Thomas Charles John Bain
29 September 1830 – 29 September 1893 · Bain line
Verbinding met die Koup
Het deelgeneem aan iets wat hier aangeteken is: The Swartberg Pass opens (1888-01-10).
Name
- Baptismal name
- Thomas Charles John
- Given
- Thomas Charles John
- Surname
- Bain
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.
'n Lewe in die rekord
- 29 September 1830 gebore Born
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10 Januarie 1888
gebeurtenis
The Swartberg Pass opens
Built 1881-1888 under Thomas Bain, largely with convict labour; about 150 convicts died. Bain was made the colony's geological surveyor the same year.
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1891
gebeurtenis
Thomas Bain publishes "The Nuggets of the Gouph and the Prince Albert Gold Fields"
31 pages, JC Juta and Company. With Henry Oakley he put the gold-bearing reef at about 18 square miles - against the 8,100 square miles he had projected to the press.
- 29 September 1893 oorlede Died
Stories
- subject Die Prins Albert-goudstormloop
- mentioned Almero Hitge en die onderwyseresse oor die Swartberg
Wat ons nie weet nie
- Nie een ouer is aangeteken nie, dus hang hierdie mens nie aan die boom bo hom of haar nie.
- Geen gedateerde rekord bind hierdie mens aan 'n bepaalde stuk grond nie.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Bronne
- History of Prince Albert Karoo South Africa
- Rose Willis & Doreen Atkinson, "Zeekoegat: Explorations in the Koup Karoo" (2022) Karoo Development Foundation38pp cameo
Navorsingsnotas
Road engineer and Geological Surveyor of the Cape. Built the Swartberg Pass above Prince Albert (opened 10 Jan 1888); appointed geological and irrigation surveyor the same year; reported on the Prince Albert gold in 1891. Died on his 63rd birthday. Not a relative - a recurring figure in the district.
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.