Paúl Retief (1749 - 1799)

Born 12 Nov 1749 in Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Louisa (Joubert) Retief — married 5 Nov 1780 in Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop

Descendants

Died 23 Nov 1799 at age 50 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Cape of Good Hope Project WikiTree [send private message] and Andrew Dippenaar [send private message]

Paul Retief 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

Paul Retief ^[1] / Paúlús Retief^[2]

Birth

Date: 12 November 1749 ^[1]

Parents

He was the son of Paulus (Retieff) Retief and Dorothea (Miliùs) Retief^[1][3]

Baptism

Date: 23 November 1749 ^{[1][4] [3]}

Place: Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa]^[3]

Name: Paúl Retief^[3]

Father's Name: Paúl Retief^[3]

Mother's Name: Dorothea Miliús^[3]

Witnesses: David Malang, Eleonora Milius^[3]

Marriage

Date: 5 November 1780^[2]

Place: Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop [South Africa]^[2]

Groom: Paúlús Retief (junior)^[2]

Bride: Maria Lowisa Joúbert^[2]

His second wife was [Nieuwoudt-247]

Family

b6 Paul RETIEF * 27.5.1714 ≈ 7.10.1714, burger Drakenstein

x 10.2.1743 Dorothea MELIUS ≈ 22.8.1717

d.v. Jan Hendrik Melius en Hester Roux

c3 Paul * 12.11.1749 ≈ 23.11.1749, burger Stellenbosch † 24.3.1799

x 3.11.1780 Maria Louisa JOUBERT * 19.11.760 ≈ Paarl † 18.5.1790

d.v. Willem Joubert en Agatha Blom

xx 5.12.1790 Helena NIEUWOUDT (wed. v. Pieter Barend Brugman) ≈ Paarl 19.6.1763 † 29.3.1832

d.v. Johannes Nieuwoudt en Anna Minnaar

d1 Agatha Dorothea * Groenberg Aug. 1781 ≈ 26.8.1781 † “La Motte”, Groot Drakenstein 7.12.1845

x Kaapstad 24.8.1800 Tielman NIEUWOUDT ≈ Paarl 27.11.1768, burger Stellenbosch

s.v. Izaak Nieuwoudt en Dorothea Elisabeth Hertzog

d2 Dorothea Susanna * Groot Drakenstein 14.11.1783 ≈ 1.12.1782 † Stellenbosch 3.7.1864

x Kaapstad 24.10.1802 David Pieter DE VILLIERS * Groot Drakenstein 2.4.1791 ≈ Paarl 15.4.1781, wynboer † Stellenbosch 28.10.1855

s.v. Jan de Villiers en Maria Elisabeth de Villiers

d3 Paulus * 22.2.1784

d4 Willem Petrus * 3.9.1785 ≈ 8.9.1785, wamaker † 30.1.1865

x Paarl 16.8.1806 Hester Germina DE WET ≈ Tulbagh 14.10.1787 † 5.12.1808

d.v. Francois de Wet en Elisabeth du Toit

xx Stellenbosch 6.5.1810 Maria Elizabeth HAUMAN * 12.3.1790 ≈ 11.4.1790 † 19.11.1870

d.v. Pieter Eduard en Magdalena Moller

d5 Paulus ≈ 30.11.1794

d6 Anna Elizabeth ≈ 11.12.1796

x Stellenbosch 5.5.1811 Gabriel Hermanus LE ROUX

xx Paarl April 1818 Petrus Abraham MINNAAR ^[5]

Death

Date: 23 NOV 1799 ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} WikiTree profile Retief-20 created through the import of Ancestors_DippenaarAndre_noinfo.GED on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Source :
   • Marriage Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, 1745-1976, Marriages 1745-1813 (title board is incorrect), Image 607
   Seen & added 21 December 2021 by André Laubscher.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Source :
   • Baptism Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, 1745-1976, Baptisms 1745-1813, Image 642, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-F33N?i=641
   Seen & added 14 May 2020 by André Laubscher
4. ↑ Source:
   • Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province Items 7 - 8 Baptisms 1745-1813 baptism image 642.
   Seen and entered May 18, 2019 by Susanna de Bruyn
5. ↑ "Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. “South African Genealogies 1” Human Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-620-23962-1 v.9 pp. 370-4" Added on 14 Jun 2023 by Ian McArthur

• Paul Retief, b12.11.1749, burger Stellenbosch, d24.3.1799, x 5.11.1780 Maria Louisa Joubert, b19.11.1760, d18.5.1790, xx 5.12.1790 Helena Nieuwoudt, weduwee van Pieter Barend Brugman.  : P J Retief, "Die Retief Familie in Suid Afrika 1688 -1988" 2de Uitgawe 1988, ISBN 0 620 11295 6, page 183, c3. Baxter-5479 10:06, 24 July 2019 (UTC)