J.J.P. du Plessis (Rossel Erf, 1908)

active 1908 · du Plessis line · unidentified

Verbinding met die Koup

Het grond in hierdie distrik gehou: Rossel Erf (Reim Hoogte Nr. 167 Gdlt 1) (1908-06-15).

gebeurtenis Rossel Erf cut out of Reim Hoogte1908-06-15

Name

Given: J.J.P.
Surname: du Plessis

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

15 Junie 1908 grond Held it, Rossel Erf (Reim Hoogte Nr. 167 Gdlt 1)
15 Junie 1908 gebeurtenis Rossel Erf cut out of Reim Hoogte
25 morgen surveyed in March 1908 by A.I. de Villiers - the beacons pointed out by the owner and the adjoining proprietors - and transferred to J.J.P. du Plessis.

Grond waarop hulle op rekord is

Rossel Erf (Reim Hoogte Nr. 167 Gdlt 1) held it · 15 Junie 1908

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] Took transfer of Rossel Erf on deed 3908 of 15 June 1908 (DOC-0127). INITIALS ONLY, not matched. Worth flagging that du Plessis is already in this model on adjoining ground - Ignatius Michael du PlessisM held half the opstal on Rondabel in 1818 (OWN-000025) - but 1818 and 1908 are ninety years apart and no relationship is claimed.

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

The record stops in 1908 and never resumes second order · B2 trail-ends
Rossel Erf (Reim Hoogte Nr. 167 Gdlt 1) was worked as far as 1908-06-15, with J.J.P. du PlessisH (Rossel Erf, 1908) the last owner on record. 118 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.