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About Dirk Gijsbert van Reenen
b1 Jacob ≈ 11.5.1727, leier v.d. ‘Kaapse Patriotte’ † 13.8.1793 x 4.12.1746 Maria FRANKE ≈ 24.8.1721 d.v. Johannes Franke en Catharina Verwey
c7 Dirk Gysbert * 23.7.1754 ≈ 28.7.1754, vaandrig VOC † 28.10.1828 x 28.7.1776 Aletta Catharina HURTER ≈ 13.2.1757 d.v. Johann Wilhelm Hurter en Barbara Hauk xx Kaapstad 16.9.1804 Johanna Catharina CRUYWAGEN (wed. v. Jacob Pieter Deneys)
'A concise history of Port Beaufort & White Sands (also known as Witsand) including Family Trees White Sands & Port Beaufort' by John McGregor
Dirk Gysbert van Reenen Occupation: Burgher, Brewer and owner of Papenboom (the Breweries in Newlands, Cape Town) Married date to first wife - 28 July 1776 Cape Town Married date to second wife - 16 September 1804
More information about him available in Source: p.818-819 SA Biografiese Woordeboek Vol 2. Some of the information from that source: Kaapse grondbesitter, bierbrouer en burgeroffisier. Sevende uit 'n gesin van veertien kinders. Die bierbrouery het hy oorgeneem van sy skoonvader J.W. Hurter deur De Papenboom / De Brouwerij by Nuweland vir 110 000 gulde op 22.8.1785 te koop. Was ryk en voortuitstrewend. Het geld gemaak met die brouery en met verskeie vleiskontrakte. Was ook wynboer en veeboer met rasperde, Hollandse beeste en Spaanse wolskape (het lg. gekruis met Kaapse vetstertskape). Het op reis gegaan na die binneland op 25.3.1803 met goewerneur J.W. Janssens waar hy waardevolle dienste gelewer het as adviseur en onderhandelaar. As beloning hiervoor het hy 'n plaas ontvang - Paardeneiland aan die mond van die Soutrivier naby Kaapstad. Die ervarings van sy reis met goewerneur Janssens het hy opgeteken in 'n dagboek wat later uitgegee is: Die joernaal van Dirk Gysbert van Reenen, 1803. Redakteure W. Blommaert en J.A. Wiid; V.R.V. no. 18; Kaapstad, 1937. Hy het sewe kinders gehad, almal uit sy eerste huwelik met Aletta Catharina Hurter. Op 16.9.1804 is hy getroud met Johanna Catharina Cruywagen, die weduwee van Jacob Pieter Deneys.
http://www.sahra.org.za/sites/default/files/heritagereports/9-2-111...
in 1783, Dirk Gijsbert van Reenen obtained a brewer’s license and set about trying to improve the quality of beer which was still largely reliant on using imported, dried hops. The most important factor in doing so was his decision to plant hops on his farm near Swellendam
Papenboom - Dirk Gysbert van Reenen’s house in Newlands, also known as The Brewery – the house burnt down in 1838.
Rhenosterfontein - One of Dirk Gysbert Van Reenen’s farms, in the Breede River valley, south of Swellendam, where he bred horses and cattle.
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Dirk Gijsbert van Reenen's Timeline
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July 23, 1754
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Cape Town, WC, South Africa
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July 28, 1754
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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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May 11, 1777
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April 12, 1778
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1780
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March 16, 1783
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Cape Town, WC, South Africa
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April 25, 1784
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October 28, 1828
Age 74
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Welgelegen, Rondebosch, Cape Province, South Africa
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