Pieter du Plessis (1716-1777)
1716 – 1777 · du Plessis line
Names
- Baptismal name
- Pieter
- Given
- Pieter
- Surname
- du Plessis
The formal baptismal name and the name a person was actually called are both kept, and neither is derived from the other. Spelling drift between records is evidence, not noise.
Immediate family
- Married
- Elsje Oosthuizen (b.1719) 9 October 1735
A life in the record
- 1716 born Born
- 9 October 1735 married Married Elsje Oosthuizen (b.1719)
- 1777 died Died
What we don't know
- Neither parent is recorded, so this person is not attached to the tree above them.
- No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Research notes
[SRC-691] 'den landbouwer Pieter du Plaisir Charlsz', husband of Elsje OosthuizenL (PER-000305), who gave in her estate on 29 December 1740 and signed his own opgaaf 'Pieter du Plesis Charlsoon'. They farmed the loan place Kruijsvalleij aan 't Roode Sant. Married her at PAARL on 9 October 1735; dates and FamilySearch LC26-YPN from the family view
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Elders
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