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Maria Magdalena Sophia (Bester) Blignaut (1778 - abt. 1844)

Maria Magdalena Sophia Blignaut formerly Bester
Born in de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of and
Wife of — married 3 May 1801 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Mother of , and
Died about at about age 65 in Swellendam, Cape Colonymap
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Table Bay, South Africa (1762)
Maria Magdalena Sophia (Bester) Blignaut was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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Biography

Birth

Date: ABT 1782[1] / 1 July 1778[2]
Place: [Cape Town], Western Cape, [South Africa][1]

Baptism

Date: 9 August 1778 [2]
Place: Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop [South Africa][2]
Name: Maria Magdalena Sophia Bester[2]
Father: Andries Bester[2]
Mother: Anna Katarina Kleijnhans[2]
Witnesses: Johannes Verweij en zijne vrouw Maria Magdalena Erasmus[2]
Additional note: geboren op den 1 Julij[2]

Marriage

Groom: Jan Blignaut [3][4]
Bride: Maria Magdalena Bester [3][4]
Date: 3 May 1801
Note as stated on her mothers inventory
3) het nagelatene kind van wijlen Maria Magdalena Sophia Bester in echt verwekt by Jan Blignaut, genaamd Anna Catharina Blignaut oud 7 jaren[4]

Death

Date: ABT 1844[1] / before 21 January 1803 [3]
Place: Swellendam, [South Africa], Cape[1]

Inventory

Testator(s):Maria Magdalena Bester
Date: 21 Jannuarij 1803
Inventaris mitsg:s tauxatie van zodanige goederen als er ab intestato met ’er dood zijn ontruijmd ende nagelaten door Maria Magdalena Bester ten voordeele haarer nagelatene man den burger Jan Blignaut ter eenre en hunne bij den anderen in echt verwekt eenig minder jarig kind in name
Anna Catharina Blignaut oud 1 jaar ter andere zijde
Aldus gedaan ende g’inventariseerd ter Weeskamer aan Cabo de Goede Hoop op den 21 Jann:y 1803 .......[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 WikiTree profile Bester-50 created by Samantha Botha through the import of export-BloodTree.ged on Mar 31, 2013
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Source :
    • Baptism Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, 1745-1976, Baptisms 1745-1782, Image 738
    Seen & added 17 Dec 2022 by André Laubscher
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Inventories of the Orphan Chamber Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa,Ref no: MOOC8/55.2a MOOC8/55.2a Inventory of Maria Magdalena Bester 1782 - 1803 Seen and entered Jan 7, 2019 by Susanna de Bruyn
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Inventories of the Orphan Chamber Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa,Ref no: MOOC8/57.23a Inventory of Andries Bester Seen and entered Jan 7, 2019 by Susanna de Bruyn




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Baptisms Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop 1745-1782, Image 738
Baptisms Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop 1745-1782, Image 738


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