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Johann Heinrich Debes

Also Known As: "Xtra names aka here !(Johan Henrik Debtiz - as per daughter Johanna Dorothea's Baptism Record)"
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Birthplace: Brandenberg, Duren, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany
Death: Kaapkolonie, Suid Afrika
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Son of Philip Heinrich Debes and Anna Katharina Debes
Husband of Johanna Margaretha van Deventer
Father of Anna Catharina Debes, b1; Adriana Bester and Johanna Dorothea Debitz / Debes van der Vyfer, b4

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About Johann Heinrich Debes

DEBES JOHANN HEINRICH (S). - Hesse-Kassel. Arr. as so., farm-hand 1724- ?, 1735 burgher of Drakenstein. ~ 17.4.1735 Anna Margaretha v. Deventer, wid. Philip Snyman (Marr. Reg. of Paarl). 4 daughters: Anna Catharina (5.2.1736), Anna Catharina (9.5.1738) ~ 19.7.1761 Rev. Sybrandus Abraham van Collum of Friesland; Adriana (8.5.1740) ~ 8.4.1759 Andries Bester (G.R. nr. 31); Johanna Dorothea (5.10.1743) ~ 15.2.1761 Willem v. d. Vyver (G.R. nr. 1040). In 1748 D. went to live at Stellenbosch, in 1757 he is mentioned as owner of the farm “Compagnie's Rivier” at Drakenstein. (CJ 1131: 167; CJ 1133: 83; Res. of Heemraden of Stellenbosch of 14.10.1748; Will of 6.1.1757 in Test. O.C.; G.R. nr. 309, where Debes is mentioned as Delits.)

- 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)

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Johann Heinrich Debes's Timeline

1678
July 7, 1678
Brandenberg, Duren, Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany
1736
1736
Cape, South Africa
1740
1740
Paarl, Cape, South Africa
1743
October 5, 1743
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Kaapkolonie, Suid Afrika
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