Paulus Michiel Bester
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Paulus Michiel Bester (1766 - 1832)

Paulus Michiel Bester
Born in Draaihoek, Philadelphia, de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 3 Dec 1786 in Tulbagh, de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
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Father of , , , , , , , , , and
Died at age 65 in Grahamstown, Cape Colonymap [uncertain]
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Table Bay, South Africa (1762)
Paulus Michiel Bester was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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Biography

Name

Paulus Michiel Bester[1][2] / Poulus Michiel Bester[3]

Birth

Date: SEP 1766[1] / 14 July 1766[4]

Baptism

Date: 7 September 1766[1][4][3][5]
Place: Graaf Reinet[5] / Swartland, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa][4]
Name: Poulus Michiel Bester
Father: Poulus Bester
Mother: Helena de Klerck
Witnesses: Willem de Klerck en Maria Erasmus
Additional notes: Den 14 Julij h.a. natus [3]

Marriage

Date: ABT 1791[1]

Events

Farmed on the farm Bruintjieshoogte and two farms, Middelburg en Bothasbaken.[5]

Family

Parents marriage date: 14 MAR 1756[1]
Siblings: Bernhardus Bester, Nicholaas Willem Bester, Helena Bester, Christiaan Engelbrecht Bester, Engela Bester, Christiaan Jacob Bester, Anna Bester, Johannes Daniel Bester, Willem Abraham Bester. [1]

Death

Date: 16 MAY 1852[1]
Age at death: 65y 10m 28days[6]

Notes

Title changed, and middle name organized.[7]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 WikiTree profile Bester-849 created by John Brock 14 April 2017. Source:
    • S.A. Genealogies (1652-1830) by J.A.Heese
  2. ↑ WikiTree profile Bester-207 created by Mary (Pistorius) Rudd 7 October 2014. Source:
    • Meyer Family Website, managed by Michal Antonie Meyer
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Source: The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions (http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/ : accessed 31 Aug 2018), Source: Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Swartland (Malmesbury), Baptism register, 1745-1782, page 64. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G5 3/2. Note: Folios 13 and 14, two sides of one page, are almost certainly missing between the current pages numbered 12 and 13 - dates covered would be late August 1751 to early June 1752.. Transcribed by Lizette Svoboda, from photographs of Cape Archives VC 666 Seen and added by Gordon Mac Rae 13 Nov, 2018.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Source :
    • Baptism Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, 1745-1976, Baptisms 1745-1782, Image 688
    Seen & added 31 December 2020 by André Laubscher
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 WikiTree profile Bester-238 was created by Laura Steyn Ms 7 November 2014.
  6. ↑ Added by C V 5 June 2017
  7. ↑ Source: "Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. “South African Genealogies 1” Human Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-620-23962-X, v.1 page 506" Ian McArthur Oct 10, 2015




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Gordon Mac Rae
"Hi, could one of the profile managers also add the project profile [email address removed] as active manager (add to trusted list, save, then activate, then save again) to this profile, please? As soon as the LNAB has been validated with a [transcription of a] baptism [image], we will have this profile Project Profile Protected
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Van Heerden-335 Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
This child was born after his Baptism = 07-09-1766  :-D
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