Pieter (Lopser) Loubser (bef. 1717 - 1781)

Born before 7 Oct 1717 in Stellenbosch, Cabo de Goede Hoop

Ancestors

Husband of Johanna (Eksteen) Loubser — married 19 Feb 1741 in Stellenbosch, Cabo de Goede Hoop

Descendants

Died 25 Oct 1781 after age 64 in Roodebloem, Cabo de Goede Hoop

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Biography

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a/b1/c3^[1]

Name

Pieter Loubser ^[2] / Pieter Lopser ^[3] / Pieter Laubser^[4]

Birth

Date: about 1717^[3]

Parents

He was the third child of Johannes Albertus (Louwbster) Laubscher and Sibella (Pasman) Loubser^[2]

Baptism

Date: 07 Oct 1717 ^[3]

Place: Stellenbosch, Cabo de Goede Hoop, [South Africa] ^[3]

Name: Pieter Lopser ^[5][3]

Father's Name: Johan Albertús Lopser ^[3]

Mother's Name: Sibilla Pasman ^[3]

Witnesses: Catryna Pasman, Schalk Willemse vander Merwen^[3][6]

Marriage

Date: 19 February 1741^[4]

Place: Stellenbosch, Cabo de Goede Hoop, [South Africa] ^[4]

Groom: Pieter Laubser^[4]

Bride: Johanna Eksteen^[4]

Children

Fifteen children^[1]

Events

Burger van Stellenbosch.^[1]

Pieter initially farms on Rustenberg, Stellenbosch and buys c 1777 (from his brother-in-law, Hendrik Oostwald Muller) Roodebloem (16 morge, tans Woodstock of (Papendorp), Kaapstad, as well as Schoongezicht, Stellenbosch. The farmstead Roodebloem had a view of the Soutriviermond. This farmstead was used in the past as the Roodebloem Residential Hotel and was later used by Eric Laubscher as an art college. According to the testament of Pieter Laubscher [7/28 no 73] dated 1781-10-19, his five surviving sons inherited the following farms at his death: Jacobus the farm Langrietvlei (also known as Groot Rietfontein) on the Bergrivier and Patrysberg; Hendrik Oostwald the farm Roodebloem, worth 40 000 Indian Gulde – according to the instructions of the testament he was not allowed to sell the farm, as it is to remain in the family; Johannes Albertus the farms Zoutkloof and Hazenkraal; Nicolaas Rudolph the farms Dassenheuwel and Lammerhoek; and Michiel Casparus the farms Massenberg (Zoutpan) and Langefonteijn.^[1]

Death

Date : 25 October 1781 ^[1][7]

Place : On his farm Roodebloem ^[1]

Reference No.: MOOC 6/1/L (181)] ^[1]

Will

Reference: Testament 28/73, geregistreer 1781-12-19^[1][8]

Sources

• WikiTree profile Loubser-33 created through the import of Ancestors_DippenaarAndre_noinfo.GED on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar and later merged in Loubser-9.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Source :
   • Information provided by Melt Loubser
   Added by Andre Laubscher in April 2019, updated 30 March 2021
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} WikiTree profile Loubser-9 created by Anton Bergh through the import of flakey (3).ged on 18 April 2011.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Source :
   • "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFRB-PM8 : 6 August 2017), Sibilla Pasman in entry for Pieter Lopser, 07 Oct 1717, Baptism; citing p. , Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, State Archives, Cape Province; FHL microfilm 2,214,090.
   Seen and entered Oct 18, 2018 by Susanna de Bruyn
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Source :
   • Marriage record : "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LX3-FNF?cc=1478678&wc=M6GW-YM9%3A49605401%2C49605402%2C50282101%2C50492501 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Stellenbosch > Marriages 1700-1788 > image 17 of 39; State Archives, Cape Province, Laubser.
   Added by Andre Laubscher 24 March 2019
5. ↑ Not "Lofser" as transcribed on Oct 18, 2018 by Susanna de Bruyn. Added by Andre Laubscher 06 February 2020
6. ↑ Added by Andre Laubscher 06 February 2020
7. ↑ Source :
   • Death Notice - Civil registration (deaths), Cape Colony, 1758-1833, Register 1776-1788, Image 198
   Seen & added by Andre Laubscher in 17 February 2020
8. ↑ Source:
   • Will/Testament - Testamentregisters (will registers), 1689-1800 ; Index, 1721-1873 ; Inventory, 1689-1916, Dl. 27 (no. 24)-29 (no. 148) 1780-1784, Images 627-635
   Seen & added 30 March 2021 by André Laubscher

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to Melt Loubser for providing additional information to update the biography