Johannes Nijs (bef. 1701 - bef. 1714)

Johannes 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

Birth

• Date: before 13 March 1701 ^[1][2]
• Parents: He was the son of Cornelis Jansz and Dirkje Matthijsen.^[1][2]

Baptism:

• Date: 13 March 1701^[1][2]
• Place: [Cape Town], de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa]^[1][2]
  • Name: Johannes Nijs^[1][2]
  • Father's Name: Kornelis Nys ^[1]/ Kornelis Nijs (used this form of surname for LNAB)^[2]
  • Mother's Name: Dirkje Westerhoud ^[1][2]
  • Witnesses: Francois Guto, en Alida de Lange^[1][2]

• • 13 Mart van Kornelis Nijs en Dirkje Westerhoud, onder getuijgen van Francois Guto, en Alida de Lange, gent: - Johannes^[2]

Death

• Date : before 14 August 1714 (father's death)^[3]
• Note : See notes in father's biography

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} 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-WDT?cc=1478678&wc=M6GW-86F%3A49605401%2C49605402%2C49605403%2C49605404 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town > Baptisms 1695-1712 > image 12 of 84; State Archives, Cape Province, seen & added 29 October 2019 by André Laubscher
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical record transcriptions (http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/ : accessed 29 October 2019), "Cape Town Baptisms 1701", Page 20; 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 29 October 2019 by André Laubscher
3. ↑ Added 29 October 2019 by André Laubscher