Cornelis Petrus Jacobus van Zyl (1817-1906)
1817 – 1906
Name
- Given
- Cornelis Petrus Jacobus
- Surname
- van Zyl
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.
'n Lewe in die rekord
- 1817 gebore Born
- 19 Augustus 1838 getuie Was getuie by 'n doop · Jacobus Petrus Van Zyl
- 1906 oorlede Died
Wie by hulle gestaan het
Who signed at a baptism, a will or a survey is not incidental. It is the clearest surviving record of which families stood close to which.
- they stood for
Jacobus Petrus Van Zyl baptism · 19 Augustus 1838
dates known, no other trace here
Wat ons nie weet nie
- Nie een ouer is aangeteken nie, dus hang hierdie mens nie aan die boom bo hom of haar nie.
- Geen gedateerde rekord bind hierdie mens aan 'n bepaalde stuk grond nie.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Bronne
- Beaufort West baptisms 1838. Adriana Cecilia van Zyl (11 Jul) and Jacobus Petrus van Zyl (19 Aug), the two van Zyl x Oosthuizen households FamilySearch, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Records (Stellenbosch Archive), 1690-2011"; citing Genealogiese Instituut van Suid-Afrika, Stellenboschark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-68TW-GLX, cc=1392488; South Africa > Cape > Beaufort West > Baptisms 1819-1844 > image 212 of 302; register pages 210-211
Navorsingsnotas
[FS, 1 Aug 2026] LCV6-F3R, 1817-1906, son of Casper van ZylM and Susanna Abigael Breytenbach - so a younger brother of Wynand and Jacobus. IDENTIFIED AS THE WITNESS 'Cornelis Petrus van ZylM' at the Beaufort West baptism of 19 August 1838 (SRC-181): right name, right family, right place, and he was 21. Recorded as an identification, not a certainty.
These are working notes, not finished prose: they carry the reasoning, the corrections and the things still marked to verify. They are kept here so the page itself can read as what is known.
Die werksnotas op hierdie werf word in Engels gehou en word nie vertaal nie. Hulle verander met elke navorsingsessie, en 'n vertaling sou uit pas raak met die oorspronklike. Alles anders — die stories, die getranskribeerde dokumente en die koppelvlak — is in Afrikaans.
Oop vrae
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Is Modderdrift's "Casper van Zyle Senior" the Casper van Zyl of the Beaufort West baptisms?
prioriteit 1 · LEAD-0056
Is the Casper van ZylMe Senior for whom Modderdrift No. 106 was surveyed in 1833 the same man as Casper van ZylM (1781-1863), father of the two van Zyl brothers baptised at Beaufort West?
Wat dit sou uitmaak A death notice or estate inventory listing Modderdrift among his property, or a title deed giving his full names. Either settles it in one line.
Elders
FamilySearch-profiel LCV6-F3R