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About Nicolaas van Blerk
A soldier in the service of the VOC, he departed on 29-4-1722 on the Haaksburg from Texel, Netherlands and arrived at the Cape on 25-8- 1722. He then left the Cape two months later on 16-10-1722 on the same ship for Batavia, arriving on 20-1-1723. After serving in Batavia for almost 10 years, he returned to the Cape, on his way to the Netherlands. On 18-12-1734 he arrived at the Cape where he was a soldier until he became a Vryburger in 1757.
He married Catharina Magetski in 1739 and their house is indicated on old maps of Cape Town along with about a dozen other farms.
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Nicolaas van Blerk's Timeline
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1704
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Venlo, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland (Netherlands)
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1739 |
1739
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1740 |
November 27, 1740
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Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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1743 |
September 29, 1743
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1745 |
April 18, 1745
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Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope
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February 27, 1752
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1756 |
November 7, 1756
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Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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1758 |
October 22, 1758
Age 54
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