Erasmus Johannes (van Zeijl) van Zijl (1766)

Born 28 May 1766 in Swartland, de Caep de Goede Hoop

Ancestors

Husband of Johanna (Engelbregt) van Zijl — married 23 Oct 1791 in Swartland, de Caep de Goede Hoop

Descendants

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Biography

Name

Erasmus ^[1][2] Johannis ^[1] / Johannes ^[2] van Zijl ^[1] / van Zyl ^[2]

Birth

Date: Erasmus Johannes was born 28 May 1766 ^[3] about 1767. ^[2]

Place: Swartland ^[1], Cape of Good Hope ^[1] Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa]^[3]

Baptism

Date: 5 April 1767 ^[1]

Place: Swartland, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa]^[3]

Name: Erasmus Johannis van Zeijl ^[1][3]

Father: Willem VAN ZEIJL ^[1][3]

Mother: Geertruij SMITH ^[1][3]

Witnesses: Abraham Nel en Maria Louw^[1][3]

Additional notes: Den 28 Maaijus 1766 natus^[1][3]

Marriage

Date: 23 October 1791 ^[4][5]

Place: Swartland, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa]^[5]

Groom: Erasmus Johannes van Zeijl^[5]

Bride: Johanna Engelbregt^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} WikiTree profile Van Zijl-278 created by Alta Bekker Aug 14, 2015. Source:
   • Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Swartland (Malmesbury), Baptism register, 1745-1782, page 67. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G5 3/2. Note: Folios 13 and 14, two sides of one page, are almost certainly missing between the current pages numbered 12 and 13 - dates covered would be late August 1751 to early June 1752. Transcribed by Lizette Svoboda, from photographs of Cape Archives VC 666
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} WikiTree profile Van Zyl-6400 created by Morne Visser 26 April 2021.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Source :
   • Baptism Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, 1745-1976, Baptisms 1745-1782, Image 690
   Seen & added by André Laubscher 15 January 2021.
4. ↑ Source:
   • Genealogies of Old Cape Families, by C.C.de Villiers, revised, augmented and rewritten by C.Pama, A.A.Balkema, Cape Town, 1966. The original edition of 1894, compiled by G.M. Theal from the work of C.C. de Villiers (Vol 3 van Zijl p663, Vol 1 Engelbrecht p212 x Cape 23 Oct 1791 Johanna Engelbrecht baptised 24 Dec 1773 d.o. Johannes Engelbrecht and Anna Geertruida van Zijl) (www.eggsa.org) Added by Alta Bekker Sept 1, 2015.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Source :
   • Marriage Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, 1745-1976, Marriages 1745-1813 (title board is incorrect), Image 619 Seen & added May 2019, transcribed 15 January 2021 by André Laubscher.