Jan Cornelis de Nijs (bef. 1743)

Jan Cornelis de Nijs was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony. Join: Cape of Good Hope - Kaap de Goede Hoop (1652-1806) Project Discuss: dutch_cape_colony

Biography

Jan Cornelis was born before 1743. He is the son of Adriaan de Nijs and Maria Meijer.

Birth

• • Date: Before 15 December 1743 ^[1]

Baptism:

• • Name: Jan Cornelis de Nijs ^[1]
  • Date: 15 December 1743 ^[1]
  • Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, [South Africa]^[1]
  • Father's Name: Adriaan de Nijs (not de Neijlsgen as transcribed in FamilySearch)^[1]
  • Mother's Name: Maria Magdalena Meijer^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} 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-DZN4-7B9?cc=1478678&wc=M6GW-DMS%3A49605401%2C49605402%2C49605403%2C49611801 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town > Baptisms 1743-1756 > image 3 of 80; State Archives, Cape Province, seen & added 19 September 2019 by André Laubscher