Jacobus van Zijl baptised
6 December 1809 · family · Prince Albert
Born 20 September 1809, so eleven weeks old. Baptised the same day as his brother Wijnand, who was eighteen months old - which is how a family history came to record them as twins born 6/12/1809. He is the man who married Susanna Catharina Oosthuizen of Middelwater and laid out Brandfort in 1866.
Who was there: 3 people
- 1781 Casper van Zyl (1781-1863)
- 1791 Susanna Abigaël Breytenbach (Bredenbach)
- 1809 Jacobus Stephanus van Zyl
Everyone the record names at this occasion. Who stood together is the clearest surviving evidence of which families were close to which, if you know of others who were here, this is the page they belong on.
Sources
- Baptism register, 6 December 1809. Wijnand and Jacobus van Zijl, sons of Casper van Zijl and Susanna Abigaël Bredenbach ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK6-CS1D-T, cc=1478678, image 1 of 1; register pages 148-149
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The same day
Other events this model records on the same date. Sometimes coincidence, sometimes, as with the five farms granted on 15 April 1841, one act of administration seen from several farms at once.