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1. | Jacob Pieter ERASMUS was born in in Cape, South Africa; was christened on 19 Jun 1708 in Cape Town, Cape, South Africa (son of Pieter (Den Deen) ERASMUS and Maria Elizabeth JOOSTEN); died about 1751 in Cape, South Africa. Notes: Ancestral File Number: Jacob married Hester PIENAAR, b2c1 on 4 Aug 1732 in Cape, South Africa. Hester (daughter of Jacques PIENAAR, b2 and Louisa CORDIER, b3) was born on 23 Oct 1714 in Cape, South Africa; was christened on 28 Oct 1714 in Paarl, Cape, South Africa; died in in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Jacob married Sara (Sona) DE KLERK on 4 Aug 1737 in Drakenstein, Cape, South Africa(Paarl). Sara was christened on 3 Aug 1710 in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa; died in in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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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