MOOC8/28.63 - Inventory of the estate of Ockert Oosthuijzen, taken at de Modder Fonteyn on the Olifants River, 23 April 1809

estate inventory (transcription) · consulted 2026-07-29

Type: estate inventory (transcription)
Repository: Cape Archives (KAB), Master of the Orphan Chamber; transcription published by TANAP / Globalise (Huygens KNAW)
Reference: MOOC8/28.63, {18090423}
Consulted: 2026-07-29

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THE SINGLE MOST INFORMATIVE DOCUMENT IN THE PROJECT SO FAR. A full room-by-room inventory of the household of PER-000118 at his death, plus debts, credits and every heir with their age. It names the farm - DE MODDER FONTEYN, GELEGEN AAN D'OLIFANTS RIVIER - which documents the Citrusdal property that until today rested on family memory alone. It shows the family were WAGONMAKERS AND SMITHS as well as stock farmers. And it records the eldest son, aged 25, taking in seven minor siblings and promising to educate them.

Kept verbatim. This project contradicts published genealogies and corrects a family's own oral tradition, so every claim has to be checkable by someone who was not in the room.

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2 occasions.

23 April 1809 · estate inventory · De Modder Fonteyn
witnesses: Johannes Dorotheus Camijn, Hendrik van As junior
23 April 1809 · estate inventory · De Modder Fonteyn
witnesses: A.A. Faure
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MOOC8/28.63 - Inventory of the estate of Ockert Oosthuijzen, taken at de Modder Fonteyn on the Olifants River, 23 April 1809

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