Louis van Wyk de jonge moves on to Graaff-Reinet
October 1792 · regional
He asked for his church attestation to be sent to Graaff-Reinet. By 1800 he is 'Louis van Wyk d'oude' at the Sneeuwberg, where his wife Martha Becker's estate was listed; its children and their ages match his family on FamilySearch. [SRC-651; SRC-653]
Who is on record here
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
- 'Tydgenote van Jan Willem Barkhuysen: Louis van Wyk *1726', Familiejoernaal blog, 25 October 2013 - the van Wyks in the Cango and on the Olifants River, 1760-1793 Blog post of 25 October 2013. Footnote [1]: A. Appel, 'Die distrik Oudtshoorn tot die tagtigerjare van die 19de eeu: 'n sosio-ekonomiese studie', pp. 10 and 324; RLR 16 p. 109. Further footnotes cite the Swellendam heemraad minutes (27 October 1786; 25 October 1791) and the Swellendam opgaafrol of 1793.
- MOOC8/53.41a - estate of Martha Becker, wife of Louis van Wyk d'oude, inventoried 6 November 1800 (Sneeuwberg, 2 October 1800) MOOC8/53.41a, {18001106}, 6 November 1800