Event EVT-000216
1795 · national · Cape Colony / South Africa
The first British occupation. The Oosthuizens are at Swellendam by now and a generation away from the Koup; the loan-farm system they will hold ground under is inherited by a new administration rather than replaced. [Added 1 Aug 2026 as timeline context: general history, no source row, and it is here because it bears on this district rather than because it is famous.]
This is a private family-history research project, not an official record. It changes as new documents arrive, and parts of it are argued rather than proven.
The farm outlines are for illustration and are not a survey. They may not be used to determine a boundary, an extent or any right in land. For that, the approved diagram and the title deed govern.
Living people are withheld. If you are named here, or a relative of yours is, you may ask to have it corrected or removed.