Antjesfontein No. 14
14 on the cadastre · on record 1866–1929 · show on the map
- Farm number
- No. 14
- On the cadastre
- 14, whole farmregistered as ANTJES FONTEIN
- District
- Prince Albert
- Modern surveyed area
- 6736.9 ha
Why this farm is here
Frederik Hendrik Swanepoel (b6c5d7e3) lived on this ground. Connected to the Oosthuizen, Marincowitz or Van der Merwe lines BY MARRIAGE, not by blood, 6 steps on the shortest path. 46 km from Klaarstroom.
- Frederik Hendrik Swanepoel (b6c5d7e3)
- child of Pieter Johannes Swanepoel (b6c5d7)
- married to Johanna Jacomina Petronella Catharina Venter
- child of Maria Catharina Venter
- child of Jan Louis Venter
- parent of Adriana Cecilia Venter
- parent of Johannes Adriaan Oosthuizen
Each step is a recorded parentage or marriage in this model, and the shortest one the record supports, follow the names to check it.
- border Shares a boundary with Rietfontein No. 12 Rietfontein No. 12
- border Shares a boundary with Rietfontein No. 12 Ptn 2 Rietfontein No. 12 Ptn 2
What the record holds, in order
-
1866
lived here
Frederik Hendrik Swanepoel (b6c5d7e3) (16 April 1827–8 September 1909)
farming
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1868-09-25 to 1875-10-18
ownership
Matthys Booyens
quitrent · grant · confidence high
-
1929
burial
Marthinus Jacobus van Wijk
Kookfontein farm cemetery, Antjesfontein 14
Buried on this ground
- Kookfontein farm cemetery, Antjesfontein 14 1 graves recorded
The burials also appear on this farm's timeline above, each at its own date.
Also bordered by, as the modern cadastre draws it
Ground that touches this farm on the Surveyor-General's current polygons and that none of the diagrams held here names. Derived from the geometry, not read off a document.
- N Rietpoort No. 13
- NE Riet Poort No. 231
- E Trakas Kuilen No. 15
- E Trakas Kuilen No. 15 Ptn 1
- SE Leeukraal No. 24 (consolidated)
- SE Antjiesfontein (Leeukraal No. 24 Ptn 1)
- SW Farm 215
- SW Waterval (Farm 215 Ptn 1)
- NW Rietfontein No. 12
- NW Rietfontein No. 12 Ptn 2
Cadastre
Surveyor-General diagram index for this parcel
Research notes
[SRC-072] East of Prince Albert, near the N12 (formerly R29) between Beaufort West and Meiringspoort. Surveyed and granted to Matthys BooyensH 25 Sep 1868 (AK: Qts 1-23). Transferred to a Frederik Hendrik SwanepoelH on 18 Oct 1875 and on to Constant Wilsnach the same day. A school stood here - Miss Florrie Forsyth taught at Antjesfontein and played piano at the Zeekoegat CJV concerts.
[SRC-311, 7 Aug 2026] A FARM CEMETERY IS RECORDED ON THIS GROUND BY eGGSA: 'Antjes Fontein 14, Kookfontein', Cemetery ID 7590, at -32.930950, 22.401417. Photographs and captions at https://graveswcape.eggsa.org/PRINCE-ALBERT-Rural/Kookfontein/ - linked, not copied.
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