First Fifty Years - a project collating Cape of Good Hope records

Jonas de la Geure¹

M, #16882, b. circa 1635

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Last Edited

29/05/2017

BirthOrigin*

Jonas was from Le Havre and was perhaps born there circa 1635. Date is estimated. In the 17th century known as Le Havre de Grâce.^2,1

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

31 May 1657, the name of Jonas was written in the record as Jonas de la Geune.³
The name of Jonas appeared as Jonas de Lageur in the cited publication(s.)²

Monsterrollen and Opgaafrollen (Muster and tax rolls)

On 20 March 1656 Jonas de la Geure was enumerated in the muster roll, as a hunter.¹
On 31 May 1657 Jonas de la Geure was enumerated in the muster roll, as a hunter earning f 15 per month.⁴
On 1 April 1662 Jonas de la Geure was enumerated in the muster roll, he was recorded as from Havre de Grace, corporal.²

Citations

[S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, Letters Despatched 1652-1662 to which are added land grants, attestations, Journal of voyage to Tristan da Cunha, names of freemen, &c. Vol III, H.C.V. Leibrandt; (Cape Town, South Africa: W.A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, 1900), p.284-286. Hereinafter cited as Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope.
[S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, p.304.
[S22] Information supplied by Bernadeen Snow to John Humphreys, bef. 1995.
[S647] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, pp.287-289.