Christiaan Johannes Roestoff, SV/PROG

https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/en/research/index/nt00444/d50ac19e-...
VOC: Opvarenden, Voornaam opvarende: Christiaan
Period: 1699 - 1794
Voornaam opvarende Christiaan
Achternaam opvarende Roosdorff
Herkomst opvarende Vrijwald
Datum indiensttreding 1756-12-07
Functie bij indiensttreding Soldaat
Uitleg over functie Militair
Uitgevaren met het schip Stadwijk
Datum uit dienst 1762-00-00
Waar uit dienst Kattendijke
Reden uit dienst Gerepatrieerd
Uitleg over reden einde dienstverband Teruggekeerd naar Nederland en afgemonsterd.
Schip terugreis KATTENDIJKE
Kamer terugreis Zeeland
Informatie terugreis bij ING http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/DAS/voyages?field_voynumb...
Datum terugreis vertrek 1762-01-19
Datum terugreis aankomst kaap 1762-04-05
Datum terugreis vertrek kaap 1762-04-26
Datum terugreis aankomst 1762-07-20
Opmerkingen terugreis Crew at the Cape: 112.
Schuldbrief Ja
Maandbrief Nee

I have obtained the following work contracts from the Cape Archives:

DESCRIPTION ROOSDORFF, CHRISTIAAN. VAN VRIJENWALD. SKUTTER. KONTRAK.

STARTING 17710000

ENDING 17790000

DEPOT KAB
SOURCE CJ
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 2901
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 47
PART 1
DESCRIPTION ROOSDORFF, CHRISTIAAN. VAN VRIJENWALD. SKUTTER. KONTRAK.
STARTING 17660000
ENDING 17710000

DEPOT KAB
SOURCE CJ
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 2904
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 62
PART 1
DESCRIPTION ROOSDORFF, CHRISTIAAN. VAN VRIJENWALD. SKUTTER. KONTRAK.
STARTING 17710000
ENDING 17790000

Mentioned in the Cape Melting Pot on page 162:

http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/RemarkableWriting/CapeMeltingPot-FFY.pdf

Death is likely to have been before 1805 as son Christiaan is given permission to marry by his guardian. It is safe to assume that both parents were likely to have passed by 1805 - extensive research conducted by Tracey Roestorff (roestorffgenealogy@gmail.com)

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ROHRSTORF, Christiaan Johannes. - Son of Christian Rohrstorf? ~(1) Elsje Smit; (2) Dina Dorothea Brits. Children: By first wife: Christiaan Johannes Fredrik, Elsje Maria Elisabeth, both bapt. 13.11.1803; by second wife: Elsje Maria Elisabeth (* 31.5.1804), Hans Jacob (*1.6.1805), Aletta Dorothea (*6.10.1806), Hester Engela (*28.2.1809), Dina Dorothea Frederica (*2.11.1811). (Bapt. Reg. of Swellendam.)
Note: Independent research has shown that the full name of the stamvader was Christia(a)n Johannes Rohrstorf. He was a soldier with the VOC after enlisting on 7 December 1756. He undertook 2 trips to Batavia passing via the Cape before resigning on 20 July 1762. On 22 December 1766 he signed a work contract with a local farmer at the Cape. A second work contract was drawn up and signed with a farmer on 27 December 1771. His age is not given on any of the documents. Sometime thereafter he established a relationship with a local women Elsje Smit van der Kaap. The relationship appears to have been de facto and their 5 children - 2 sons and 3 daughters do not appear to have been baptised.
Christiaan Johannes Frederik was the son of Christian Johannes R. and Elsje Smit van de Kaap. Christiaan was baptised as an adult in 1803 and his guardian gave permission for his marriage to Dina Dorothea Brits in 1805. On the marriage document his age is recorded as 22 years old. A guardian giving permission for his marriage likely indicates that both parents were deceased at the time. Christiaan Johannes Frederik and Dina Dorothea Brits had 10 children - 4 sons and 6 daughters. After Dina’s early death in 1823 he married a Maria Catharina Minie and had a further 8 children with her (4 boys and 4 girls). His brother Jan only fathered daughters. By they early 1800s the surname is referenced as Roerstorff/Roerstorf/Roesdorff and then evolved to modern day Roestorff/Roesstorff/Roestroff/Roestoff/Roestorf/ Roestof. - https://safrika.org/Names/PersonaliaEgs.html#ROHRSTORF1

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