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Anna Louisz

Also Known As: "Anna Louisz van die Kaap"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cape, South Africa
Death: circa 1716 (22-39)
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Daughter of Louis van Bengale and Lijsbeth Sandersz van de Kaap, SM
Wife of Izaak Jacob Potje, SV/PROG and Casper Janse
Mother of Anthonie Potje
Sister of Lijsbeth Louisz Coetzee, SM and Maria Louisz, SM
Half sister of Willem Teerling, b1; Clara Herfst and Gerbrecht Vosloo, a1b2

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About Anna Louisz

Jacques Potier from Moucron, Flandres

  • Came to the Cape on 'Westhoven' 16/6/1699
  • Settled in Het Doolof, Wagenmakersvallei
  • x 4/1/1704 Catharina Potgieter b. b 26 Nov 1679
    • Sibilla b. b 22 Nov 1705
    • Jacobus b. b 4 Dec 1707
    • Antie b. b 25 May 1710
    • Jannetie b. b 11 Dec 1712
  • xx 15/4/1714 Anna Louisz b. b 27 Jul 1683
    • Anthonie b. c 1715

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Anna Louisz's Timeline

1685
April 1, 1685
1685
Cape, South Africa
1715
1715
1716
1716
Age 31
1716
Age 66
Cape Town, Caep de Goede Hoop, South Africa

Louis died soon after, penniless and apparently embittered. His widow, described in church documents as 'Rebecka' or 'de vrouw van Swarte Louis', remained dependent on a monthly grant from the poor fund until her death in 1724.151 Louis had made her his sole and universal heir, but there was no estate to bequeath. However Louis's three 'onegte hinderen', Elisabeth, Maria and Anna, were each left 50 guilders, for Louis had wisely entrusted these monies to the Orphan Chamber at the time of his marriage to RebeccaSodomy, Race and Respectability in Stellenbosch and Drakenstein, 1689 —1762: The Story of a Family, Loosely Defined Author(s): SUSAN NEWTON-KING Source: Kronos, No. 33 (November 2007), pp. 6-44 Published by: University of Western Cape Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41056580 . Accessed: 29/09/2014 07:02