Jacob (Van Der Westhuijs) van der Westhuizen (1788)

Jacob (Van Der Westhuijs) van der Westhuizen 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

Jacob was born before 1788. He is the son of Johannes van der Westhuizen and Christina Cloete. ^[1]

Birth

• Date: 20 April 1788^[2]
• Place: District of Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop [South Africa]^[2]

Baptism

• Date: 3 September 1788^[2]
• Place: Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop [South Africa]^[2]
  • Name: Jacob^[2]
  • Father: Joh^s V: D: Westhuijs (Jan zoon)^[2]
  • Mother: Chrisstina Cloete ^[2]
  • Witnesses: Jacob Cloete, Johanna Chrisstina Krieger, Jasper Cloete’’^[2]
  • Additional note: Geboore de 20 April^[2]

• (LNAB will be set as "Van Der Westhuijs" as abbreviations are not allowed in the LNAB as per WikiTree LNAB Rules)^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Source will be added by Susan (Coetsee) de Bruyn by 10 Oct 2017.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Baptism Register: Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province : South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994
   Catalog: Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, Baptisms 1751-1824
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   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSKD-LQ7Q-M (accessed 17 January 2026) by André Laubscher
3. ↑ LNAB Rule - At no time should these prefixes be included as a middle name nor abbreviated. Continuing the above example, the Middle Name should not be "van den" and a surname should not be entered as "v. d. Berg".