Dirk Gerrit (Van Der Westhuijsen) van der Westhuizen (1788)

Dirk Gerrit (Van Der Westhuijsen) 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

Birth

• Date: 4 May 1788^[1] / before 1788
• Place: District of Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop [South Africa]^[1]
• Parents: He was the son of Gysbert van der Westhuizen and Catharina van Schalkwijk. ^[2][1]

Baptism

• Date: 29 June 1788 ^[1]
• Place: Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop [South Africa]^[1]
  • Name: Dirk Gerrit^[1]
  • Father: Gijsbert V: D: W: H: (Surname later written in pencil as "van der Westhuysen")^[1]
  • Mother: Catriena Helena V: Schalkwijk^[1]
  • Witnesses: Gerrit van Schalkwijk, Hilletje Smit’’^[1]
  • Additional note: Geboore de 4 Meij^[1]

• LNAB will be set as "Van Der Westhuijsen" as abbreviations are not allowed in the LNAB as per WikiTree LNAB Rules. Even though the surname was later written in pencil as "van der Westhuysen", the most likely spelling at the time would have been "Van Der Westhuijsen^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} 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-LQQX-C (accessed 14 December 2025). by André Laubscher
2. ↑ Source will be added by Susan (Coetsee) de Bruyn by 13 Oct 2017.
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".