Jan Adriaan van Zijl born at Middelwater
1839 · family · Prince Albert
His own death notice gives his birthplace as 'MIDDELWATER, C.C.' - so Wynand van Zyl and Johanna Jacomina Oosthuizen were ON HER FATHER'S FARM when this son was born, four years after their marriage. It is the first documentary placing of a van Zyl household on Middelwater itself. DATE: the model carries 29 April 1839; the notice's '55 jaar 4 maanden en 12 dagen' at death implies about 10 November 1839. Both 1839, neither corrected.
Who was there: 3 people
- 1808 Johanna Jacomina Oosthuizen
- 1808 Wynand van Zyl
- 1839 Jan Adriaan Van Zyl
Everyone the record names at this occasion. Who stood together is the clearest surviving evidence of which families were close to which, if you know of others who were here, this is the page they belong on.
Sources
- Sterfkennis of Jan Adriaan van Zijl, d. 22 March 1895 at Klaarstroom, district Marico, Z.A.R. Death notice of JAN ADRIAAN VAN ZIJL, died 22 March 1895 at Klaarstroom, district Marico, Z.A.R., aged 55 years 4 months 12 days, on the printed Weeskamer form of 10 November 1869. THE FILE NUMBER HAS NOT BEEN SEEN and is not invented here: the document was supplied as an image without its cover. Z.A.R. Weeskamer estate files are held by the National Archives in Pretoria (TAB) in the MHG series, and this notice should be orderable on the name, the date and the district. [TO VERIFY]