Ocker (Oosthúijsen) Oosthuijsen (bef.1755-abt.1809)

Ocker "Ockert" Oosthuijsen formerly Oosthúijsen aka Oosthuizen

Ancestors

Son of Jacobus (Oosthùysen) Oosthuijzen and Dina Carolina (Brits) Oosthuizen

Brother of Catharina (Oosthúijsen) Crafford, Johannes Jacobus (Oosthúysen) Oosthuizen, Gerrit Johannes Oosthuizen, Marthinús (Oosthúijsen) Oosthuijzen, Pieter Cornelis Cornelis Oosthuijzen, Dina Johanna Magdalena (Oosthuizen) Olivier and Adriaan Oosthuizen

Husband of Susanna Catrina (van Tonderen) Oosthuijsen — married 26 Jan 1783 [location unknown] at age 27

Father of Susanna Elizabeth Oosthuijsen , Jacobus Johannes Oosthuijsen , Occert Almaro Oosthuijsen , Cornelis Andries Oosthuizen , Cornelia Petronella (Oosthuizen) Venter , Pieter Martinus Oosthuizen , Roelof Adolph Oosthuizen , Susanna Johanna (Oosthuizen) Botha and Johanna Maria (Oosthuizen) Fourie

Family Tree of Ocker (Oosthúijsen) Oosthuijsen

Ocker

Ocker "Ockert" Oosthuijsen formerly Oosthúijsen aka Oosthuizen

Ancestors

Son of Jacobus (Oosthùysen) Oosthuijzen and Dina Carolina (Brits) Oosthuizen

Husband of Susanna Catrina (van Tonderen) Oosthuijsen — married 26 Jan 1783 [location unknown] at age 27

Parents

Jacobus Oosthùysen

bef 22 Nov 1722 - abt 1802
Drakenstein, Cabo de Goede Hoop

Dina Carolina Brits

bef 07 Dec 1732 - 1802
Paarl, de Caep de Goede Hoop

Grandparents

Johannes Oosthuizen

abt 1665 - bef 04 Nov 1730
Weert, Limburg, Nederland

Johanna Maartens

abt 1676 - bef 07 May 1736
Grypkerk (Grijpkerk), Gron, Netherlands

Ockert Brits

bef 13 Sep 1705 - abt 1740
de Caep de Goede Hoop

Catharina Bastijaans

bef 16 Nov 1692 - aft 1759
Stellenbosch, Cabo de Goede Hoop

Great-Grandparents

Johannes Oosthuijzen

1648 -
Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland

[Oosthuizen great-grandmother?]

Joannes Anthonius Maartens

abt 1654 - abt 1707
Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland

Hans Jacob Brits

1665 - 19 Dec 1722
Stein, Brandenburg-Ansbach, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Dina Jans

bef 25 Jul 1675 - 19 Dec 1722
de Caep de Goede Hoop

Abraham Bastiaansz Pijl

abt 1670 - 29 Sep 1703
Zonnemaire, Zeeland, Nederland

Cornelia Claasz

18 Nov 1674 - bef May 1719
de Caep de Goede Hoop

2nd-Great-Grandparents

[Oosthuijzen g-g-grandfather?]

[Oosthuijzen g-g-grandmother?]

[Maartens g-g-grandfather?]

[Maartens g-g-grandmother?]

[Uxoris g-g-grandfather?]

[Uxoris g-g-grandmother?]

[Brits g-g-grandfather?]

[Brits g-g-grandmother?]

Ockert Corneliszoon Olivier

1650 - bef 15 Jul 1705

Maria Jansz Visser

abt 1649 - bef 07 Jul 1718

[Pijl g-g-grandfather?]

[Pijl g-g-grandmother?]

Cornelis Claasz

1640 - abt 1688

Catharina van Malbaar

abt 1637 - abt 1709

Descendants of Ocker (Oosthúijsen) Oosthuijsen

Ocker (Oosthúijsen) Oosthuijsen was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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1 Biography
2 Sources

Biography

Birth

Date: about 1755. ^[1]

Baptism

Date: Jan 29, 1755 ^[2]^[3] / 9 February 1755^[4]
Place: [Tulbagh] Land van Waveren, Cabo de Goede Hoop [South Africa]^[4]
- Name: Ocker Oosthúijsen^[4]
- Father: Jacobús Oosthúijsen^[4]
- Mother: Diena Caroline Brits^[4]
- Witnesses: Ocker Brits, Johanna Botha’’^[4]

Death

Date: about 1809. ^[1]

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/LHLG-S2Z
↑ Source: Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Tulbagh, Baptism register, 1743 to 2 Feb 1800, page 30, entry number 9. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G4 7/1. Added by Philip van der Walt Oct 26, 2015.
↑ Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Tulbagh, Cape Province Items 3 - 5 Baptisms 1743-1815 Tulbagh baptism 1743-1815 image 201. Seen and entered Oct 3, 2020 by Susanna Hendrina Elisa de Bruyn
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 Baptism transcription added 21 Aug 2025 by André Laubscher

Photos of Ocker: 1

DNA Connections for Ocker: 27

It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Maternal line mitochondrial DNA test-takers:

Drika (Aucamp) Brown : AncestryDNA Maternal Lineage (discontinued) HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup U2c1
Jeff Leader : FamilyTreeDNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup U2c1e3a1a, FTDNA kit #IN12309
Col Webb : FamilyTreeDNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup U2C1, FTDNA kit #MK
Hanri (Bosman) Conradie : FamilyTreeDNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup U2c1, FTDNA kit #B446773, MitoYDNA ID T20156
Chantelle de Lange : Mitochondrial DNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup U2
Arthur Swanepoel : Mitochondrial DNA Test, haplogroup U2c1

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ocker:

~1.56% ~3.12% Lieb van Jaarsveld : 23andMe
~1.56% Rosalie (Oosthuizen) Scheffer : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DS9414641, yourDNAportal ROSfa5c37a5, Ancestry member rosalie_kock
~1.56% Yvonne (Scheepers) Nieuwoudt : MyHeritage DNA
~1.56% Lourika (Fourie) Ferreira : MyHeritage DNA
~1.17% ~1.56% Geraldine Botha : FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder
~0.78% Christelle van der Merwe : 23andMe, GEDmatch GB8916146 + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A669833, Ancestry member Stellajo + FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder, GEDmatch QQ8780861, FTDNA kit #648374
~0.78% Belinda (Nieman) Van Zyl : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A158900, Ancestry member lilavanzyl
~0.78% ~0.78% Frances Luiz : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JC8237010, Ancestry member Franceslui
~0.78% Jacques Munro : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DB5115155 , yourDNAportal JAC1cc2980e, Ancestry member jacques_munro
~0.78% Victor Joubert : AncestryDNA
~0.78% ~1.56% Johanna (Loubser) Franken : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YL2889836, yourDNAportal ANNb4f61275, Ancestry member skoennies
~0.78% Estelle (Fourie) Pietersen : AncestryDNA
~0.78% ~1.56% Nanette Mitchley : FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder
~0.78% Johannes Jacobus Nel : FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder, GEDmatch AS5165956, FTDNA kit #IN64379
~0.78% Marlene (van der Merwe) Joubert : FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder, GEDmatch ZQ5938348, FTDNA kit #IN93636
~0.78% Liza-Mari Petzer : MyHeritage DNA, yourDNAportal LIZf4fb7fc8
~0.78% ~3.12% Catharina (Grobler) Theron : MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H467344
~0.78% Martin Beetge : MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch AA6941056, yourDNAportal MARd0702720
~0.78% ~6.25% Rachel Levin : MyHeritage DNA
~0.78% ~1.56% Michele Boel : Living DNA
~0.39% Dorethea Sophia (Ebersohn) Hillman : AncestryDNA

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Comments on Ocker (Oosthúijsen) Oosthuijsen: 4

Philip van der Walt

Oosthuijzen-175 and Oosthùÿsen-19 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicates. Oosthùÿsen-19 already existed.

posted on Oosthùÿsen-19 (merged) Jul 26, 2025 by Philip van der Walt

Annette (Kloppers) Boshoff

Please add Roelof Adolph (Oosthuizen-2694) as son. "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-HSCW-P?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZ1%3A1598082390 : 28 September 2018), 007844953 > image 66 of 2154; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.

posted on Oosthùÿsen-19 (merged) Jan 21, 2023 by Annette (Kloppers) Boshoff

André Laubscher

Added.........................................

posted on Oosthùÿsen-19 (merged) Jan 26, 2023 by André Laubscher

Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier

The Ockert born 1755 Was the son of Jacobus, but his second name was not Almero. Marilize please look into this information. See Profile Oosthùÿsen-19 for the correct information about Jacobus and his son Ockert Thanks.

posted on Oosthùÿsen-19 (merged) Apr 24, 2016 by Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier

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War of 1812 Connection Checkers: Ocker is 15 degrees from Francis Key, 18 degrees from Caleb Bentley, 14 degrees from Thomas Brisbane VIth of Brisbane, 20 degrees from Francis Dade, 15 degrees from William Harrison, 18 degrees from Andrew Jackson, 17 degrees from Dolley Madison, 18 degrees from Oliver Hazard Perry, 19 degrees from Mary Pickersgill, 16 degrees from Laura Secord, 18 degrees from John Stricker and 16 degrees from Arthur Wakefield

Ocker (Oosthúijsen) Oosthuijsen (bef. 1755 - abt. 1809)