Geertruyd van Riebeeck (bef. 1623)

Born before 3 Feb 1623 in Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Ancestors

Wife of Pieter van der Stael — married 9 Nov 1649 in Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

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Biography

Birth

Date: bef. 3 February 1623 ^[1]

Place: Schiedam ^[1]

Baptism

Date: 3 February 1623: ^[1] "Yesterday (1623) baptism at Schiedam, Zuid-Holland of Geertruijd van Riebeeck - sister to Cape of Good hope`s 1st VOC commander Jan van Riebeeck whom she soon followed to the Cape as wife to the sick-comforter Pieter van der Stael (from Rotterdam) ... As superintendent of the hospital, her husband also had to attend to "instructing the Company's slaves and ‘Hottentots’ [Khoikhoi] in the Dutch language and the Christian language" ... “and with some success”. His duties later further involved the following: Arrangements were started for establishing a school for the Company's male and female slaves brought here from Angola by the "Amersfoort", which had taken them off a prize Portuguese slaver. The sick-comforter Pieter van der Stael of Rotterdam has been entrusted with the task of giving them instruction in the morning and afternoon, besides his duties of visiting the sick, particularly because he reads Dutch well and correctly. To encourage the slaves to attend and to hear and learn the Christian prayers, it is ordered that after school everyone is to receive a small glass of brandy and two inches of tobacco. All their names are to be written down and those who have none, are to be given names, paired or unpaired, young or old. All this is to be done in the presence of the Commander, who will attend for a few days to put everything in proper order and subject these people to proper discipline, signs of which are already apparent. All the slaves are to be properly clothed to protect them against the daily increasing cold. The strongest have been put to work so that they may as soon as possible be of service to the settlement. [Mansell Upham] ^[2]

Place: Schiedam ^[1]

Marriage

Date: bt Sep 1663 - Mar 1665 ^[1]

Migration

On 4 October 1655 the Weesp departed Texel enroute to de Caep de Goede Hoop where it docked on 5 March 1656. Among those on board were Geertruyd van Riebeeck. ^[1]

Events

On on 22 May 1657 Geertruyd van Riebeeck was mentioned in the journal of Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck who wrote: The wife of the sick comforter, Pieter van Staels, gives birth to a daughter. ^[1]

She and Maria aux Brebis, Dom:e Antonius Scherius and Zacharias Wagenaer witnessed the baptism of Joanna van Riebeeck on 23 April 1662 (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Citing Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/ Page: Geertruyd van Riebeeck Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Apr 26, 2015.
2. ↑ Source: First Fifty Years - Project collating Cape of Good Hope records Facebook Community Page: Feb 4 2016 at 3.59 pm Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Feb 7 2016.