Johannes Strydom
active 1833 · Strydom line
Connection to the Koup
Took part in something recorded here: Rondabel surveyed by C.L. Stretch for Johannes Strydom (1833-08).
Names
- Baptismal name
- Johannes
- Given
- Johannes
- Surname
- Strydom
The formal baptismal name and the name a person was actually called are both kept, and neither is derived from the other. Spelling drift between records is evidence, not noise.
A life in the record
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August 1833
event
Rondabel surveyed by C.L. Stretch for Johannes Strydom
11,352 morgen 200 roods, Field Cornetcy of Traka, Beaufort District. Its western neighbour is Middelwater.
Stories
- mentioned Rondabel No. 124: a farm history
Others of the same name
Afrikaans naming repeats hard, and the Cape Dutch naming pattern reuses a name on purpose, a child who died young has the name given again to a later sibling. These are different people. Never match on a name alone.
What we don't know
- No birth date is recorded.
- No death date is recorded.
- Neither parent is recorded, so this person is not attached to the tree above them.
- No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.
- 1 other person in this model carry the same name. Never match on a name alone.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Sources
- Rondabel No.124 original grant diagram (1833)Surveyor-GeneralSG Dgm 366/1833
Research notes
Rondabel surveyed for him by C.L. Stretch, Aug 1833. Strydom is a family surname - Johanna Machteld Petronella StrydomM (1792-1860) married Cornelis Andries OosthuizenL and died at Middelwater. Connection [TO VERIFY].
29 Jul 2026 [SRC-073 + tree]: the Strydom connection is now established. Johanna Machteld Petronella StrydomM (PER-000138) is Frans's 4x-great-grandmother and died on Middelwater in 1860. How she relates to Johannes and David Jan StrydomM of Rondabel is still open.
These are working notes, not finished prose: they carry the reasoning, the corrections and the things still marked to verify. They are kept here so the page itself can read as what is known.