Baptism of Petrus Jacobus Venter, 19 March 1786 - and the register writes no birth date
baptism register · 'n oorspronklike rekord · geraadpleeg 2026-08-24
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- Paarl 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. Earlier note stands: FamilySearch L4Q7-841 independently gives the christening place as Paarl, Drakenstein.
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- Register opening paginated 6-7, second entry on page 6
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- 2026-08-24
Die sitasie soos dit gegee is
Transcribed as read: 'Den 19 deto / Petrus Jacobus / v Jan Lois Venter / m Johanna Jacomina Smit / g Tjaart van der Watt, Maria Elisabeth Venter, Jan Lois du Plesie, Hester Venter'. Baptised 19 March 1786 - 'deto' resolves to Maart because 'den 22 Maart' follows two entries later; the year from the opening's births, Aug 1785 to Feb 1786. *** THE ENTRY CARRIES NO GEBOOREN MARGIN. *** The entries around it do (1 Aug 1785, 18 Aug 1785, 25 Aug 1785, 25 Feb 1786, 1 Dec 1785); his is blank. So a birth date of 1786-03-19 anywhere downstream is THE BAPTISM DATE RECORDED AS A BIRTH - which is what this model carried until today, and what put the pair on the impossible-birth-spacing list. The page's own lag pattern (its baptisees were born one to eight months earlier) puts his birth in 1785, and FamilySearch L4Q7-841 shows 1785. Godparents are VENTER KIN - his brother Jacobus Daniel's are the MOTHER'S family (SRC-576), the kin-signal 5's baptism rule describes.
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
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19 Maart 1786 · baptism · Paarl (Drakenstein) [FS]
getuies: Tjaart van der Watt, Maria Elisabeth Venter, Jan Lois du Plesie, Hester Venter
Wat op hierdie bron rus
Mense
- Petrus Jacobus Venter omstreeks 1785