Geronimee NN1

M, #13697, b. circa 1703
Mother*Sara Voermeester1 b. c 1680, d. 19 Apr 1730

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Last Edited08/06/2011
Slave Birth - Company OwnedGeronimee NN was born in bondage circa 1703 and was owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie), Slave Lodge, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop, Geronimee NN.2,1
BaptismGeronimee NN was baptized in 1703 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.2 
(Slave) 1714 LodgeCensus*Geronimee NN was enumerated in the 1714 census of the Slave Lodge. This was the first census carried out after the smallpox epidemic of 1713.1 
(Slave) 1727 LodgeCensus*He was enumerated in the 1727 census of the Slave Lodge. This was the largest census of the slave lodge.3 
Names in the record, in publications, etc.28 February 1727, the name of Geronimee was written in the record as Jeronimus NN.3

Citations

  1. [S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, A calendar of bondage in southern Africa, 1550 to 1888, CD-ROM; ISBN 1-86918-063-1; (Cape Town: Ancestry24, September 2007), Sequence Number:     252
    Slave First Name:     Geronimee
    Mothers Name:     Sara Voermeester
    Toponym Ethnym:     van de Caab
    Origin:     Kaap
    Continent:     Africa-South
    Gender:     Male
    Age Category:     Schoolchild
    Occupation:     School
    Archival Reference:     Cape Town Archives: C.336
    Page:     466
    Date Of Document:     1714-08-31. Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
  2. [S630] E-mails from Mansell Upham (e-mail address) to Delia Robertson, 7 June 2011 (Personal Library, Email Upham) "c2 JERONIMUS casties baptized 1703; listed 1714 as Geronimee."
  3. [S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, First Name:     Jeronimus
    Matronym:     van Sara Voermeester
    Toponym:     van de Caab
    Birth Place:     Creole
    Contemporary Country Of Birth:     South Africa
    Continent:     Africa
    Gender:     Male
    Domicile Workplace:     Lodge
    Status:     Slave
    Miscellaneous:     No comment
    Archives And Document:     Cape Town Archives, C.344
    Document Title:     Monster rolle van soodanige slaven, bandietten en slavinnen
    Date:     1727.02.28
    Page:     124
    Year:     1727
    Sequence In Document:     252.
 

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