Lumke Thoole1

F, #14999, b. circa 1690

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Last Edited27/12/2013
Birth*Lumke Thoole was born circa 1690 in Emden.2
 
Marriage*She married Abraham Hartogh on 30 April 1724 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.2
 

Family

Abraham Hartogh b. c 1644
Child
Names in the record, in publications, etc.30 April 1724, the name of Lumke was written in the record as Johanna Theunisz Switters.2
21 January 1725, the name of Lumke was written in the record as Johanna Theunisz.3
23 June 1725, the name of Lumke was written in the record as Leemke Thoole.4
Crime and relatedOn 23 June 1725 Lumke Thoole was sentenced "to stand exposed on the place of execution with a two-pronged wooden fork on her head" after it was revealed she was still married to Thys Geertz when, the previous year, she married Abraham Hartogh. She was then imprisoned in the home of the goaler before being sent back to Holland with her daughter, Maria Magdalena Hartogh.4

Citations

  1. [S204] Dr. J. Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652-1806, Archives Year Book for South African History (Cape Town: Government Printer, Union of South Africa, 1946), Lumke Thoole came to the Cape as sailor under the name of Johan Theunis and married Hartog under the name of Johanna Theunis Switters of Norden. When it was discovered that she was the wife of the sailor Thys Geertz she was sent back to Europe, together with her daughter.. Hereinafter cited as Personalia.
  2. [S733] VC 621, NGK Marriage Registers 1713-1756 (Cape Town) transcribed by Corney Keller: 1724.30 d:o [April] Abraham Hartog, van Frankfort aan den Main, wed:r, en Johanna
    Theunisz Switters, van Norden in Oostvriesland, j. d:r., (1713-1756), Cape Town Archives Repository, Private Bag X9025, Cape Town, South Africa, 021-4624050. Hereinafter cited as NGK Marriage Registers 1713-1756 (Cape Town).
  3. [S736] VC 605 (NGK G1-8/2), NGK Baptism Registers 1713-1742 (Cape Town), 2012: 1725. 21 d:o [Januarij] Maria Magdalena Abraham Hartog, en Johanna Theunisz. Jan Coetsee, en Anna Helben., transcribed by Corney Keller, (1713-1742), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/. Hereinafter cited as NGK Baptism Registers 1713-1742 (Cape Town).
  4. [S562] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, W.A. van der Stel Journal, 1699-1732, H.C.V. Leibrandt; (Cape Town, South Africa: W. A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, Castle Street, 1896), 1725. June 23. Three sailors punished for theft. Leemke Thoole, of Embden, who had committed bigamy, ordered to stand exposed on the place of execution with a two-pronged wooden fork on her head; after that to be imprisoned in the house of the gaoler, and sent to Holland by the first ship. She is also to pay a fine of Rds. 100 pro fisco.. Hereinafter cited as W.A. van der Stel Journal 1699-1732.
  5. [S736] VC 605 (NGK G1-8/2), NGK Baptism Registers 1713-1742 (Cape Town) transcribed by Corney Keller: 1725. 21 d:o [Januarij] Maria Magdalena Abraham Hartog, en Johanna Theunisz Jan Coetsee, en Anna Helben.
    , 1713-1742, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/
 

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