Frans Haarhoff, SV/PROG

Gisa:

Arrived 1719 from Hamm in Germany as a Company soldier on the "Mijnden," which departed Texel on 16 May 1719, arrived in Saldanha Bay on 22 Sep, departed 27 Sep and arrived in Table Bay on 1 Oct 1719. He was loaned as farm assistant to Paul Roux on 29 September 1721, and from 29.3.1723 to Maria Catharina le Fèbre, widow of Jan Roy. He and Maria handed in their wedding bans to Ds. van Aken of Drakenstein. A Catharina Hofman, however, objected claiming that she and Haarof were already engaged. Ds. van Aken stopped the reading of the bans and referred the case to the marriage court. The court rejected Catharina Hofman's objection and approved the marriage between Haarhof and le Fèbre. They had three children. (1) Frans (1725), citizen of Swellendam, married 21.11.1751 to Maria Magdalena Ferreira; 4 children. (2) Nicolaas (1728), married 20.5.1759 to Susanna Joubert; 13 children. (3) Pieter (1732). Shortly after his marriage Franz took over a farm near Drakenstein and began to farm on his own account. Various members of the Haarhoff family later (1795) established themselves in Graaff-Reinet, including Francois & Johanna Catharina Haarhoff, livestock farmers who were sorely tested by San raids.

Translated, in part, from:
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!SOURCE: CD - SAG - GISA - HAARHOFF - Page 21/849 - Volume 3 (H-I).
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Erkenning: J. Haarhoff, Pretoria, sien ook Familia XXIII(4) 1986.

HAARHOF

Frans (Franz) Haarhof

v. Hamm. Aank. 1719, soldaat. Word 29.3.1723 kneg by Maria Catharina le Fébre, wed.v. Jan Roi. Hy trou met haar, waarsk. in 1724.

Judi Marais-Meyer register

Is 15 April 1770 overl. zonder nalatenschap. Scheepssoldijboek Mijnden 1719