Elsje Petronella du Plessis (1740-1776)
1740 – 1776 · du Plessis line
Names
- Baptismal name
- Elsje Petronella
- Given
- Elsje Petronella
- 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
- Mother
- Elsje Oosthuizen (b.1719)
- Brothers and sisters
- Charl Johannes du Plessis (1737-1797), Johanna Elisabeth du Plessis (1739-1740)
A life in the record
- 1740 born Born
- 1776 died Died
What we don't know
- 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] 'Elsje Petronella du Plaisir oud omtrent 2 maanden' in her mother's estate of 29 December 1740 - born about October 1740, weeks before her mother died, and named for her. [FS] LWNR-PG6.
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Elders
FamilySearch profile LWNR-PG6