Field Swart, Sophia Margareta Magdalena[1, 2]
1869 - 1953 (84 years)-
Name Field Swart, Sophia Margareta Magdalena Born 6 Apr 1869 Swellendam, Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa 
Gender Female Record ID Number MH:I500421 _MARNM Field _UID 5A2DB9538B1BE0967E99651D94F521AB _UPD 2 MAR 2021 20:32:31 GMT -0500 Died 7 Aug 1953 Kloof, Natal, South Africa Age: 84 Buried St. John's Church Cemetery, Pinetown, Natal, South Africa Person ID I500421 Gillitt Family Tree Last Modified 19 Aug 2023
Father Swart, Gerhardus Jacobus, b. 15 Mar 1833, d. 1880 (Age 46 years) Mother van Dyk, Maria Magdalene, b. 12 Oct 1846, Bredasdorp, Western Cape, South Africa Record ID Number MH:F500361 _UID 603EF53FEEFF0AFCC1A70690DD9A6CC8 _UPD 2 MAR 2021 20:32:32 GMT -0500 Family ID F500361 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Field, Nicolas Jacobus, b. 12 Jun 1862, Richmond, Kloof, Natal, South Africa , d. 3 Apr 1912, Springdale, Krantzkloof, Natal, South Africa (Age 49 years) Married 15 Mar 1887 Pinetown, Natal, South Africa Record ID Number MH:F500246 _UID 5A2DB9538C1C40977E99651D94F521AB _UPD 10 DEC 2017 16:46:43 GMT -0500 Children 1. Field, Benjamin John Nicholas Padley, b. Abt 1889, d. 29 Oct 1954, Bethal Hospital, Bethal, Eastvaal District Council, Mpumalanga, South Africa (Age ~ 65 years)2. Field, Ida Isabella, b. 29 Jul 1889, "Springdale", Kloof, Natal, South Africa , d. 19 Jul 1980, Kloof, South Africa (Age 90 years)3. Field, Padley John, b. 12 Aug 1894, Bethal, Mpumalanga, South Africa , d. 28 Apr 1934, Bethal Hospital, Bethal, Transvaaal, South Africa (Age 39 years)4. Field, Eileen Margery, b. Bef 1910, d. Bef 1980 (Age < 70 years) 5. Field, Iris Sybil 6. Field, Lesley Last Modified 19 Aug 2023 Family ID F500246 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos 
https://www.myheritageimages.com/G/storage/site177604982/files/50/17/06/501706_955010729p65mh5ahv7d6b.jpg Sophia Magretta Magdalena Field
Photo was added as Smart Match from family tree 'van Zyl Web Site \ Van zyl 18072010 - 2012-10-25 11-35-37' by: Albert van Zylhttps://sites-cf.mhcache.com/e/1/az1zaXRlc192MSZzPTE3MTcwODBjYTZmZTM3ODNmM2NiZWIwZWQ3NDZkNjNkYjA3ODU5MjQ2YjBlZTM0MTE1ZmE1OWM5MDhhODlhOWYmZT0xNjkzMDYyMDAw/017/760/4982/501706_955010729p65mh5ahv7d6b_G.jpg Sophia Magretta Magdalena Field
Photo was added as Smart Match from family tree 'van Zyl Web Site \ Van zyl 18072010 - 2012-10-25 11-35-37' by: Albert van Zyl
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Notes Sophia was 6 years old when her parents took part in a Trek from the Cape to Natal.
The first house that the first resident of what is today Kloof, John Coote Field I ("Old Jack") built for his family was of wattle and daub, and situated where the Kloof High School is today, adjacent to Memorial Park. This house was built in about 1845. In 1854 a new house was built nearer to Field's Hill on the site of present day Thaxsted in Hildray Road.
This house was taken over by John Coote Field II, Old Jack's third son, in 1880 when he married Ada North. As it was in bad repair, he demolished it and built another of iron, wood and weatherboard.
Another son, Nicholas Jacobus Field chose a nearby large portion on which to build a house and farm where he lived with his wife Sophia Margaret Magdalene Field (née Swart). He called his section Springdale, because of the many little springs that covered the ground. These are most likely the wetlands currently found in Memorial Park. Springdale Road takes its name from the farm. The farmhouse itself was built in the area north of the Springdale Road near where it joins Kloof Falls Road.
The subdivision eventually inherited by Nicholas Jacobus Field, which included his home, was Sub O of Richmond No. 999, being 561 acres, 2 roods and 1 perch,(Deed of Transfer 1770/1903 dated 2 Jul 1903)
After the death of Nicholas Jacobus Field on 3 Apr 1912, his widow Sophia took transfer of, amongst others, Sub X of Lot O, being 360 acres, 1 rood and 14 perches (Deed of transfer 2439/1925 dated 26 Jun 1925). This land included much of what is Memorial Park today.
After her husband died, Mrs Sophia Field opened a dairy on the farm Springdale which she ran with her son, Padley John Field II. This was the first dairy in Kloof. It was very up to date, with milking machines and supplied Kloof with milk. After her son's death in April 1934, Mrs Field sold the dairy, which consisted of the milk cows, the milking machines, and roughly 200acres of land for £600 to Mr Douglas Francis Johnson who bought it for his son Ronald Douglas Johnson who was 13 at the time.
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Sources - [S500021] Halsted Web Site, Lorraine Halsted, Sophia Margareta Magdalena Field (born Field Swart) (Reliability: 3), 10 Dec 2017.
Added via a Smart Match - [S500007] Gillitt Family Web Site, Adam Gillitt, https://www.myheritage.com/person-4001041_485465551_485465551/sophia-margareta-magdalena-field-born-swart (Reliability: 3).
Added by confirming a Smart Match
- [S500021] Halsted Web Site, Lorraine Halsted, Sophia Margareta Magdalena Field (born Field Swart) (Reliability: 3), 10 Dec 2017.