Aletta Susanna (Nuwenhuijs) van Eck (1788 - 1868)

Aletta (Nuwenhuijs) van Eck 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

Name

• Aletta Susanna Nuwenhuisen^[1] / Aletta Susanna Nuwenhuijsen^[2]

Birth

• Date: 3 July 1788^[3]
• Parents: She was the daughter of Petrus (Niewenhuis) van Nieuwenhuizen and Anna Margaretha Vlotman^[3]

Baptism

• Date: 7 October 1788^[4][3]
• Place: Dutch Reformed Church at Drakenstein^[4] / Dutch Reformed Church at [Stellenbosch], Drakenstein, Cape [Colony], [South Africa]^[3]
• (Anno 1788) den 7 Dito (October) - - - - - - Aletta Susanna
• Gebooren den 3 Julij AO 1788
  • V. Petrus Barnardus Nuwenhuijs
  • M. Anna Marghreta Vlotman
  • G. Antonie Fredrik Vlotman
    • Aletta Saaijman
    • ^[4]

Family

• Aletta was the second of eight children known to be born to Petrus and Anna:

1. Roelof Jansen Nuwenhuijsen, born 1786^[5]
2. Aletta Susanna Nuwenhuijsen, born 1788
3. Frederik Anthonie (Jansen Nuhuijsen) Janse van Nieuwenhuis, born 1790
4. Hendrik Johannes Niewenhuysen, born 1792
5. Petrus Bernardus (Jansen Niwenhuys) Nieuwenhuys, born 1794
6. Barend Johannes (Nieuwenhuis) Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen, born 1795
7. Petrus Lambertus Janse van Niewenhuizen, born 1800
8. Roelof Johannes (Nieuwenhuis) Nieuwenhuys, born 1804

Marriage

• Event date: 30 Mar 1807^[1] / 29 March 1807^[6]
• Event Place: Graaff Reinet, Cape Colony^[1][6]
  • Groom: Johannes van Eck^[1][6]
  • Bride: Aletta Susanna Nuwenhuisen^[1]

Children

• They had eight children:

1. Petrus Johannes van Eck, born 1810
2. Anna Margritha Helena Adriana Jacoba van Eck, born 1813
3. Johannes Bernardus Lodewicus Philippus van Eck, born 1816
4. Hendrik Petrus van Eck, born 1821
5. Johanna Maria van Eck, born 1824
6. Willem Rudolph van Eck, born 1826
7. Aletta Susanna van Eck, born 1829
8. Maria Petronella Johanna van Eck, born 1833^[7]

Death

• Alettha died at Prince Albert, Cape Colony, South Africa, on 18 May 1868, aged 79.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Source:
   • Marriage: "South Africa. Graaff Reinet. Cape Colony" Memberships and marriages - Graaff-Reinet. II. marriages, 1806-1829. Parish registers (baptisms, memberships, marriages), Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Cape Province Film # 008121025 Image 57 of 771 Marriages of Graaff Reinet. Image 57. Inscription for Johannes van Eck and Aletta Susanna Nuwenhuisen on 30 Mar 1807
   Seen & entered on 18 Feb 2022 by Erika de Kock
2. ↑ WikiTree profile Van_Nieuwenhuysen-6 created by Keith Bowden 16 Mar 2023. Source:
   • "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6VRR-37K8 : 9 February 2023), Petrus Johannes Van Eck, 1810.
   • "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLV-K216 : 27 June 2022), Alettha Susanna Janze Van Nieuwenhuysen, 1868.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Baptism "Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Cape Province"
   Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-W9WG-5 : 9 August 2021) Aletta Susanna Baptised: 07 Oct 1788 Born: 03 Jul 1788 Father: Petrus Bernardus NUWENHUIJSEN Mother: Anna Marghreta VLOTMAN Source: Baptism register, entry number 2. , G3 3/4. Image 675 on FamilySearch film no. 008120997. As per eGGSA. Accessed 17 March 2023 by Keith Bowden.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Baptism register of Aletta Susanna Nuwenhuijs, "Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Cape Province, Baptisms 1694-1799," Familysearch.org database with images, Film # 008120997, image 675 of 753. Entered on and transcribed 2 Feb 2023 by Leon Bezuidenhout.
5. ↑ Baptism of Roelof Jansen Nuwenhuijsen, brother "Baptism - Aletta Susanna - 7 Oct 1788."
   Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-W9WG-5 : 9 August 2021) Roelof Jansen Baptised: 07 Oct 1788 Born: 02 Aug 1786 Father: Petrus Bernardus NUWENHUIJSEN Mother: Anna Marghreta VLOTMAN Source: Baptism register, entry number 2. , G3 3/4. Image 675 on FamilySearch film no. 008120997. As per eGGSA. Accessed 17 March 2023 by Keith Bowden.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Marriage "Civil registration (births, baptisms, marriages), Graaff-Reeinet (Cape Province), 1805-1900"
   Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BB-BWN5-7 : 19 July 2021), Johannes van Eck and Aletta Susanna Jansen van Niewenhuizen, 29 March 1807 Marriage. Accessed 17 March 2023.
7. ↑ Probate of Maria Petronella Johanna (van Eck) Laas, daughter "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989"
   Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4Z-74D8 : 27 April 2020), Maria Petronella Johanna Van Eck, 1866-1868. Accessed 17 March 2023 by Keith Bowden.
8. ↑ Probate "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLV-K216 : 27 June 2022), Alettha Susanna Janze Van Nieuwenhuysen, 1868. Accessed 16 March 2023 by Keith Bowden.

• SOUTH AFRICAN GENEALOGIES Pretoria Human Science Research Council 1986 [Reprinted by Genealogical Institute of South Africa Stellenbosch 2007]