAD-0009. NOTE: EVT-000179 was briefly allocated to a duplicate of this event on 30 Jul 2026 and merged in here; that id is retired and must not be reused.

Who was there: 3 people

• 1818~ Charles Frederick Hitge
• 1820 Sophia Johanna Mocke
• 1846 Aletta Catharina Maria Helena Hitge

Everyone the record names at this occasion. Who stood together is the clearest surviving evidence of which families were close to which, if you know of others who were here, this is the page they belong on.

Ground it happened on

• Oorlogs Kloof No. 172 (Roode Els Bosch and Oorlogs Kloof)

Sources

• Death notice of Charles Frederik Hitge, d. 29 July 1846 at Vrolykheid, Zwartberg Death notice no. 8586, filed 3-4 Sep 1846

Told in

• mentioned Vrolykheid No. 177: a farm history