Rustenburg
Where the male line's oldest documented man died. Petrus Jacobus Booysen, born at Graaff-Reinet about 1788, died in this district on 1 September 1876, eighty-eight years old, a widower, with nothing to leave — "Niets nagelaten. Niets bekend." His Sterfkennis was written at the farm Brakfontein on 14 September and signed by his son Hendrik Stefanus. It is the single most important place on this map, because it destroys the idea that this family reached the Transvaal by railway in the twentieth century.
The place
| Name | Rustenburg |
| Kind | Town |
| Region | Transvaal |
| Standing | Documented |
Why it is here
Where the male line's oldest documented man died. Petrus Jacobus Booysen, born at Graaff-Reinet about 1788, died in this district on 1 September 1876, eighty-eight years old, a widower, with nothing to leave — "Niets nagelaten. Niets bekend." His Sterfkennis was written at the farm Brakfontein on 14 September and signed by his son Hendrik Stefanus. It is the single most important place on this map, because it destroys the idea that this family reached the Transvaal by railway in the twentieth century.
| When | What |
|---|---|
| 1 Sep 1876 | Petrus Jacobus Booysen (b. 1788) dies — parents named on the notice |
| 14 Sep 1876 | the Sterfkennis written at the farm Brakfontein |
| 9 May 1891 | Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier dies at Brakfontein — the first wife, found |
| 14 May 1891 | her son Hendrik Stefanus Nicolaas dies there, aged 29 |