Gideon van Zyl[1]
1703 - 1775 (~ 71 years)-
Name Gideon van Zyl Christening 9 Dec 1703 Drakenstein,Cape,South Africa., 
[2, 3] Gender Male Death 1775 Swartland,Cape,South Africa [4] Person ID I8010 My Genealogy Last Modified 27 Apr 2026
Father Willem van Zijl, b. 1668, Delft,,,Nederland d. 3 Aug 1727 (Age 59 years) Mother Christina van Looveren, c. 7 Jun 1673, Oude Kerk,Amsterdam,Netherlands., d. Abt 1730 (Age ~ 56 years) Marriage 28 Nov 1694 Oude Kerk,Amsterdam,Netherlands., - Text of the banns published on 12 November 1694:
"Willem van Zeijl van Delft, tuinier, oud 26 jaren, in de Verfwerstaraat, ouders dood, geassistiert met Manual Abrams, en Christina van Loveren van Amsterdam, oud 21 jaren, op die Wael, ouders dood, geassistiert met Sara Juriaensz, haar moeje"
Family ID F302712632 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Maria Elisabeth van Eeden, c. 19 Apr 1711 Marriage 20 Nov 1729 Drakenstein,Cape,South Africa., [5, 6] Children 1. Willem Jan van Zyl, b. 31 Aug 1732 2. Jacobus van Zyl, b. 11 Jul 1734 3. Frederik van Zyl, b. 11 Nov 1736 4. Jacobus Albertus van Zyl, b. 10 Apr 1738 5. Johannes van Zyl, b. 4 Jan 1741 6. Christina Johanna van Zyl, b. 8 Dec 1742 7. Regina Catharina van Zyl, b. 10 Feb 1746 8. Maria Elisabeth van Zyl, b. 1748 9. Gideon van Zyl, b. 7 Feb 1752 Family ID F302712634 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Dec 2021
- Text of the banns published on 12 November 1694:
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Notes - PRIVATE
- from the Baptism register of the Drakenstein Church in 1703:«i»
"den 9 Desember Gideon d'Vader Willem van Zeijl, de moeder Christina Van Loveren"
«/i»
From the marriage register of the Drakenstein Church,:
«i»"Den 17 November 1729
Gideon van Zeyl van Cabo de Goede Hoop, burger aan Drakensteijn J.M.
met
Marya Elisabeth van Eeden van Cabo voor (illegible) J.V."
«/i»They are listed in the Stellenbosch District in the 1733 Muster Roll.«i»
«/i»He is found in the 1760 «i»Opgaafrol«/i» (census) living in the Swellendam district with his wife, one son and three daughters. These are probably the four youngest children, since the elder brothers are listed separately in the «i»Opgaafrol«/i». They have 1 horse, 60 cattle, and 400 sheep.
The baptism of his children are found in the records of the Tulbagh NG Kerk after 1742 - if they lived in the Overberg it is possible Tulbagh was the closest NG Kerk.
Gideons death in 1775 is recorded in the Swartland Parish Registers, so it seems likely they farmed in the Tulbagh area
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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), p 1165 (Reliability: 3).
- [S63] Drakenstein Huwelike, (eGSSA), Drakenstein Doopregister Boek 1 1694-1745 p26 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1394] Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Cape Province, (familysearch.org (Unindexed 2021)), 1703 Baptism Gideon van Zyl (Reliability: 3).
- [S1393] Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, (familysearch.org (unindexed 2021)), Death Gideon van Zijl d'Oude (Reliability: 3).
- [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), p. 1165 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1394] Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Cape Province, (familysearch.org (Unindexed 2021)), 1729 Marriage Gideon van Zyl and Maria Elisabeth van Eeden (Reliability: 3).
- [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), p 1165 (Reliability: 3).