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

Geertruyd van de Caep¹

F, #18728, b. before 3 March 1697

Mother*

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Last Edited

17/07/2017

Birth*

Geertruyd van de Caep was born before 3 March 1697 in de Caep de Goede Hoop.¹

Baptism

Geertruyd van de Caep was baptized on 3 March 1697 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).¹

RacialDesignation*

On 3 March 1697 Geertruyd van de Caep was described as heelslag, a racial tag meaning both parents were African or Asian. For more on the racial and social typecasting of the period, visit this page: Nomenclature & identity tags peculiar to the Cape of Good Hope deriving from an individual’s legal status made for legally-entrenched hierarchic discrimination.¹

Slaves Owned by the Company

On 3 March 1697 Renouieowe van Madagascar and Geertruyd van de Caep were enslaved and owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) at the Cape.¹

Citations

[S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org).