This is from an environmental impact assessment done (contact me off list if you would like a copy - it has maps etc. :)) "An electronic search of the Surveyor-General's database has revealed that both Welgevonden 75 and Witboyskraal 73 were surveyed and granted in 1821. Welgevonden 75 (No 257/1821) is described as a loan farm granted to Johan Coenraad Marneweck in September 1821 while Witboyskraal 73 (250/1821) was granted to "Landdrost" Johannes Marnewerk (sp?) and Johannes Hartwich in September 1821. A survey of the internet shows there were two individuals with the name Johann Conrad Marnewerk/Marneweck (sp?). Both were of German immigrant stock and one arrived at the Cape in 1774 and served in the Governor's bodyguard before being sentenced to be banished in 1794 due to an unnamed offence. The latter is recorded as having a son, Johan Coenraad, who married in 1813, and it could be this Marneweck who is referred to in the land grants. The survey diagram for Welgevonden shows a "woonhuis and ordanantie" in the centre of the farm, "zaayland" and "kelder" along the Huis River. The Marnewicksrivier on the property is therefore presumably named after the first owner. The subdivision of the property took place in the 1880's. Solomonskraal 74 (1988/1888) and Donkerhoek 72 (1987/1878) were only surveyed in 1878 and the first owners are not named." shani@sgla.co.za ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rose McArthur" <rose.mus@hotmail.co.uk> To: <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 12:07 Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Re Farm maps > > Hi Joy, > I hope I'm not being too optimistic. My husband's gggg grandfather (J.C. Marneweck) started a wine farm called Welgevonden near De Rust (35 kilometres from Oudtshoorn) at the end of the 18th Century. I believe it was still in the family by the mid 1800s and perhaps even later. It has variously been referred to as : > "On the place Welgevonden situated in the Field Cy of Before Oliphant River""The farm Welgevonden was on the Olyphants Rivier near the Cammannassieberge. It was later consigned to the George district and finally to the Oudtshoorn District" > Is it possible to pinpoint the farm from the above? > Many thanks, > Rose > >> >> >> > Shooh Joy! What a wonderful offer - thank you so much! Do I have to be >> > very >> > specific - not enough to say Dordrecht / Indwe region - although I think >> > Indwe changed from private farms to communal Transkei land or whatever. I >> > will try and do a little more research on this. >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message