Nicolaas van Blerk

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Nicolaas van Blerk

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Venlo, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland (Netherlands)
Death: October 22, 1758 (53-54)
Immediate Family:

Husband of Catherina Maria Van Blerk and Catharina Maria Van Blerk
Partner of Jacomina van Deventer, SM and Dina van Deventer
Father of Rogier Bernardus Van Blerk; Jan Barend van Blerk, I; Nicolaas Jacobus van Blerk; Simon Petrus van Blerk, b4; Francois Van Blerk and 1 other

Occupation: Soldier
Managed by: Lindie Fourie
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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

1704
1704
Venlo, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland (Netherlands)
1739
1739
1740
November 27, 1740
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1743
September 29, 1743
1745
April 18, 1745
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope
1752
February 27, 1752
1756
November 7, 1756
Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
1758
October 22, 1758
Age 54