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Elsje Jacobs (Cloeten) van der Merwe (bef. 1655 - 1702)

Elsje Jacobs (Elsje Jacoba) "Elsie Jacobsdr, Elsjen" van der Merwe formerly Cloeten aka Cloete
Born before in Kurfürstentum Köln, Heiliges Römisches Reichmap
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Wife of — married 9 Sep 1668 in de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
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Died after age 46 in de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
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Biography

SAG nr

b1 [1] / b2

Name

Elsie Cloete [2] / Elsje Cloete [3][4][1][5][6][7][8] / Elsje Jacobsdr Cloete [9] / Elsje Jacobs Cloeten [10][11] / Elsje Jacobs Klauten [12] (Cloeten) [12] / Elsje Jacoba Cloete [13] / Elsie Jacoba Cloete [14] van der Merwe [2][3][12][11][14][9][7][13]

Birth

Date: Elsie Cloete was born in 1646 [14] / 1648 [1][7] / about 1649 [2][11][9][6] / 1650 [5] / about 1655 [12][15] / 28 Feb 1655. [3][4][8]
Place: Kurfürstentum [4][16], Köln [4][16] [Keulen [14] / Cologne [6] / Cöln, Köln [7]], [Duitsland] [5][16] / Oedt, Rheinland, [Prussia] [12][15] / [Rhineland [7]] [Germany] [11][6][7] / Holland [9]

Christening/Baptism

Event: Christening[15]
Name: Adelheidis Klauten[15]
Gender: Female[15]
Date: 9 Aug 1651 [1][11] / Op Sondag, 28 Februarie 1655. [12][16][15]
Place: St Vitus Catholic Church, Oedt, Rheinland, Prussia [12] / In die Katholisch Kirche, Ödt, Kurfürstentum, Köln, Duitsland. [16] / Boot Europa, ter see [1][11] / On Board Ship 'Europa' [13] / Catholic Church, Oedt, Rheinland, Prussia[15]
Father: Jacobi Klauten[15]
Mother: Sophiae[15]
Witnesses / getuie: Nehssgen Klauten. [16]

Migration

Arrival / Aankoms: Sy, haar moeder en broer Gerrit, het vanaf Cologne, Duitsland vertrek na Vlie van waar hulle op Dinsdag, 22 Oktober 1658 op die skip 'Arnhem' onder bevel van kaptein Jan Timonse na die Kaap vertrek. Hulle land op Sondag, 16 Maart 1659 in Tafelbaai. Die skip het as deel van 'n vloot van ses skepe, onder bevel van Adriaan van Almonde, geseil. [16]
Date: 1659 [11]
Arrived at the Cape together with her mother and brother in 1659. [12]

Marriage

Den 9 Septemb An' 1668 Willem Schalcq met Elsjen Jacobs dochter van Jacob Cloeten [17]
Date: 9 September 1668[18]
Place: Cape Town, Dutch Reformed Church[18]
Groom: Willem Schalcq[18]
Bride: Elsjen Jacobs[18][19]

Events

Catholic (referenced in the Bruehl Archives as Ba 2010 Fiche 3/6/p90) [12]
In 1678 het sy die Khoihoi Quisa en sy medegevangenes van voedsel en tabak voorsien al het sy geweet dat hulle ontsnap het. [16]

Enumeration

Dec 1701 (Drakenstein) - "Willem Schalk en do. (vrouw) Elsie Jacobsz:" with 2 daughters and 3 sons [20]
Dec 1702 (Drakenstein) - "Willem Schalk" with no wife, 2 daughters and 3 sons [21]

Death

Date: Elsje Cloeten / Cloete passed away [in] 1698 [9] / about 1702 [10][4] / in 1702 [14] / on 22 Januarie 1702 [16][3][7]
Place: [Cape Town], [South Africa] [1][6][7]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 WikiTree profile Cloete-20 created through the import of flakey (3).ged on 18 April 2011 by Anton Bergh.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 WikiTree profile Cloete-85 created by Jannie van der Merwe, Feb 11, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 WikiTree profile Cloete-123 created by Anonymous Delport Jul 28, 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 WikiTree profile Cloete-87 created by Pieter Meyer , Mar 20, 2013
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 WikiTree profile Cloete-47 created through the import of wikitree upload.ged on Jul 19, 2012 by Arrie Klopper.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 WikiTree profile Cloete-339 created by C Waller on Feb 23, 2016. Source:
    • Gedcom File Michael Bryan - mbryan47 at gmail.com 11/03/2007 28 AUG 2012
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 WikiTree profile Cloete-525 created by Dougie Reid 18 February 2017.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 WikiTree profile Cloete-684 created by Giselle Piscaer 12 October 2018. Source:
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 WikiTree profile Cloete-221 created by Johan Smit, Friday, January 16, 2015.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 WikiTree profile Cloeten-1 created by Anonymous van der Merwe, 23 June 2011.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 WikiTree profile Cloete-53 created through the import of Ancestors_DippenaarAndre_noinfo.GED on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 WikiTree profile Klauten-2 created through the import of Vermaak Family Site - 05 May 2013.GED on May 5, 2013 by Dina Vermaak. Source:
    • Author: Johannes Christoffel Fourie Title: Fourie Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com Family tree: Jacques (Jacobus) Fourie Page: Elsje Jacobs Cloete
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 WikiTree profile Cloete-977 was created created by Anri Walters 20 September 2020. Source:
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 WikiTree profile Cloete-151 created on 12 Dec 13 by Thinus Janse van Rensburg.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 Source:
    • "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N8KP-SFJ : 25 March 2020), Adelheidis Klauten, 1655. Record Type: Katholisch, Microfilm Number: 176143, Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898; Image available at Family History Library
    35 N West Temple, SALT LAKE CITY Utah 84150-9005; International B1 Floor Film; Added by Shaun Wallace on 26 April 2021
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 Added by Stefan Steyn Jun 11, 2014.
  17. ↑ Source:
    • The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions, Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Stellenbosch, page 75 accessed April 16, 2015. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G2 4/1. Transcribed by Ockert Malan, Lorna Newcomb and others. This transcription has been made from photographs of the Cape Archives Verbatim copies document VC 603 - Cape Town baptisms, memberships and marriages 1665-1695, which is a photocopy the original register, now housed in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, as G1-1/1. This photocopy was made for the Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and a copy was donated to the South African Archives, a copy going to the Cape Town Repository (VC series) and to the Pretoria Repository (where it is part of the FC series).The marriages cover pages 75 through 91 of this register. Seen and added Jan 28, 2015 by Susanna de Bruyn.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 April 16 2015 by Susanna de Bruyn
  19. ↑ Source:
  20. ↑ Source:
  21. ↑ Source:

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Shaun Wallace
Should the LNAB possibly be changed back to Klauten?
posted by Shaun Wallace
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
If that is the name of her father on the transcription of the baptism, then it can be changed.
posted by Philip van der Walt
edited by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
Cloete-977 and Cloeten-1 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicates. Cloeten-1 already existed.
posted by Philip van der Walt
Bannink-13 Alta (Bannink) Bekker
Cloete-684 and Cloeten-1 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate profile
posted by Alta (Bannink) Bekker
Pieterse-13 Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Cloeten-1 and Cloete-525 appear to represent the same person because: Same spouse and child
posted by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Van Heerden-335 Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
Cloete-339 and Cloeten-1 appear to represent the same person because: Clear Duplicate Please merge and help build our tree
posted by Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
Cloete-221 and Cloete-151 appear to represent the same person because: Same data Cloete-151 already existed
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
Cloete-151 and Cloete-85 appear to represent the same person because: Same data (will be eventually merged into Klauten)
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
Is the same profile as Cloete-123. Sincerely, Philip van der Walt-440
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
Is the same profile as Klauten-2. Philip van der Walt-440
posted by Philip van der Walt

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