Magistrate, George

Identity area

Type of entity

Governmental body

Authorized form of name

Magistrate, George

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • 1/GEO

Other form(s) of name

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Contact area

Description area

Dates of existence

1833 – 2001

History

A "Kollege" of Landdros and Heemraden was established at George on 23 April 1811.

The magistrate acted as clerk of the peace, deputy administrator, visiting magistrate to the George Convict Station, district commandant during the Anglo-Boer War, deputy registrar of births and deaths, conservator of crown forests, distributor of stamps, etc.

Most of the documents dated before 25 June 1844 were destroyed by fire.

Places

Western Cape Province.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
George.

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

Mandates/sources of authority

Internal structures/genealogy

General context

Relationships area

Access points area

Subject access points

Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

1/GEO

Institution identifier

KAB

Rules and/or conventions used

ISAAR

Status

Draft

Level of detail

Partial

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

12 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

Guide to Arranged Archives in the Cape Archives Depot, vol II.

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