Graaff-Reinet baptism register, blad 266 - Anna Magdalena Oosthuizen, baptised "aan onder Traca" 5 November 1818
baptism register · 'n oorspronklike rekord · geraadpleeg 2026-08-17
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- baptism register
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- Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Graaff-Reinet, doopregister [TO VERIFY - supplied as a photograph of the opening; no collection breadcrumb, film or DGS number has been seen, per 5a-ii]
- Verwysing
- Bladz 266, the entry under the heading "Den 5 November aan onder Traca gedoopt"; the facing page is bladz 265, headed "Den 25 October 18[18] Georgs"
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- 2026-08-17
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SUPPLIED BY FRANS THE ENTRY, as read: "Den 5 November aan onder Traca gedoopt. 't kind ANNA MAGDALENA geb. den 1 Augustus 18[18]. ouders JACOBUS JOH:S OOSTHUIZEN & ANNA MAGDALENA STRYDOM. getuigen: Martinus van Vooren & Adriana [Z/K]oek; CORNELIS AND[RIES] OOSTHUIZEN & Anna Magd[alena] Petronella Strydom." The page is headed "Door den Eerwaarde Heer A. Faure gedoopt". | THE YEAR DIGITS ARE HARD ON THIS SCAN and the reading rests on three things rather than on the ink: every surrounding entry on both pages carries the same year; the mother ANNA MAGDALENA STRYDOM DIED 30 JULY 1846 (SRC-453), which rules out the 1850s; and this model already holds a daughter ANNA MAGDALENA OOSTHUIZEN, PER-000213, born 14 August 1818 to this couple. Abraham Faure served Graaff-Reinet from 1818. Recorded as 1818. The register gives the birth as 1 AUGUST where the model carried 14 August - the discrepancy is kept, not resolved. [TO VERIFY] | WHY THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT OF THE DAY: it places JACOBUS JOHANNES OOSTHUIZEN AND HIS WIFE AT ONDER TRAKA IN 1818 - fifteen years before the Vrolykheid survey, and in THE VERY FIELD CORNETCY THE VROLYKHEID DIAGRAM NAMES ("Field Cornetcy of Traka", DOC-0027, PLC-000022). His brother CORNELIS ANDRIES OOSTHUIZEN (PER-000015), whom this model already anchors on MIDDELWATER from about 1821, stands as witness at the same font. | It is a baptism at a visiting minister's circuit stop, so it proves the family was AT onder Traka, not which farm they held. See LEAD-0213.
Woordeliks gehou. Hierdie projek weerspreek gepubliseerde genealogieë en stel 'n familie se eie mondelinge oorlewering reg, so elke bewering moet nagegaan kan word deur iemand wat nie in die vertrek was nie.
Wat uit hierdie bron oorgeskryf is
4 geleenthede.
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5 November 1818 · baptism · aan onder Traca
getuies: Martinus van Vooren
THE FIRST RECORDED BAPTISM OF THIS FAMILY IN THIS DISTRICT, and a van Vuuren is -
5 November 1818 · baptism · aan onder Traca
getuies: Adriana [?Zoek/Koek]
Surname not read on the scan and deliberately not guessed. Paired with Martinus -
5 November 1818 · baptism · aan onder Traca
getuies: Cornelis And[ries] Oosthuizen
The brother, standing witness. He does the same at the Stellenbosch baptism of 2 -
5 November 1818 · baptism · aan onder Traca
getuies: Anna Magd[alena] Petronella Strydom
The register's name-form for the woman standing beside Cornelis Andries, and it
Wat op hierdie bron rus
Dokumente
Mense
- Cornelis Andries Oosthuizen 14 Junie 1792 – 1860
- Jacobus Johannes Oosthuizen (b.1784) 19 November 1784 – 29 Oktober 1867
- Anna Magdalena Oosthuizen (b.1818) 14 Augustus 1818