J.W. du T. Melvill (Government Surveyor)
active 1863–1874
Name
- Given
- J.W. du T.
- Surname
- Melvill
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.
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.
- Geen gedateerde rekord bind hierdie mens aan 'n bepaalde stuk grond nie.
- Niks gedateerds is hoegenaamd oor hulle aangeteken nie; hulle is hier omdat 'n ander rekord hulle noem.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Navorsingsnotas
[DIAGRAM] Government Surveyor. Framed the 1874 resurvey of Modderdrift No. 106 (SG Dgm 877/1875, DOC-0154) and signed the beacon note on it. Already named in the model as the surveyor of the 1863 Oorlogs Kloof resurvey (DOC-0073's notes) without having had a record of his own until now. [1 Aug 2026]
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
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Twelve NAAIRS index entries for the Prince Albert division, 1841-1890 - Colonial Office memorials, circuit court cases and Lands files
prioriteit 1 · LEAD-0189
Two were already held (CSC 2/6/1/208 and 2/6/1/269). THESE TWELVE ARE NEW. Which of them are this family's, and which of the four unmatched surnames belong in this record?
Wat dit sou uitmaak The files themselves. Each entry is an INDEX LINE - it gives a name, a year and a subject, and nothing about what the paper says.