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Fleeing religious persecution of Protestants in France after the 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes (which had guaranteed their rights), 200 000 French Huguenots emigrated to countries such as Switzerland. Germany, England, America, and South Africa. They came from two main regions in France and the Southern Netherlands, one region stretched from Flanders to the Loire Valley, the other reg...
Burgher People of the Cape of Good Hope ~ Suid-Afrika Please add all those Burgher People at the Cape. EN: Free Burghers ~ NL: Vrij-burgher ~ AF: Vry-burger DE: ?? -- were early European settlers at the Cape of Good Hope in the 18th century. . . . internet:sources-references-information-documentation-books-illustrations-etceteraa--> ...supplements WELCOME! Countries / Places...
RÉTIF' French stubborn or obstinate History of Rétif family in France and other countries. Rétif later Retief First to arrive at the Cape of Good Hope. Francois Retif, SV/PROG Anne Retif, SM/PROG Marie Rétif References : This is the Master Profile for Anne Retif, SM/PROG. Curator Note from Sharon Doubell (3/18/2019): Anne Retif (1671-1710) comes to SA 1688 with brother ...
Kloovenburg wine estate Kloovenburg 1704 Given to Johannes Stevensz Bothma on the 26th of September 1704 by the then Govenor W.A van der Stel. The farm land given was a 60 acres 160 sq. meter property and situated in the distrik Paarl . Drakenstein, east of Riebeeck –Kasteel. By applying for a hunting and grazing permit, the surrounding area could also been use and as Jan Bothma already ...
Background The VOC fitted out some 4,700 ships, nearly 1,700 in the seventeenth century and a good 3,000 in the eighteenth. Between 1602 and 1700, 317,000 people sailed from Europe on these ships, while between 1700 and 1795 this total reached 655,000. Although some of it is missing, a huge amount of information is available through various sources about arrivals and departures to and from th...
Huguenot Ships to the Cape: Project Portal INDEX of the PROJECTS for the ships that brought French Huguenots from the Netherlands to the Cape VRIJHEIJT 23 June 1686 du Toit EEMSLAND 13 October 1687 de Péronne BOSWIJK c1687 Veron VOORSCHOOTEN arrived Saldanha Bay 13 April 1688, arrived on JUPITER in Cape 8 May 1688 Days: 130. People: 192. Deaths: 1 (0.52 %) Mar...
This project is one which will link the prisoners of Robben Island from 1673-1834 to profiles on Geni. The information is from the transcriptions of documents of The Court of Justice at the Cape of Good Hope regarding convicts, exiles and prisoners.The documents have been transcribed by TEPC (Transcription of Estate Papers of the Cape of Good Hope). It was a joint project of the Universities of...