Ockert Almero Oosthuizen

27 November 1836 – 2 Januarie 1922 · Oosthuizen line

Verbinding met die Koup

Het grond in hierdie distrik gehou: Klein Valie Nr. 182 (../1878).

grond Drooge Kloof ../1897
woonplek Middelwater 1836-11-27
huwelik Aletta Catharina Maria Helena Hitge 1863-12-01

Naam

Doopnaam: Ockert Almero
Noemnaam: Ockie
Voorname: Ockert Almero
Van: Oosthuizen

Die formele doopnaam en die naam waarop iemand werklik geroep is, word albei gehou, en nie een word van die ander afgelei nie. Spelling wat van rekord tot rekord verskil, is self getuienis en nie geraas nie.

Foto's

The grave of Ockert Almero Oosthuizen (1836-1922) in the Prince Albert DR church cemetery: a polished black granite... — The grave of Ockert Almero Oosthuizen (1836-1922) in the Prince Albert DR church cemetery: a polished black granite tablet in a brick-kerbed plot with iron posts and chain. — Frans Oosthuizen

Ockert Almero Oosthuizen (1836-1922) as an old man, seated in a studio chair beside a draped table, in a dark frock... — Ockert Almero Oosthuizen (1836-1922) as an old man, seated in a studio chair beside a draped table, in a dark frock coat and waistcoat with a watch chain. A patterned curtain hangs behind him, a patterned carpet under his feet. — Family collection

Drie geslagte om hierdie mens

Ockert Almero Oosthuizen 1786 Adriana Cecilia Venter 1792

Johannes Adriaan Oosthuizen 1816

Cornelis Andries Oosthuizen 1792 Johanna Machteld Petronella Strydom 1792

Susanna Catharina Oosthuizen (b.1819) 1819

Ockert Almero Oosthuizen 1836 Aletta Catharina Maria Helena Hitge get. 1 Desember 1863

Jan Adriaan Oosthuizen 1864 Charles Frederick Wright Oosthuizen 1868~ Almero Jacobus Hitge Oosthuizen 1878

Werk uit hoe hierdie mens aan iemand anders verwant is →

Klik op enige naam, dan word dieselfde drie geslagte om daardie mens getrek. Daar is nie 'n stampaar hier nie, en ook nie 'n bopunt aan die boom nie: dit wys net die familie wat die naaste aan die mens staan oor wie jy lees, en 'n oop plek is 'n gaping in die rekord eerder as 'n uitspraak oor iemand.

Naaste familie

Vader: Johannes Adriaan Oosthuizen
Moeder: Susanna Catharina Oosthuizen (b.1819)
Broers en susters: 1838Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen

1839~Anna Magdalena Oosthuizen

1840Cornelis Andreas Oosthuizen

1840Cornelis Andries Oosthuizen (b.1840)

1840Roelof Daniel Jacobus Oosthuizen

1842Jan Adriaan Oosthuizen (b.1842)

1844Petrus Marthinus Lodewicus Oosthuizen

1847Adriana Cecilia Oosthuizen (b.1847)

1849Susanna Catharina Oosthuizen (b.1849)

1852Anna Magdalena Oosthuysen

1855Roelof Daniel Jacobus Oosthuysen

1856Martha Magdalena Oosthuizen

1861Johanna Elizabeth Eliza Oosthuizen

1865Anna Petronella Oosthuizen (b.1865)

·Adriana Oosthuizen
Getroud: Aletta Catharina Maria Helena Hitge 1 Desember 1863
Kinders: 1864Jan Adriaan Oosthuizen

1868~Charles Frederick Wright Oosthuizen

1878Almero Jacobus Hitge Oosthuizen

'n Lewe in die rekord

voor 1878 grond Held it, Klein Valie Nr. 182
voor 1897 grond Held it, Drooge Kloof
27 November 1836 gebore Born
27 November 1836 grond Lived on it, Middelwater
27 November 1836 gebeurtenis Ockert Almero Oosthuizen born at Middelwater
5 Maart 1837 gebeurtenis Ockert Almero Oosthuizen baptised at Beaufort West
Born on Middelwater 27 November 1836, baptised at Beaufort West on 5 March 1837 - a fourteen-week wait, which is what distance did to these families. Both paternal grandparents stood as witnesses, with a Venter and a Strydom for the other two sides. Nineteen years earlier his father had been baptise
5 Maart 1837 geleentheid Doop te Beaufort West
1 Desember 1863 getroud Married Aletta Catharina Maria Helena Hitge
1 Desember 1863 gebeurtenis Ockert Almero Oosthuizen marries Aletta Catharina Maria Helena Hitge
[SRC-074] At Prince Albert. He was born on Middelwater in 1836; she brings the HITGE name, which then runs down the line as a given name for three generations.
10 Februarie 1878 gebeurtenis Almero Jacobus Hitge Oosthuizen baptised at Prince Albert
Born on 18 January 1878 and baptised three weeks later - by now the family is in the Prince Albert congregation, founded within living memory, and the church is close enough that a baptism no longer waits fourteen weeks as his father's did in 1837. Third son, so by the naming pattern he carries his
10 Februarie 1878 geleentheid Baptism of their child, Almero Jacobus Hitge Oosthuizen at Prince Albert
1892 gebeurtenis The great perdevrekte of 1892
Horse-sickness swept the district: of 95 horses and mules on Kouwveldt (PAR-000088), 14 were left. 'Na hierdie vrekte het die donkie sy tuiste in ons wereld gekry' - the donkey arrived in the Koup's world because the horses died out of it. The diary ranks it with the fall of the ostrich-feather mark
1897 gebeurtenis Kouwveldt sold; the family moves to Droogekloof
Ockert Almero Oosthuizen sells Kouwveldt - properly Klein Vallei, PAR-000088 - to Jan Muller and moves his household to his other farm, Droogekloof (PAR-000007). The same year the brandsiekwet came from Rhodes; 'die enigste goeie ding wat hy in Suid-Afrika gedoen het', the diary says, with the distr
Januarie 1922 begrawe Buried, Prince Albert NG Kerk cemetery
TER GEDACTENIS AAN OCKERT ALMERO OOSTHUIZEN, GEB. 27 NOV. 1836, OVERL. 2 JAN. 1922. Below a rule: ZALIG ZYN DE DOODEN DIE IN DEN HEERE STERVEN.
2 Januarie 1922 gebeurtenis Ockert Almero Oosthuizen dies in Church Street, Prince Albert
A retired farmer of 85, dead of gastro enteritis after a month, attended by Dr P.C. Luttig, and buried in the DR church cemetery at Prince Albert. His son signed the form from DROOGEKLOOF - the piece of annexed Government ground that sat inside the Middelwater loan farm when Stretch surveyed it in 1
2 Januarie 1922 oorlede Died
3 Januarie 1922 geleentheid Sterfteregistrasie te Prince Albert

Grond waarop hulle op rekord is

Klein Valie Nr. 182 held it · voor 1878 to 1897
Drooge Kloof held it · voor 1897 to 2 Januarie 1922
Middelwater lived on it · 27 November 1836

Wie by hulle gestaan het

Wie by 'n doop, 'n testament of 'n opmeting geteken het, is nie bykomstig nie. Dit is die duidelikste oorblywende rekord van watter families naby mekaar gestaan het.

het vir hulle gestaan Ockert Almero Oosthuise doop · 5 Maart 1837 · grandfather (father's father)
on Middelwater, De Modder Fonteyn (aan d'Olifants rivier) · stood at 3 other occasions
het vir hulle gestaan Adriana Cecilia Venter doop · 5 Maart 1837 · grandmother (father's mother)
stood at 1 other occasion
het vir hulle gestaan Jan Louies Venter doop · 5 Maart 1837 · mother's grandfather?
on Middelwater
het vir hulle gestaan Susanna Catharina Strijdom doop · 5 Maart 1837 · mother's family
no other trace in this model
het vir hulle gestaan A.J. Oosthuizen sterfteregistrasie · 3 Januarie 1922 · son, present at death
on Hartebeest Voedpad (Rondabel Nr. 124 Gdlt 5), Elandsfontein (Rondabel Nr. 124 Gdlt 6), Drooge Kloof…

Stories

mentioned Rondawel se geskiedenis: van 'n weduwee se kruisie tot vandag se Marincowitz-plaas
subject Middelwater se storie sedert 1777
mentioned Vrolykheid se storie
subject Wie is die twee mense uit Klueplaas, Middelwater se solder, rondom 1875?
mentioned Die oorlog bereik die Koup
mentioned Vier grootouers, vier lande, vanaf 1684
subject Die Oosthuizens van die Koup
ancestor Die Oosthuizens van die Koup
mentioned Van Modder Fonteyn na die Koup, 1809–1841
subject Brokkies uit oupa Almero Oosthuizen se dagboek

Ander van dieselfde naam

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.

Wat ons nie weet nie

7 other people 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.

Bronne

FamilySearch Family Tree - Oosthuizen direct line FamilySearchperson pages 972X-2LJ, LZ1Q-GDF, LDQC-R1B, LDQC-R17, LDQC-RTX and their family views
Baptism, 5 March 1837: Ockert Almero, child of Jan Adriaan Oosthuise and Susanna Catharina Oosthuise, Beaufort West FamilySearch, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Records (Stellenbosch Archive), 1690-2011"; citing GISA, StellenboschSouth Africa > Cape > Beaufort West > Baptisms 1819-1844 > image 198 of 302; ark 3:1:S3HY-68TW-G3P; cc=1392488, wc=M64H-PNL:13850901,13850902,14731201,14762701
Form of Information of a Death, 2 January 1922: Ockert Almero Oosthuizen, Prince Albert FamilySearch, "South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972"ark 1:1:W46D-53W2; registered 3 Jan 1922, district Prince Albert, entry no. 5; form B.&D.2 under Act 7 of 1894 (Cape)
Baptism, 10 February 1878: Almero Jacobus Hitge, child of Ockert Almero Oosthuizen and Aletta Catharina Maria Helena Hitge, Prince Albert FamilySearch, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994"; State Archives, Cape Provinceark 3:1:3Q9M-CSK6-T996-Z; cc=1478678; Doop Register, Prins Albert, page 458, entry 59
'Brokkies uit oupa Almero Oosthuizen se dagboek', Klaarstroom - Zeekoegat 1885/1933 - Die Oudtshoorn CourantSame page and issue as SRC-585; date [TO VERIFY], after October 1961Scans DOC-0348 (left), DOC-0349 (page), DOC-0350 (right); published verbatim as story STO-0048

Navorsingsnotas

born Middelwater; Frans 2x-great-grandfather

29 Jul 2026: son of PER-000003 and PER-000135, born on Middelwater. NOTE THE NAMESAKE: his uncle Ockert Almero (PER-000133) was born in 1839, three years AFTER him.

29 Jul 2026 [SRC-083] BAPTISM REGISTER READ, Beaufort West: born 27 November 1836, baptised 5 March 1837; parents "Jan Adriaan Oosthuise" and "Susanna Catharina Oosthuise". FOUR WITNESSES, and they are exactly the two sides: his paternal grandparents OCKERT ALMERO OOSTHUISE and ADRIANA CECILIA VENTER, plus JAN LOUIES VENTER and SUSANNA CATHARINA STRIJDOM - a Venter for his grandmother's line and a Strydom for his mother's mother's line. The left margin of the entry reads "ldg: C. HATTING" - see SRC-083 and PER-000055.

29 Jul 2026 [SRC-084] DEATH REGISTRATION READ. Died 2 January 1922 at CHURCH STREET, PRINCE ALBERT, aged 85 1/12 years, a RETIRED FARMER - so like his own grandfather (PER-000001, who died in his own house in the village in 1859) he came off the land into the town at the end. Cause: gastro enteritis after a month's illness; attended by DR P.C. LUTTIG - the same doctor later named executor in the Swanepoel estate (SRC-072). Buried in the DR CHURCH CEMETERY, PRINCE ALBERT, which means the grave should be findable. THE INFORMANT WAS HIS SON, "A.J. Oosthuizen", present at death, LIVING AT DROOGEKLOOF - see PER-000016.

29 Jul 2026, death record read in full [SRC-084/DOC-0061]: he did NOT die on Middelwater - "Retired Farmer", usual residence and place of death CHURCH STREET, PRINCE ALBERT, 2 Jan 1922, gastro-enteritis after a month (Dr P.E. Luttig); informant his son A.J. Oosthuizen (PER-000016), "present at death", of DROOGEKLOOF; intended burial DR Church cemetery, Prince Albert; registered 3 Jan 1922, entry 5. The old man had retired to town; the son farmed Droogekloof (PAR-000007), the ground annexed to Middelwater in the 1833 survey.

[31 Jul 2026 SRC-171] CONFIRMED AS THE FATHER of Charles Frederick Wright OosthuizenH (PER-000164) by that son's 1930 death notice, which names 'Ockert Almero OosthuizenL (deceased)' and 'Aletta Catharina OosthuizenL born Hitge, widow, Prince Albert'. FamilySearch has the record attached to the WRONG Ockert Almero - his uncle GVZF-ZHH, b.1839. FIX-0003.

[SRC-303] PROBABLY CONFIRMED AT PRINS ALBERT ON 31 MARCH 1856, aged 18. The ledematenregister lists OCKERT ALMERO OOSTHUYZEN among fifteen young people taken into membership that church year. He was born 27 November 1836, so he was 19 years 4 months on that date and the register says 18. Register ages are commonly a year out and this project has just seen the same thing on a death notice. [TO VERIFY], AND THE WARNING IS THE USUAL ONE: 6 records that OCKERT ALMERO OOSTHUIZEN as a bare string matches NINE people in this model. The age and the date make this one the best candidate and not a certainty.

[15 Aug 2026, SRC-442] CALLED OCKIE. His great-granddaughter, writing in 2011: "Ockie Oosthuizen and his wife Lettie were my great-grandparents." Recorded in `noemnaam` per 5b.

HIS HOUSE IN PRINCE ALBERT IS NOW THE ONSE RUS GUESTHOUSE, which is how this correspondence began: Frans found a photograph of him on that guesthouse's website in January 2011 and wrote to ask about it. The same portrait is MED-000047 here.

HIS ORIGINAL GRAVESTONE IS NOT THE ONE THIS PROJECT PHOTOGRAPHED - see MED-000018.

[25 Aug 2026] HIS SON'S DIARY (SRC-586) FILLS IN HIS GROUND: he held KOUWVELDT - properly Klein Vallei, PAR-000088 - through the 1880s (mixed farming: grain, vineyards, fruit, ostriches, horses, cattle; 600-700 sacks a season), SOLD IT IN 1897 to Jan Muller (PER-001919), and moved to DROOGEKLOOF (PAR-000007), 'sy ander plaas' - which squares with the death record: he himself ended at Church Street in the village in January 1922, retired, his son the informant living at Drooge Kloof - and it CORRECTS the loose claim elsewhere that he died on Middelwater. In 1892 the perdevrekte left him 14 of 95 horses and mules.

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.

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

The Prins Albert ledematenregister is a census of this congregation. Work it as a run. prioriteit 1 · LEAD-0128
Four openings of the members' register have now been read and they name well over a hundred people between 1854 and 1861, with ages, dates and the kerkraad's signatures. What does the whole register give if it is read as a run rather than looked up name by name?

Wat dit sou uitmaak Nothing settles a question this shape; it produces a roll of who was here and when, against which every other record can be checked.
Three photographs named in the 2011 Onse Rus correspondence that this project does not hold prioriteit 1 · LEAD-0203
The January 2011 exchange about Onse Rus names photographs the model has no file for: (1) the broken MARBLE original of Ockert Almero OosthuizenL's gravestone, lying on Vischat, which Frans attached to his own email; (2) a studio photograph of three of the grandchildren - Ette, Ockie and Belle - on the guesthouse website; (3) whatever else that website carries. Can they be got?

Wat dit sou uitmaak The files, and permission for anything that is not Frans's own.
Two Jan Adriaan Oosthuizens, one wife: are PER-000163 and PER-000398 one man? prioriteit 2 · LEAD-0098
PER-000163 (tree, FS GQKX-JX7) and PER-000398 (tree, FS GHXS-ZVD) carry the same name and the same wife, Johanna Susanna De VilliersM born 3 August 1867. Are they one man duplicated upstream, or two men the tree has confused? And whose dates does PER-000163's row actually hold?

Wat dit sou uitmaak A death notice. The two candidate deaths are fourteen years and a province apart, so one notice decides it outright.
Are the Klueplaas attic sketches Ockert Almero and Lettie Hitge? The woman does not fit. prioriteit 2 · LEAD-0201
Two framed portrait sketches found in a Klueplaas attic have been SUSPECTED since July 2026 of showing Ockert Almero OosthuizenL (1836-1922) and his wife Aletta Catharina Maria Helena "Lettie" Hitge (1846-1933), on dress-dating and provenance alone. Photographs of both have now arrived. The man is consistent; the woman is not - the sketch shows an elderly woman in a bonnet of the 1860s-70s, and Lettie was twenty-four in 1870. Who is she?

Wat dit sou uitmaak A name on the backing, or a costume date that fits a woman born in 1846.

Wat die rekord kortkom

45 years, and the ground changes hands to nobody we can follow first order · B1 succession
On Klein Valie Nr. 182, Christian Hatting JuniorM (Klein Valie, 1833) is the last owner recorded from ../1833, and the next entry is Ockert Almero OosthuizenL from ../1878, 45 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 1833 and 1878. A transfer names its predecessor in title, so one deed closes the whole gap.
19 years, and the ground changes hands to nobody we can follow first order · B1 succession
On Klein Valie Nr. 182, Ockert Almero OosthuizenL is the last owner recorded from ../1878, and the next entry is Jan MüllerM (bought Klein Vallei, 1897) from 1897, 19 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 1878 and 1897. A transfer names its predecessor in title, so one deed closes the whole gap.
The record stops in 1897 and never resumes second order · B2 trail-ends
Klein Valie Nr. 182 was worked as far as 1897, with Ockert Almero OosthuizenL the last owner on record. 129 years follow with nothing. Who held it after that, and is it still one farm?

What would settle it The current title deed traced backwards, each transfer names the one before it, or the Surveyor-General's subdivision diagrams, which are what usually explain a farm going quiet.

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.

Elders

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