Maria Steyn

Baptismal record makes calculation of date of birth possible
"South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-4WZ?cc=1478678&am... : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town > image 31 of 84; State Archives, Cape Province.

Baptismal record below makes calculation of date of birth possible.

27 d:o (Jan)
van Jacobus Steijn, en Maria Potgieter;
de getuigen Gerrit Roomont, en Anna Steijn.
- Douwe

Transcription by Richard Ball and Corney Keller. Source http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/index.php/church-registers/cape-town ...

Photo "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-WKY?cc=1478678&am... ... : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town > image 75 of 84; State Archives, Cape Province.

Date of birth was derived from his baptismal record.

Transcription of Cape Town Baptisms 1711
D:o (12 Jul)
van Jacobus Stijn, en Maria Harmensz Potgieter, de getuigen Johannes Harmensz Potgieter, en Beatrix Harmensz Potgieter.
- Harmanus

Source: This transcription has been made from photographs of the Cape Archives Verbatim copies document VC 604, which is a photocopy of the original register, now housed in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, as G1-8/1. This photocopy was made for the Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and a copy was donated to the South African Archives, a copy going to the Cape Town Repository (VC series) and to the Pretoria Repository (where it is part of the FC series).
The baptisms cover pages 1 through 87 and 126 through 143 of this register.

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