Jacoba Alida (Pollie) van Brede

GEDCOM Note

<p><p>Ratelrivier, originally known as Buffeljagt aan de Ratelrivier, was loaned out to Matthys LOURENS in 1745. A loan farm was land that leased grazing rights to farmers, usually for a year, and was not registered in the farmer's name but remained government property. On 16 June 1831 Hans Jacob SWART, age 45, became the first registered owner of the farm. When he died in 1835, his widow Catharina Elizabeth (maiden name MOOLMAN) continued farming with her sons and slaves. She was a harsh woman, punishing any slave who did wrong by burying hi in sand with only the nose sticking out. One fatal day, she forgot a buried slave for four days. By the time he was pulled from the sand, close to death, he had placed a curse on Ratelrivier. In the late 1860s, Dirk Gysbert van Reenen VAN BREDA bought the farm. He was also a member of the Legislative Council of the Cape Colony’s first elected Parliament and a Cape Town municipal commissioner. His two sons, Dirk Gysbert junior and Pieter Johannes Albertus, were known for their violent tempers, heavy drinking and abusive behaviour towards slaves and their own wives. Barely six months after their father’s death, had they both killed their wives.
</p></p><p><p> </p></p><p><p> </p></p><p><p> </p></p><p><p><a style="text-decoration: none; clear: right;margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XHtFY2aaBsI/UJIl4fC2qkI/AAAAAAAAAqM/21c1W..."><img style="border: none; position: relative; padding: 0px; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 0px 0px 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 0px 0px 0px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XHtFY2aaBsI/UJIl4fC2qkI/AAAAAAAAAqM/21c1W..." alt="" width="256" height="320" border="0" /></a></p></p><p><p> </p></p><p><p> </p></p><p><p>Jacoba Alida MORKEL</p></p><p><p> </p></p><p><p> </p></p><p><p> </p></p><p><p>
Dirk Gysbert junior was a brewer in Cape Town. His first wife, Ellen, died in 1855 after the birth of their first child. Eighteen months later he married the 15-year old Jacoba Alida MORKEL, daughter of a wealthy butcher, Pieter Loret MORKEL. They had seven children. On 30 July 1865, Dirk Gysbert junior was declared insolvent and his father appointed him manager of Ratelrivier. The farm was profitable and the family had a housekeeper, a governess for the children, a cook and many servants. They often entertained guests at dinner dances and hunting parties. According to one of Dirk Gysbert's daughters, Susanna Petronella Hendrina, her parents were not on good terms at the time of her mother’s death. Eight days before her death there was a party at which there were Scotchmen. Her mother danced with a Mr. MCMILLAN. During the party Dirk Gysbert junior went outside and returned with a razor, looking for his wife. Shetried to evade
him, but got hold of her and assaulted her in front of Susanna. On 21 March 1871 while having supper, her father continued his quarrel with his wife about her dance. He grabbed a revolver and in the ensuing struggle a shot went off. The children called the farm manager, Jurie GERMISHUIS, and Dr. ALBERTYN from Bredasdorp was sent for. Jurie helped his employer get rid of the revolver. Jacoba died early on the morning of 22 March before the doctor arrived. Legend has it that the dying Jacoba left a bloody handprint on the passage wall, which subsequent farm owners couldnot erase. The doctor did not do an autopsy, believing her death to be an accident. The Cape Supreme Court dismissed the death as an accident. Three years later, Dirk Gysbert junior attacked a servant, who then filed a complaint against him. His wife's case was re-opened and Susanna was called as a witness. On 06 May 1874 Dirk Gysbert junior pleaded not guilty to the murder charge, but was found guilty of culpable homicide. He was sentenced to five years hard labour. He died in 1901, a poor man. Seventeen days after Jacoba's death, Dirk Gysbert junior's brother, Pieter Johannes Albertus, a doctor in Fort Beaufort, stabbed his wife to death.</p></p><p><p>this information was taken with permission from</p></p><p><p>Anne Lehmkuhlon 17 September 2013.</p></p><p><a style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" href="http://southafricanresearcher.blogspot.com/">http://SouthAfricanResearcher.blogspot.com</a></p>

GEDCOM Note

GEDCOM Source

MH:S500047 yorick zomer zomer Web Site <p>MyHeritage släktträd</p><p>Släktsajt: zomer Web Site</p>Släktträd: 267530201-1 267530201-1 Discovery

GEDCOM Source

MH:SC500782 Jacoba Alida van Breda (born Morkel) Jacoba Alida van Breda (born Morkel) xxx-template Tillagd genom en Smart Match 3

GEDCOM Source

MH:S500006 Peter Norberg Peter Norberg Web Site <p>MyHeritage släktträd</p><p>Släktsajt: Peter Norberg Web Site</p>Släktträd: 117369991-2 117369991-2 Smart Matching

GEDCOM Source

MH:SC500795 https://www.myheritage.se/person-1536226_267530201_267530201/jacoba... https://www.myheritage.se/person-1536226_267530201_267530201/jacoba... Tillagd genom bekräftelse av en Smart Match 3