Stephanus Petrus Lategan

The property on which the Tokai Primary School was built was a portion of the farm ‘Plumstead’ (as ‘Buitenverwachting’ and ‘Constantia Uitsig’ were collectively known in the late 19th C and early 20th C). That estate was assembled by Stephanus Petrus Lategan, who purchased one portion from Johannes Wynand Louw (Deed of Transfer T379/1881) and another from Martina Jacoba Brunt (Deed of Transfer T386/1885). The farm however traces its origins back to 1685 when the farm ‘Constantia’, was granted to Simon van der Stel by the Dutch East India Company. ‘Plumstead’ previously formed part of the farm ‘Bergvliet’, which had, in turn, been deducted from ‘Constantia’ after the death of Van der Stel in 1712. In 1892 SP Lategan sold a portion to his son Willem Hendrik, who named it ‘Constantia View’. In 1900, following the death of SP Lategan, the remainder portion of ‘Plumstead’ was divided between his other two sons - 57 morgen to Johannes Retief Lategan and 122 morgen to Daniel Stephanus Lategan. Johannes sold his portion to his brother Willem in 1902 and, after Daniel became insolvent in 1908, Willem also purchased his two portions from their respective owners (Jose Burman, 1979, Wine of Constantia, p137).

Transfer to Michiel Adriaan Siebritz, who had died since the sale, and whose estate simultaneously transferred the property to Johannes Wynand Louw. Johannes Wynand Louw was the son of Adriaan Jacobus Louw and Charlotte Louisa Maria Herold. Born on 25th October 1841, he was only 25 years of age at the time he acquired the Plumstead property, which he renamed Buitenverwachting. For fifteen years Louw farmed Buitenverwatching - then he subdivided it; one portion, comprising 179 morgen (the bulk of the property, including the farmstead), he sold on l7th March 1881 to Stephanus Petrus Lategan, a well-to-do farmer of the Breede valley near Worcester. The remainder of 45 morgen Louw sold on 17th June 1882 to Martina Jacoba Brunt (born Van Dyk) ...

Source: Wine of Constantia by Jose Burman, 1979

LATEGAN, Mrs. ANGELINA, wife of Stephanus Petrus Lategan, a prominent farmer i,l Const, lntul, C.P. and Daughter of John Gavin of Willowmore, C.P., and his wife the late Angelina Jordan, formerly of George, C.P. Born at Oudtshoorn, C.P., and educated at the Training College, Grahamstown and the South African College of Music.

Source: The South African Woman's Who's who, Biographies (Pty.) limited., 1938

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