Varsche Fontein

27 op die kadaster · op rekord 1834–1973 · wys op die kaart

Plaasnommer

Nr. 27

Op die kadaster

27, heel plaas

Distrik

Prince Albert

Grootte, soos die kaart dit stel

13869 morgen 347 sq roods

Moderne opgemete oppervlakte

10367.3 ha

Die historiese grootte en die moderne opgemete oppervlakte is twee aparte metings en word hier nie aangebied asof hulle mekaar bevestig nie. Die eerste is wat 'n landmeter op 'n kaart geskryf het, gewoonlik in morg. Die tweede is wat die moderne kadaster teken.

Waarom hierdie plaas hier is

Maria Magritha van Rensburg het dit gehou, 'n bloedverwant van die Oosthuizen, Marincowitz of Van der Merwe-lyne, 1 tree weg. 62 km van Klaarstroom.

1. Maria Magritha van Rensburg
2. ouer van Catharina van der Merwe

Elke tree is 'n aangetekende afkoms of huwelik in hierdie model, en die kortste een wat die rekord ondersteun; volg die name om dit na te gaan.

• storie 'n Geskrewe geskiedenis noem hierdie grond The Prince Albert gold rush
• storie 'n Geskrewe geskiedenis speel op hierdie grond af The fifteenth of April, 1841
• storie 'n Geskrewe geskiedenis noem hierdie grond Rondabel No. 124: a farm history
• storie 'n Geskrewe geskiedenis noem hierdie grond The men who drew the lines
• …en nog 2, volledig gelys verder af op hierdie bladsy.

Stories

• mentions this farm Die Prins Albert-goudstormloop
  'n Erdvark krap in 1871 'n goudklont op Spreeuwfontein uit; twintig jaar later tel 'n skaapwagter 'n tweede een op en vyfhonderd mense daag op. Uit 1 042 kleims kom 504 ons. Die delwersdorpie het Gatsplaas geheet, na daardie eerste gat.
• about this farm Die vyftiende April 1841
  Een landmeter meet die Koup twee seisoene lank op. Agt jaar later, op een dag, maak die Kroon 'n dosyn leningsplase titelgrond - en die distrik se kaart lê vir 'n eeu vas.
• mentions this farm Rondabel Nr. 124: 'n plaasgeskiedenis
  Van 'n weduwee wat met 'n merk geteken het tot die Marincowitz-plaas van vandag: die gedokumenteerde geskiedenis van Rondabel Nr. 124 - die Venter-huishouding van 1829, die toekenningsdag van 1841, die Oosthuizen-Theron-vennootskap van 1868, die onderverdelings van 1910-34, en die twee grafte by die opstal wat niemand nog gelees het nie.
• mentions this farm Die manne wat die lyne getrek het
  Elke plaas hier kom deur twee manne se hande: 'n veldkornet wat die grond en die mense geken het, en 'n landmeter wat per blad betaal is. Twee-en-veertig landmetersname oor 172 jaar, 'n eeu se wyksbeamptes, en 'n wyksgrens wat met die hand op 'n 1934-kaart verskuif word. Die eerste landmeter, C. Lennox Stretch, is later deur sy eie regering afgedank omdat hy die Xhosa se kant gekies het.
• set here Agt klippe op Varsche Fontein
  Eight marked graves on the Remainder of Varsche Fontein, from 1848 to 1922. Two Storms in consecutive years seven years after the grant, an infant of 1874 buried apart from the rest, three more children, and finally the patriarch under the only bought stone in the cemetery. None of the families in it appears in the farm's title deeds. A second burial ground twenty kilometres away, on Vredendal, carries the same surnames and shows the families are one intermarried community rather than six.
• mentions this farm Vredendal: drie vanne op die stene, een gesin in die huis
  Vredendal is a werf name on Spreeufontein No. 26, the farm the district called Gatsplaas. Five graves carrying three surnames, an 1886 slate slab whose inscription dates a woman to the day and whose line runs unbroken back to Enkhuizen in 1744, and then a household: the van der Merwes, and a man who died on his own birthday.
• mentions this farm Die van der Merwes van die Hantam
  Van Frans se vier grootouerlyne was die van der Merwes die laaste om die Prins Albert-distrik te bereik, en hulle het van die verste af gekom. Agt geslagte van 'n doop op die Paarl in 1735 tot Vredendal omstreeks 1950, met 'n opmeting van 1823 wat die trekker self by die naam noem.
• mentions this farm Vier grootouers, vier lande
  Elkeen van die vier grootouers het sy eie bladsy. Hierdie een gaan oor hoe hulle bymekaargekom het, wat drie troues, vier jaar en een man wat in twee van hulle ingetrou het, gekos het. En oor die titel se belofte: vier lande, waarvan net een op 'n kaart aangewys kan word.
• mentions this farm Die van Rensburgs van die droë noorde
  Van Frans se vier grootouerlyne is dit die een met die minste plase en die beste storie. Nege geslagte, waarvan agt uit niks meer as name en jare bestaan, en dan 'n seun wat op ses 'n weeskind word, weggegee word, op vyf-en-twintig met een perd wegloop, en 'n boormasjien koop in 'n land waar water alles is.

Wat die rekord hou, in volgorde

1. 1834 document SG diagram 353/1834
   Bf.W.Q.6-23
2. 15 April 1841 ownership Charl du Toit (17 September 1797–?)
   Perpetual Quitrent · grant · confidence high
3. 1848 burial B. Storm
   Varsche Fontein farm cemetery, B. STORM 1848, scratched on a slate slab set upright in a stone kerb. Nothing else is cut on the stone.
4. 1849 burial M. Storm
   Varsche Fontein farm cemetery, M STORM / 1849, read across two fragments of one broken slab: 'M S' and '18' on the left piece, 'TORM' and '49' on the right. Deeply and neatly cut, in plain capitals, with no other text.
5. Junie 1874 burial G.F. Beukes
   Varsche Fontein - the single grave in the veld, 1874 / G F / BEU / KES / Juny, and below it what appears to be 15. Cut by hand into a thin sandstone slab, the letters shallow and irregular and the surname broken across three lines because the stone is narrow. Frans's reading; the 15 is the least certain part.
6. April 1897 document SG diagram No.2 1903 (CL-7)
   PA folio 1048
7. April 1897 document SG diagram verso 2/1903 (verso)
8. Junie 1902 burial Maria Elizabeth Freysen (infant) (6 Oktober 1901–Junie 1902)
   Varsche Fontein farm cemetery, MARIHA ELIESABET FREYSEN, GEBOR 6 OCTO[BER] 1901, OVERLEID [4?] JUNY 1902. Above the panel, a rayed sun or star inside an arch.
9. 1903 ownership J.R.G. Luttig (omstreeks 1824–4 Februarie 1914)
   amended-title · confidence high
10. 3 Augustus 1907 burial M.J. Beukes, or a child of M.J. Beukes
    Varsche Fontein farm cemetery, [Ter ge]dachtenis aan / [illegible word] M·J·BEUKES / O[verlede] 3. 8. 1907. Cut by hand into a sandstone slab in a mixed script - the first line in cursive, the name in capitals - with a ruled border and an incised cross or star above. The word before the initials is not legible and it is the word that decides who is buried here.
11. 1913 boundary change subdivision: becomes Lot A (Varsche Fontein Nr. 27 Gdlt 1)
12. Maart 1913 burial Jacobus Johannes Beukes (infant) (26 Mei 1912–10 Maart 1913)
    Varsche Fontein farm cemetery, JACOBES : JOHANES / BEUKES / GEB 26 MAAIE 1912 / [O]VER[L] 10 MAART 191[3] / IS HET WEL MET / 'T KIND / HET IS ALLES WEL.
13. 14 Oktober 1914 burial Gerhardus Fransoiys Beukes (30 Junie 1838–14 Oktober 1914)
    Varsche Fontein farm cemetery, GERHARDUS FRANSOIYS BEUKES, GEB. 30STEN JUNIE 1838, OVERL. 14 DEN OCTOBER 1914
14. 1922 boundary change subdivision: becomes Groot Rivier (Varsche Fontein Nr. 27 Gdlt 2)
15. Januarie 1922 burial Aletta Sophia Jacoba Opperman (born Beukes) (15 April 1872–13 Januarie 1922)
    Varsche Fontein farm cemetery, A BROKEN FRAGMENT AND MOSTLY UNREADABLE. Letters scratched into cement before it set, in at least four lines. What can be read with any confidence: 'TER' on the top line, and 'BEU' at the end of the bottom line. Scattered capitals between them include what may be A, G, J, C, E, R and N, in no order that can be trusted. NOTHING ELSE IS TRANSCRIBED.
16. 1923 boundary change subdivision: becomes Plaat Fontein (Varsche Fontein Nr. 27 Gdlt 3)
17. 1925 boundary change subdivision: becomes Welbedacht (Varsche Fontein Nr. 27 Gdlt 4)
18. 1925 boundary change remainder: becomes Varsche Fontein Nr. 27 Restant
19. 1973 to 1997 ownership Maria Magritha van Rensburg (28 Oktober 1928–3 April 2019)
    purchase · confidence high

Grond uit hierdie plaas gesny

• Lot A (Varsche Fontein Nr. 27 Gdlt 1)
• Groot Rivier (Varsche Fontein Nr. 27 Gdlt 2) 2/27 · 2565.2 ha
• Plaat Fontein (Varsche Fontein Nr. 27 Gdlt 3) 3/27 · 1786.2 ha
• Welbedacht (Varsche Fontein Nr. 27 Gdlt 4) 4/27 · 2184.2 ha
• Varsche Fontein Nr. 27 Restant RE/27 · 3831.8 ha

Begrens deur, soos die kaart hulle noem

• NE Jan Willems Fontein
• NE Klein Knoffels Fontein
• E Spreeuw Fontein
• SW Klein Fontein
• SW Blaauw-Krantz (part)
• W Abrahams Kraal
• NW Jan Willems Fontein
• NE Jan Willems Fontein
• NE Klein Knoffels Fontein
• E Spreeuw Fontein
• SW Klein Fontein
• SW Blaauw-Krantz (part)
• W Abrahams Kraal
• NW Jan Willems Fontein

Op hierdie grond begrawe

• Varsche Fontein-plaasbegraafplaas 7 grafte opgeteken, 4 in hierdie projek geïdentifiseer
• Varsche Fontein - die enkelgraf in die veld 1 grafte opgeteken · nog geen koördinaat nie

Die begrafnisse verskyn ook op hierdie plaas se tydlyn hierbo, elkeen op sy eie datum.

Foto's

Ook begrens deur, soos die moderne kadaster dit teken

Grond wat aan hierdie plaas raak op die Landmeter-generaal se huidige poligone en wat geen kaart wat hier gehou word, noem nie. Afgelei uit die meetkunde, nie van 'n dokument afgelees nie.

• N Plaat Fontein (Varsche Fontein Nr. 27 Gdlt 3)
• NE Lammers Kraal Nr. 11
• E Varsche Fontein Nr. 27 Restant
• E Lot A (Spreeufontein Nr. 26 Gdlt 3)
• SE Welbedacht (Varsche Fontein Nr. 27 Gdlt 4)
• SE Bokfontein Nr. 94 (formerly Waterfall)
• SW Groot Rivier (Varsche Fontein Nr. 27 Gdlt 2)
• SW Bloukrans Nr. 31

Dokumente

Landmeter-generaal-kaart, No.2 1903 (CL-7), April 1897
11046771.TIF

Landmeter-generaal-kaart, 353/1834, 1834
SCAN208 (3).TIF

Kaart se keersy, 2/1903 (verso), April 1897
11046772.TIF

Kadaster

Die Landmeter-generaal se kaartindeks vir hierdie perseel

Navorsingsnotas

Werknotas, hier gewys omdat dit 'n private navorsingsbou is.

Die werksnotas op hierdie werf word in Engels gehou en word nie vertaal nie. Hulle verander met elke navorsingsessie, en 'n vertaling sou uit pas raak met die oorspronklike. Alles anders — die stories, die getranskribeerde dokumente en die koppelvlak — is in Afrikaans.

Oop vrae

• Who is buried in the Varsche Fontein cemetery? Five of seven now named prioriteit 1 · LEAD-0122

  Four marked graves are now recorded and only one is identified. Who are Mariha Eliesabet Freysen (1901-1902), Jacobes Johanes Bukes, and B. STORM 1848? Frans has undertaken to give names.

  Wat dit sou uitmaak Names from Frans, or a burial register entry. For the stones themselves: straight-on photographs in raking light, which would probably give the Beukes dates and the Freysen day and surname outright.

• Two Storms on Varsche Fontein, 1848 and 1849 - who were they, and what put them there? prioriteit 1 · LEAD-0124

  Who is the B. STORM buried on Varsche Fontein in 1848 (GRV-0030), and does the grave connect to either of the two Storm lines this family already touches?

  Wat dit sou uitmaak THE LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT OF MAGDALENA STORM BORN BOTES, died Prince Albert 10 April 1884. Her death notice says she left IMMOVEABLE PROPERTY to be 'all sold immediately and the account filed'. That account names the land. It is now the single most direct route to whether the Storms held ground on or near Varsche Fontein. Failing that, the estate papers of her husband, died Prince Albert 19 August 1855.

• Is the lone 1874 stone on Varsche Fontein a thirteenth Beukes child? prioriteit 1 · LEAD-0126

  A hand-cut stone standing apart from the cemetery reads 1874 / G F BEUKES / Juny [15?]. Is it an infant son of Gerhardus Francois Beukes whose name was reused in 1877, and why is he buried away from the others?

  Wat dit sou uitmaak A baptism or burial entry, or a death notice.

• Read the graves ACROSS the farms, and against the online grave indexes prioriteit 1 · LEAD-0127

  Storm, Botes, Niehaus, Botma, Beukes and Freysen appear on stones on Varsche Fontein and on Vredendal/Spreeufontein, and they intermarry. What does the picture look like when the burial grounds are read as one body of evidence rather than farm by farm, and what do the published grave indexes add?

  Wat dit sou uitmaak Nothing settles a question this shape. What it produces is a map: which families are buried where, who married whom, and which farms they moved between.

• Are the Varsche Fontein Beukes related to Christa's Beukes, or is it only the surname? prioriteit 2 · LEAD-0123

  This project has recorded the Varsche Fontein Beukes as 'a cousin line on Frans's wife's side'. Is there an actual path, or was that inferred from the surname?

  Wat dit sou uitmaak A shared ancestor with both descents documented, or a demonstration that the two Beukes families are separate at the Cape.

Wat die rekord kortkom

• 70 years, and the ground changes hands to nobody we can follow first order · B1 succession

  On Varsche Fontein, J.R.G. LuttigH is the last owner recorded from 1903, and the next entry is Maria Magritha van RensburgH from 1973, 70 years later, with no person in common. No document records the handover at all.

  What would settle it The Deeds Office transfer register for this farm between 1903 and 1973. A transfer names its predecessor in title, so one deed closes the whole gap.

• 62 years, and the ground changes hands to nobody we can follow second order · B1 succession

  On Varsche Fontein, Charl du ToitH is the last owner recorded from 1841-04-15, and the next entry is J.R.G. LuttigH from 1903, 62 years later, with no person in common. DOC-0002 records the later arrival but not the 62 years before it.

  What would settle it The Deeds Office transfer register for this farm between 1841 and 1903. A transfer names its predecessor in title, so one deed closes the whole gap.

• “Klein Fontein” is named as a neighbour 4 times and we hold no parcel for it second order · B3 unheld-farm

  4 separate surveys in this model put Klein Fontein on the boundary of ground we do hold (PAR-000002, PAR-000018, PAR-000020). It has no parcel of its own here, so nothing is known about who held it or when, while it borders farms at the centre of the project.

  What would settle it The Surveyor-General's farm index for the registration division will give it a farm number and a diagram; the cadastre pull in `data/fetch_cadastre.py` then places it on the map.

• “Klein Knoffels Fontein” is named as a neighbour 3 times and we hold no parcel for it second order · B3 unheld-farm

  3 separate surveys in this model put Klein Knoffels Fontein on the boundary of ground we do hold (PAR-000002, PAR-000017). It has no parcel of its own here, so nothing is known about who held it or when, while it borders farms at the centre of the project.

  What would settle it The Surveyor-General's farm index for the registration division will give it a farm number and a diagram; the cadastre pull in `data/fetch_cadastre.py` then places it on the map.

• “Blaauw-Krantz (part)” is named as a neighbour 2 times and we hold no parcel for it third order · B3 unheld-farm

  2 separate surveys in this model put Blaauw-Krantz (part) on the boundary of ground we do hold (PAR-000002). It has no parcel of its own here, so nothing is known about who held it or when, while it borders farms at the centre of the project.

  What would settle it The Surveyor-General's farm index for the registration division will give it a farm number and a diagram; the cadastre pull in `data/fetch_cadastre.py` then places it on the map.

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.