Theodorus Louis van Eck

active 1940 · van Eck line

Connection to the Koup

Took part in something recorded here: Botterkraal fenced, and the neighbours named (1940).

Names

Baptismal name

Theodorus Louis

Given

Theodorus Louis

Surname

van Eck

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.

A life in the record

1. 1940 event Botterkraal fenced, and the neighbours named
   A sworn statement before attorney Klaas Doedes Haak itemises the cost of ringing Botterkraal with jackal-proof wire: Caroluskraal PS80, F.S. Marincowitz PS90, G. Raubenheimer PS60, T.L. van Eck PS75, Estate late P.J. Swanepoel PS98, plus 2,000 paces of internal wire at PS160 - PS563 in all. An accid

What we don't know

• No birth date is recorded.
• No death date is recorded.
• Neither parent is recorded, so this person is not attached to the tree above them.
• No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.

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

Sources

1. '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

Research notes

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