The Venters on the Sneeuberg

1792–1799 · family · Veldkornetskap Op Sneeuberg

Adriana Cecilia is born in the Sneeuwberg district about May 1792, her death notice says so in its own hand, and the family's Graaff-Reinet baptisms of 1792, 1794 and 1799 are the church trail off this ground. A REGION waypoint: the range, not a farm.

Who was there: 3 people

• 1754 Jan Louis Venter
• 1760 Johanna Jacomina Smit
• 1792 Adriana Cecilia Venter

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

• Kennisgeving van Sterfgeval no. 5024 (43): Adriana Cecilia Venter, filed 27 March 1858 - the root couple's wife, and the 1858 half of the project's 1859 boundary No. 5024 (43), filed 27 March 1858
• Graaff-Reinet baptism register, 25 November 1792 - Adriana Cicilia, daughter of Jan Louwries Venter and Jacomina Smit Bladz 3, in the column headed "Den 25 November", year 1792 at the head of the opening. Filming target card: ROLL NUMBER 106, CAPE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH REGISTERS - PROJECT S-AF 00532, DETAIL OF ITEM NUMBERS, Item 1: CONGREGATION GRAFF-REINET G6/3/1, RECORD BAPTISM, YEAR 1792-1805. FamilySearch film # 008121018; the bladz 6-7 opening is image 12 of 776. | [24 Aug 2026] PROVENANCE NOW PROVEN BY TARGET CARD: 'ROLL NUMBER 106 - CAPE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH REGISTERS - PROJECT S.AF 00532 - item 1, GRAAFF-REINET G6/3/1, BAPTISM, 1792-1805'. The register id this project inferred from the pages is what the card states.