Cornelia Six

Commander Simon van der Stel of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) arrived at the Cape supply station in 1679. Estranged from his wife he arrived in the company of his children and sister-in-law, Cornelia Six Back in the Netherlands van der Stel had gained a solid background in viticulture at his vineyards in Muiderbergh. There he learnt the art of wine and brandy making which he was soon to implement here in the Cape.

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Notas deur David Abraham Swanepoel

“…..also another blue tomb, under which is buried Juffrouw Cornelia Six, who died in 1681.” [1]

Valentyn, predikant en reisiger, beskryf ‘n kerk en tombes daarbinne. Die kerk, begin bou in 1678 is waarskynlik die voorganger van die bekende Groote Kerk.

Geboortejaar verskil op : http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g9/p9468.htm. Besigtig op 23-0816.

Bron:

1. François Valentijn, Beschryvinge van de Kaap der Goede Hoope. Deel I (eds. P. Serton, R. Raven-Hart, W.J. de Kock en E.H. Raidt). Van Riebeeck-Vereniging, Kaapstad 1971. Zie voor verantwoording: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/vale003besc01_01/colofon.php © 2011 dbnl. Paralelle vertaling na modern Engels gebruik.

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