D.T. Theron G.S. (veldkornet, Tulbagh, 1816)

active 1816 · Theron line · unidentified

Connection to the Koup

Took part in something recorded here: Vrolykheid No. 61, Tulbagh, surveyed for erfpacht (1816-01-25).

Names

Given: D.T.
Surname: Theron

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

25 January 1816 event Vrolykheid No. 61, Tulbagh, surveyed for erfpacht
J. Tulleken measures T.G. Hugo's loan-place at 465 morgen 12 square roods on the order of the Commissie van Inspectie, in D.T. Theron G.S.'s veldkornetskap. The sheet names five families around it - Theron, Winterbach, de Bruin, Grobbelaar - and gives the Karoo's own Vrolykheid a namesake 400 km wes

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.

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

Research notes

[31 Jul 2026 inbox] Named on SG dgm 388/1816 (DOC-0074), Vrolykheid No. 61, Tulbagh. The VELDCORNET: the farm lay 'in 't Veld cornetschap van D. T. Theron G.S.' The suffix G.S. is a patronymic (Gerrit/Gideon se seun) and is identifying data - it is what separates him from the D.T. Theron F.Z.M on the northern boundary. INITIALS ONLY - deliberately NOT matched to anyone in the tree. Matters beyond Tulbagh: the model already carries 19 Therons, and Theron is one of the two surnames that bridge otherwise separate parts of this network.

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.