A.J. de Villiers (Government Surveyor)
active 1910–1911
Names
- Given
- A.J.
- Surname
- de Villiers
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 The fifteenth of April, 1841
- mentioned The men who drew the lines
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
[DIAGRAM] Government Surveyor. Surveyed and beaconed Klipgat No. 114 in September 1910 (SG Dgm 1200/1911, DOC-0158). [1 Aug 2026]
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