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Name: VAN DYK, Petrus Johannes 'Rooi Piet'
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1875 Naauwpoort, Mpumalanga
Death Date: 8 Apr 1968 Marble Hall, Mpumalanga
First Date: 1907
Profession: Trekker who moved from GEA to BEA. Farmer
Area: Red 25 - P.J. Van Dyk, Kitale, Red 31 - P.J. Van Dyk, Rumuruti; Nakuru
Married: Johanna Frederika Maritz b. 24 Aug 1884, d. 24 Aug 1980 Pretoria
Children: Johan Hendrik Bakemeyer (19 May 1902-1926); Frans Stephanus (1903-1978); Petrus Johannes (15 June 1906-26 Apr 1928); Willem Frederik (27 Mar 1908); Maria Louisa Francina (Von Landsberg) (5 Sep 1911 Naivasha); Hester Maria Magdalena (25 Jan 1916-1 Mar 1916); Johans Frederik (25 May 1918 Uasin Gishu-17 Oct 1965); Jacobus Barend (19 Nov 1920 Trans Nzoia); Ester Maria Magdalena (Kruger) (12 Dec 1922 Trans Nzoia); Martha Jacoba (Van der Westhuizen) (11 Apr 1925 Kenya)
Book Reference: Eldoret, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Gazette, Red Book 1912, Habari 2009, Red 31, Hut, Medals, Leader14, Red Book 1912
General Information:
?Peter John Van Dyk - KR 4614 & 6825
Medals - Belfield's Scouts - Petrus J. Van Dyk, No. 9589, Private
Red Book 1912 - P.J. van Dyke - Naivasha
Gazette - 3/7/1928 - Probate and Administration - Petrus Johannes Van Dyk who died at Eldoret on 26 April 1928
Hut - 1920 c/o F.W. Baillie
Gazette - 26/9/1923 - Voters Register - Plateau North - Petres Johannes Van Dyk, Farmer Trans Nzoia
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List has Van Dyk
Red 22 - P.J. Van Dyk, Kitale
Red 22 - Honorary Permit Issuer - P.T. Van Dyk, Farm No. 1840, Trans Nzoia, Soy
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Uasin Gishu Plateau - P. Van Dyk, Farm No. 74
Red Book 1912 - P.J. van Dyk - Naivasha
Habari 2009 - Van Rensburg trek in 1908 - Piet and Koos van Dyk [not in Du Toit]
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Plateau North - Peter Johannes Van Dyk - Farmer, Farm 15, Trans Nzoia
Eldoret - letter from C.V. Cloete - "Toward 1906 (or early 1907) Piet Joubert MaasGouws and son came, also Piet van Dyk, Klopper, M. Bezendenhout and two more Jouberts who later returned to SA. …"
KAD 1922 has P.J. Van Dyk, P.O. Kitale, Hut the same
KFR - Charlie Van Dyk - My Great Grandfather Piet Van Dyk came to Tanganyika with the Von Landsberg trek in 1904 from South Africa after the Boer War. Not getting along with the Germans my Great Grandfather left his farm (Renosterhoek) in Tanganyika and moved to Rumeruti in 1908 to farm.
My Grandfather worked in Nairobi for the Kenyan Railways. My dad farmed in Laikipia near Thomson's Falls up to 1972.
My Grandfather Charlie Pohl came from Durban SA in 1910 to Eldoret
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