HUGUENOT FARMS IN THE CAPE:

Klein Drakenstein en Daljosafat

• *DALJOSAFAT
  • Jacques Delporte Huguenot owner of the farm 'Ontdekkers'- vlei naby St. Omar, Daljosafat between 1721 & 1733 - now, possibly, a nursery on 'St Omer' Farm
  • Francois du Toit - Huguenot owner of ‘Die Kleine Bos’ in Dal Josaphat; ‘Zoetnedal’ – an annex to Wagenmakers Vallei; & ‘Limiet Rivier on the Compagnies Rivier, Waveren, above the Company’s Old Post
  • Ignace Mare - Huguenot farmer of ‘De Groene Kloof’; ‘Langefontein’; ‘Elsjeskraal "aan de Tygerberg"’ in 1714, and ‘St. Omar’ in Daljosafat in 1723 - now, possibly, a nursery on 'St Omer' Farm
  • Estienne Bruere se/’s 1st plaas/farm, Rust en Werk (Rest and Work), was in Daljosafet situated.
  • Jean le Roux owned the farm Vlakkeland in Daljosafat from 1692 to 1706.

Useful Links

• Heritage_Drakenstein Heritage Survey Report_October 2012 final.pdf
• Early Jacob family farms in Drakenstein and Klein.pdf

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