Benecke (of Worcester)
active 1858–1860 · Benecke line · unidentified
Names
- Surname
- Benecke
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.
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
[SRC-010, Rose Willis, Klaarstroom cameo] Named as the third man in the founding of the village, 'a mutual friend named Benecke who originally hailed from Worcester'. Surname only. [TO VERIFY]
*** RE-ATTRIBUTED 31 Jul 2026: Benecke was MEIRING's friend on the road through the poort, not Oosthuizen's in the founding of the village. ***
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.