Wouter van Zijl
Honor Code SignatorySigned 7 Feb 2016 | 1,628 contributions | 18 thank-yous | 5,764 connections
Signed 7 Feb 2016 | 1,628 contributions | 18 thank-yous | 5,764 connections
Wouter H. van Zijl
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Son of Stephanus van Zijl
and [private mother (1930s - unknown)]
Brother of
Arnold van Zijl, [private brother (1950s - unknown)], [private brother (1960s - unknown)], Erik van Zijl and [private sister (1960s - unknown)]
Father of
[private son (1990s - unknown)] and [private son (2000s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Jan 2016
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Biography
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The name 'van Zijl' is originating from the river by the same name: Zijl, an affluent from the 'Oude Rijn' (Old Rhine). Just a few hundred metres past the splitting -near the village Leiderdorp- Jan van Ammers built a castle, named 'The House Zijl' (Huys te Zijl or Zijlhof). He and his descendants named themselves 'comimg from the Zijl' >> van Zijl. After years they spread out over Holland, but also over the world.
Born in Windhoek , Namibia on 19 July 1957, Elizabeth House, now part of the Namibia University of Science and Technology
Lived in what is now Nelson Mandela street in a small house now close to the Indian Embassy , later in John Meinert street en finally in Haddy street
My parents relocated to Rundu in the Kavango in 1958 ( when I was one year old) and we lived there until early 1963 when we moved back to Windhoek, Kupferberg strasse
Went to school - Eros Primary School in January 1964 , ms Siebert was my teacher, mr Anthony was the principal
We then moved to 41 Johan Albrecht street in August 1964 , and went to Dr van Rhijn Primary School and in 1971 to Jan Mohr High School
Went to hostel in 1972 when my parents moved back to Rundu
Became sick in July 1973 and did not go to school for six moths ( rheumatic fever, initially and later broke my left hip )
Moved to Mafeking with my family in 1974 and wrote matric in Mafeking High School end of 1974
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- Matthys Christoffel van Zyl
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-M170, FTDNA kit #MI71372
- Gideon Hendrik Niemann le Roux :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test
Featured German connections: Wouter is 23 degrees from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 26 degrees from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 21 degrees from Lucas Cranach, 26 degrees from Stefanie Graf, 20 degrees from Wilhelm Grimm, 25 degrees from Fanny Hensel, 24 degrees from Theodor Heuss, 21 degrees from Alexander Mack, 37 degrees from Carl Miele, 17 degrees from Nathan Rothschild, 26 degrees from Hermann Friedrich Albert von Ihering and 21 degrees from Ferdinand von Zeppelin on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
19 Jun 2021 19:00: Wouter van Zijl edited the data for Willem Gerhardus Petrus van Zyl (1874-1925). [Thank Wouter for this] 18:55: Wouter van Zijl edited the Death Place and Status Indicators for Willem Gerhardus Petrus van Zyl (1874-1925). [Thank Wouter for this] Namibia het nie in 1925 bestaan nie. Sien https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:South_African_Roots/Sources2 virdie gebruik van plekname asseblief en ons sal die waardeer indien jy jou fout wat jy gemaak het sal regstel
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