Hendrik Gildenhuijzen[1]
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Name Hendrik Gildenhuijzen Christening 2 Jul 1717 Stellenbosch, 
[1, 2] Gender Male Person ID I8088 My Genealogy Last Modified 29 Apr 2026
Father Barend Gildenhuijzen, c. 9 Sep 1682 d. Bef 1721 (Age ~ 38 years) Mother Anna Margaretha Siek, c. 13 Mar 1695 Marriage 31 Aug 1710 [3] Family ID F302712656 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Cornelia Swart, c. 4 Feb 1720, Stellenbosch, d. 1750 (Age ~ 29 years) Marriage 27 Jul 1738 Children 1. Anna Margaretha Gildenhuys, c. 30 Aug 1739 2. Barend Gildenhuys, c. 1 Jul 1742 3. Elsie Gildenhuys, c. 9 Oct 1746 4. Hendrik Gildenhuys, c. 13 Dec 1744, Stellenbosch, 5. Johannes Albertus Gildenhuys, c. 5 Apr 1750 6. Johannes Albertus Gildenhuys, c. 25 Aug 1743 7. Zacharia Geertruyda Gildenhuys, b. 15 Jan 1741 Family ID F302712653 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2020
Family 2 Sara Johanna Swart, b. 11 Sep 1728 d. 6 Aug 1770 (Age 41 years) Marriage 26 Jul 1750 Children 1. Cornelia Margaretha Gildenhuizen, c. 12 Aug 1753 2. Johanna Dorothea Gildenhuizen, c. 28 Aug 1757 3. Petrus Arnoldus Gildenhuizen, c. 5 Oct 1755 d. 1 Feb 1826 (Age ~ 70 years) 4. Sara Johanna Gildenhuizen, c. 31 Oct 1751 d. 26 Aug 1836 (Age ~ 84 years) 5. Susanna Hermina Gildenhuizen, c. 7 Apr 1760 Family ID F302712654 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Apr 2020
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Notes - From the Stellenbosch baptismal register for July 2, 1717 "«i»Hendrik, d'vader Barent Gildenhuys, d'moder Ann Margarita Siek, gethuigen Hendrik Plooy en Margareta Gildenhuys, 2 July 1717«/i»". The witness (godparent) Margarita Gildenhuys was probably his Aunt (elder sister of his father)
He is listed in the 1760 «i»Opgaafrol «/i»(Census) living in the Swellendam district, with his second wife, Sara Johanna Swart. They have 4 sons and six daughters, and own one slave. They own 12 horses, 40 cattle and 400 sheep. - Sequence: «tab»1795
Surname Husband: «tab»Gildenhuijse
First Name Husband: «tab»Hendrik
Surname Wife: «tab»Swart
First Name Wife: «tab»Sara Johanna
Number Of Males: «tab»1
Number Of Women: «tab»1
Number Of Boys: «tab»4
Number Of Girls: «tab»6
Number Of Males Slaves: «tab»1
Number Of Horses: «tab»12
Number Of Cattle: «tab»40
Number Of Sheep: «tab»400
Old Sequence: «tab»1766
District: «tab»Swellendam
- From the Stellenbosch baptismal register for July 2, 1717 "«i»Hendrik, d'vader Barent Gildenhuys, d'moder Ann Margarita Siek, gethuigen Hendrik Plooy en Margareta Gildenhuys, 2 July 1717«/i»". The witness (godparent) Margarita Gildenhuys was probably his Aunt (elder sister of his father)
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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), Entry for Geldenhuys (Reliability: 3).
- [S511] Ockert Malan & Lorna Newcomb, Palmkronieke, (Die Genootskap vir die Kerkversameling onder beskerming van Die Kerkraad van die N G Moedergemeente Stellenbosch 2004), 2 July 1717 (Reliability: 3).
- [S964] South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970, (online database - familysearch.org), 1710 Marriage Barend Gildenhuis and Margaretha Siek (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), Entry for Geldenhuys (Reliability: 3).