Gerrit (Visscher) Visser (bef. 1701 - 1779)

Born before 21 Aug 1701 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

Ancestors

Husband of Elsje Sophia (Robbertsz) Visser — married 15 Feb 1728 in de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony

Descendants

Died Oct 1779 after age 78 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

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Biography

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b2c12 ^[1]

Baptism

1701.....21 Aug: van Gerrit Jansen Visscher en Johanna Tielemans onder getuyge van Marten van Mekelenburg en Laurentie gent:- Gerrit ^[2]

Name: Gerrit Visscher ^[2]

Event Date: 21 August 1701 ^[2]

Event Place: Cape Town, Dutch Reformed Church, Cape of Good Hope ^[2]

Father's Name: Gerrit Jansen Visscher ^[2]

Mother's Name: Johanna Tielemans ^[2]

Witnesses: Marten van Mekelenburg en Laurentie ^{[2] [3]}

Marriage

1728.....15e ditto {Feb:ry} .....Gerrit Visser van Cabo de Goede Hoop, burger alhier, jongman, met Elsje Brand, van Cabo voorn:t jonge dogt: ^[4]

Event Date: 15 February 1728^[4]

Event Place: Cape Town, Dutch Reformed Church, Cape of Good Hope^[4]

Groom: Gerrit Visser^[4]

Bride: Elsje Brand^[4]

Baptism

He passed away at the Cape on 1 October 1779. ^[5]

"Caab / Gerrit Visser d'Oude / 1 (Octob 1779)" ^[5]

Sources

• Geslacht-register der Oude Kaapsche Familien, Christoffel Coetzee de Villiers, 1894, Kaapstad
• WikiTree profile Visser-61 created through the import of My Family.Pretorius.Van_Wyk.DeWaal.Potgieter.2011.ged on Sep 19, 2011 by Judy Potgieter. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Judy and others.

1. ↑ Source :
   • The Genealogical Society of South Africa: South African Family Registers 2018 - Released January 2019, VISSER,
   Seen & added 21 December 2020 by André Laubscher
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Cape Town Baptisms 170.Written by transcribed by Corney Keller. The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions. Source: page 22.This transcription has been made from photographs of the Cape Archives Verbatim copies document VC 604 - Cape Town baptisms, memberships and marriages 1695-1712, which is a photocopy of the original register, now housed in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, as G1-8/1. This photocopy was made for the Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and a copy was donated to the South African Archives, a copy going to the Cape Town Repository (VC series) and to the Pretoria Repository (where it is part of the FC series). The baptisms cover pages 1 through 87 and 126 through 143 of this register. Seen and entered Jan 11, 2016 by Susanna de Bruyn
3. ↑ "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11116-195402-81?cc=1478678 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town > Baptisms 1695-1712 > image 13 of 84; State Archives, Cape Province. Seen and entered Oct 25, 2016 by Susanna de Bruyn
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Cape Town Marriages 1728.Written by transcribed by Corney Keller. Posted in Cape Town Marriages 1713 to 1756. The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions. Source: page 17.This transcription has been made from photographs of the Cape Archives Verbatim copies document VC 621 - Cape Town marriages and memberships 1713-1756, which is a photocopy of the original register, now housed in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, as G1-13/1. This photocopy was made for the Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and a copy was donated to the South African Archives, a copy going to the Cape Town Repository (VC series) and to the Pretoria Repository (where it is part of the FC series). The marriages cover pages 1 through 95 of this register. Seen and entered Jan 11, 2016 by Susanna de Bruyn
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Source:
   • Civil Death Register 1779 - "Civil registration (deaths), Cape Colony, 1758-1833", Registers 1758-1775 1776-1788 1789-1797 1797-1803 1804-1821 1822-1833, A-D 1822-1833, E-I 1822-1833, J-L, Image 174 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVH-99JJ-S?i=173&cat=25423)