In the Swellendam district on the rolls

1751–1805 · family · Die Swellendam-distrik (op die rolle)

Half a century of opgaafrollen count this line in the Swellendam district: Jacobus Oosthuijsen and Dina Brits from 1751, four Oosthuizen households together on one folio by 1760, and Ockert Jacobus's own household to the 1805 roll. A DISTRICT is what a roll pins, so this waypoint is labelled for the district itself - relabelled from the drostdy on 24 Aug 2026 so the pin cannot be read as the town.

Who was there: 2 people

• 1755 Ockert Jacobus Oosthuizen (b.1755)
• 1763 Susanna Catharina van Tonder

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

• SWELLENDAM opgaafrol 1751 - NA 1.04.02 VOC inv. 4183 inv. nr. 4183. District SWELLENDAM, year 1751.
• SWELLENDAM opgaafrol 1760 - NA 1.04.02 VOC inv. 4220 inv. nr. 4220. District SWELLENDAM, year 1760.
• Swellendam opgaafrol 1770 - NA 1.04.02 VOC inv. 4262 inv. nr. 4262. District SWELLENDAM, year 1770. Scans 0090 to 0109; the colony summary is at 0110.
• Swellendam opgaafrol J 318, 1805 - the Oosthuizen section, film 008145384 images 39-42 Film # 008145384, images 39, 40, 41 and 42 of 519. Target card transcribed as printed: LOCALITY OF RECORD SWELLENDAM / CAPE PROVINCE; TITLE OF RECORD OPGAAFROLLEN / CENSUS - TAX; VOLUME/S J 318; YEAR/S INCLUDED 1805. Entries 767-790. | *** THE SECTION IS NOW BOUNDED AT BOTH ENDS, 20 Aug 2026. *** BEGIN card at IMAGE 4, END card at IMAGE 66, both reading identically: LOCALITY OF RECORD SWELLENDAM / CAPE PROVINCE; TITLE OF RECORD OPGAAFROLLEN / CENSUS - TAX; VOLUME/S J 318; YEAR/S INCLUDED 1805. Filming block on the begin card: MICROFILMED BY THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, AT GOV ARCHIVE'S CAPE TOWN RSA; OPERATOR C MARAIS; REDUCTION X 18; DATE FILMED 25 JUL 1978; FILM EMULSION NUMBER 5460-417-231; FILM UNIT SER. NO. 3385; PROJECT NUMBER S-AF 20 B; ROLL NUMBER 65. So IMAGES 4 TO 66 ARE VOLUME J 318, and images 39, 40, 41 and 42 sit securely inside it.