Wilhelmus (Willem) KEMPEN (KEMPER)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1765 - 1838  (73 years)

• Name	Wilhelmus (Willem) KEMPEN (KEMPER)
  Born	26 May 1765	Norf, Rheinland, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Nov 1838	Kafferskraal, Nieuweveld
  Person ID	I247837	PedigreeFAGreeffEsagi
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Gerhardus KEMPER,   c. 23 Jan 1715, Norf, Rheinland, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Helena DRESEN,   c. 7 Feb 1722, Norf, Rheinland, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	30 Jun 1743	Norff, Rheinland, Germany
  Family ID	F93337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Catharina NEL, b10c5d3e5,   b. Abt 1789, Boesmansrivier, Swellendam ,   d. 11 Jul 1847, Beaufort West, Cape, South Africa  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	19 Mar 1809	Graaff-Reinet, Cape, South Africa   [6]
  Children	1. Stephanus Johannes KEMPEN,   b. 15 Mar 1808, Beaufort West, Cape, South Africa ,   d. 6 Apr 1881, Elandsfontein, Beaufort West, Cape, South Africa  (Age 73 years) + 2. Willem Hendrik Marthinus Abraham KEMPEN,   b. 31 Jul 1818, Beaufort West, Cape, South Africa ,   d. 16 Jan 1901, Yzervarkspoort, Loxton  (Age 82 years)   3. Anna Margaretha Helena KEMPEN,   b. 8 Aug 1821,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Gerhardus Petrus KEMPEN,   b. 20 Dec 1823,   d. 5 Apr 1887, 'Kromvlei', Carnarvon, Cape, South Africa  (Age 63 years)   5. Petronella Johanna Maria KEMPEN,   b. 17 Jun 1829,   d. 1893  (Age 63 years)   6. Cecilia Margaretha Isabella KEMPEN,   b. 6 Jul 1832, Beaufort West, Cape, South Africa ,   d. 7 Jan 1886, Boesmansberg, Carnarvon, Cape, South Africa  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F93336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Stamvader van die Suid-Afrikaanse Kempenfamilie. In 1798 onderwyser by J H Hattingh. MOOC 7/1/148 nommer 95 Ingedien 1838. Inventaris........MOOC 7/1/148 nommer 96 Ingedien 1838 Sterfte Kennis MOOC 6/9/14 nommer 3072 Ingedien 1838. Sources: Cape Archives, Belinda Bacon, LDS, Opgaafrollen, De Villiers Pama, Heese & Lombard, Deidre Du Plessis as reasearched at the Rijksagrief in Amsterdam. WILLEM boarded the Dutch East India Company ship HOORNWEGH under the command of Captain Simon Vaartjes. The HOORNWEGH, a ship of 880 metric tons, sailed for the Cape of Good Hope from the Island of Texel, Netherlands on 18th January 1790. He disembarked at the Cape on 29th April 1790. He was employed as a soldier by the Dutch East India Company until 27th December 1793. By 1798 he was teaching at J.H.Hattingh School at Graaff Reinet. On 19th March 1809 he married ANNA CATHARINA NEL in Graaff Reinet. They had 6 children. WILLEM died on 7th November 1838 at his farm Kafferskraal, Nieuweveld (Beaufort West district), South Africa at the age of 73 years, 5 months and 12 days. According to the book by South African Authors, J.A.Heese and R.T.J.Lombard, Suid Afrikaanse Geslagsregister, Vol 1-V1, Willem was teaching at the JH Hattingh School,Graaff-Reinet by 1798. It appears that he went farming at a later time and owned the farm Kafferskraal which lies in the Nieuweveld Mountains on the road between Loxton and Beaufort West. I have found a record of Willem and Anna and their family in the Opgaafrollen (tax returns) for the district of Beaufort in 1825. On his Death Notice it is stated that his fathers name was Gerhardus but that his mothers name was not known. It must be noted that there is a general acceptance that mothers names were not so important in this period of time. Their place of residence was not known either. It is interesting to note that Willem did not marry until he was 43 years of age. His first child was born twelve months prior to his marriage to Anna. Anna was 18 years of age when her first child was born. Then there is a 10 year interval before the next child is born. His last child was born when he was 67 years of age. The OPGAAFROLLEN (Tax and census returns) of 1810 and 1811 of the Graaff Reinet area shows Willem but Anna 's first names are not given. It also shows that they do not have a child. It is possible that the birth date for their first child is 1818 and not 1808 !! In 1810 and 1811 Willem and Anna had 160 sheep and one wagon. I found Wilhelmus Kemper ( with an R ) christened the same day, in the same town and with the same father as mentioned on the Death Notice of Willem. It has to be him. There is only one Catholic ( not Roman Catholic ) church in the small parish of Norf in the 1700's. I have a copy of the christening record of Wilhelmus and of his siblings as well as the Marriage record of his father Gerardus and Helena. I also have the marriage record of Gerardus' father and mother. Christoph Kemper and Catharina Schwartz and also the christening records of their children.

  
  

• Sources

  [S648] Krielvoorsate.ged (Reliability: ). [S458] Trever se Van Rensburgs, Frikkie Jansen van Rensburg (Reliability: ). [S224] du Plooy.paf (Reliability: ). [S286] Kempen.ged, Francois Greeff, (http://www.greeff.info/) (Reliability: ). [S285] BFM Greeff Ancestors.ged, Francois Greeff, (http://www.greeff.info/) (Reliability: ). [S246] South African Genealogies Vol 06 N, p 145 (Reliability: 3).