General Notes

His Kalk Bay property had dam which supplied water to steam trains and wash-houses.  Their house was apparenty called "Colvan House", up in Belmont Road (Kalk Bay area).  - The last house on the left at the T-junction.

Passed on an old bible with family notes through generations and is now with N.J. vn Blerk (Nico) - Mari Britz's husband.
He gave the bible to his wife as a wedding present. (16/2/1897)

3/CT 4/1/5/172 C176/5 Transfer of land: Main Road, Kalk Bay: Mr. NJ van Blerk
1928:- Council were buying up strips of land for road widening. This file relates to NJvB’s property on the site of the present Belmont Court. See plan. Paid him £80 for approx 320sq ft. NJvB’s diagram showing the section of property to be bought drawn by Fred Cherry. From the Cherry drawing it can be seen that the building fronting on to Main Rd had a stoep with 2 sets of stairs down to the footway on Main Rd [This building demolished and replaced by Belmont Court]

3/CT 4/1/3/337 B919 Proposed flats, garage, bank and balcony over footway 1928:- File granting approval for plans for erection of building cnr Main and Belmont Rds April 1928 for NJvB of ‘Colvan’ Belmont Rd. This new building was to be garage and repair shop and Bank on ground floor with 3 flats above. Permission to demolish existing building given – this was 2 shops with 2 rooms and kitchens at rear. Not used for domestic purposes for 5 years [This is Belmont Court probably designed by well known architect Fred Cherry]

BEFORE WE FORGET – The Story of Fish Hoek by Cedryl Greenland
 
“Other fine swimmers who brought much honour and glory to Kalk Bay were Ruby Anderson, who died young; Helen and “Kata” van Blerk – whose family had been in Kalk Bay so long that their ancestors had owned the farm Klein Tuin (now Clovelly) as well as the area over the neck into Kalk Bay. Mr van Blerk, senior, who had married a Miss Colyn, had owned the property stretching up the mountainside behind the station which included the natural mountain spring.
This incorporated the water rights, and, until recently, Mr Leslie van Blerk was the proud possessor of the original key which his father used to unlock the tanks when the steam engines, which turned at Kalk Bay in those last years of the nineteenth century, were in need of filling before their return to Cape Town. “

Files MOIB 2/2866 & 2968 False Bay Quarry
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The files cover the liquidation of this company between 1905 and 1906. It was started by Lambertus Johannes Colyn later joined by Nicolaas Johannes van Blerk, Adolph Hersch and Carl Herman Edward Teichert. Colyn was believed to also have shares in the Mayville Syndicate – Kalk Bay?

There was apparently a quarry and brick and tile making plant situate at Colyn’s Siding Kalk Bay. The land was described as Portion 20 of Lot C – 11 morgen 240 sq roods. Sold to Cape Govt Railways for £650

There were in addition tile and brick making machines and a steam engine all housed in a galvinsed iron building. The machines were fixed to the concrete foundations and were found to be under water when the liquidators sent an engineer to have a look.

Van Blerk paid £150 to the liquidators and was released from proceedings.
There at least 2 apparently Italians employed Nicola Nicora and Agostino Nicora of Kalk Bay