Jan Plat (at Breakwater; looked over later at Mowbray)

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Title

Jan Plat (at Breakwater; looked over later at Mowbray)

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

Jan Plat

Summary

<i>Names of three Bushmen and another Native, who were at the Breakwater Convict Station in 1875, together with a little information regarding them. Taken down in English (L V.-19. 5445-5447, 5453-5456).</i> Jan Plat provides Lloyd with some personal details and the names of some of his closest relations, including his wife and parents. He was related to Dia!kwain (his wife was Dia!kwain's niece), grew up with Dutch people ('Boers') and understood |xam well.

Comments

1) p.5445v: Jan Plat looked over details in Mowbray ('7.1.84'); the 'white man's name' for Dia!kwain's sister, 2) Jan Plat is Dia!kwain's brother-in-law, 3) This story is found in Book V-19

Type

story

Date

October 1875, (looked over) 7 January 1884

Category

History (personal)

Relations with others

Keyword

Breakwater Convict Station ( |xam prisoners at )

Breakwater Convict Station ( prisoners' numbers )

Breakwater Convict Station ( Jan Plat at )

names ( Jan Plat at Breakwater )

names ( white man's )

names ( of 'Boers' )

names ( of the Dutch )

names ( of |xam at the Breakwater )

names ( of Jan Plat's relations )

Jan Plat ( at Breakwater )

Jan Plat ( his personal history )

Jan Plat ( his genealogy )

Jan Plat ( killed a sheep 'for hunger' )

Jan Plat ( was related to Dia!kwain by marriage )

Jan Plat ( his prisoner number was 7880 )

Jan Plat ( the name of his employer )

Jan Plat ( the names of his relations )

Jan Plat ( at Mowbray in 1884 )

personal history ( Jan Plat at Breakwater )

personal history ( of Jan Plat )

genealogy ( of |xam prisoners at the Breakwater )

genealogy ( of Jan Plat )

genealogy ( and Jan Plat at Breakwater )

hunger ( Jan Plat at Breakwater )

hunger ( Jan Plat killed a sheep 'for hunger' )

starvation ( and the |xam )

starvation ( Jan Plat killed a sheep 'for hunger' )

starvation ( Jan Plat at Breakwater )

Story Pages

5446, 5455

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