Johann Bronkhorst, SV/PROG

v. Emmerik, Aank. 1699, soldaat; later boerekneg. Burger 1711. t10.4.1740. x 1717 Geertruyd Gerrits Boshouwer, d.v. Pieter Gerrits B.

Bron : Geslagregister van Ou Kaapse Families

BRONKHORST JOHANN. - Emmerich. Arr. 1699 as so., farmhand 1708-11. ~ Geertruyd Gerrits Boshouwer. 9 children. + 10.4.1740 (V.C. 56; CJ 730: 18; Inv. O.C. 6:30; G.R. nr. 61.)

-Dr. J. Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652-1806, Archives Year Book for South African History (Cape Town: Government Printer, Union of South Africa, 1946)

Heese has his d o.b. as circa 1670 that would fit better with soldier in 1699 than d.o.b. 1690.

EMMERICH Emmerich, formerly called Embrika and Emrik, was originally a Roman colony.[2] Around the year 700 Saint Willibrord founded the mission "Emmerich" in the Utrecht diocese. The oldest documented name is Villa Embrici, which survives from the year 828. The Water Gate in Emmerich am Rhein by Jan van der Heyden, c. 1664

The collegiate church St. Martinikirche was constructed in 1040.

On 31 May 1233 Count Otto von Zutphen and Gelder arose to the royalty of the prosperous city with the authorization of the Roman Emperor Frederick II and the German King Henry (VII) Emmerich. In 1371 it fell to the Duchy of Cleves, and passed with it in 1609 to the Margraviate of Brandenburg. The town joined the Hanseatic League in 1407. In 1794 it was bombarded by the French under General Vandamme, and in 1806 it was assigned to the Duchy of Berg. It passed into the possession of Prussia in 1815.[2]

In 1856 the railway section Oberhausen-Arnhem, of the Cologne-Mindener Railway was opened.

Emmerich was 91% destroyed on 7 October 1944[3][4][5] as a strategic bombing target of the Oil Campaign of World War II[citation needed]. In 1949, Elten was annexed by the Netherlands until 1963.

Since 1 February 2001 the city has officially been called Emmerich am Rhein, until then it was simply Emmerich.[6]

On 28 November 2004 the four Catholic congregations of the city (St. Martini, St. Aldegundis, Heilig-Geist and Liebfrauen) combined to form the new city parish St. Christophorus.

Immigration 1699 from Emmerich, Nordrhyn-Westphalia Germany

BIOGRAPHY: "JOHANN BRONKHORST het in 1699 as soldaat in diens van die H.O.I.K. uit Emmerich, Duitsland, in Suid-Afnika aangekom. Van die jare 1708 tot 1711 was hy boerkneg. Hy is later met Geertruyd Gerrits Boshouwer in die huwelik bevestig. Hulle het nege kinders gehad, waarvan ses skynbaar nooit getrou het nie: (1) Adriana (1718),
(2) Johannes (1720), (3) Hendrik (1725), (4) Gijsbert (1731), (5) Geertruij (1734) en (6) Lambert (1736). Die ander kinders was: (7) Elizabeth (1722), getroud met Johan van Eck (burger te Stellenbosch), op 20 Desember 1739.
(8) Adriana (1729), getroud met J. de Goede. (9) Jan (1729), getroud met Alida Brits; 6 kinders.
Johann Bronkhorst is op 10 April 1740 oonlede. Die Bronkhorsts het reeds saam met Louis Trichardt hulle aan die oorkant van die Vaalrivier gevestig. Die naam van Gerd Bronkors kom voor in ‘n inventaris van die goedere en skuldenare van Louis Trichardt, wat na sy dood omstreeks 1839 deur sy seun Karl opgestel is. Daar bestaan geen sekerheid oor die oorsprong van die naam Bronkhorstspruit in die Transvaal nie, maar dit is waarskynlik dat Gerd of sy nakomelinge in die omgewing moes gewoon het. Hierdie familie word vandag hoofsaaklik in die Vrystaat en Transvaal aangetref, vera onder die boeregemeenskap. Andere wy hulle aan die geleerde vakke en word in verskillende beroepe aangetref".

!CREST: BRONKHORST: Betekenis: Pleknaam in Noord-Brabant en Gelderland (Nederland).
Stamvader: Jan (Johann) Bronkhorst, van Emmerik (naby die Nederlandse grens in Duitsland). Kom in 1699 hier aan as soldaat; later boerekneg; burger in 1711. Oorl. 10.4.1740. Trou 1717 met Geertruyd Gerrits Boshouwer, dogter van Pieter Gerrits Boshouwer (6 kinders). Wapen: In goud ‘n rooi horing met blou snoer, beken beslag, vergesel van drie groen klawers, geplaas 2 en 1. Dit is die wapen van ‘n Nederlandse familie Van Bronkhorst, wat sedert 1849 tot die Nederlandse adel behoort. Hulle voer die wapen egter met nog ‘n rooi vrykwartier waarop ‘n goue keper in die punt belaai met ‘n blou lelie en vergesel van drie silwer rose, geplaas 2 en 1, en akkers picks van klawers. Die wapen word deur die S.A. familie sedert 1946 gevoer, en daar bestaan geen aantoonbare familieverband tussen hulle en die Nederlandse familie nie.