A Swellendam baptism, and the register writes the home

1808 · family · Swellendam

Daniel Jacobus Johannes is brought to the Swellendam font and the clerk writes 'woonende aan Oliphants Rivier' against the family's name - the register itself separating where they worshipped from where they lived, which is exactly the split this map draws as a dotted line.

Who was there: 3 people

• 1755 Ockert Jacobus Oosthuizen (b.1755)
• 1763 Susanna Catharina van Tonder
• 1807 Daniel Jacobus Johannes Oosthuijzen

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 baptism register: the baptism of Daniel Jacobus Johannes, son of Ockert Oosthuijse and [?] van Tonder, 'woonende aan Oliphants Rivier' Film #008148300, ITEM 4 = SWELLENDAM G7/4/2, BAPTISM, 1807-1817. Image 31 of 246. The film's own item table (image 2) lists: item 1 Graaff-Reinet G6/8/1 death 1808-1848 (109 pp); item 2 Graaff-Reinet G6/8/2 death 1846-1860 (40 pp); item 3 SWELLENDAM G7/4/1 BAPTISM 1798-1807 (270 pp); item 4 Swellendam G7/4/2 baptism 1807-1817.