William Geyer

active 1833

Verbinding met die Koup

Het grond in hierdie distrik gehou: Klipfontein Nr. 171 (Witte Klip) (1833-08).

Name

Given: William
Surname: Geyer

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

Augustus 1833 grond Held it, Klipfontein Nr. 171 (Witte Klip)

Grond waarop hulle op rekord is

Klipfontein Nr. 171 (Witte Klip) held it · Augustus 1833

Wat ons nie weet nie

Geen geboortedatum is aangeteken nie.
Geen sterfdatum is aangeteken nie.
Nie een ouer is aangeteken nie, dus hang hierdie mens nie aan die boom bo hom of haar nie.

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

Navorsingsnotas

[31 Jul 2026 inbox] The farm Witte Klip or Klip Fontein (No. 171) was surveyed for him by C. Lennox Stretch in August 1833 (DOC-0112). SURVEYED FOR is not the same as titled to: the 1841 quitrent deed Bf.Q.5-43 named on the copy-stamp may or may not have gone to him, which is the same distinction that makes OWN-000022 over-claim on Vrolykheid. Added under the people-related-to-the-land rule. [TO VERIFY]

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.

Wat die rekord kortkom

Holds ground once, and leaves no other trace at all second order · B5 one-trace
William GeyerH appears in exactly one land record and nowhere else, no birth, no death, no parents, no marriage, no burial, no estate. Who was this, and which family are they?

What would settle it A death notice (MOOC 6/9) names parents, spouse and children in one sheet and is the fastest way to attach an isolated landholder. Failing that, the baptism register for the district in the right decade.

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.