Vrisch Gewagt No. 163

163 on the cadastre · on record 1833–1925 · show on the map

Farm number: No. 163
On the cadastre: 163, whole farmregistered as VRISCH GEWAGT
District: Prince Albert
Extent, as the diagram states it: 1712 morgen
Modern surveyed area: 1177.9 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

Pieter Marthinus Oosthuizen is buried here. 19 km from Klaarstroom.

Pieter Marthinus Oosthuizen is on record on this ground directly. No trace needed.

document A document in the collection describes this ground DOC-0164
document A document in the collection describes this ground DOC-0165

What the record holds, in order

August 1833 document SG diagram B.352/1833
Bf.W.Q.5-11
1833 document SG diagram verso B.352/1833 (verso)
10 March 1911 burial Aletta Elizabeth le Grange (25 April 1859–10 March 1911)
Vrisch Gewacht 163 farm cemetery, Not read by this project; recorded from the eGGSA caption, which is a transcription made by somebody else.
1911 burial Aletta Elizabeth le Grange (25 April 1859–10 March 1911)
Vrisch Gewacht 163 farm cemetery
31 August 1925 burial Pieter Marthinus Oosthuizen (about 1850–31 August 1925)
Vrisch Gewacht 163 farm cemetery, Not read by this project; recorded from the eGGSA caption, which is a transcription made by somebody else.

Buried on this ground

Vrisch Gewacht 163 farm cemetery 3 graves recorded, 3 identified in this project

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.

Documents

Scan of Surveyor-General diagram, B.352/1833, August 1833

Surveyor-General diagram, B.352/1833, August 1833
10OUR301 vrisch 1.jpg

Scan of Diagram verso, B.352/1833 (verso), 1833

Diagram verso, B.352/1833 (verso), 1833
10OUR501 vrisch 2.jpg

Cadastre

Surveyor-General diagram index for this parcel

Research notes

[2 Aug 2026 inbox] "The above Diagram Represents the Government Ground Versch Gewagt Containing 1712 Morgens Surveyed for ISAAK VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, Situated in the Zwarte Berg and Field Cornetcy of C. HattingM." C. LENNOX STRETCH, AUGUST 1833 (DOC-0164). Bounded N and W by Government ground, E by Bloemendale, S by GROUND GRANTED TO HATTING - which is Klaarstroom No. 184, whose own 1833 diagram returns the compliment by naming 'the Loan Farm Versch Gewagt' as its northern boundary. The two sheets corroborate each other exactly. Titled Bf.W.Q.5-11 on 15 APRIL 1841, so it joins the twelve-farm grant day (STO-0007). Verso (DOC-0165): Ptn 1, ex 'Lot A', 248 mg 340 rds, transferred 1904; Ptn 2, ex 'Vris Gewaagd B', 559 mg 200 rds, dgm 737/1922, transferred 1922. CANCELLED 2004-03-24 vide Farm 163/7 (CCT 121583/2003), consolidated per Dgm 3663/2003.

[SRC-326, 7 Aug 2026] A FARM CEMETERY IS RECORDED ON THIS GROUND BY eGGSA: 'Vrisch Gewacht 163, Vrischgewaagd', Cemetery ID 1092, at -33.276250, 22.357317. Photographs and captions at https://graveswcape.eggsa.org/PRINCE-ALBERT-Rural/1023020%20Vrischgewaagd%20Prince%20Albert%20_Pieter%20Olckers/ - linked, not copied.

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

Open questions

Which Vrischgewaagd did Pieter Marthinus Oosthuizen die on, and how does his household reach this record? priority 1 · LEAD-0188
[FAMILY] Interesting, i did not know this farm was in family! vrischgewag. PER-000846, Pieter Marthinus OosthuizenH (FS GMGP-4RD, 1850-1925), is already in this model as a thin row. His 1925 death notice gives his usual residence AND his intended burial place as VRISCHGEWAAGD, district Prince Albert. This project draws two farms of that name - Vrisch Gewagt No. 163 (PAR-000130) and Vrisgewaagd No. 152 (PAR-000267) - and the 2023 valuation roll names a third piece, farm 163 portion 7, and a fourth on farm 221. WHICH ONE, and is he buried there?

What would settle it A grave, a deed, or a coordinate. Any one of the three names the farm; an argument from the name alone will not, as the Bloemendal case showed on 13-14 Aug 2026.

What the record is missing

Nobody is on record as ever having held this third order · B8 never-held
Vrisch Gewagt No. 163 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.