The Progenitor of the van der Walt families
The Progenitor (“stamvader”) of the van der Walt families in South Africa was Gaele Andries born in the town of Veenwouden, Friesland. He arrived at the Cape in 1727, employed as a sailor in the service of the V.O.C.
He married the eighteen year old Johanna Weijers, daughter of Heinrich Weijers from Eppe, Germany and Anna Elizabeth Gerrits in 1742.
Grootfontein, Middelburg, E.C.There are no translations available.
It is believed that the youngest son of the progenitor (“stamvader”), Nicolaas (b8) lived on the farm as early as 1798. The first official registrations of the farms were only logged in 1836 in favor of Nicolaas (b8c6) and Hendrik Tjaart Jacobus (b8c11) both sons of Nicolaas (b8). They must have inhabited the farm long before that because records show the homestead was built in 1827.
Commandant Tjaart van der WaltThere are no translations available. General Dundas of the British army approved a number of attacks against the Xhosas in the early 1800’s. This was to recover stolen cattle owned by the border farmers.
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Petrus Jacobus van der Walt (b05C10).There are no translations available.
The perfect shot The story of “Om n’ Van der Waltskoot te skiet” (To shoot the perfect van der Walt shot) appeared in our news letter of March 1997 goes as follows:
The sword of commandant Tjaart van der Walt
The total length of a Calvary sword (including the hand grip) is 95cm long while the blade is 3.5cm wide and 0.5cm thick
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