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  • Angela van Bengale, SM/PROG (c.1648 - bef.1720)
    And partner of Angela van Bengale? Jan van As or Asschen was from Brussels and he arrived at the Cape in 1659, he then worked as a cooper. ? Arrival 1671 with his spouse at the Cape ? Children still bo...
  • Anna Groothenning van Bengale, SM/PROG (1672 - aft.1719)
    Anna Groothenning van Bengale was a South African Slave from Bengal, India circa 1700 at de Caep de Goede Hoop, owned by Hans Kasper Geringer mtDNA Haplogroup MThere is conflicting information regardin...
  • Catharina van Bengale, SM/PROG (1651 - d.)
    Catharina van Bengale on The First Fifty Years Project. PLEASE NOTE: This Catharina van Bengale is NOT the same as :* Groote Catrijn (also known as Catharina van Bengale)* Catharina Opklim (also someti...
  • Catharina "Groote Catrijn" van Paliacatta, SM/PROG (c.1631 - bef.1683)
    Mansell Upham's comprehensive histories of Catrijn and her son Christoffel Snyman form the basis for this summary . See inter alia: First Fifty Years & [ ; [ ]. Catrijn van Palicat

About the van Bengale surname

In the early years of South Africa slaves was called only by name and inhereted the place of origin as a surname by way of calling. Bengaal - or in this case as English it will be, van Bengale - is situated in Indië.