Johannes Paulus Eksteen Versfeld

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About Johannes Paulus Eksteen Versfeld

Johannes also known as John left Groene Kloof at the age of 24 to manage a farm in the Caledon district. This is where he met Mary Metcalfe, fell in love and married her. According to the a story, John was a dashing young man with auburn hair and Mary could not resist him. Five years into their marriage John buys the farm Langeberg on top of the Piketberg mountain. According to a story about him, he was responsible in building the old Piketberg pass. It was meant to give him a quicker route from his mountain top farm to the village of Piketberg. He and 14 or 16 labourers built the road in 3 months. It came to be known as Versfeld pass.
Story link - https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/38406451/the-history-of-pike...

also - https://www.mountainpassessouthafrica.co.za/find-a-pass/western-cap...

Marriage:- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TWG-9VM7?i=17&wc=...

KAB; SOURCE MOOC; VOL_NO 6/9/352; REF. 1212; DESCR. VERSFELD, JOHANNES PAULUS EKSTEEN. DEATH NOTICE. START 1896...END 1896

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-7SLM-V?i=728&...

He died age 58 years and 2 months at 50 Weymouth Street, All Souls, Marylebone, Middlesex. Home was at Moutons Valley, Piquetberg in the Cape Colony.

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Johannes Paulus Eksteen Versfeld's Timeline

1838
January 21, 1838
Farm "Claasenbosch" Wynberg Cape Town, South Africa
1861
1861
Age 22
Caledon, Cape, South Africa
1864
November 13, 1864
1866
October 23, 1866
1867
1867
Age 28
Piketberg, Cape, South Africa
1868
September 18, 1868
1870
July 4, 1870
1871
October 25, 1871
Western Province, Claasenbosch, South Africa
1873
July 23, 1873