Johann Christiaan Gunter

His full name is Johann Christiaan Gunter. (See documents)

Name: Christiaan Frans Gunter Event Type: Baptism Event Date: 03 Apr 1768 Event Place: Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa Residence Place: Gender: Age: Marital Status: Birth Date: Birth Year (Estimated): Father's Name: Johann Christiaan Gunter Mother's Name: Jacoba Van Der Heijden Parents' Residence Place: Spouse's Name: Spouse's Age: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): Spouse's Residence Place: Record Type: Entry Number: Page: GS Film number: 2214090 Digital Folder Number: 004434402 Image Number: 00354

Citing this Record: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFR1-S7K : 4 December 2014), Johann Christiaan Gunter in entry for Christiaan Frans Gunter, 03 Apr 1768, Baptism; citing p. , Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, State Archives, Cape Province; FHL microfilm 2,214,090.

The following is drawn from the books, Die Groot Afrikaanse Familie Naamboek, by C. Pama; and South African Genealogies, by JA Heese and R.T.J. Lombard. It is not verified as correct against records.

Christian Gȕnter arrived in 1760 as a soldier, from Zweibrȕcken, Germany. farmhand from 1761 to 1764. Became a burgher in 1764, and tailor. son of Johannes Bernhard Günter and Anna Elizabeth Heyens. Married on 09 July 1766 to Jocoba Van Der Heyden ( widow of Johan Christian Grondeling, their Joint Will dated 1760 at the Cape ( b1, b2, b3 )

GüNTER CHRISTIAN. - Zweibrücken. Son of Johann Bernhard G. and Anna Elisabeth Heyns. Burgher and tailor at Stellenbosch. ~ 9.3.1766 Jacoba v. d. Heyde, wid. Johann Christian Gründling (q.v.). 3 children. Probably identical with Ch. Günter of Lorraine (q.v.). (Stellenbosch Arch., vol. 17, p. 68; Test. O.C. 34: 14; G.R. nr. 390.)

GüNTER CHRISTIAN (S Günder). - Lorraine. Arr. 1760 as so., farmhand 1761-64, b. 1764, a tailor. (GMR 1760-61; CJ 1148: 29; Rq. 1764: 156.)

- 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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KAB MOOC 7/1/34, 14 GUNTER, CHRISTIAAN. WILL. VAN DER HEIJDE, JACOBA. WIFE OF CHRISTIAAN GUNTER. WILL. 1766. FILED 1790.
KAB NCD 1/6, 430 NOTARIAL PROTOCOL. NOTARY, JJF WAGENER. INTER VIVOS DONATION. JACOBA VAN DER HEYDE WIDOW OF CHRISTIAAN GUNTER.

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Christian Gunter het vanaf Zweibrȕcken Duitsland na Suid Afrika gekom op die skip die Meyenburg, sy titel was burger en kleremaker te Stellenbosch
sy vader was Johannes Bernhard Gȕnter en sy moeder Anna Elizabeth Heyns

Hy trou op 09-07-1766 met Jacoba Van Den Heijden ( wed v Christian Grundling)