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Gabriel le Roux¹

M, #11520, b. before 9 September 1731

Father*

Mother*

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NGK Drakenstein Baptisms 1694-1732

Last Edited

01/11/2014

Birth*

Gabriel le Roux was born before 9 September 1731 in de Caep de Goede Hoop.¹

Baptism

Gabriel le Roux was baptized on 9 September 1731 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Drakenstein, de Caep de Goede Hoop. The baptism was witnessed by Jean Cellier and Maria Magdalena le Roux.¹

Marriage*

He married Catharina Elisabeth van der Westhuizen, daughter of Pieter van der Westhuyzen and Johanna van Dyk, on 20 September 1778 Drakenstein.^3,4

Family

Catharina Elisabeth van der Westhuizen b. b 13 Apr 1760

Child

Pieter Matthias le Roux⁴ b. b 2 Sep 1781, d. 31 Aug 1836

Vrijbriewen and Burgher Status

Gabriel le Roux became a burgher circa 1755, in Dutch vryburgher or vrijburgher, initially a status in which a soldier or other employee of the VOC was released from their contractual obligations to the VOC and permitted to farm, become a tradesman, or work for others. Subsequently some individuals, including the Huguenot refugees, were brought to the Cape specifically to farm and were burghers from the time of their arrival Drakenstein, de Caep de Goede Hoop.⁴

Citations

[S408] Drakenstein Heemkring, compilers, Drakenstein I Baptisms., CD-ROM (Paarl) Drakenstein Heemkring, 2006 , Baptism Register, Ao 1731; eodem [den 9de 7bre]; Gabriel; Pierre le Roux ende Francoise Sellie; Jan Sellier en Maria Magdalena le Roux. Hereinafter cited as Drakenstein I Baptisms.
[S408] Baptism Register, Drakenstein I Baptisms, Ao 1731; eodem [den 9de 7bre]; Gabriel; Pierre le Roux ende Francoise Sellie; Jan Sellier en Maria Magdalena le Roux.
[S191] C.C. de Villiers & C. Pama, Geslagregisters van ou Kaapse Families III S-Z (Cape Town / Amsterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1966), p.1120. Hereinafter cited as Geslagregisters van ou Kaapse Families III S-Z.
[S190] C.C. de Villiers & C. Pama, Geslagregisters van ou Kaapse Families II L-R (Cape Town / Amsterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1966), p.816-817. Hereinafter cited as Geslagregisters van ou Kaapse Families II L-R.