A baptism from onder Traca, 1818
5 November 1818 · family · Veldkornetskap Traka
Anna Magdalena Oosthuizen, born 14 August 1818, baptised from 'aan onder Traca' - the lower Traka - with her uncle Cornelis Andries Oosthuizen among the witnesses. The family's first dated trace north of the mountains: between the Olifants they left and the Beaufort registers they appear in the next year, they stood on the Traka. The register's own words make this a DWELLING waypoint, not a church one: 'aan onder Traca' is the stated abode, 5's exception for a register that says so.
Who was there: 2 people
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
- Graaff-Reinet baptism register, blad 266 - Anna Magdalena Oosthuizen, baptised "aan onder Traca" 5 November 1818 Bladz 266, the entry under the heading "Den 5 November aan onder Traca gedoopt"; the facing page is bladz 265, headed "Den 25 October 18[18] Georgs"