Geertruyt (Brits) Swart
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Geertruijd (Brits) Swart (bef. 1729 - bef. 1768)

Geertruijd (Geertruyt) "Geertruij" Swart formerly Brits
Born before in de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
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Sister of [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], , , , , , and
Wife of — married 17 Nov 1748 in Cabo de Goede Hoopmap
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Died before at about age 38 in de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
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Table Bay, South Africa (1762)
Geertruyt (Brits) Swart was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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Biography

Name

Geertruij [1][2] / Geertruyt [3] Brits [1][2][3] Swart

Birth

Date: Geertruyt was born about 1729 [2] / 22 Oct 1730 [3] / before 20 Nov 1729 [4]
Place: [Cape Town] [3], Cape of Good Hope [3], [South Africa] [3]

Baptism

Date: 20 Dec 1729 [4] / 20 Nov 1729 [5]
Place: Dutch Reformed Church [4], [Cape Town] [4]
Child: Geertruijd [4]
Father: Cornelis Brits [4]
Mother: Maria Magdalena Peron [4]
"1729 / Geertruijd, d' Vad:r Cornelis Brits, d' Moed:r Maria Magdalena Pieron, get:n Dirk Lekkerwijn en Alida Mostert, 20ste 9b:r." [6]

Marriage

Date:17 Nov 1748
Place: [Cape Town], Cape of Good Hope
Groom: Nikolaas SWART
Bride: Geertruijd BRITS
"1748 / den 17 Novemb:r
Nicolaas Swart van Cabo de Goede Hoop búrger aan Stellenbosch Jongman met
Geertruij Brits van Cabo de Goede Hoop Jonge dogter" [7]

Will

Testators: Nikolaas SWART & Geertruijd BRITS [8]
Date drafted: 23 Nov 1754 [8]
Date filed: 7 Sep 1768 - following her death [8]
P1:
"...den burger Nicolaas Swart en Geertruijd Brits, bijde van Cabo de Goede Hoop geboortig, egte lieden...
...de Testatrice siek te bedde leggende..." [8]
P4:
" ...ingevalle het quam te gebeuren dat te Testateuren, sonder kinderen quamen te overleijden soo verklaarde den Testateur aan desselfs moeder Zacharia Niemand wed: van Jan Swart en de Testatrice aan haare ouders Cornelis Brits en Maria Magdalena Du Pirron, te vermaaken..." [8]
P7:
"Aldus gestesteert aan Cabo voornt:..." [8]
"Vertoont ter wees caamer aan Cabo de Goede Hoop den 7: 7b:r 1768" [8]

Death

Date: She passed away about/in 1768 [2][3] / before 7 Sep 1768 - when their will was filed [8]
Place: [Kaapkolonie] [3], [Suid-Afrika] [3]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 WikiTree profile Brits-25 created through the import of Champion Family Tree.ged on Apr 18, 2012 by Werner Schneeberger.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 WikiTree profile Brits-179 created through the import of McCallumwiki.GED on Dec 24, 2014 by Stephen McCallum.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 WikiTree profile Brits-1058 created by Hazel Hanslow 10 January 2021. Source:Ancestry Sources and another family tree. Possibly from Stamouers as there is a number b5c6 attached to her name
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Source: South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers, 1660-1970, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11116-195321-81?cc=1478678 : accessed 2 March 2015), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town > Baptisms 1713-1741 > image 31 of 109; State Archives, Cape Province. Baptism: 1729-12-20, Geertruijd, Cornelis Brits,Maria Magdalena Peron, Seen and Entered by Ronel Olivier March 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ Note: On the baptism image posted by Ronel the date is given as "20ste 9br", i.e. November
  6. ↑ Transcribed by Gerhard Swart.
  7. ↑ Source:
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Source:




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Images: 3
Geertruij Swart : Baptism : Dutch Reformed Church, Cape Town : 1729-12-20
Geertruij Swart : Baptism : Dutch Reformed Church, Cape Town : 1729-12-20
Marriages [Cape Town], Cabo de Goede Hoop 1737-1818 Image 240
Marriages [Cape Town], Cabo de Goede Hoop 1737-1818 Image 240
Will #41 filed 1768
Will #41 filed 1768


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Gordon Mac Rae
1748

17 dito (Nov) Nicolaas Swart van Cabo burger met Geertruy Brits van Cabo jonge dogter. http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/index.php/church-registers/cape-town-marriages-1713-1756/308-cape-town-marriages-1748 Page 57

posted by Gordon Mac Rae
Gordon Mac Rae
This shows children of Geertruij

http://databases.tanap.net/mooc/make_pdf.cfm?output=pdf&id=MOOC8/14.29

posted by Gordon Mac Rae
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