Susanna Biebou1

F, #5134, b. 23 February 1687
Father*Detlef Bibault1 b. c 1660, d. b 28 Sep 1695
Mother-Putative*Diana van Madagascar b. bt 1665 - 1669; a comparative timeline for all slaves named Diana in this period reveal Diana van Madagascar to be the only potential candidate as mother to Susanna. A further clue to the probable continuous relationship between Biebow and Diana, would be his subsequent purchase of a slave woman named Diana van Madagascar. Bibouw married (1688) so that his relationship with Diana remained de facto.2

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NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695NGK (Cape Town) Baptisms 1665-1695
NGK Stellenbosch Baptisms 1688-1732NGK Stellenbosch Baptisms 1688-1732
Last Edited23/02/2016
Marriage*Susanna Biebou married Willem Odendaal on 13 September 1711.3,4
 

Family

Willem Odendaal b. c 1685, d. 19 Jan 1732
Children
Names in the record, in publications, etc.Between 26 April 1705 and 10 November 1709, the name of Susanna was written in the record as Sùsanna Wiwoùd.5
13 September 1711, the name of Susanna was written in the record as Sùsanna Wiwoùt.6
BaptismsSusanna Biebou was baptized on 23 February 1687 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop. The baptism was witnessed by Diedelof Biebou. Susanna's recorded paternity is extraordinary compared to other contemporary baptisms for slave children - including those owned by Cornelis Linnes.1,7
Baptisms - WitnessSusanna Biebou and Jan Frederik witnessed the baptism of Andrina Grimpe on 26 April 1705 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.8
She and Jan Frederik witnessed the baptism of Dirk NN on 26 April 1705 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.9
She witnessed the baptism of Antie van de Caep on 14 December 1707 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.10
She and Willem Odendaal witnessed the baptism of Marij Human on 10 November 1709 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.11
She and Willem Odendaal witnessed the baptism of Willem Hùman on 13 September 1711 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop.12
Slave BirthsBefore 23 February 1687, Susanna Biebou was born in bondage and was owned by Cornelis Linnes de Caep de Goede Hoop.1

Citations

  1. [S397] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Bapt.), 1665-1695: den 23 dito (Febr.) Susanna
    Diedelof Biebou en Diana, slavin van Cornelis Linnes    , 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 (Bapt.).
  2. [S339] Mansell Upham, "Familia (Addenda & Corrigenda - Susanna Bibouw)", Familia (Addenda & Corrigenda - Susanna Bibouw) Vol. 1, 1989 (1989): Familia, 1/1989, Addenda & Corrigenda, "Bibouw (1986.4 pp 70-72); E. de Klerk, "Die verhaal van Susanna Biebouw" mentions that the name Diana only occurs four times in slave transactions 1658-1687 as set out in A.J. Boeseken: Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700. The attention of Susanna Bibouw's descendants, however, is drawn to the following slave transaction which may shed more light on the Diana-mystery:
    '. . . 12.1693, p. 442: Diana from Madagascar (24/25) sold by Christiaen Freser to Didlof Bidouw for Rds.90'
    (A.J. Boeseken, op. cit., p. 164)
    Mansell G. Upham". Hereinafter cited as "Familia (Addenda & Corrigenda - Susanna Bibouw)."
  3. [S153] J.A. Heese & R.T.J. Lombard, South African Genealogies 1 A-C, HSRC SA Genealogies (Pretoria: Institute for Historical Research, Division Genealogical Research, Pretoria, 1986, 1989), ISBN 0-620-23962-X, Page 275. Hereinafter cited as S.A. Genealogies 1.
  4. [S227] GISA, South African Genealogies 7 O-Ph, GISA SA Genealogies (Stellenbosch, South Africa: Genealogical Institute of South Africa, 2001), page 21. Hereinafter cited as S.A. Genealogies 7 O-Ph.
  5. [S325] Lorna Newcomb and Ockert Malan, compilers, Annale van Nederduits Gereformeerde Moedergemeente Stellenbosch No 1.., CD-ROM (Stellenbosch) Die Genootskap vir die Kerkversameling, 2004 0-9584832-1-3), Baptism Register, Andrina, dogter van Andries Grimpe, van Eva - getúygen Jan Frederik en Súsanna Wiwoud: de 26de Affril 1705
    Lyfeygenen van Heer Willem Adriaan Vander Stel. [alle den 14 xber 1707]
    Antie . d' Vader Joris, d' moedr Lysbet. Getùygen Sùsanna Wiwoù
    Marij een Slaven kind, daar over getuygen Willem Odendaal en Susanna Wiwoùd, Jan Hùman. 10 9br 1709. Hereinafter cited as Palmkronieke I Baptisms.
  6. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, Willem, d'Vader Jan Hùman, d'Moeder Lysebet Viljon, getù Willem Odendaal, Sùsanna Wiwoùt 13e 7br 1711.
  7. [S629] Personal communications between Mansell Upham and Delia Robertson, 2010-present. My grateful thanks to Mansell Upham for his patient assistance in highlighting the significance of the identifying the father in Susanna Biebou's baptism.
  8. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, Andrina, dogter van Andries Grimpe, van Eva - getúygen Jan Frederik en Súsanna Wiwoud: de 26de Affril 1705.
  9. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, Dirk, de Vader Barend - de Moeder Isabel -, getúygen Súsanna Wiwoud, en Jan Frederik: de 26de Affril 1705.
  10. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, Lyfeygenen van Heer Willem Adriaan Vander Stel. [alle den 14 xber 1707]
    Antie . d' Vader Joris, d' moedr Lysbet. Getùygen Sùsanna Wiwoù.
  11. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, Marij een Slaven kind, daar over getùygen Willem Odendaal, en Sùsanna Wiwoùd, Jan Hùman 10 9br 1709.
  12. [S325] Baptism Register, Palmkronieke I Baptisms, Willem, d' Vader Jan Human, d' Moeder Lysabeth Viljon getu Willem Odendaal, Susanna Wiwout [Bibout] 13de 9 1711.
  13. [S565] Eben De Klerk, "Die Verhaal van Susanna Bibouw", Familia (Verhaal, Susanna Bibouw) Vol.12, no. 4 (1986): As Susanna in 1711 met Willem Odendaal (uit Keulen aangekom in 1706) trou en 'n kindjie Engela word gebore, tree haar halfsuster Maria en die se man Philip Morkel, as getuies op by die doop op 11 Oktober 1711. Dié dooprol ruim ook alle twyfel uit die weg dat Engela Odendaal, dalk 'n kind kon wees uit Willem Odendaal se tweede huwetik met Judith Nel , na die oorlye van Susanna.. Hereinafter cited as "Die Verhaal van Susanna Bibouw."
  14. [S190] C.C. de Villiers & C. Pama, Geslagregisters van ou Kaapse Families II L-R (Cape Town / Amsterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1966), p. 660. Hereinafter cited as Geslagregisters van ou Kaapse Families II L-R.
 

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