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Johann Hermann Lategaan¹

M, #12988, b. circa 1715

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NGK Drakenstein Baptisms 1694-1732

NGK Drakenstein Marriages 1717-1740

NGK Drakenstein Marriages 1717-1749

Last Edited

07/11/2014

BirthOrigin*

Johann was from Billmerich, Westfalen, Germany, and may have been born there circa 1715.¹

Marriage*

He married Beatrix Olivier, daughter of Johannis Olivier and Helena Burcherdt, on 15 July 1742 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Drakenstein, de Caep de Goede Hoop. The marriage was performed by Ds. Salomon van Echten.^2,3,4

Family

Beatrix Olivier b. c 1725

Child

Helena Geertruy Lategaan¹ b. b 25 Aug 1742

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

15 July 1742, the name of Johann was written in the record as Jan Harman Lategaan.²

Vrijbriewen and Burgher Status

Johann Hermann Lategaan became a burgher in 1743, 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.¹

Citations

[S151] J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, South African Genealogies 2 D-G (Pretoria, South Africa: Human Science Research Council, 1989), p.54, 56. Hereinafter cited as S.A. Genealogies 2 D-G.
[S470] Drakenstein Heemkring, compilers, Drakenstein I Marriages., CD-ROM (Paarl) Drakenstein Heemkring, 2006 , Marriage Register, Personen in den Huwelyken Staat bevestigd door Predekant. Salomon van Echten.
15 July [1742]. Jan Harman Lategaan Soldaat in Dienst Der E. Compagnije, Jongman. En Beatrix Olivier van Cabo de Goede Hoop, J.D.. Hereinafter cited as Drakenstein I Marriages.
[S190] C.C. de Villiers & C. Pama, Geslagregisters van ou Kaapse Families II L-R (Cape Town / Amsterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1966), p.664, 667. Hereinafter cited as Geslagregisters van ou Kaapse Families II L-R.
[S151] J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, S.A. Genealogies 2 D-G, p.54.