Sara Voermeester1

F, #13671, b. circa 1680, d. 19 April 1730

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Last Edited08/06/2011
Slave Birth - Company OwnedSara Voermeester was born in bondage and was owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) at the Cape., circa 1680 Slave Lodge, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop, Sara Voermeester.2
Death*Sara Voermeester died on 19 April 1730 Slave Lodge, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.3
 

Family 1
Children

Family 2

Hendrik NN b. c 1685
Child
(Slave) 1714 LodgeCensus*Sara Voermeester was enumerated in the 1714 census of the Slave Lodge. This was the first census carried out after the smallpox epidemic of 1713.4 
(Slave) 1727 LodgeCensus*She was enumerated in the 1727 census of the Slave Lodge. This was the largest census of the slave lodge.5 
Names in the record, in publications, etc.Sara Voermeester was also known as Sara NN.6

Citations

  1. [S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, A calendar of bondage in southern Africa, 1550 to 1888, CD-ROM; ISBN 1-86918-063-1; (Cape Town: Ancestry24, September 2007), [1714 Slave Lodge Census]
    Sequence Number: 344
    Slave First Name: Sara Voermeester
    Gender: Female
    Age Category: Adult
    Occupation: Meijden
    Archival Reference: Cape Town Archives: C.336
    Page:470
    Date Of Document: 1714-08-31. Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
  2. [S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
  3. [S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, Sequence Number: 339
    Cape Town Archival Reference: C 2460
    Page Number: 112
    Day Of Death: 19
    Month Of Death: April
    Month Of Death Numerical: 4
    Year Of Death: 1730
    First Name Of Slave: Sara voermeester
    Toponym Of Slave: Unknown
    Presumed Origin Of Slave: Unknown
    Continent Of Origin: Unknown
    Was Slave Locally Born: Unknown
    Where Based At Time Of Death: Lodge
    Gender Of Deceased Slave: female
    Gender Numeric: female
    Verbal Description Of Age: Very old
    Age Category: old
    Status Of Slave: slave
    Status Of Health At Death: lived out
    Seasoned Status: seasoned
    Skill Description: skilled
    Skill Status: Unknown
    Quoted Description: oude en afgeleefde slavin
    New Age Category: Old.
  4. [S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, Sequence Number:     344
    Slave First Name:     Sara Voermeester
    Gender:     Female
    Age Category:     Adult
    Occupation:     Meijden
    Archival Reference:     Cape Town Archives: C.336
    Page:     470
    Date Of Document:     1714-08-31.
  5. [S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, First Name:     Sara
    Matronym:     Voermeester
    Toponym:     van de Caab
    Birth Place:     Creole
    Contemporary Country Of Birth:     South Africa
    Continent:     Africa
    Gender:     Female
    Domicile Workplace:     Lodge
    Status:     Slave
    Miscellaneous:     No comment
    Archives And Document:     Cape Town Archives, C.344
    Document Title:     Monster rolle van soodanige slaven, bandietten en slavinnen
    Date:     1727.02.28
    Page:     131
    Year:     1727
    Sequence In Document:     479.
  6. [S392] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar), 1665-1695: ao 1690
    eodem Dito [Den 14 April]
    sijn nogh in den huijwelijcken staet aen Stellenbosch vereenigt, Andrijs Oleofze van Christiania, borger aaen Stellenbosch, met Sara van Gijselen, jonge doghter van de Caep de Goede Hoop., transcribed by Richard Ball, Norfolk, England, (May 2006), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar).
  7. [S630] E-mails from Mansell Upham (e-mail address) to Delia Robertson, 7 June 2011 (Personal Library, Email Upham) "c1 JOHANNES casties baptized 1696."
  8. [S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, Sequence Number:     252
    Slave First Name:     Geronimee
    Mothers Name:     Sara Voermeester
    Toponym Ethnym:     van de Caab
    Origin:     Kaap
    Continent:     Africa-South
    Gender:     Male
    Age Category:     Schoolchild
    Occupation:     School
    Archival Reference:     Cape Town Archives: C.336
    Page:     466
    Date Of Document:     1714-08-31.
  9. [S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, First Name:     Christijn
    Date Of Baptism:     1708/09/16
    Matronyn:     Sara
    Place Of Origin:     Creole
    Continent Of Origin:     Cape
    Descent:     Half breed
    Slave Owner Status:     Company
    Gender:     Female
    Age Simplified:     Child
    Type:     VOC
    Baptismal Number:     99
    Owners Number:     10
    Owner Surname:     Lodge
    Owner First Name:     Lodge
    Owner Ethnic Origin:     Lodge
    Owner Toponym:     Lodge
    Owner Year Of Death:     Lodge
    Owner Gender:     Lodge
    Owner Civil Status:     Lodge
    Owner Rank:     Lodge
    Owner Marital Status:     Lodge
    Owner Date Of Birth:     1800
    Owner Wealth Status:     10
    Mother Name:     Sara
    Mother Matronym:     Voermeester
    Owners Binary Unknown:     99
    Father Binary Number:     10
    First Witness Surname:     VOC
    First Witness First Name:     VOC
    Second Witness Surname:     VOC
    Second Witness First Names:     VOC
    Source Location:     Dutch Reformed Archives
    Reference Source:     GR 1 8/1
    Page Number:     71
    Sequence Number In Original:     0632.
  10. [S630] E-mails from Mansell Upham to Delia Robertson, 7 June 2011 "MARGARETA halfslagh baptized 1712."
  11. [S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, Sequence Number:     266
    Slave First Name:     Jan Hendrik
    Mothers Name:     Sara Voermeester
    Fathers Name:     Hendrik
    Toponym Ethnym:     van de Caab
    Origin:     Kaap
    Continent:     Africa-South
    Gender:     Male
    Age Category:     Schoolchild
    Occupation:     School
    Archival Reference:     Cape Town Archives: C.336
    Page:     467
    Date Of Document:     1714-08-31.
 

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