Biography
Title deeds to the farm Dorstfontein granted to AP du Toit, 1860 The first of the Kimberley diamond mines to be discovered was the Dutoitspan Mine, named such because the farm Dorstfontein originally belonged to Abraham Paulus du Toit, who had built a small house next door to the Pan, a saucepan shaped depression that holds water. It was named Du Toit’s Pan for obvious reasons. Du Toit sold the farm to a Mr Geyer for £525 on 12 May 1865, and he in turn sold it to Adriaan J. van Wyk for £870 on 6 January 1869. At the time of the discovery the owner was Adriaan J. van Wyk. http://www.thesolomon.co.za/apr04.html See also page 66 Image attached The Diamond Mines of South Africa: Some Account of Their Rise and Development By Gardner F. Williams
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Born 17 Oct 1838 in Colesberg, N Cape, South Africa
ANCESTORS 
Brother of Floris Johannes van Wyk
Husband of Magdalena Maria Margaretha (van Dyk) van Wijk — married before in Orange Free State
DESCENDANTS 
Father of Catharina Johanna (van Wyk) Coetzee, Maria Magdalena Margaretha (van Wyk) Groenewald, Jacoba Hendrina (van Wijk) Serfontein, Jacob Pieter van Wijk, Martha Maria (van Wijk) Bosman, Elizabeth Christina (van Wijk) de Villiers, Adriaan Jacobus van Wijk and Magdalena Maria Margaretha van Wijk
Died 5 Jan 1915 in Boshof, OFS, South Africa