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Dorothea Ahlers (van Bengale), SM/PROG

Birthdate:
Birthplace: West Bengal, India
Death: Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Wife of Oltman Ahlers SV/PROG and Johannes Thomas Petersen
Mother of Rachel Ahlers, b1 SM; (ANNA) Johanna Elizabeth Hendriksen, b2; Gesina (Geesje) Christina Ahlers, SM b3; Hendrik Ahlers, b4; Dorothea Ahlers, b5 and 2 others

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About Dorothea Ahlers, SM/PROG

Dorothea of Bengale South African Slave

Baptised as an adult in 1765.

x wife of Oltman Ahlers, married 10 Dec 1780, Cape Town. She was his slave, whom he had emancipated in 1772.

7 children.

  • b1 Rachel Bapt. 29 Nov 1772, X Lutherse Kerk 15 Feb 1789 Hermanus Godfried Onken, XX 14 Dec 1880 Friedrich Munk
  • b2 Johanna Elizabeth Bapt. 17 Dec 1772, X Lutherse Kerk 7 Apr 1794 Jacobus Hendriksen
  • b3 Geesje gedoop 17 Dec 1780, X Lutherse Kerk 20 Jun 1790 Johann Heinrich Wolff, XX Lutherse Kerk 8 Jun 1806 Johann Christian Wiehahn
  • b4 Hendrik Bapt. 17 Dec 1780
  • b5 Dorothea 17 Dec 1780
  • b6 Oltman gedoop 17 Dec 1780, X huwelikshof, Kaapstad 19 Jan 1806 Maria Margaretha Hauptfleish
  • b7 Johannes Jacobus gebore 16 Sep 1781, sterwe 8 Aug 1858, X Tulbagh 4 Jul 1812 Elsie Charlina Doman

xx She married Thomas Petersen on 18 Sep 1791 - Lutherse Kerk

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Dorothea Ahlers, SM/PROG's Timeline

1766
1766
Kaapstad, Caap de Goede Hoop, Suid Afrika
1772
December 17, 1772
Lutheran Church, Kaapstad, Caap de Goede Hoop, Suid Afrika
1772
West Bengal, India
1773
1773
Kaapstad, Caap de Goede Hoop, Suid Afrika
1775
1775
He was 15 whan his father died in 1790., Kaapstad, Caap de Goede Hoop, Suid Afrika
1780
December 17, 1780
He was 11 years, when is Father died in 1790., Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
December 17, 1780
Kaapstad, Caap de Goede Hoop, Suid Afrika
1781
September 16, 1781
District Cape Town, South Africa