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Helene van Tranquebar¹

F, #16060, b. circa 1683

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Last Edited

27/06/2017

BirthOrigin*

Helene was from the Tranquebar and was perhaps born there circa 1683. She was said to be 12 years old in 1694.¹

Duplicate?*

It is possible that Lena van Tranquebaar and Helene van Tranquebar are the same individual. Could Lena van Trancquebar be Helene van Tranquebar sold by skipper Frans Meyer to Simon vd Stel?²

Slave Transactions

On 18 January 1695 Anthonij van Tranquebar and Helene van Tranquebar were sold by Frans Meyer to Simon van der Stel, for Rds. 60 each.³

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.166.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[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 IDNO:       0917
Slaves First Name:       Helena
Presumed Place Of Origin:       Van Tranquebar
Day Of Sale:       18
Month Of Sale:       1
Year Of Sale:       1695
Type Of Sale:       Oceanic
Type Of Name:       Classical
Continental Origin Code:       Indian Sub Continent
Slaves Age:       12
Slaves Gender:       Female
Price In Rixdollars:       60
Sellers Last Name:       Meyer
Sellers First Name:       Frans
Sellers Civil Status:       VOC employee
Sellers Gender:       Male
Sellers Domicile:       Transit-at sea
Sellers Occupation:       Skipper
Buyers Last Name:       Van der Stel
Buyers First Name:       Simon
Buyers Civil Status:       VOC employee
Buyers Gender:       Male
Buyers Domicile:       Liesbeeck Valley
Buyers Occupation:       governor
Primary Reference:       Transporten en Scheepeniskennis. Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.166. 18.1.1695, XIX, pp. 44-45: Anthonij from Tranquebaer (18), and Helene from Tranquebaer (12), sold by Frans Meyer, Captain of the Danish ship Prins Frederick, to Simon van der Stel for Rds. 60 each.