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Hans HelmAge: 46 years1644–1690

Name
Hans Helm
Given names
Hans
Surname
Helm
Birth about 1644

Source: First Fifty Years Project
Publication: Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project.
Citation details: Hans Helm (1644-1690), http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g5/p5311.htm : accessed 8 Dec 2019
Historical Event April 6, 1652 (Age 8 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: Jan van Riebeeck arrives at the Cape in the Drommedaris and sets up a supply station and fortifications for the Dutch East India Company.
Historical Event 1657 (Age 13 years)
Rondebosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Source: SA Timeline
Note: First Freeburghers (Vrijburgers): The first nine men received grants of land along the Liesbeeck River (now Rondebosch)
Historical Event May 7, 1662 (Age 18 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: Jan van Riebeeck leaves the Cape on promotion to a position on the Council of Justice in Batavia
Historical Event August 18, 1665 (Age 21 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: First Dutch Reformed Church congregation is founded and J. van Arkel is appointed the first minister
MarriageGeertruy Willemse — View this family
September 28, 1670 (Age 26 years)
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Source: First Fifty Years Project
Publication: Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project.
Citation details: Geertruy Willemse (1651-), http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g5/p5312.htm : accessed 8 dec 2019
Baptism of a daughterCornelia Helm
September 17, 1673 (Age 29 years)
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Source: First Fifty Years Project
Publication: Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project.
Citation details: Cornelia Helm (1673-1720), http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g5/p5310.htm : accessed 8 Dec 2019
Town founded November 6, 1679 (Age 35 years)
Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Source: Wikipedia
Note: Stellenbosch is founded
Marriage of a childJohannes van den Bosch — Cornelia Helm — View this family
March 28, 1688 (Age 44 years)
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Source: First Fifty Years Project
Publication: Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project.
Citation details: Cornelia Helm (1673-1720), http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g5/p5310.htm : accessed 8 Dec 2019
Source: Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters 1
Publication: Vol. 1, A-C (1986) ISBN: 0-7969-0370-0
Citation details: Van den Bosch, p341, a1.
Historical Event April 1688 (Age 44 years)

Source: Wikipedia
Note: French Huguenot refugees arrive after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Simon van der Stel, the Governor of the Cape Colony settles the Huguenot refugees in the present day Drakenstein, Franschhoek and Wellington areas which were beyond the Cape Colony and belonged to the Khoikhoi people
Death before 1690 (Age 46 years)

Source: First Fifty Years Project
Publication: Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project.
Citation details: Hans Helm (1644-1690), http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g5/p5311.htm : accessed 8 Dec 2019
  1. Generation 1

    1. Hans Helm was born about 1644 and died before 1690. He married Geertruy Willemse on September 28, 1670 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was born about 1651.

      Children of Hans Helm and Geertruy Willemse:

      1. Cornelia Helm (1673–1720)
  2. Generation 2back to top

    1. Cornelia Helm, daughter of Hans Helm and Geertruy Willemse, was baptized on September 17, 1673 in Cape Town, Western Cape and died between May 23, 1720 and June 21, 1720. She married 3 times. The first time she married Johannes van den Bosch on March 28, 1688 in Cape Town, Western Cape. The second time she married Adriaan “Arie” van Wyk, son of Roelof Adriansz van Wijck and Trijntje Jans, between October 22, 1693 and September 5, 1694. He was baptized on January 18, 1668 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands and died between April 1713 and December 2, 1713 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape. The third time she married Jacob Coetzer (daughter’s son-in-law’s niece’s father-in-law) on September 15, 1714 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape. He was born about 1680 in Vienna, Austria.

      Children of Cornelia Helm and Johannes van den Bosch:

      1. Johanna van den Bosch (1690–)

      Children of Cornelia Helm and Adriaan “Arie” van Wyk:

      1. Maria van Wyk (1703–1745)
      2. Catharina van Wyk (1710–)
  3. Generation 3back to top

    1. Johanna van den Bosch, daughter of Johannes van den Bosch and Cornelia Helm, was baptized on June 11, 1690. She married Jurgen Hanekom.

      Children of Johanna van den Bosch and Jurgen Hanekom:

      1. Sara Hanekom (1714–1741)

    2. Maria van Wyk, daughter of Adriaan “Arie” van Wyk and Cornelia Helm, was born about 1703 in Drakenstein, Western Cape and died in December 1745 in Western Cape. She married Jean Joubert (half-sister’s son-in-law’s son-in-law’s uncle), son of Pierre Joubert and Isabeau Richarde, on June 22, 1727 in Paarl / Drakenstein, Western Cape. He was born on May 7, 1695 in Paarl / Drakenstein, Western Cape and died on March 16, 1738 at the age of 42.

      Children of Maria van Wyk and Jean Joubert:

      1. Jan Joubert (1729–1791)
      2. Willem Joubert (1733–1796)
      3. Gideon David Joubert (1738–1820)

    3. Catharina van Wyk, daughter of Adriaan “Arie” van Wyk and Cornelia Helm, was baptized on July 20, 1710 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape. She married Hendrik Lubbe (step-brother’s wife’s son-in-law’s uncle), son of Berend Löbe and Jacoba Brandenburg, on June 20, 1726 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape. He was baptized on September 5, 1700 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape.

      Children of Catharina van Wyk and Hendrik Lubbe:

      1. Sara Lubbe (1728–)
      2. Aletta Lubbe (1731–)
      3. Johanna Maria Lubbe (1733–)
      4. Adriaan Lubbe (1742–)