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Bertram, Andries born GR, arrived 18.10.1785 on Slot ter Hoge for Kamer Zeeland.
Company’s hunter with pay fl 13, 1788. 1 “Monsieur Bertram” died 17.3.1792. 2 / 1 KAB,
MR 1788; NL, ARA, MR 1788; KAB, MOOC 6/1.
Lehmann, Joseph born Berne, arrived 18.10.1785 on Alblasserdam for Kamer
Zeeland. Gunner with pay fl 13, 1786. / KAB, MR 1786.
De Noyer / Van Wooier, Francis born Lausanne VD [De Noyer of Vully-le-Bas FR?].
Soldier, sick, 1785 1 ; married, resident at the Cape, 1799. 2 / 1 KAB, MR 1785; NL,
ARA, MR 1785; 2 KAB, BRD 28.
Mulder, Rudolf born Zurich [Müller?], soldier, sick, 1786. / KAB, MR 1786.
Metzelaar, Francis born BE [Mätzener?], former soldier (officer?) of Regiment
Pondicherry, released from service (1786?), had served 3 years for Burgher Captain Jan
de Waal, 1793 resides with Burgher Captain Pieter de Waal. / KAB, C 1015 (1793): Lys
van persoone met afgeschreeve gagie, p. 86.
Nieuvergeld, Jacob born Rotterdam, NL [Nievergelt?]. Mason at new hospital, 1786-
1787. / KAB, MR 1786.
Dregeler, Jacob born Zurich [Treichler?], arrived 9.2.1786 on Beverwijk as able
seaman for Kamer Amsterdam. Gunner, 1786-1791. / KAB, MR 1789, 1791; NL, ARA,
MR 1786-1788.
Jaeger, Thomas born Solothurn, arrived 4.4.1786 on Standvastigheid as junior sailor.
Unemployed, 1789. Convalescing, 1791. / KAB, MR 1789, 1791.
Blok / Blatt, Hendrik born Berne [Bloch or Blatt?], arrived 4.14.1786 on Gouverneur
Generaal de Clerck for Kamer Zeeland. Soldier, 1786-1789, 1791. / KAB, MR 1786-
1789, 1791; NL, ARA, MR 1786, 1788.
Walter, Lodewyk born Schaffhausen, arrived 10.9.1786 on Jagtrust as sailor for
Kamer Amsterdam. Mason at new hospital, 1787-1791. / KAB, MR 1787-1789, 1791;
NL, ARA, MR 1787-1788.
Smeedele, Jacob born Basel [Schmidlin of Basel?], arrived 18.9.1786 on Rozenburg
for Kamer Rotterdam. Soldier, 1789-1791. / KAB, MR 1789, 1791.
Furter, Frederik born Rheintal/Basel, arrived 18.9.1786 on Rozenburg as soldier in
Company service. 1791 house-carpenter at construction of new hospital. 1 1799 loaned
to Mattys Basson junior. 2 1801 single, with no possessions in Stellenbosch district. 3
1804 house-carpenter, married, at Twenty-Four Rivers near Gouda. When his wife died
in 1810 shortly after the birth of their third child, their possessions consisted of 2 beds,
2 kists, a table and 2 old chairs, 2 iron pots, 1 pan, 2 kettles, 2 water buckets and 1 meat
barrel, 1 working bench, carpenter's tools and 65 metres yellow wood planks, 1 riding
horse and 1 mare. Their daughter was five years and the son one month old. Their
second born, Frederika Johanna baptised Tulbagh 27.03.1808, appears to have died.
The inventory shows that Furter made his living as house-carpenter. 4 1822 Furter is
recorded as living alone with two children from his first marriage, and had a Khoi
servant, 2 horses, 10 oxen and a wagon. 6 He died 1829 on the farm Twenty-Four Rivers
of Andries Johannes Burger. 7
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