Vliegekraal No. 89

89 on the cadastre · on record 1894–1913 · show on the map

Farm number: No. 89
On the cadastre: 89, whole farmregistered as RIET KRAAL
District: Prince Albert
Modern surveyed area: 7637.0 ha

Why this farm is here

Johanna Jacomina Petronella Catharina Venter is buried here, a blood relative of the Oosthuizen, Marincowitz or Van der Merwe lines, 4 steps away. 86 km from Klaarstroom.

Johanna Jacomina Petronella Catharina Venter
child of Maria Catharina Venter
child of Jan Louis Venter
parent of Adriana Cecilia Venter
parent of Johannes Adriaan Oosthuizen

Each step is a recorded parentage or marriage in this model, and the shortest one the record supports, follow the names to check it.

What the record holds, in order

December 1894 burial Johanna Jacomina Petronella Catharina Venter (21 September 1825–26 December 1894)
Vliegekraal, Gebore: 21 September 1825 / Oorlede: 28 Desember 1894
13 November 1913 burial Abraham Christoffel Swanepoel
Vliegekraal, Gebore: 28 November 1846 / Oorlede: 13 November 1913
undated burial Ignasina Johanna Maria Swanepoel nee Bekker
Vliegekraal, Gebore: 27 Janu[arie] ...

Bordered by, as the diagram names them

· Biesiefontein

Buried on this ground

Vliegekraal 3 graves recorded, 1 identified in this project · no coordinate yet

The burials also appear on this farm's timeline above, each at its own date.

Also bordered by, as the modern cadastre draws it

Ground that touches this farm on the Surveyor-General's current polygons and that none of the diagrams held here names. Derived from the geometry, not read off a document.

Cadastre

Surveyor-General diagram index for this parcel

Research notes

[SRC-072] On the Hannetjieskraal River, on the road between Prince Albert and Willowmore. Farm cemetery with legible headstones for Johanna Jacomina Petronella Swanepoel nee Venter (1825-1894), Abraham Christoffel SwanepoelM (1846-1913) and his wife Ignasina Johanna Maria nee Bekker. Inscriptions are cut on the BACK of the stones, as at Botterkraal and Kommetjieskraal - a local habit worth noting. Owned by W.P. Loock in 2002. Neighbouring Biesiefontein has a large cemetery of unmarked graves. [2 Aug 2026] NAME MISMATCH, NOT RESOLVED. We call this Vliegekraal No. 89; the Prince Albert cadastre names farm 89 RIET KRAAL (7,643.1 ha). Either the farm was renamed, or the number 89 is wrong and the polygon belongs to a different farm. SRC-072 places Vliegekraal on the Hannetjieskraal River between Prince Albert and Willowmore, which is consistent with this polygon but does not prove it. Left pinned and flagged rather than guessed at. [TO VERIFY]

The research behind this page, kept separate from it: dated working notes, open questions, and what is not yet settled.

What the record is missing

Nobody is on record as ever having held this third order · B8 never-held
Vliegekraal No. 89 is in the model and drawn on the map, and carries no ownership record of any kind, not a grant, not a transfer, not an occupation.

What would settle it The Surveyor-General's diagram for the farm number names the grantee and the date; the deed reference on it opens the transfer chain.

Found by breaks.py reading the model against itself, not written by hand, each one is a shape of missing record, not a fault in the data. The whole set is on the questions page.