Carel van der Merwe

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About Carel van der Merwe

Doopregister Tulbagh NG-Kerk 2 Okt 1746:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-WT5G?cat=993682

get: Willem van Heerden en Maartje van der Merwe



getuies by sy doop Willem van Heerden en Maartje van der Merwe; 16 jaar oud toe sy pa oorlede is; burger Stellenbosch; in die opgaafrol vir George 1787 het hy 7 slawe en 3 slavinne, 30 perde, 100 hamels en 1500 skape; in opgaafrol vir George 1790 besit hy 6 slawe, 4 slavinne, 20 perde, 200 hamels, 2000 skape en het twee seuns en twee dogters; In 1786 it was deemed necessary to create two companies of Dragoons out of the burghers of Graaff- Reinet in order there also to exercise themselves in arms, as is done at Stellenbosch and Swellendam, it is decided to appoint the following officers to the two companies, Willem Kuhne as first Lieutenant; Jacobus Gustaff Tregard as second Lieutenant and Tjart van der Walt as Cornet, and Josua Joubert, Frans' son as first Lieutenant; Carel vander Merwe, Hendrick's son, as second Lieutenant; Christiaan Godlieb Opperman as Cornet and Nicolaas Smit as adjutant.

Marriage 2: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:689H-RZDM

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Carel van der Merwe's Timeline

1746
October 1, 1746
Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
October 1, 1746
Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
October 2, 1746
Tulbagh
October 2, 1746
Tulbagh, Cape Province
1770
December 10, 1770
Worcester, South Africa
1773
July 4, 1773
Div of Graaff Reinet, South Africa
1775
1775
1781
October 1781
Sneeuwberg, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1793
1793
Age 46
Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa