Baptism 1723

• 1723. 4. Julij.
• Geesje.
• Ouders: Jan Steenkamp, en Johanna van Ek.
• Getuijgen: De Ouders.

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Marriage to Jean Labuschagne 1739

NGK Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope

11 October [1739]. Jan La Buscagne van Enckhuijsen Burger aan Drakensteijn, wedu. en Geesje Steenkamp van Cabo de Goede Hoop. J.D.

- Drakenstein Heemkring, compilers, Drakenstein I Marriages., CD-ROM (Paarl) Drakenstein Heemkring, 2006, Marriage Register on http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/

Children:

• Jan Harm Labuschagne bap 21 Aug 1740
• Casper Labuschagne bap 20 Mar 1746
• Frans Labuschagne b 1749
• Jannetjie Labuschagne bap 8 Nov 1750
• Frans Labuschagne bap Oct 22 1752

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Marriage to Jan Nel 1754

NGK Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope

1754, den 29 Xbr [October]: Jan Nel van Cabo de Goede Hoop, jongman burger aan Swellendam met Geesje Steenkamp van Cabo voornt., wedw. wijle Jan La Buscagne

- Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Tulbagh, Western Cape. marriage register, 1744-1839, page 7, entry no 13. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G4 9/1. on http://www.eggsa.org/cgi-bin/searchMarriages.pl

Children

• Susanna (Sannetjie) Nel 10 April 1756
• Gesina Susanna Maria Nel bap 19 Nov 1758
• Jan Hendrik Nel 23 Nov 1760
• Gert Johannes Paulus Nel bap Dec 1762
• Willem Nel c 1765
• Louis Jacobus Nel bap April 1767

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Gesina was the second wife of Jan Labuschagne. When she married him in 1739 she was 16 years old, and he had 3 young children aged 7, 5 and 3 . She then had 5 children between 1739 and 1753 when Jan Labuschagne died - ages 13, 7, 4, 3 and 1. The oldest daughter of Jan Labuschagne was 21 and married in 1754, a month before Gesina married Jan Nel on 29.12.1754. Gesina was about 31 years old. The second Labuschagne daughter, Anna, married in 1764 which means that she was perhaps available to help with the extended family for 10 years after her father died. Gesina then had a further 6 children after she married Jan Nel - between 1756 to 1767. She was the 6th child in a very large family - her father had 14 children, the youngest baptised on 22nd March 1739, - the same year she married for the first time. As a 16 year old she will have been helping her mother look after a very large family. [Source?]

The Four Gesinas:

Briefly: Jan Steenkamp (c 1680) marries Gesina "Gijsie" Visser (1686) & has a daughter, Gesina "Gijsie" Steenkamp (1718). His wife dies, & perhaps his daughter too. He remarries Johanna van Eck (c 1705) & has another daughter, Gesina "Geesje" Steenkamp (1723). For various reasons it seems more likely that it is this 1723 daughter who married Jan Nel & gave birth to Gesina Nel (1758), rather than her 1718 half sister. However, we can't be sure of this without more documentation.

• See the Steenkamp Nel Visser Template Project

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Source: MyHeritage Family Trees MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, UT, USA: MyHeritage (USA) Inc. https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-1/myheritage-family-...

Family tree: Forster-Jones Web Site, managed by Emma-Lee Forster-Jones https://www.myheritage.com/site-115451982/forster-jones

Record: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-115451982-1-500026/ges...

Citation: Gesina Labuschagne (born Steenkamp) Parents: Jan Harmenszoon Steenkamp, Jannetjie Gesina (Johanna) Steenkamp (V2) (born Van Eck) Husband: Jan Nel Husband: Jean (Jan) A1b2 Labuschagne Children: Jan Harmse (Harm) (10) Labuschagne, Casper Jeremias Labuschagne, Frans (1) Labuschagne, Johanna (Jannetje) Calitz (V3), b2c7 (born Labuschagne), Francois (Frans 2) (H13) Labuschagne, Susanna (Sannetjie) Van Der Vyver (V2), a1b2c2d1 (born Nel), Gesina Aletta Gous, a1b2c2d2 (born Nel), Gerrit Johannes Paulus Nel, Jan Hendrik (Sara?) Nel, Willem (Pieter Willem Jeremias?) Nel, Louis (Jacobus) Nel