Johanna Oelofse, b1 SM

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Johanna Oelofse, b1 SM

Also Known As: "van der Schyff"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Death: before September 23, 1703
Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Andries Oelofse, SV/PROG and Calo Oelofse
Partner of Harmen Barendsz van der Schyff
Mother of Barend i van der Schyff, b1
Half sister of Leendert Oelofse; Dorothea Campher; Mr Roelof Oelofse; Margaretha Oelofse; Cornelis Oelofse and 3 others

Managed by: Daan Botes
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About Johanna Oelofse, b1 SM

There is reference to a Johanna Oeloffse, mother of a child with Harmen Barentz baptised in 1702.

A. Mansell Upham on page 38 (note 37) of God’s Slave & Afrikaner ‘Hearts of Darkness’ http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/remarkablewriting/UL28_Jonker.pdf lists the following children of Sara Leendertsz/ Jansz/ van Gijselen van de Caap (c. 1669-1713)

1 Johanna Oelofse marries (defacto) Harmen Barentsz [van der Schyff] 2 Leendert Oelofsz ... 3 Ture ... 4 Dorothea ... 5 Roelof ... 6 Margaretha ... 7 Cornelis ... 8 Anna (Antje) ... 9 Johannes ... 10 Sara Magdalena Meurs ...

B. Johanina Oelofse is mentioned as the first wife (Mansell notes defacto in his article mentioned above) of Harmen Barned van der Schyff in SAG Volume 11 p169

C. From Cape Town Baptisms 1702, 10 Dec:
van Harmen Barentz en Johanna Oeloffse
 onder getuygen van Andries Oelofse en
 Annetie Pieterz de Groot, gent:
- Barent http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/index.php/church-registers/cape-town...

Note: This child probably did not survive as another Barend was baptised on 7 Nov 1706 by Harmen Barentz en Sibilla
Prætorius.

D. That there was a Johanna Oelofse and that she was associated with Oelofse is certain from the above baptism entry. To be the mother of a child baptised in 1702 she was definitely born before 20.08.1690 when Leendert was baptised.

For this reason I suggest that b1 in the table should be Johanna

A possible baptism of a probable daughter, Johanna, daughter of Andries Oelofse appears in the Cape Town baptisms of 1685 and may hold a clue as to her origin:

Den 19 Aug Joanna Calo , de vader Andries houtsager in't bosch Marritie van de Caep

This entry has a child Joanna, the mother is Calo and the father Andries, a woodcutter in the forest. , http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/index.php/church-registers/cape-town...

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Johanna Oelofse, b1 SM's Timeline

1685
August 19, 1685
Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
August 19, 1685
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1702
1702
1703
September 23, 1703
Age 18
Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa