Klipfontein A No. 174

174 on the cadastre · on record 1938–1939 · show on the map

Farm number: No. 174
On the cadastre: 174, whole farmregistered as KLIPFONTEIN
District: Prince Albert
Extent, as the diagram states it: 4958.5294 morgen
Modern surveyed area: 4265.1 ha

The historic extent and the modern surveyed area are two separate measurements and are not presented here as confirming each other. The first is what a surveyor wrote on a diagram, usually in morgen. The second is what the modern cadastre draws.

Why this farm is here

Bernardus Lambertus Steyl held it, and no kinship to the Oosthuizen, Marincowitz or Van der Merwe lines is recorded, this ground entered through the land, not the family. 22 km from Klaarstroom.

story A written history names this ground Vrolykheid No. 177: a farm history
parcel Ground cut out of this farm: Klipfontein Oost (Klipfontein A No. 174 Ptn 1)
parcel Ground cut out of this farm: Klipfontein A No. 174 Remainder
parcel Left as the remainder: Klipfontein A No. 174 Remainder
…and 2 more, listed in full further down this page.

Stories

mentions this farm Vrolykheid No. 177: a farm history
The farm where the paper and the people disagree: Stretch's 1833 survey already carrying the names of portions not cut for another century, two titles granted on one day in 1841 - one to an Oosthuisen and one to an 'N. Hitge' whose deed four later portions cite instead - a Trieste immigrant who married a Hitge in 1844 and died holding the farm in 1890, and the death notice that finally put the Hitges on the ground.

What the record holds, in order

August 1938 boundary change subdivision: becomes Klipfontein Oost (Klipfontein A No. 174 Ptn 1)
August 1938 boundary change consolidation: from Oorlogs Kloof No. 172 (Roode Els Bosch and Oorlogs Kloof)
August 1938 document SG diagram 284/1939
9311
29 August 1939 boundary change remainder: becomes Klipfontein A No. 174 Remainder
29 August 1939 ownership Bernardus Lambertus Steyl, G.M. Steyl (born Alberts)
freehold · amended-title · confidence high

Ground cut out of this farm

Klipfontein Oost (Klipfontein A No. 174 Ptn 1) 1/174 · 2252.7 ha
Klipfontein A No. 174 Remainder RE/174 · 2012.5 ha

Bordered by, as the diagram names them

N Zwartdoorns
NW Remainder of Kopjes Kraal
NE Remainder of Lot No 1
E Westbourne
W Remainder of Klip Fontein
S Roode Els Bosch and Oorlogs Kloof

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.

Documents

Scan of Surveyor-General diagram, 284/1939, August 1938

Surveyor-General diagram, 284/1939, August 1938
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Cadastre

Surveyor-General diagram index for this parcel

Research notes

[31 Jul 2026 inbox] Figure abcdefgh, 4958.5294 morgen, called KLIPFONTEIN A, Field Cornetcy of Traka, Division of Prince Albert. Surveyed for Amended Title in August 1938; diagram 284/1939; System Lo.23; S.G. File S.14126, Survey Records E.1450/1938. Annexed to a Certificate of Amended Title, deed 9311 of 29 Aug 1939, in favour of the joint estate of the late G.M. SteylH born Alberts and her surviving spouse B.L. Steyl. [DIAGRAM] DOC-0113. A CONSOLIDATION OF FOUR PIECES, as the sheet itself lists: (1) eastern part of Klipfontein to B.L. Steyl, 28 Oct 1897, deed 9076, dgm 2127/1897; (2) remainder of Lot C of Roode Els Bosch and Oorlogs Kloof to B.L. Steyl, 14 Jul 1902, deed 1027, dgm 2662/1902; (3) southern part of Schurfte Kopjes to N.J. Marincowitz, 12 Aug 1896, deed 5013, dgm 914/1896; (4) part of portion of Roode Els Bosch and Oorlogs Kloof to G. MarincowitzM, 21 Jun 1879, deed 416, dgm 818/1879. Two of the four are Marincowitz transfers, and Roode Els Bosch and Oorlogs Kloof is our PAR-000066. NAME TRAP: this is NOT Klipfontein No. 171 (PAR-000082). AREA: the 1938 extent converts to ~4,247 ha against a modern 5,116.0 ha, about 20% apart - recorded, not reconciled, and NOT offered as confirmation either way. [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

The record stops in 1939 and never resumes third order · B2 trail-ends
Klipfontein A No. 174 was worked as far as 1939-08-29, with Bernardus Lambertus SteylH and G.M. SteylH (born Alberts) the last owner on record. 87 years follow with nothing. Who held it after that, and is it still one farm?

What would settle it The current title deed traced backwards, each transfer names the one before it, or the Surveyor-General's subdivision diagrams, which are what usually explain a farm going quiet.
“Remainder of Lot No 1” is named as a neighbour 2 times and we hold no parcel for it third order · B3 unheld-farm
2 separate surveys in this model put Remainder of Lot No 1 on the boundary of ground we do hold (PAR-000083, PAR-000084). It has no parcel of its own here, so nothing is known about who held it or when, while it borders farms at the centre of the project.

What would settle it The Surveyor-General's farm index for the registration division will give it a farm number and a diagram; the cadastre pull in `data/fetch_cadastre.py` then places it on the map.
“Westbourne” is named as a neighbour 2 times and we hold no parcel for it third order · B3 unheld-farm
2 separate surveys in this model put Westbourne on the boundary of ground we do hold (PAR-000083, PAR-000084). It has no parcel of its own here, so nothing is known about who held it or when, while it borders farms at the centre of the project.

What would settle it The Surveyor-General's farm index for the registration division will give it a farm number and a diagram; the cadastre pull in `data/fetch_cadastre.py` then places it on the map.
“Zwartdoorns” is named as a neighbour 2 times and we hold no parcel for it third order · B3 unheld-farm
2 separate surveys in this model put Zwartdoorns on the boundary of ground we do hold (PAR-000083, PAR-000084). It has no parcel of its own here, so nothing is known about who held it or when, while it borders farms at the centre of the project.

What would settle it The Surveyor-General's farm index for the registration division will give it a farm number and a diagram; the cadastre pull in `data/fetch_cadastre.py` then places it on the map.

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.