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1. | Lourens Pietersz ERASMUS, b3 was christened on 22 Jun 1704 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl) (son of Pieter (Den Deen) ERASMUS and Maria Elizabeth JOOSTEN); died in btw 22 Oct - 27 Nov 1760 in Beerenfontein ?. Notes: Lourens was a burger van Drakenstein. He was a corporal in the dragonders (1730-1740). Lourens married Catharina HOFFMAN about 1726 in Cape, South Africa. Catharina was christened on 1 May 1707; died in 1767. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
Lourens married Martha PIENAAR, b2c2 on 8 Dec 1731 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). Martha (daughter of Jacques PIENAAR, b2 and Louisa CORDIER, b3) was born in 1716 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa; was christened on 21 Mar 1717 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl); died about Nov 1798 in 'droogeland', Achter Bokkeveld, Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Notes: Married:Children:
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2. | Pieter (Den Deen) ERASMUS was born about 1667 in Denmark; died in 1731 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). Notes: Pieter was the progenitor (stamvader) of the Erasmus family in South Africa. He arrived in the Cape in 1693. In some Cape records he appears as "Pieter den Deen", thereby implying that his origins were in Denmark. The surname Erasmus is a latinized version of the patronymic Rasmussen, a common name in both Denmark and Norway. Pieter married Maria Elizabeth JOOSTEN in 1697 in Cape, South Africa. Maria was born about 1676 in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands; died in Sep 1723 in Wellington, Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Maria Elizabeth JOOSTEN was born about 1676 in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands; died in Sep 1723 in Wellington, Cape, South Africa. Notes: Maria came to the Cape as an orphan.
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