B.J.L. du Plessis

? – 1919/ · du Plessis line

Connection to the Koup

Took part in something recorded here: Botterkraal bought out of the du Plessis estate (1919-01-23).

Names

Baptismal name: B.J.L.
Given: B.J.L.
Surname: du Plessis

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

23 January 1919 event Botterkraal bought out of the du Plessis estate
Two Swanepoel cousins trading as Swanepoel en Swanepoel buy Botterkraal, 3,418 morgen, described in the Deeds Office as Ptn. 2 (Boter Kraal) of the farm Jansenskraal No 104. Transport 255.
1919/ died Died

What we don't know

No birth 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.

A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.

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] Botterkraal was bought out of his estate on 23 Jan 1919. Another du Plessis on this ground - cf. P.H. du PlessisM of the 1891 gold rush (PER-000038). Relationship [TO VERIFY].

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