Jacobus Albertus van Zyl[1]
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Name Jacobus Albertus van Zyl Birth 10 Apr 1738 Christening 9 Oct 1738 Paarl,Cape,South Africa 
[2] Gender Male Person ID I8019 My Genealogy Last Modified 29 Apr 2026
Father Gideon van Zyl, c. 9 Dec 1703, Drakenstein,Cape,South Africa., d. 1775, Swartland,Cape,South Africa (Age ~ 71 years) Mother Maria Elisabeth van Eeden, c. 19 Apr 1711 Marriage 20 Nov 1729 Drakenstein,Cape,South Africa., [3, 4] Family ID F302712634 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Zacharia Geertruyda Gildenhuys, b. 15 Jan 1741 Marriage 25 Dec 1763 Tulbagh,Cape,South Africa., [5, 6] Children 1. Barend van Zyl, c. 30 Mar 1782 2. Cornelia Margaretha van Zyl, c. 25 Dec 1764 3. Geertruy van Zyl, c. 19 Nov 1769 4. Jacobus Albertus van Zyl, c. 25 Mar 1780, Tulbagh,Cape,South Africa., d. 1830 (Age ~ 49 years)5. Gideon van Zyl, b. 10 Apr 1766 6. Maria Elisabeth van Zyl, b. 1768 7. Hendrik van Zyl, b. 1770 8. Regina Catherina van Zyl, b. 8 Jan 1773 d. 30 Dec 1863 (Age 90 years) 9. Christina Johanna van Zyl, b. 16 Apr 1775 10. Jacoba Alberta van Zyl, b. 1777 11. Frederik Jacobus van Zyl, b. Jun 1778 d. 14 Aug 1857, Jan Harman's Gat,Bonnievale,Western Cape,South Africa (Age 79 years)12. Wilhelmus Johannes van Zyl, b. 10 Apr 1783 d. 25 Nov 1838, Zandvliet,(before Cogmanskloof),District Swellendam, (Age 55 years)13. Petrus Arnoldus van Zyl, b. 7 Feb 1786 Family ID F302712635 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Dec 2021
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Notes - Burger Swellendam.
In the 1760 Opgaafrol (Census) he is listed as living in the Swellendam district. He is unmarried, and owns one horse.
Many online family trees give his death date as March 1830 in Swellendam, i.e. 92 years old. This is a very advanced age for the period and I have found no supporting source documentation for this date - Sequence: «tab»1834
Surname Husband: «tab»Zeijl van
First Name Husband: «tab»Jacobus Albertus
Number Of Males: «tab»1
Number Of Horses: «tab»1
Old Sequence: «tab»1804
District: «tab»Swellendam
- Burger Swellendam.
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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. 1167 (Reliability: 3).
- [S95] South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Records (Stellenbosch Archive), 1690-2011, (" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8D-JBPJ : 8 November 2017)), 1738 Baptism Jacobus Albertus van Zyl (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).
- [S59] Marriage Register, Tulbagh NGK, (Tulbagh Nederduits Gereformeerd Kerk (NGK), Tulbagh, Western Cape. marriages register, 1744-1839. Repository: NGK archives, Stellenbosch University, G4 9/1. Transcribed by Trysie Joubert, Marelize Keyter, Marie Greyvenstein and Annatje Erasmus as part of the eGGSA Project, from VC 664, Cape Archives Repository), page 13 (Reliability: 3).
- [S964] South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970, (online database - familysearch.org), 1763 Jacobus Albertus van Zyl and Zacharia Geertruyda Gildenhuys (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. 1167 (Reliability: 3).