Christian Rabie^{[1, 2]}

• Name	Christian Rabie
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I10323	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Margaretha Pyl,   b. 17 Aug 1710
  Marriage	20 Jul 1727	Drakenstein,Cape,South Africa.,   [2, 3, 4]
  	Their marriage is recorded in the records of the Drakenstein church «i»"Den 20 July 1727 Christiaan Rabe van Leipzig Burger van Drakenstijn met Margaretha Peyl van Cabo de Goede Hoop"«/i»"
  Children	1. Christiaan Rabie,   c. 2 Jul 1730   2. Jan Bastiaan Rabie,   c. 2 Aug 1732   d. Bef 22 Nov 1763 (Age ~ 31 years)   3. Maria Magdalena Rabie,   c. 3 Aug 1727   4. Susanna Catharina Rabie,   c. 12 Dec 1728
  Family ID	F302713300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2020

  
  

• Notes

  PRIVATE from "Personalia of Germans at the Cape": CHRISTIAN RABE or RABIE from Leipzig arrived at the Cape in 1723 as a soldier. Became a freeburgher in 1725. He was a miller, resident at Drakenstein. In the report of Governor de la Fonteine of 1731 he is listed with his wife and one child with the comment "«i»Is Een Tappers Knegt die Wijnig Heeft«/i»". (Is a ? servant who has little [«i»Knegt«/i» usually means Farm Labourer or servant]) In the 1733 Muster Roll they are listed in the Stellenbosch District as «i»Christiaan Rabe & Margaretha Pijl«/i»

  
  

• Sources

  [S57] de Villiers, C.C., revised by Pama, C., Genealogies of Old South African Families, (Published A.A Balkema, Cape Town, 1981 ISBN 0-86961-136-4), Entry for Rabie (Reliability: 3). [S68] Dr. J. Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652 - 1806, (Cape Times Ltd, Keeromstraat, Kaapstad), Entry for Rabe (Reliability: 3). [S63] Drakenstein Huwelike, (eGSSA). [S68] Dr. J. Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652 - 1806, (Cape Times Ltd, Keeromstraat, Kaapstad).