Jan Adriaan Venter
8 Desember 1823 – 23 November 1898 · Venter line
Verbinding met die Koup
Het grond in hierdie distrik gehou: Wolwekraal Nr. 17 (1855-11-20).
- grond Venterskraal (Wolwekraal portion) 1857-03-10
- gebeurtenis Wolwekraal divided in two1857-03-10
Name
- Baptismal name
- Jan Adriaan
- Given
- Jan Adriaan
- Surname
- Venter
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.
Naaste familie
- Mother
- Maria Catharina Venter
- Brothers and sisters
- Married
- Anna Johanna Jacomina Venter
- Children
- Christina Wilhelmina Venter
'n Lewe in die rekord
- 8 Desember 1823 gebore Born
- 20 November 1855 grond Held it, Wolwekraal Nr. 17
- 10 Maart 1857 grond Held it, Venterskraal (Wolwekraal portion)
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10 Maart 1857
gebeurtenis
Wolwekraal divided in two
Less than two years after buying it, Mostert and Venter split the farm into two equal halves of 7,251 morgen. On the same day 2,000 morgen of the Venter half was registered to Jacobus Johannes Swanepoel as Swanepoel’s Aanleg - transports 149, 150 and 151.
- 23 November 1898 oorlede Died
Grond waarop hulle op rekord is
- Wolwekraal Nr. 17 held it · 20 November 1855 to 10 Maart 1857
- Venterskraal (Wolwekraal portion) held it · 10 Maart 1857
Stories
- mentioned Rondabel Nr. 124: 'n plaasgeskiedenis
- subject Die plaas waarop hy gebore is
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
- 3 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
- '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
Navorsingsnotas
[SRC-072] Took half of Wolwekraal as Venterskraal in 1857 and sold it away piece by piece over the next 37 years.
TREE ANCHOR 29 Jul 2026: Jan Adriaan VenterL, BORN ON WOLVE KRAAL 8 Dec 1823, d. 23 Nov 1898 - the man who took half of Wolwekraal as Venterskraal in 1857 was born on the farm.
30 Jul 2026 [SRC-134] Heir 3 in his father's Rondavel inventory (MOOC8/44.48), which gives his birth as 8 NOVEMBER 1823 against the tree's 8 December [TO VERIFY]. His father died on Rondavel 23 Jul 1829; his mother (PER-000341) was the root couple's sister.
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.
Elders
FamilySearch-profiel GH17-GFJ