Dirk Minne
about 1720 – before 1752-01-02 · Minne line
Names
- Given
- Dirk
- Surname
- Minne
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Immediate family
- Children
- Theodore Cornelis Minne (b. 1751)
A life in the record
- before 1752-01-02 died Died
- about 1720 born Born
What we don't know
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Research notes
[FS, from FamilySearch profiles supplied by the family 3 Aug 2026] THE MINNE PROGENITOR AT THE CAPE, and he is German, not Dutch or French: born about 1720 at PADERBORN, WESTPHALIA, PRUSSIA, son of Dirk Menne and Christjin Helbeck. Married Christina Scheepers at PAARL on 2 June 1743 and was dead before 2 January 1752 - eight or nine years in the colony. Four children are recorded. The surname is worth watching in this project because a farm in the Prince Albert district is called MINNIES KRAAL (PAR-000138).
[15 Aug 2026, FS] FamilySearch id filled from the FamilySearch id field of the family tree exports, matched on this row's own tree id and accepted only because the tree's NAME AND YEARS agree with this row. It is a door to the sources, not a source: nothing here is taken from the profile.
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Elders
FamilySearch profile LCZM-H9K