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

Lijdia van Baalen¹

F, #18461, b. circa 1687

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Last Edited

16/04/2017

Birth*

Lijdia van Baalen was born circa 1687.¹

Marriage*

She married Adolph Joan van der Laan, son of Gerrit van der Laan and Baroness of Wassenhooven Francoisa de Zeegers, circa 1708. This marriage is assumed. When the couple baptise a child in 1710, there is no indication the child is born out of wedlock.¹

Family

Adolph Joan van der Laan b. c 1685

Child

Gerrit Louis van der Laan¹ b. b 23 Nov 1710

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

March 1710, the name of Lijdia was written in the record as Lijdia van der Laan.¹

Baptisms - Witness

Lijdia van Baalen and Louis van Assenburgh witnessed the baptism of Louis Jansz on 9 March 1710 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town). She may have been related to Adolph Joan van der Laan.²

Citations

[S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town), (1695-1712), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/, http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town).
[S734] VC 604, NGK Baptism Registers 1695-1712 (Cape Town): 9 d:o [Maart 1710] van Cent Jansz en Neeltje Olivier, de getuigen, den ed:l heer Louis van Assemburg, gouverneur, en juff:r van der Laan. - Louis, 1695-1712, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/