W. Grobbelaar (Tulbagh, 1816)
active 1816 · Grobbelaar line · unidentified
Names
- Given
- W.
- Surname
- Grobbelaar
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.
Stories
- mentioned Two farms called Vrolykheid
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.
- Nothing dated is recorded about them at all, they are here because another record names them.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Research notes
[31 Jul 2026 inbox] Named on SG dgm 388/1816 (DOC-0074), Vrolykheid No. 61, Tulbagh. Western neighbour. INITIALS ONLY - deliberately NOT matched to anyone in the tree. The tree holds a Willem Grobbelaar b. 30 Sep 1780 Tulbagh, who would be 36 in 1816 - a close fit on initial, place and age, and recorded here as a CANDIDATE only.
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