Carel Christiaan
Lourens
Born in Voëlvlei farm Bredasdorp Cape Province
Ancestors 
Brother of
Margaretha Elizabeth (Lourens) Taljaard [half], Elizabeth Louise Lourens [half], Luytjie Hendrika (Lourens) du Toit [half], Johanna Christina (Rabie) Lourens [half], Johannes Lourens [half], Hendrik Jacobus Lourens [half], Petrus Cornelis Lourens [half] and Dirk Cornelis Lourens
Husband of
Elsabe Hendrina Lourens
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Johanna Hendrina Magdalena Lourens, Hendrik Cornelis Lourens, Margaretha Martha Lourens, Geertruida Johanna Maria (Lourens) Matthee, Johannes Lourens and Susanna Margaretha Cornelia Lourens
Died
at age 74
in Waagschaal, Bredasdorp, Cape Province, South Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Feb 2020
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Biography
His father was about 55 years old and his mother about 45 years old when he was born.
Name: Carl Christiaan Lourens. Given Name: Carl Christiaan. Surname: Lourens. Karel \ Carel Hendrik Lourens. Given Name: Karel \ Carel Hendrik. Surname: Lourens. Found multiple versions of name. Using Carl Christiaan Lourens. A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag. Note: Reference b3c7d15. Carel Christiaan is the second son from second marriage. Hendrik had a productive life and had 13 children from first wife! So that makes Carel d15. Johan Lourens e-mail 14042017. Grandson: Karel Christiaan (25 years old) *c 1886 (Ratelrivier) x 30.05.1911 DRC Bredasdorp by dominee D J Viljoen with Johanna Susanna Catharina Taljaard (24 years old) *c 1887 (Brandfontein). Karel's oupa was Carel Christiaan *25.01.1821. Piet van As Bredasdorp. Buried Believed to be "Ratelrivier" Bredasdorp Cape Province. Marriage Husband Carl Christiaan Lourens. Wife Elsabie Hendrina Lourens. Child: Johanna Hendrina Magdalena Lourens. Marriage ABT 1840 OR 1841. Bredasdorp Cape Province.
Sources
- GEDCOM file supplied by Adrian Ackerman and imported by Hermanus Wessels on 2 February 2020
- "South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-578S-F?cc=1779109&wc=Q81G-HL3%3A139963001%2C140269701 : 21 August 2017), 1895 > Bredasdorp > image 114 of 123; National Archives, Pretoria. Wessels-1522 12:52, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
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I'm looking for sources that link Carel Christiaan to his parents. I cannot find any.
If Henricus Jacobus Lourens and Margaretha Maria Swart were his parents, then they must have been 55 years old when he was born. Not impossible but extremely unusual?
Kind regards Gerhard
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