Who's Where in Cape Architecture
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WHO’S WHERE IN CAPE ARCHITECTURE A directory of people and places Compiled from Hans Fransen’s The Old Buildings of the Cape with additional material from De Villiers and Pama’s genealogies, The Dictionary of South African Biography and other sources STEWART HARRIS [email protected] Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa 2006 Important notes People do not invariably own the places mentioned. Number is page number, letter is column number. Includes property owners, architects, artists, surveyors, people associated with the place, some businesses and social movements. Additional information in brackets includes birth and death dates if known, key family details and, to indicate the time period, property transfer or other dates. People are not recorded if they are street or place names; but building or house names of special interest are intermittently captured. Authors of Fransen’s source documents are captured if mentioned in his main text but not from his acknowledgements paragraphs. Complex families, eg Eksteen, are numbered as de Villiers and Pama, eg a1b2c3. Their numbering system has been extended to include the stamvader as a1; where there are several stamvaders of the same name I have numbered them a2 etc in the order printed in de Villiers and Pama. Additional data is welcome. There are also some people of the same name and period who may be identical – clarification is welcome. Standard spelling of people’s names has been adopted to allow meaningful indexing, even though some branches of the family prefer a variant. For example, Mijburgh is indexed as Myburgh, Loubscher as Loubser – they are part of the same genealogical tree. I have not attempted to reconcile first names that are essentially the same eg Jan/Johannes/Hannes. Where Fransen refers to an unnamed widow or daughter or son, the person has where possible been identified and cross-indexed. Further data is welcome. Abbreviations 323a page 323 column a c1810 circa 1810 a1652 arrived at the Cape 1652 b1813 born/baptised 1813 bc1810 born/baptised circa 1810 d1918 died 1918 tr1734 property acquired in 1734 trs1734 sale transfer in 1734 gr1693 grant 1693 (incl loanplace, grazing rights) g1840 gable 1840 x married (xx 2nd marriage) AJ/sn AJ’s son AJ/dau AJ’s daughter DEIC Dutch East India Company DR Dutch Reformed Church 2 WHO’S WHERE IN CAPE ARCHITECTURE This is a directory of people, organisations and social movements associated with old Cape places. It is principally an index of personal names mentioned in Hans Fransen’s A guide to the old buildings of the Cape, and also records where the properties were located. It has been enriched with selective material identifying them from de Villiers and Pama’s Genealogies of old South African families and the Dictionary of South African biography, and partially from other references. By plotting individuals and where their properties were, the data base shows the diverse land holdings some had, and the geography of family ownership – it shows who’s where in Cape Architecture. The data base is an unrolling process – work in progress. I was not able to gather all of the outside references, for example from de Villiers and Pama Vol 3, and the addition of these would strengthen the data base. Also, many family and heritage historians have identified the person responsible for building work, effectively updating Fransen. If you find errors or have additional data please mail me at [email protected]. Thanks to Peter Coates for advising me about some of the tricky decisions involved in making an index – though the outcomes are my own responsibility. Thanks especially to Hans Fransen for his unequalled guide, the most important study yet made of Cape architecture, and for encouraging this exercise. As I worked through it, I realised what a mammoth undertaking his was: 5 700 buildings and places! I can never hope to visit all of them; but I enjoyed my vicarious journey in his knowledgeable and courteous company, and the people from the past that I met along the way. Stewart Harris Tamboerskloof February 2006 Cover picture: The Myburghs at Meerlust, photo Arthur Elliott, courtesy Cape Archives 3 References De Villiers, CC and Pama, C, Genealogies of old South African families/Geslagsregisters van die ou Kaapse families, 3 vols (1966), 2 vols (1981), AA Balkema, Cape Town, 1966 and 1981. [Vol 3 was not consulted.] Dictionary of South African biography, successive Editors de Kock, WJ, Kruger, DW, Beyers, CJ, published for the Human Sciences Research Council, Vols 1-3 by Tafelberg Uitgewers, Cape Town, Vol 4 by Butterworth & Co, Durban and Pretoria, 1968 (Vol 1), 1972 (Vol 2), 1977(Vol 3), 1981 (Vol 4). [Vol 5 was not consulted.] Fransen, Hans and Cook, Mary Alexander, The old houses of the Cape, AA Balkema, Cape Town and Amsterdam, 1965. Fransen, Hans, A guide to the old buildings of the Cape, Jonathan Ball Publishers, Johannesburg and Cape Town, 2004. Gordon-Brown, A, Pictorial Africana, AA Balkema, Cape Town and Rotterdam, 1975. Hall, Martin, The secret lives of houses: Women, gables and gardens in the eighteenth century Cape, Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town, 1994. Proud, Hayden, The Advancement of Art, exhibition catalogue, Iziko Museums of Cape Town, Cape Town, 2002. Rosenthal, Eric (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Frederick Warne, London and New York, 1961. 4 Albertyn, Christoffel (tr1781 trs1798) Stellenbosch Kromme Rhee 204c, Hercules Pilaar 211c A Albertyn, Coenraad Johannes (tr1790) Ackerman, Adolphus William (engineer, architect, active Stellenbosch Lanzerac 197a, Klein Gustrouw 198a, 1880-1900s) Nektar 198c biog 590a, Rondebosch Glenara 104c Albertyn, Frederik, Dr (c1880) Ackerman, CE (tr1799 trs1812) Bredasdorp Zeekoevlei 446c Stellenbosch 153 Dorp St 183a Albertyn, Hendrik (g1778) Ackerman, Jacoba (x JF Hassner c1764-1820) Stellenbosch Groenhof 204bc Caledon Hassner Tomb 429c Albertyn, Jacob Johannes a1b1c11d3 (tr1817) Ackerman, RH, Dr (c1819) Stellenbosch Jonkershoek 199a Tulbagh 40 Church St 373a Albertyn, JR, Rev (Riversdale minister c1900) Ackermann Albertinia 475b see Ackerman Albertyn, Nicolas (early 20th C) ACT 1815 (gable initials) ie Abram Christoffel Theron Simon’s Town Albertyn’s Cottage 164b Prince Albert 52 Church St 513b Alexander Institution Adam, Robert (influential British architect 1728-92) Observatory Nieuwe Molen 94a 17a Alexander, George Murray (architect b1851 a1879 d1904) Adams, Jason (prob Rosina/sn c1843) biog 590a, Cape Town Tafelberg DR Church 39c, St Paarl 52 Main St 259a Mark’s Church 56c, Gardens Rogelim 66c, Woodstock Adams, Rosina M (tr1838) St Philips’ Mission Chapel 85b, Rondebosch Town Paarl 52 Main St 259a Hall 104a, 113c, Rondebosch DR Church 104b, Adamson, James, Prof (c1839) Newlands Vineyard 113c, Montebello Gatehouse Cape Town South African College 38a 113b, Plumstead Timour Hall 137b, Prince Albert 2 Adamson, William M (architect c1898) Pastorie St 514c biog 590a, Constantia High Constantia 149c Alexander, Henry (Colonial Secretary tr1818 trs1818) Adamstein family (c1893) Somerset West De Fortuin/Broadlands 250a, 251a Richmond Deelfontein 556b Aling, RN (surveyor c1857) Adendorff, Michiel Joseph (pound-master x Rouvier Sutherland 543c c1780s) Alleman, Rudolph Siegfried, Capt (Head of Cape Garrison Graaff-Reinet Rouvierville 570c, Adendorp settlement d1762 tr1737) [DSAB III:18] 570c Woodstock Zonnebloem 85c, 86c African Explosives Alleman, son 1 of Rudolph Siegfried (tr1762 trs1760s) see De Beers Woodstock Zonnebloem 85c African Golden Ochre Co (late 19th C) Alleman, son 2 of Rudolph Siegfried (tr1762 trs1774) Mossel Bay Ochre Building 481a Observatory Uitwijk/Malta 85c, Woodstock Afrikaanse Taalbeweging (c1880s) Zonnebloem 85c history 19b, Paarl 11 Pastorie Lane 266a, Daljosaphat Aloewie, Tuan Said (Muslim exile) Schoongezicht 297a, Kleinbosch 298a, Huguenot Cape Town Tana Baru cemetery 55b Cemetery 298b, Wellington vicinity 306a, Wellington Ambrahamse from Malmesbury (builder, late 18th C?) 37 Fontein St 305c, Groenberg Primary School 311b Darling Yzerfontein Lime Kilns 340c AHDT 1857 (gable initials) Anderson, — (three daughters of Pacaltsdorp missionary Worcester area Memel 388a c1853) AJDJ 1814 (gable initials) Swellendam 2 Swellengrebel St 457b, 16 Van Still Bay Palinggat 475a Oudtshoorn St 457b, 458a Alberti, — Capt (c1804) Anderson, JH (property tycoon c1901) Uitenhage 526b Rondebosch 5 Park Rd 109c, Silwood/Bonair area Alberts, — (NAA/grandson c1972) 109c Prince Albert Water-mill 514c Anderson, John Henry (rugby, cricket Springbok c1907) Alberts, JJ sr (gr1832): Bredasdorp Melkkamer 445c Ladismith K’nuyswagendrift 495a Anderson, William, Rev (missionary c1825) Alberts, NAA (tr1865) Pacaltsdorp Congregational Church 486b Prince Albert Water-mill 514c Andrews, D (architect) Albertyn, Adam (c1721) Tulbagh Monbijou 36 Church St 372c Langebaan DR Church 341b Andriessen, Jan aka Jan de Jonker (gr1683) Albertyn, Caspar (tr1784 tr1820 trs1829) Stellenbosch Jonkershoek 199a Stellenbosch Aan het Pad/Cloetesdal 202b Anglo-American Corp (1980s) Albertyn, Caspar, wife of (trs1820) Gardens Ravenswood 64c, Muizenberg Posthuys 155b Stellenbosch Aan het Pad/Cloetesdal 202b Angola, Anthony van (Free Black tr1696) Stellenbosch Klein Gustrouw 197c 5 Angus, GF (artist active 1847-48) Aspeling, EG (tr1786 trs1812) Woodstock Zonnebloem 86a, Wynberg Methodist Simon’s Town Palace Barracks 163a Church 127c, 66 Tennant Rd 129b, Aliwal Road 130c, Association for the Visual Arts Somerset West 239a, DR Church 239ab Cape Town 35 Church St 49a Anhuyser,