Jacobús Meijer (bef. 1706 - bef. 1709)

Born before 11 Jul 1706 in Cape Good Hope, South Africa

Ancestors

Died before 5 Aug 1709 at about age 3 in Cape Good Hope, South Africa

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Biography

Jacobus was born before 1706. He is the son of Pieter Meijer and Aletta de Savoije.

Jacobus Meijer died young.

NOTE - he had a younger brother with the same name Jacobus (Meijer) Meyer baptised in 1709, so presumably the older one died at a young age.^[1]

Birth

Date: before 11 July 1706^[2][3]

Baptism

Name: Jacobús Meijer^[2][3]

Date: 11 July 1706 ^[2][3]

Place: Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, [Cape Town], de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa]^[2][3]

Father's Name: Pieter Meijer ^[2][3]

Mother's Name: Aletta Savoije ^[2][3]

Witnesses: none listed^[2][3]

11 Julij : van Pieter Meijer en Aletta Savoije genaamt - Jacobus^[3]

Death

Date : before 05 August 1709 (baptism date of younger brother - see NOTE above)^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Added 21 November 2019 by André Laubscher
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Baptism Register - "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-WSD?cc=1478678&wc=M6GW-86F%3A49605401%2C49605402%2C49605403%2C49605404 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town > Baptisms 1695-1712 > image 28 of 84; State Archives, Cape Province, seen & added 21 November 2019 by André Laubscher
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical record transcriptions (http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/ : accessed 21 November 2019), "Cape Town Baptisms 1706", Page 47; citing Cape Archives Verbatim copies document VC 604 - Cape Town baptisms, memberships and marriages 1695-1712, which is a photocopy of the original register, now housed in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, as G1-8/1. 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), seen & added 21 November 2019 by André Laubscher