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From: Jan Bakker <>
Subject: Re: Researching Clucas/Cameron
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 10:06:40 -0800


Michael Whelan wrote:
>
> Hi Jan,
> Langlaagte Village was situated on the farm Langlaagte No 258 which was
> first mentioned in 1853 as " Langeleegten ", when it belonged to Matthys
> Johannes Smit . By 1885 the farm had been subdivided into blocks A, B, & C.
> Block C , belonging to the widow Oosthuizen , was the one on which George
> Harrison and George Walker discovered , in 1886 , on claim No. 19 , the
> main gold bearing reef on which the fortunes of Johannesburg and the
> Witwatersrand have been based . Several townships had been developed on the
> farm Langlaagte viz.: Fordsburg , named after Lewis Peter Ford , the
> Attorney General of the then Transvaal . Mayfair, Vrededorp . South west of
> Mayfair was a township by the name of PAARLSHOOP ( Langlaagte Village )
> which was established in 1886 by the" Paarlsche Goud Mijn Maatschappij ",
> was surveyed by W.H.A.Pritchard on the 8 September 1886 and the first erven
> were sold freehold on 16 January 1887 . In 1898 the Langlaagte Propriety
> Company , headed by a flamboyant Frenchman , Jacques Lebaudy , took over
> the township . Lebaudy liked to call himself " King of the Sahara " and was
> known as "His Imperial Majesty Lebaudy 1, Emperor of the Sahara and Lord of
> Langlaagte Village" . The village retained its character for many years,
> though its situation between the mining areas and the railway line hindered
> its development and is today an area of economic to sub economic housing .
>
> As a matter of interest , George Harrison sold his claim No. 19 to F.W.
> Marsden on the 16 November 1886 for a paltry sum of 10 Pounds , it was then
> sold to Alfred Hepple for 50 Pounds , who the sold it to the Little
> Treasure Gold Mining Co. for 1500 Pounds . On the 30 September 1887 it was
> sold to Northey Gold Mining Co. for 2000 Pounds in cash and 8000 Pounds in
> shares. It then went to Jacques Lebaudy 's United Langlaagte Co. When this
> was liquidated in 1896 , the claim passed on to Langlaagte Estates and Gold
> Mining Co. and at which point it was valued at 50,000 Pounds
>
> I have quoted freely from the book "Early Johannesburg by Hannes Meiring ,
> published by Human & Rousseau "
>
> Trust the above sheds some light on your query,
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Whelan
> Johannesburg
> South Africa
> ----------
> > Edwar CLUCAS, May 27th, 1903 in Langlaagte Village, Johannesburg, SA.
> > His mother's name is Harriett, (Hariett) Ann (Annie)CLUCAS. She and her
> > first husband ? CLUCAS (first name unknown) immigrated from the Isle of
> > Man in the late 1800's. I believe he died in SA. She then married a
> > man by the name of CAMERON (again, first name unkown). He worked in the
> > Kimberley Diamond Mines. He also died in SA. Annie and John returned
> > to England when John was approx. 9 years old.
> >
> > Unfortunately, it is very vague information to go on. I would
> > appreciate finding out if the village ever existed. Who would I contact
> > to try and obtain a birth certificate for my g father? Who do I contact
> > to check on a possible marriage between Annie and ? CAMERON, and the
> > death of ? CLUCAS? Also, is there some way I could find out if there
> > ever was a CAMERON who worked in the Kimberley Diamond Mines between the
> > years 1880? and 1912?
> >
> > Thanks in advance to anyone who might be able to help me.
> >
> > Jan Cameron Bakker
> > 3828 Yale Street
> > Burnaby, British Columbia V5C 1P6
> > CANADA
> >
> > e-mail
> >
Hi Michael,

Thanks for all that information on Langlaagte Village. By sifting
through it I am sure I will be able to come up with some further leads.

Thanks for such a quick response.

Cheers from Canada

Jan Cameron Bakker
Burnaby, B.C.
Canada

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