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Maria Louisz, SM

Also Known As: "Maria Louisz Hoffman", "Maria Louisz van der Kaap", "Louys"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Caap de Goede Hoop, South Africa
Death: after circa November 16, 1710
Caap de Goede Hoop, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Louis van Bengale and Lijsbeth Sandersz van de Kaap, SM
Wife of Johannes Hofman
Mother of Anna Hofman; Catharina Huppenaar, Scheepers, Landman, SM and Elsje Louisa de Búijs
Sister of Lijsbeth Louisz Coetzee, SM and Anna Louisz
Half sister of Willem Teerling, b1; Clara Potgieter and Gerbrecht Herbst, a1b2

Managed by: Gert Wahl
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About Maria Louisz, SM


Maria Louisz van der Kaap

A Cape-born slave woman, mother of Elsie Hofman..
Crampton, Hazel. ‘The Sunburnt Queen’. Johannesburg: Jacana. 2004. Print. Contact Sharon Doubell



DNA Markers: L3b3 (African, likely slave, maternal Heritage) L3b3 origin is unspecified, however, L3b3 is a subclade of L3. L3 place of origin is East Africa.


http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g5/p5231.htm


https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Louys-2

Marriage 1711

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Maria Louisz, SM's Timeline

1686
February 10, 1686
Caap de Goede Hoop, South Africa
February 10, 1686
Caep de Goede Hoop, South Africa
1705
May 10, 1705
1707
May 1, 1707
Paarl, Suid-Afrika
1710
November 16, 1710
Paarl, Caep de Goede Hoop, South Africa
November 16, 1710
Age 24
Caap de Goede Hoop, South Africa
1716
1716
Age 66
Cape Town, Caep de Goede Hoop, South Africa

Louis died soon after, penniless and apparently embittered. His widow, described in church documents as 'Rebecka' or 'de vrouw van Swarte Louis', remained dependent on a monthly grant from the poor fund until her death in 1724.151 Louis had made her his sole and universal heir, but there was no estate to bequeath. However Louis's three 'onegte hinderen', Elisabeth, Maria and Anna, were each left 50 guilders, for Louis had wisely entrusted these monies to the Orphan Chamber at the time of his marriage to RebeccaSodomy, Race and Respectability in Stellenbosch and Drakenstein, 1689 —1762: The Story of a Family, Loosely Defined Author(s): SUSAN NEWTON-KING Source: Kronos, No. 33 (November 2007), pp. 6-44 Published by: University of Western Cape Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41056580 . Accessed: 29/09/2014 07:02