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Baptism of Gert Jan Oosthuisen Marincowitz, born 9 September 1875, baptised Prins Albert 1 February 1876

church register (original scan) + index entry · consulted 2026-08-10

Type
church register (original scan) + index entry
Repository
FamilySearch, "Cape Province. Baptism Record Indexes 1875-1882" (the finding aid) and the Dutch Reformed Church register it indexes
Reference
INDEX: film #008147542 item 1, image 212 of 1006, surname MARINCOWITZ, entry 'Gert Jan Oosthuisen 9.9.1875 Prins Albert 53 119'. REGISTER: boek 53, bladsy 119-120.
Consulted
2026-08-10

The citation as it was given

THE INDEX'S DATUM COLUMN IS THE BIRTH DATE, NOT THE BAPTISM, and that is worth knowing before the rest of this index is used. The index gives 9.9.1875; the register page gives 'Geboren 9 Sept' and 'Gedoopt 1 Feb' 1876. So a date lifted from the index is a birth. REGISTER ENTRY, columns Namen van Kinderen / Geboren / Gedoopt / Ouders / Getuigen: child 'Gert Jan Oosthuisen', marked 'buitengew:' (the register's own note, read as buitengewoon, an extraordinary or out-of-course baptism; the reading is probable and not certain); born 9 September, baptised 1 February; OUDERS 'Nicolaas James Marincowitz' and 'Catharina Maria Oosthuisen'; GETUIGEN 'Gert Adriaan Oosthuisen' and 'Catharina Adriana Janse van Vuuren'. THE TWO WITNESSES ARE THE CHILD'S MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, both already held here as PER-000127 and PER-000605, and PER-000022 is recorded as their daughter. That is the Cape font pattern 5b describes, and it is the first baptism in this project where both witnesses resolve to people already in the model. The child carries his maternal grandfather's name in his given names while keeping the Marincowitz surname, which is why the family reads 'Oosthuizen' inside a Marincowitz name. The register writes Oosthuisen and Marincowitz; the house spellings stay Oosthuizen and Marincowitz per 5a-i, and the register's forms are kept here.

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