Elsje Cloete^[1]

1655 -

• Name	Elsje Cloete
  Christening	28 Feb 1655	Oedt,,,Rheinland,Preussen,Germany   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I8231	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	Jacob Cloete,   b. 1630   d. 23 May 1693 (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Fytje (Sophia) Raderootjes,   b. Abt 1628   d. 28 May 1665 (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	31 May 1650	Oedt,,,Rheinland,Preussen,Germany   [3, 4]
  	Jacob Klauten x Feigen Radergeortgens 31 May 1650 Katholisch, Oedt, Rheinland, Preussen Parish register transcripts of baptisms, marriages and deaths for Ödt, Rheinland, Preußen, Germany Kirchenbuch, 1612-1798, Katholische Kirche Ödt (Kr. Kempen) Taufen 1612-1659; Heiraten 1631-1655, 1615-1631 Film Detail: FHL INTL Film 176143 As transcribed by Harry Booyens "Jacob and Fijtje Cloeten" in Familia 46 (1) 2009 _HTITL: Husband _WTITL: Wife
  Family ID	F302712699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Willem Schalksz(oon) van der Merwe,   b. Abt 1640, Broeck,,,Netherlands d. 12 Jul 1716 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	9 Sep 1668  [1, 5]
  Children	1. Aletta van der Merwe,   c. 30 Mar 1684   d. 30 Sep 1729, Drakenstein,Cape,South Africa., (Age ~ 45 years)   2. Elsie van der Merwe   3. Eula van der Merwe   4. Helena van der Merwe,   c. 7 Apr 1686   5. Hendrik van der Merwe,   c. 17 Aug 1698, Drakenstein,Cape,South Africa.,   6. Jacob van der Merwe,   c. 11 Feb 1680   7. Jacoba van der Merwe,   c. 22 May 1678   8. Magdalena van der Merwe   9. Maria van der Merwe,   c. 29 Dec 1675   10. Petronella van der Merwe,   c. 1 Mar 1682   11. Pieter van der Merwe,   c. 16 May 1688   12. Schalk Willemse van der Merwe,   c. 13 Aug 1673   d. Abt 1740 (Age ~ 66 years)   13. Sophia van der Merwe,   c. 2 Nov 1670
  Family ID	F302712698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Harry Booyens believes her to be the Adelheidis Klauten baptised by Jacobi and Sophiae Klauten in Oedt on Feb 28, 1655. Adelhuidis or Adleheid is often shortened to Eltgen hence in Dutch Elsje This means that de Villiers and Pama is incorrect in assigning her as the elder sibling to her brother Gerrit. "Father: Jacobi Klauten Mother: SOPHIAE; Katholisch, Oedt, Rheinland, Preussen. • Godefridus Klauten Male ˜ 2.4.1651. This entry is referenced in the Bruehl archive as Ba 2010 fiche 3/6 p79. The name Godefridus is merely a Latinised version of Gottfried. In the Niederrhein area Gottfried is often reduced22 to "Gört" or "Göert"; hence the son "Gerrit" we know at the Cape. The witnesses to this baptism are two unknown people, namely Andreas Entgens en Metges Pauli. • Adelheidis Klauten Female ˜ 28.2.1655. This entry is referenced in the Bruehl archive as Ba 2010 Fiche 3/6 p90. In the Niederrhein the name Adelheid is often reducedto Eltgen; hence the daughter "Elsjen" (Dutch) we know at the Cape. The witnesses to this baptism are Petrus Sax en Agnes Klauten. It seems reasonable to conclude that the second witness was none other than Jacob's younger sister "Nehssgen".

  
  

• 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 van der Merwe (Reliability: 2). [S1362] Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, (Ancestry.com.), 1655 Baptism Adelheidis Klauten (Reliability: 3). [S1417] Familia, Booyens, Harry: Jacob and Fijtje Cloeten van Ut in ‘t Land van Ceulen. Familia, 46(1), 2009, pp. 21-42. (Reliability: 3). [S1419] Germany Marriages 1558-1929, (Familysearch.org), 1650 Marriage Jacob Klauten and Feigen Radergoertgens (Reliability: 3). [S1401] South Africa, Cape Province, Cape Town, Church Records, (familysearch.org), 1668 Marriage Willem Schalksz van der Merwe and Elsje Cloete (unindexed) (Reliability: 3).