Jan Adriaan Venter
8 December 1823 – 23 November 1898 · Venter line
Connection to the Koup
Held ground in this district: Wolwekraal No. 17 (1855-11-20).
- land Venterskraal (Wolwekraal portion) 1857-03-10
- event Wolwekraal divided in two1857-03-10
Names
- Baptismal name
- Jan Adriaan
- Given
- Jan Adriaan
- Surname
- Venter
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Immediate family
- Mother
- Maria Catharina Venter
- Brothers and sisters
- Married
- Anna Johanna Jacomina Venter
- Children
- Christina Wilhelmina Venter
A life in the record
- 8 December 1823 born Born
- 20 November 1855 land Held it, Wolwekraal No. 17
- 10 March 1857 land Held it, Venterskraal (Wolwekraal portion)
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10 March 1857
event
Wolwekraal divided in two
Less than two years after buying it, Mostert and Venter split the farm into two equal halves of 7,251 morgen. On the same day 2,000 morgen of the Venter half was registered to Jacobus Johannes Swanepoel as Swanepoel’s Aanleg - transports 149, 150 and 151.
- 23 November 1898 died Died
Ground they are on record on
- Wolwekraal No. 17 held it · 20 November 1855 to 10 March 1857
- Venterskraal (Wolwekraal portion) held it · 10 March 1857
Stories
Others of the same name
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What we don't know
- 4 other people in this model carry the same name. Never match on a name alone.
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Sources
- 'n Tak van die Swanepoel-familie in Suid-Afrika, 1699 tot 1999: 'n genealogiese en kultuurhistoriese studie Universiteit van Stellenbosch (SUNScholar)MA thesis, Departement Geskiedenis; studieleier Dr M Burden; April 2003; handle 10019.1/53526
Research notes
[SRC-072] Took half of Wolwekraal as Venterskraal in 1857 and sold it away piece by piece over the next 37 years.
TREE ANCHOR 29 Jul 2026: Jan Adriaan VenterL, BORN ON WOLVE KRAAL 8 Dec 1823, d. 23 Nov 1898 - the man who took half of Wolwekraal as Venterskraal in 1857 was born on the farm.
30 Jul 2026 [SRC-134] Heir 3 in his father's Rondavel inventory (MOOC8/44.48), which gives his birth as 8 NOVEMBER 1823 against the tree's 8 December [TO VERIFY]. His father died on Rondavel 23 Jul 1829; his mother (PER-000341) was Ockert Almero and Adriana Cecilia's sister.
[17 Sep 2026] PROBABLE DUPLICATE OF PER-000519, NOT MERGED. FamilySearch's family of Jan Adriaan VenterL of Rondavel (GZGT-K2S) lists his son as 'Jan Adriaan VenterL 1823-1898, GJCJ-D75', which is PER-000519's id; this row carries GH17-GFJ with the same dates. Both rows are married to Anna Johanna Jacomina VenterH (PER-000359). Two FamilySearch ids for one man: check GH17-GFJ on FamilySearch (it may be a merged or deleted record) before merging, since 10 forbids overwriting an id.
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Elders
FamilySearch profile GH17-GFJ