Jan Louis Venter
29 July 1790 – ? · Venter line
Connection to the Koup
Took part in something recorded here: The Venters' last Paarl baptism: two children together (1790-10-22).
Names
- Surname
- Venter
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Immediate family
- Father
- Jan Louis Venter
- Mother
- Johanna Jacomina Smit
- Brothers and sisters
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- 1779Catharina Petronella Venter
- 1782Martha Jacoba Venter
- 1783Maria Catharina Venter
- 1785~Petrus Jacobus Venter
- 1786Jacobus Daniel Venter
- 1787Maria Magdalena Venter
- 1789Elisabeth Johanna Venter
- 1792Adriana Cecilia Venter
- 1793Hester Engela Elizabeth Venter
- 1795Johanna Jacomina Venter
- 1796Johannes Henricus Venter
- 1799Maria Elizabeth Catharina Venter
- 1801Francois Alwyn Venter
- 1803Catharina Petronella Venter
- Married
- Dina Magdalena Oosthuizen (b.1787) 4 May 1811
A life in the record
- 29 July 1790 born Born
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22 October 1790
event
The Venters' last Paarl baptism: two children together
Elisabeth Johanna and Jan Louis jr brought to the font together, eighteen months and three months old. The family does not appear at Paarl again: their next baptism is at Graaff-Reinet in November 1792, and the move to the Sneeuberg falls between - about 1791, eighteen months after Pieter Venter d'o
- 22 October 1790 occasion Baptism at Paarl (Drakenstein)
- 4 May 1811 married Married Dina Magdalena Oosthuizen (b.1787)
Who stood with them
Who signed at a baptism, a will or a survey is not incidental. It is the clearest surviving record of which families stood close to which.
- stood for them Johannes Hendrik Venter baptism · 22 October 1790
- stood for them Maria Elisabeth du Plesie baptism · 22 October 1790
Stories
- mentioned Two weddings, five months apart
Others of the same name
Afrikaans naming repeats hard, and the Cape Dutch naming pattern reuses a name on purpose, a child who died young has the name given again to a later sibling. These are different people. Never match on a name alone.
What we don't know
- No death date is recorded.
- No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.
- 5 other people in this model carry the same name. Never match on a name alone.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Sources
- Paarl G3/3/4, pages 150-151: two Venter children baptised together, 22 October 1790 - the family's last Paarl appearancePaarl NG, register G3/3/4 (baptisms 1786-1799) - PROVEN BY TARGET CARD, 24 Aug 2026: 'CONT FROM ANOTHER ROLL - ROLL NUMBER 79. CAPE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH REGISTERS - PROJECT S.AF 00532. DETAIL OF ITEM NUMBERS' listing items 4-9 as Paarl baptism registers, item 9 being G3/3/4, 1786-1799. The item assignment is by year-fit: only G3/3/4 covers 1786-1790. Film of 125 images.Register opening paginated 150-151; roll 79, project S.AF 00532
Research notes
[TREE] Added 2026-07-31 by kin_sweep.py under the one-degree rule: child of Dina Magdalena OosthuizenL (b.1787), spouse of Dina Magdalena OosthuizenL (b.1787). Thin record, name, dates and the family link only. NO PLACE IMPORTED: the tree's place strings are systematically wrong and are not evidence.
[24 Aug 2026] Birth 29 July 1790 CONFIRMED by the Paarl register (SRC-579); baptised 22 Oct 1790 beside his sister Elisabeth Johanna.
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Elders
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