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1. | Petrus Rasmus ERASMUS, b3c2d4 was christened on 28 Feb 1762 (son of Pieter ERASMUS, b3c2 and Johanna Elizabeth BOCKELENBERG(BOCKELBERG), b5c2); died in in Cape, South Africa. Notes: Burger Stellenbosch Petrus married Anna Maria KLOPPER, a2b7c7 on 9 Nov 1785 in Tulbagh, Cape, South Africa. Anna (daughter of Johannes KLOPPER, a2b7 and Geertruyd(a) ROELOFSE, a1b4, daughter of Johannes KLOPPER, a2b7 and Catharina BOTHA, b5c7) was christened on 4 May 1766; died in in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | Pieter ERASMUS, b3c2 was born about 1732 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 14 Apr 1732 (son of Lourens ERASMUS, b3 and Martha PIENAAR, b2c2, son of Lourens Pietersz ERASMUS, b3 and Martha PIENAAR, b2c2); died in in Cape, South Africa. Notes: Burger Stellenbosch Pieter married Johanna Elizabeth BOCKELENBERG(BOCKELBERG), b5c2 in 1756 in Cape, South Africa. Johanna (daughter of Daniel BOCKELENBERG(BOCKELBERG), a1b5 and Elizabeth (Isabeau) LAURET (LORET), a1b2) was born in 1735 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 24 Apr 1735; died in in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Johanna Elizabeth BOCKELENBERG(BOCKELBERG), b5c2 was born in 1735 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 24 Apr 1735 (daughter of Daniel BOCKELENBERG(BOCKELBERG), a1b5 and Elizabeth (Isabeau) LAURET (LORET), a1b2); died in in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa. Notes: 2nd child
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4. | Lourens Pietersz ERASMUS, b3 was christened on 22 Jun 1704 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl) (son of Pieter (Den Deen) ERASMUS and Maria Elizabeth JOOSTEN); died in btw 22 Oct - 27 Nov 1760 in Beerenfontein ?. Notes: Lourens was a burger van Drakenstein. He was a corporal in the dragonders (1730-1740). Lourens married Martha PIENAAR, b2c2 on 8 Dec 1731 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). Martha (daughter of Jacques PIENAAR, b2 and Louisa CORDIER, b3) was born in 1716 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 21 Mar 1717 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl); died about Nov 1798 in 'droogeland', Achter Bokkeveld, Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Martha PIENAAR, b2c2 was born in 1716 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 21 Mar 1717 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl) (daughter of Jacques PIENAAR, b2 and Louisa CORDIER, b3); died about Nov 1798 in 'droogeland', Achter Bokkeveld, Cape, South Africa. Notes: Martha Pienaar (Pinard) is oorlede op die ourderdom van 82 jaar op "Droogeland", Achter Bokkeveld (vandag distrik Ceres). Hulle had 16 kinders. Notes: Married:
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6. | Daniel BOCKELENBERG(BOCKELBERG), a1b5 was born about 1707; was christened on 17 Jul 1707 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa (son of Dr. Johannes BOCKELENBERG(BOCKELBERG), a1 and Johanna VAN DEN BOSCH, a1b2); died in 1777 in Tulbagh, Cape, South Africa. Notes: 5th child Daniel married Elizabeth (Isabeau) LAURET (LORET), a1b2 on 25 May 1732 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). Elizabeth (daughter of Guillaume LORET (LAURET), a1 and Elizabeth JOUBERT, a1b3) was born about 1714 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 30 Sep 1713 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa; died on 22 Oct 1760 in Tulbagh, Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Elizabeth (Isabeau) LAURET (LORET), a1b2 was born about 1714 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 30 Sep 1713 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa (daughter of Guillaume LORET (LAURET), a1 and Elizabeth JOUBERT, a1b3); died on 22 Oct 1760 in Tulbagh, Cape, South Africa.
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8. | Pieter (Den Deen) ERASMUS was born about 1667 in Denmark; died in 1731 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). Notes: Pieter was the progenitor (stamvader) of the Erasmus family in South Africa. He arrived in the Cape in 1693. In some Cape records he appears as "Pieter den Deen", thereby implying that his origins were in Denmark. The surname Erasmus is a latinized version of the patronymic Rasmussen, a common name in both Denmark and Norway. Pieter married Maria Elizabeth JOOSTEN in 1697 in Cape, South Africa. Maria was born about 1676 in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands; died in Sep 1723 in Wellington, Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Maria Elizabeth JOOSTEN was born about 1676 in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands; died in Sep 1723 in Wellington, Cape, South Africa. Notes: Maria came to the Cape as an orphan.
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10. | Jacques PIENAAR, b2 was born in 1691 in Cape, South Africa; was christened in 1692 in Franschhoek, Cape, South Africa (son of Jacques PIENAAR(PINARD), progenitor and Martha LE FEBRE, a2b3, son of Jacques PIENAAR(PINARD), progenitor and Esther FOUCHER); died on 22 Nov 1774 in Cape, South Africa. Notes: Trekked north-east where grazing licecces were granted to him; De Bocke Rievier 1731; Driefontein behind Bokkeveld 1739; Elandsfontein in the Bokkeveld 1746. Jacques married Louisa CORDIER, b3 on 21 Jan 1714 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa. Louisa (daughter of Louis CORDIER(CORTJE), progenitor and Francoise MARTINET) was born in 1685 in Guisnes, Pas-de-Calais, France; was christened about 1685; died on 22 Nov 1774 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Louisa CORDIER, b3 was born in 1685 in Guisnes, Pas-de-Calais, France; was christened about 1685 (daughter of Louis CORDIER(CORTJE), progenitor and Francoise MARTINET); died on 22 Nov 1774 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). Notes: Pienaar,Jacques =Franschhoek ? 1692 :Trek Noord-Ooswaarts waar weilisensies aan hom toegeken word; De Bocke Rivier 1731; Driefontein agter die Bokkeveld 1739; Elandsfontein in die Bokkeveld 1746 [1440] 21.01.1714 Stellenbosch met Cordier,Louisa *1685 FR [1700] Notes: Married:
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12. | Dr. Johannes BOCKELENBERG(BOCKELBERG), a1 was born in 1668 in Bockelberg, Kolberg, Germany; died in 1709 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa. Notes: Arrived at Cape in 1693 as soldier in the service of the V.O.C in Batavia. In 1695 went with ship "Selfstandigheid" [Independence] as junior surgeon, successor to junior surgeon Van Heel, to Mauritius. Started sugar industry through knowledge of sugar refining. Board Member of Mauritius. Went back to Batavia where he became a free burger in February 1704. Moved to Cape in 1705 with his four children as Surgeon at Stellenbosch. Heemraad from 1706. Johannes married Johanna VAN DEN BOSCH, a1b2 on 24 Oct 1705 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa. Johanna (daughter of Jan VAN DEN BOSCH, progenitor and Cornelia HELM, a4b2) was born about 1690 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 11 Jun 1690 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa; died about 1747 in South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Johanna VAN DEN BOSCH, a1b2 was born about 1690 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 11 Jun 1690 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa (daughter of Jan VAN DEN BOSCH, progenitor and Cornelia HELM, a4b2); died about 1747 in South Africa. Notes: will dated 17 November 1738 Notes: Married:
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14. | Guillaume LORET (LAURET), a1 was born in 1671 in Nantes, Loire Atlantique, France; died on 5 Jan 1718 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). Notes: From Nantes. Arrived 1695. Served as deacon in Drakenstein congregation and was appointed heemraad for Stellenbosch and Drakenstein in 1715. It is not clear whether Nantes refers to his place of origin or the farm in Paarl where he farmed. He bought the farm Nantes in 1709. Guillaume married Elizabeth JOUBERT, a1b3 on 23 Jan 1717 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). Elizabeth (daughter of Pierre JOUBERT and Elizabeth RICHARD, daughter of Pierre (Or David) JOUBERT (JAUBERT), progenitor and Isabeau RICHARDE) was born in 1692 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl); was christened in in Cape, South Africa; died in in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
15. | Elizabeth JOUBERT, a1b3 was born in 1692 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl); was christened in in Cape, South Africa (daughter of Pierre JOUBERT and Elizabeth RICHARD, daughter of Pierre (Or David) JOUBERT (JAUBERT), progenitor and Isabeau RICHARDE); died in in Cape, South Africa. Notes: Sy was die weduwee van Guillaume Loret. Loret het in 1709 die plaas Nantes (Noorder Paarl ) gekoop, en Paul Roux het na sy huwelik daar geboer. Notes: Married:
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