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- Albert Barends Gildenhuyzen or Gildenhausen, of Burgsteinfurt in Westphalia (Germany). He was a sailor and servant. Arrived as a sailor on the ship «i»Princesse Royale«/i» on 23 September 1661. Between 1662 and 1665 served as a servant to various burghers including Hermann ter Schelhoven (1662), Cornelis Claas of Utrecht (1663), and Jacob Cloete (1664-65). He went to Holland in 1666 where he married and returned from Leyden (?) to the Cape with his wife in 1672. From 1673 lived at «i»Roodenberg«/i». («i»Een hofsteede geleegen aen 't Rondebosje genaemt Roodenburgh groot 14 morgen met het daer op staende huijs, hocken en gewaerdeert 16000f «/i»)
In 1692 he had 20,000 vine stocks. He was charged with arson 21 December 1681, but the charges were dropped. From 1690-1691 he was a deacon of the Cape Church.
They are listed in the Cape Muster Roll for 1695 in the Cape district with four children "«i»Albert Gildenhuijs & Margaretha Hoefnag' 4 k«/i»"
His son Barend (b 1682) is consistently referred to as "Gildenhuys" in the Stellenbosch baptismal registers
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Inventories: Albert Barendszoon Gildenhuijs
(Contributed by Christa Badenhorst)
The inventories of the deceased estates that were lodged with the Master of the Orphan Chamber in the old Cape as always provide fascinating insights.
A item-by-item and room-by-room comparison between the estates of Albert Barendzoon Gildenhuijs and his daughter Margaretha, dying in respectively 1712 and 1728, provides a fascinating glimpse into how furniture and other items were passed on from father to daughter and re-used from one generation to the next.
Albert (? – 1712)
Albert Barendszoon Gildenhuijs, born in the Netherlands in the first half of the seventeenth century, initially came to the Cape in the 1660s, making appearances in the Muster rolls from 1662 onward. He returned to the Netherlands for a period, and there married his wife Margarita Hoefnagel, widow Schaeckelman, in Leiden in 1671. They both then immigrated to the Cape, landing here in April 1673 on board the "Azië" with their baby son Arent. At the Cape, they would go on to baptise eight more children. In total, only six of their nine children would live into adulthood – sons Arent, Barend, and Hendrik, and daughters Elsie, Margaretha and Anna.
When Albert dies in 1712, the inventory of his estate reveals that the family led quite a comfortable life with a lot of valuables and comfort items.
Albert owned a farm called "Roodenburgh" at Rondebosje – the area that would in time became the Cape Town suburb of Rondebosch. In addition, there were also two properties in the Table Valley (what would in time become known as the city bowl), on which was built three houses.
The family clearly lived at Roodenburgh. The farm is 14 morgen in size, contains a house and "hocken" (pens?), and is valued at f 16 000. The farm house has two bedrooms and a "voorhuis", together with a kitchen and a cellar.
Livestock, farm implements and slaves are all enumerated under the heading "in de wijnkelder". The family appears to have had nine male slaves valued at f 2500. They kept 24 oxen and 300 sheep and cultivated wine and other alcoholic beverages, since a press, 6 pressing tubs, a copper distilling kettle, a cooling vat, 40 leaguers' empty vats valued at f 1040 and 11 leaguers of wine (6 white, 5 red) are inventoried.
Margaretha (1684-1728)
Albert's daughter Margaretha seems to inherit the house and farm at Rondebosch as well as the Table Valley properties, with many of the items above possibly making a reappearance in her own estate inventory in 1728.
At the time of her death, the inventory of Margaretha's estate reveals she owned several properties, among which was the farm Rodenburgh at the Rondebosje, clearly in use by the family.
Sixteen years before Margaretha's death, the inventory of her father's estate creates a picture of a four-room house: two bedrooms, a kitchen and a "voorhuis", with a seperate wine cellar.
Margaretha's inventory similarly records two bedrooms, a kitchen and a "voorhuis" - there is however additionally mention of a "kinderkamertje" and a "solder" both of which may have been either added after her father's death or was simply not in use when he died and therefore never featured in the room-by-room inventory. Margaretha's inventory also records items in several outbuildings that may have been built after her father's death or that was part of the unspecified "hocken" mentioned in the description of Rodenburg at the time of his death in 1712. These additonal buildings include a "hock", a "stookhuijs" and a "bottelerij".
It is now stated that there is a fireplace in the main bedroom, a detail which was not included in her father's estate in 1712. Was it built later? Or was it always there and the clerks in 1712 just didn't record it, as it's part of the structure? The only reason the clerks in 1728 mention it is because some of the items they are recording are kept on the mantle of the fireplace: 6 porcelain dishes, a porcelain bowl, 4 porcelain lion figurines, 2 alabaster flasks, wooden glasses, a wooden flask and a wooden "koker" with wooden cups. Both the 1712 and 1728 inventories record a copper "tangh" and a "schop", which could be interpreted as designated for the fireplace (why else keep tongs in the bedroom?). The 1728 inventory additionally records a "blaasbalg." There is once again a duster in the room, and now we see two brooms instead of the single broom listed for Albert in 1712. An "ijser plaet" listed in 1712 is possibly explained by the inclusion in the 1728 inventory of a "ijzere schoorsteenplaat" (a
The room is decorated with 7 paintings - 3 large and 4 small, all with frames - as well as a square mirror with a black frame and copper "houwschulpen" (brackets?). Is this the same mirror that graced the bedroom of her parents according to the 1712 inventory? If so, did Margaretha have the copper brackets added later, or were they just not included in the 1712 description? Knicknakcs abound and include 2 wooden sundials, 2 "piramiet knoppen", and a "Japans confituur doosje".
In Margaretha's parents' days, the main bedroom contained one "ledikant" (fourposter?) bed with hangings. The inventory now records one "ledikant" with hangings, but also a "cadel". The "ledikant" is made up with two "buldsakken" (mattresses), a pillow, 2 cushions and a blanket. The "cadel" is made up with one "buldsak", a pillow, three cushions, and a blanket.
Margaretha's parents had a yellow wood "cas" in the main bedroom - Margaretha's inventory records a large yellow wood cupboard ("kleerkas"). Is this the same item? In 1712, a set of porcelain pots was kept on the top of the cupboard - in 1728 there is 2 cups, 3 pots, a washing bowl and a small dog figurine (all porcelain) on the cupboard. Could this be the "set" that was on the cupboard in 1712? Or are only the pots "original" and was the cups, bowl and dog added later by Margaretha?
In 1712, the cupboard contained sheets, pillows, towels, serviettes and silverware. In 1728, it seems to be considerably fuller and the items are listed in detail, including expensive silver tableware; linens; jewelery (including a chain of amber corals and a pair of gold earrings bequethed to Margaretha's youngest daugter, 12-year-old Wilhelmina); lots of buttons, belts and belt buckles of gold and silver; a small silver "beugel tas" (which was a satchel in which womens' beauty products were kept); needlework items (including an unsown women's dress Margaretha may have been working on this before she died); enough hymn books for the whole family; purses, a small silver snuff box, a small silver coffee grinder, and a straw hat.
The 1712 inventory conspicuously lacks items of clothing and jewelery - some of the items listed for Margaretha in 1728 could have been in the cupboard in 1712 and just wasn't recorded.
In 1712, the room contained a yellow wood table with six yellow wood chairs, and a small stinkwood tea table. In 1728 it is furnished with a large square table with a table cloth, a square tea table, an oval table, a study desk, two tea shelves, 6 "Chinese chairs" (are these perhaps the same chairs as the six yellow wood chairs recorded in 1712?) and 10 ordinary chairs (considering there is also two beds and a cupboard in the same room, it starts to feel rather crowded! It must have been a fairly large room.)
On the shelves are things for tea: tea pots and cups. The room now contains two Bibles instead of the one recorded in 1712, one of them with silver "beslagh" as was the case in 1712. There is also a copper inkwell (presumably on the study desk) and a porcelain shaving bowl ("scheerbekken").
The second bedroom ("seijkamer")
In 1712, the second bedroom contained two beds, one described as a "ledikant" and one as a "cooij". In 1728, there are three beds. Margaretha had three children still unmarried and at home - 15-year-old Margaretha, 12-year-old Wilhelmina and 10-year-old Hendrik. Is this where they slept? The eldest daugter, Engela, could not have left the home too long before this inventory was taken - perhaps her absence explains the fact that only two of the three beds in the second bedroom seems to have been made up. Did she take bedding with her to her new home when she got married?
Two of the beds are described as a "ledikant" and one as a "cadel". One ledikant is described as having hangings, the other makes no mention of hangings but it is recorded that there is buldsak, 1 pillow and 3 cushions on. The "cadel" is seemingly made up with a buldsak, 5 cushions and a blanket.
More bed-hangings, 2 pairs of sheets and a single pillow case are recorded with the two "ledikants" but they don't seem to be assigned to either one or the other. Were these items maybe folded and placed on one of the two ledikants? There is a square table with a table cloth on, 2 arm chairs and three ordinary chairs, and the walls are decorated with a single mirror in a black frame.
The content of the room seems to be a jumble of different people's things, creating the impression that the room was used as a storage space as much as bedroom. Amongst other things, the room contains a "verkeertbort" (some kind of gaming bord) with its pieces, an item that also featured in Albert's inventory in 1712 – although then it was kept in the main bedroom.
- Personalia of Germans at the Cape
ALBERT BARENDS (S Gildehuisz). - Burgsteinfurt in Westphalia. Arr. as sailor on the Princesse Royale, b. 23.9.1661. (Leibbrandt, Letters desp. 1652-62, III, p. 271.) Free farm-labourer 1662-65 (MR. Vrye Lieden): (1) of Hermann ter Schelhoven (1662), (2) of Cornelis Claas of Utrecht (1663), (3) of Jacob Cloete (1664-65). He seems to have gone to Holland in 1666 and returned (from Leyden ?) to the Cape with his wife, Margaretha Hoefnagels. They appear as burghers in MR. Vrye Lieden of 1673-93. Deacon of the church in Cape Town 1689. (Spoelstra, II, p. 267.) Children: Arent, born at Leyden ~ 28.12.1698 Judith Smit, d. of Heinrich Evert Schmidt of Ibbenbüren (q.v.); Elsie (11.5.1674) ~ Jacobus v. d. Heyden (Ledematen Reg. of the Church at Cape Town under 26.1.1692); Barend (23.12.1676); Barend (27.10.1678); Margaretha (9.6.1680); Barend (9.9.1682) ~ 31.8.1710 Anna Margaretha Siek, d. of Johann Siek (q.v.), in 1712 he was resident on "Vergelegen" in Hottentots Holland (cf. Theal, History, II, 419); Margar
Reference no.: MOOC8/2.61
Testator(s):
Albert Barentsz Gildenhuijs, 9 Augustij 1712
Inventaris en taxatie der goederen naergelaten en met 'er dood ontruijmt bij wijlen Albert Barentsz Gildenhuijs ten voordeele van desselfs naergelatene huijsvrouw Margareta Hoefnagel ter eenre, en
desselfs naergelate ses kinderen «tab»Arent «tab»ter andere zijde
Barent
Hendrik
Margareta en
Anna Gildenhuijs
beneffens de vier minderjarige kinderen van Jacobus van der Heijden representeerende haer overleedene moeder Elsje Gildenhuijs
«tab»ƒ
Een hofsteede geleegen aen 't Rondebosje genaemt Roodenburgh groot 14 morgen met het daer op staende huijs, hocken en gewaerdeert «tab»16000
3 veere bedden met vaderlants tijk «tab»276
1 veere [bedden] sonder vaderlants tijk
ieder met veere, met 1 peuluwe, 2 cussens en
1 combaers
In de grote kamer
«tab»ƒ
1 stinkhoute ledikant met baste behangsel «tab»60
1 geel houte cas «tab»80
1 geel houte tafel «tab»18
1 stinkhoute teetafeltje «tab»6
1 verkeerbord «tab»18
in de cas
24 paer bedlakens «tab»108:--
24 paer slopen «tab»54:--
36 servetten «tab»15:--
12 handdoeken «tab»4:--
1 silvere beeker «tab»75:--
2 silvere soutvaten
1 silvere mostaertpot
12 silvere leepels en 1 vork «tab»97:10
1 stel porsselijne potten op de cas «tab»24:--
6 stinkhouten stoelen «tab»18:--
3 printjes «tab»1:--
1 Bijbel met silver beslagh «tab»90:--
1 spiegel met een swarte lijst «tab»30:--
1 groote schilderije «tab»15:--
2 tabletjes «tab»18:--
wat copjes en pieringtjes «tab»4:--
5 porsselijne schotels «tab»15:--
1 coopere croon «tab»24:--
1 ijsere plaet «tab»18:--
1 copere schop en tangh «tab»12:--
1 camer beesem en stoffer «tab»6:--
In slaepkamertje
«tab»ƒ
1 klijn geel hout leedikantje met bast behangsel «tab»30
1 geelhoute cooij met groen behangsel «tab»18
1 agtkant geelhout tafeltje «tab»18
2 kisten «tab»15
1 castje «tab»30
1 stel potten daerop «tab»12
1 tinne fles met een bekken «tab»9
1 cannebort «tab»4
2 strijkijsers «tab»6
1 cabstok «tab»3
1 partij boeken «tab»30
In 't voorhuijs
«tab»ƒ
9 schilderijen «tab»60:--
1 spiegel «tab»9:--
1 ovale tafel «tab»21:--
2 rustbanken «tab»48:--
1 groote teetafel «tab»6:--
1 copere coffijkan «tab»10:--
2 blicke trommeltjes «tab»4:10
1 stel potjes «tab»9:--
In de combuijs
«tab»ƒ
1 ovale tafel «tab»9
1 voetebank «tab»6
20 porsselijne schootels groot en klijn «tab»60
36 porsselijne borden «tab»20
4 ijsere potten «tab»24
1 copere taertepan «tab»12
1 copere stoofpan «tab»12
1 coopere ceetel «tab»9
1 metael potje «tab»4
6 copere kandelaers «tab»18
6 copere snuijters «tab»3
2 copere blakers «tab»4
2 copere theekeetels «tab»12
1 tinne [theekeetels] «tab»6
4 racken «tab»12
1 poffertjes pan «tab»4
24 stoelen «tab»70
24 stoelen cussens «tab»54
In de wijnkelder
«tab»ƒ
40 leggers vaetwerk a ƒ26 ieder «tab»1040
6 leggers witte wijn «tab»600
5 leggers rode wijn «tab»600
1 pars «tab»60
6 pars baeljes «tab»30
1 copere disteleerkeetel «tab»75
1 coelvat «tab»6
8 ribbens tot stellings «tab»16
3 wagens «tab»200
1 ploegh «tab»60
1 egh
1 balk «tab»15
3 ribben
3 planken
24 ossen «tab»600
300 schapen groot en klijn «tab»600
9 slave jongens groot en klijn «tab»2500
2 ijsere platen «tab»30
2 ijsere haertkettings «tab»4
2 ijsere schoppen «tab»20
2 ijsere tangen
2 ijsere leepels
2 ijsere schuijmspanen
2 ijsere vorken
2 erven met drie huijsen daerop staende in de Tafelvalleij «tab»6000
12 silvere leepels «tab»63
picken, graven, schoppen, kruijwagens «tab»80
contanten «tab»600
aen crediten onder diverse persoonen «tab»5800
Somme «tab»ƒ36767
Aldus geinventariseert en getaxeert op de plaats genaemt Roodenburgh deesen 9 Augustij 1712
Gecommitt:e Weesm:ren: A: van den Heuvel, Petrus Tavenraath
Margrieta Hoefnagels weduwe van Albert Baarentsz Gildenhuijs
Mij present: A: v: Kervel, Secret:s
Die Groot Afrikaanse Familienaamboek
Albert Barends Gildenhuyzen of Gildenhausen, van Burgsteinfurt in Wesfale (Duitsland). Kom op die skip Princesse Royale hier aan; burger op 23.9.1661. Hy het waarskynlik na Nederland teruggekeer, maar weer na die Kaap gekom, met sy vrou Margaretha Hoefnagels. In 1689 het hy diaken van die Kaapse Kerk geword. Oorl. ca. 1693 (9 kinders).
Albert Barends GELDENHUYS / GILDENHUISZ gebore Burgsteinfurt, Westfale, Duitsland. Sy nageslag het die familienaam Geldenhuys. Hy was 'n matroos, boerkneg. Hy trou met Margaretha HOEFNAGELS, gebore 28 Maart 1649, Legden, Burgsteinfurt, Westfale. Sy was die dogter van Arend Hoefnagels en Grietjie Cornelis. Margaretha Hoefnagels gebore 28 Maart 1649, Legden, Burgsteinfurt, Westfale, sy was eers getroud met Hendrik Schakelmann, voordat sy met Albert Barends Gildenhuisz getrou het.
Geldenhuys kom met die skip Princesse Royale na die Kaap toe. Hy word 'n burger op 23 September 1661. Tussen 1662 en 1665 dien hy as 'n kneg by verskeie burghers, ook vir Jacob Cloete. Keer waarskynlik terug na Duitsland, vir omtrent sewe jare, hy trou daar en kom in 1672 weer terug met sy vrou Margaretha Hoefnagels. Hy het van 1673 op Roodenberg gewoon.
Hy was 'n graan boer het het 32 mud graan geoes in 1663. In 1692 het hy 20,00 wingerdstokke gehad. Hy was aangekla 21 Desember 1681 weens brandstigting, maar die saak teen hom het misluk. Hy was in 1690-1691 'n diaken van die Kaapse Kerk. Sy het 9 kinders gehad.
KINDERS:
b1 Arend X Kaapstad 28 Des 1698 Judith Smit
b2 Elsje gedoop Kaapstad 11 Mei 1674, X Jacobus van der Heyden
b3 Barend gedoop 23 Des 1675
b4 Barend gedoop 27 Okt 1678
b5 Margaretha gedoop Kaapstad 9 Jun 1680
b6 Barend gedoop Kaapstad 6 Sep 1682, X 31 Aug 1710 Anna Margaretha Siek
b7 Margaretha gedoop 6 Okt 1684, X 5 Jul 1704 Heinrich du Plooy, XX 10 Jun 1725 Philippus Richter
b8 Hendrik gedoop Kaapstad 2 Feb 1687, X 11 Okt 1711 Elsabe Meyer
b9 Anna gedoop 6 Okt 1689, X 22 Mei 1712 Jean Costeux
Margaretha het as vroedvrou gedien, wat ander vrouens tydens bevallings bygestaan het. Albert sterf ongeveer 1693.
Bronne:
Heese en Lombard
AE Read, A Research into the History of the Family: Bruijns/ Bruyns/ Bruins/ Broens
GC de Wet, Vryliede en Vryswartes in die Kaapse Nedersetting.
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Abt 1640 - 1712 (72 years)
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