Franz Michael Kilian, SV/PROG 1

Frans Michiel Kilian's date of birth - c.1737 - is derived from his sons-in-law:

"23.3.16 Michael Kelly joins brothers-in-law in announcing death of their father-in-law, Michiel Kilian, aged 79 years 11 months."

Source: British Residents at the Cape 1795-1819, entry for Kelly, Michael William.

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Frans Michiel Kilian arrived in South Africa in 1763, from Poland.

Source: Die Kilians, 1999, by L.H. Strydom and H.J. van Schoeman, published by Genealogiese Genootskap van Suid-Afrika

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Kilian, Franz Michael (S). - Stettin. Arr. 1763 as so., blacksmith 1763-67, b.1768. ~3.12.1775 Florentina Moses of the C. 10 children. +16.3.1816. (GMR 1763-67; Rq.1767- 68:44; GR nr. 460; Test. CJ 1104:52; Test. OC 67: 35-36.) K. left 1000 Cape gilders each to the Lutheran and the Dutch Reformed Church at Cape Town.

Source: Argief-Jaarboek vir Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedenis: Archives year book for South African History, Google Book Search

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Kilian, Frans Michiel, von Stettin, 1763 als Soldat ang., Schmied, bat 1767/68 um BP, vh. 1768 mit Florentina Moser, 1783 B., 1787 Sergeant bei bet Keuerwehr.

Source: Deutsche Kultur im Leben der Völker: Mitteilungen der Deutschen Akademie, Google Book Search

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Kilian (Frans Michiel); of Stettijn; arrived in 1763, as soldier in the "Westerveld"; made smith the same year. Asks for burgher papers. (No. 44.)

Kilian (Frans Michiel); burgher; wishes to manumit his slave, Dorinda of Bengal, on the usual conditions. (Signature) (No. 129.)

Source: Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope: Requesten (memorials) 1715-1806, Archive.org

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Florentina Mozes married Frans Michiel Kilian from Stettin in 1768 and bore him ten children. Both names suggest Jewish origin ; Gabriel Kilian who arrived from Germany early in the next century was a professing Jew.

Source: The Jews in South Africa: A History, 1955, by Gustav Saron and Louis Hotz, Google Book Search

A History of the Jews in South Africa by Louis Herrman also briefly lists Frans Michiel Kilian and Florentina Mozes (Moses) among a group of early South African settlers whose names are suggestive of Jewish origin.

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Florentina Mozes (Moses) married Frans Michiel Kilian in 1768 and bore him ten children. Kilian came from Stettin in Germany.

Source: A history of the Jews in South Africa, from the earliest times to 1895, 1975, by Louis Herman

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"Franz Michael Kilian, van Stettin in Duitsland, het in 1763 as soldaat met die skip Westerveld in Suid-Afrika aangekom. Voordat hy in 1768 burgerskap ontvang het, was hy vir vyf jaar as grofsmid werksaam. Sy huwelik met Florentina Moses is met tien kinders geseen. Ses van die kinders is waarskynlik ongetroud oorlede: (1) Philip Jacob (1769), (2) Frans Michiel (1773), (3) Johanna Carolina Margaretha (1775), (4) Johanna Magdalena (1777), (5) Wilhelmina Florentina (1779) en (6) Maria Hendrina (1783). Die ander was:

"(7) Johan Godlieb (1769), getroud 2.11.1788 met Judith Geijser; 7 kinders.

"(8) Maria Elizabeth (1773), getroud 20.4.1794 met Johann Carl Christian Pester, van Leipzig; 5 kinders

"(9) Anna Helena, getroud 26.8.1798 met Heinrich Hitzeroth, van Waldkappel; 8 kinders.

"(10) Geertruida Wilhelmina Hektrina (1785), getroud 1.3.1807 met Christiaan Frederik Duncker, van Mecklenburg.

"Toe Frans Michiel Kilian op 16 Maart 1816 oorlede is, het hy 1,000 Kaapse guldens aan heide die Lutherse en die Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk nagelaat."

Source: Die Afrikaner familienaamboek en Personalia 1955

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KILIAN
FRANZ MICHAEL (S). - Stettin. Arr. 1763 as so., blacksmith 1763-67, b. 1768. ~ 3.12.1775 Florentina Moses of the C. 10 children. + 16.3.1816. (GMR 1763-67; Rq. 1767-68: 44; G.R. nr. 460; Test. CJ 1104: 52 ; Test. O.C. 67 : 35-36.) K. left 1,000 Cape gilders each to the Lutheran and the Dutch Reformed Church at Cape Town.

Source: Dr. J. Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652-1806, Archives Year Book for South African History (Cape Town: Government Printer, Union of South Africa, 1946)

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GEDCOM Note

<p>Frans Michiel Kilian's date of birth - c.1737 - is derived from his sons-in-law:</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>"23.3.16 Michael Kelly joins brothers-in-law in announcing death of their father-in-law, Michiel Kilian, aged 79 years 11 months."</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Source: British Residents at the Cape 1795-1819, entry for Kelly, Michael William.</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>========================</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Frans Michiel Kilian arrived in South Africa in 1763, from Poland.</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Source: Die Kilians, 1999, by L.H. Strydom and H.J. van Schoeman, published by Genealogiese Genootskap van Suid-Afrika</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>=====================</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Kilian, Franz Michael (S). - Stettin. Arr. 1763 as so., blacksmith 1763-67, b.1768. ~3.12.1775 Florentina Moses of the C. 10 children. +16.3.1816. (GMR 1763-67; Rq.1767- 68:44; GR nr. 460; Test. CJ 1104:52; Test. OC 67: 35-36.) K. left 1000 Cape gilders each to the Lutheran and the Dutch Reformed Church at Cape Town. </p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Source: Argief-Jaarboek vir Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedenis: Archives year book for South African History, Google Book Search</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>=====================</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Kilian, Frans Michiel, von Stettin, 1763 als Soldat ang., Schmied, bat 1767/68 um BP, vh. 1768 mit Florentina Moser, 1783 B., 1787 Sergeant bei bet Keuerwehr.</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Source: Deutsche Kultur im Leben der Völker: Mitteilungen der Deutschen Akademie, Google Book Search</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>====================</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Kilian (Frans Michiel); of Stettijn; arrived in 1763, as soldier in the "Westerveld"; made smith the same year. Asks for burgher papers. (No. 44.)</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Kilian (Frans Michiel); burgher; wishes to manumit his slave, Dorinda of Bengal, on the usual conditions. (Signature) (No. 129.)</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Source: Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope: Requesten (memorials) 1715-1806, Archive.org</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>=====================</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Florentina Mozes married Frans Michiel Kilian from Stettin in 1768 and bore him ten children. Both names suggest Jewish origin ; Gabriel Kilian who arrived from Germany early in the next century was a professing Jew.</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Source: The Jews in South Africa: AHistory, 1955, by Gustav Saron and Louis Hotz, Google Book Search</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>====================</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Florentina Mozes (Moses) married Frans Michiel Kilian in 1768 and bore him ten children. Kilian came from Stettin in Germany.</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Source: A history of the Jews in South Africa, from the earliest times to 1895, 1975, by Louis Herman</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>====================</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>"Franz Michael Kilian, van Stettin in Duitsland, het in 1763 as soldaat met die skip Westerveld in Suid-Afrika aangekom. Voordat hy in 1768 burgerskap ontvang het, was hy vir vyf jaar as grofsmid werksaam. Sy huwelik met Florentina Moses is met tien kinders geseen. Ses van die kinders is waarskynlik ongetroud oorlede: (1) Philip Jacob (1769), (2) Frans Michiel (1773), (3) Johanna Carolina Margaretha (1775), (4) Johanna Magdalena (1777), (5) Wilhelmina Florentina (1779) en (6) Maria Hendrina (1783). Die ander was:</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>"(7) Johan Godlieb (1769), getroud 2.11.1788 met Judith Geijser; 7 kinders.</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>"(8) Maria Elizabeth (1773), getroud 20.4.1794 met Johann Carl Christian Pester, van Leipzig; 5 kinders</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>"(9) Anna Helena, getroud 26.8.1798 met Heinrich Hitzeroth, van Waldkappel; 8 kinders.</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>"(10) Geertruida Wilhelmina Hektrina (1785), getroud 1.3.1807 met Christiaan Frederik Duncker, van Mecklenburg.</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>"Toe Frans Michiel Kilian op 16 Maart 1816 oorlede is, het hy 1,000 Kaapse guldens aan heide die Lutherse en die Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk nagelaat."</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>Source: Die Afrikaner familienaamboek en Personalia 1955</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>

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</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>KILIAN</p></p><p><p>FRANZ MICHAEL (S). - Stettin. Arr. 1763 as so., blacksmith 1763-67, b. 1768. ~</p></p><p><p>3.12.1775 Florentina Moses of the C. 10 children. + 16.3.1816. (GMR 1763-67;</p></p><p><p>Rq. 1767-68: 44; G.R. nr. 460; Test. CJ 1104: 52 ; Test. O.C. 67 : 35-36.) K. left 1,000 Cape gilders each to the Lutheran and the Dutch Reformed Church at Cape Town.</p></p><p><p></p></p><p>Source: Dr. J. Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652-1806, Archives Year Book for South African History (Cape Town: Government Printer, Union of South Africa, 1946) </p>