Dirk Minne
about 1720 – before 1752-01-02 · Minne line
Names
- Given
- Dirk
- Surname
- Minne
The formal baptismal name and the name a person was actually called are both kept, and neither is derived from the other. Spelling drift between records is evidence, not noise.
Immediate family
- Children
- Theodore Cornelis Minne (b. 1751)
A life in the record
- before 1752-01-02 died Died
- about 1720 born Born
What we don't know
- Neither parent is recorded, so this person is not attached to the tree above them.
- No dated record ties this person to a specific piece of ground.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Research notes
[FS, from FamilySearch profiles supplied by the family 3 Aug 2026] THE MINNE PROGENITOR AT THE CAPE, and he is German, not Dutch or French: born about 1720 at PADERBORN, WESTPHALIA, PRUSSIA, son of Dirk Menne and Christjin Helbeck. Married Christina Scheepers at PAARL on 2 June 1743 and was dead before 2 January 1752 - eight or nine years in the colony. Four children are recorded. The surname is worth watching in this project because a farm in the Prince Albert district is called MINNIES KRAAL (PAR-000138).
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