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Name: JORDAAN, Pieter Willem

Birth Date: 18 Feb 1883 Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, S. Africa

Death Date: 6 Dec 1948 Eldoret

First Date: 1908

Profession: Member of Van Rensburg Trek in 1908. Ostrich farmer

Area: Plateau, Sergoit, Red 31 has P.W. Jordaan, Sergoit, Hut - Pieter W. Jordaan 1912 Farm 207 Sergoit married to Poppy

Married: In Ermelo 1904 Martha Maria Sophia Pieterse b. 2 Mar 1886, d. 1 Dec 1951

Children: Martha Maria (1905 E4rmelo); Helena

Book Reference: KFA, Eldoret, Roosevelt, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Land, Gazette, Habari 2009, Red 19

General Information:

Eldoret - Elephant used to make an annual trip from Elgon to the Elgeyo Forest, passing near Hoey's Bridge. On one occasion two calves got stuck in the Sergoit swamp, from where they were captured and reared by Mr Jordaan. One was speared by the Elgeyo, but the other went to the London Zoo for £400.
Red 22 - P.W. Jordaan, Sergoit
Land 1909 - P.W. Jordaan - Grazing and agricultural, 3170 acres - Uasin Gishu - 5/9/08 - Leasehold under Occupation Licence from 5 to 99 years from 1/2/09 - Registered 9/7/09
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Uasin Gishu Plateau - P.W. Jordaan Joubert, Farm No. 207
Habari 2009 - Van Rensburg trek in 1908 - Piet Jordaan
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Plateau South - Pieter W. Jordaan, Farmer, Farm 207, Sergoit and Martha Maria Sophia Jordaan, Farmer, Farm 207, Sergoit
Red Book 1919 - District Committees - Uasin Gishu - W. Jourdaan ?
Roosevelt - 1909 - Nandi lion hunt - Two Dutch farmers (Boers) from the neighbourhood ... Messrs Mouton and Jordaan, fine fellows both.
Red 25 has P.W. Jordan, Sergoit
Barnes Eldoret cem ter gedagtenis / aan my geliefde eggenoot / en ons vader / Pieter Willem Jordaan / geb 18-2-1883 / overl 6-12-1948. Also Maria buried there.

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