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Personal data Johannes Hendricus "Hendrikus" Blankenberg b2 

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Household of Johannes Hendricus "Hendrikus" Blankenberg b2

He is married to Anna Margaretha van der Heyden.

They got married on July 18, 1734, he was 25 years oldCape Town, South Africa.


Child(ren):

  2. Catharina Maria Blankenberg  ± 1736-???? 
  3. Aletta Jacoba Blankenberg  ± 1738-1805 
  5. Johannes Blankenberg  ± 1741-???? 
  9. Jacobus Wilhelm Blankenberg  ± 1748-???? 
  10. Alberta Blankenberg  ± 1744-1744


Notes about Johannes Hendricus "Hendrikus" Blankenberg b2

{geni:occupation} Member of the Justice board and secretary of the Orphans Council
{geni:about_me} From: Gerda Pieterse

Mike Rushby ((XXXXX@XXXX.XXX))

Date: Sunday, 15 September 2002 6:39 AM

Subject: From Johannes Henricus Blanckenberg to Marie Koopmans-de Wet

Mike,

I did some research in Hoge's "Personalia of Gemans at the Cape" and found the following, very interesting, information on the Blanckenberg family.

In Boxer's book about the Dutch Seaborne Empire he mentions that much of the trade was in the hands of Spanish and Portuguese Jews who had connections with German banking families and Flemish and Walloon traders from the days of the Hanse accord. Wherever the Dutch VOC established trading stations and factories, the German Lutherans had family representatives to take care of business. They were traditionally trusted by the merchants and traders to conduct fair business practises. I don't have the exact quote, but would like a copy if you can find it.

I believe they came quietly. Sometimes as immigrants and sometimes as soldiers in the service of the VOC and once landed they set about their business discreetly and effectively and established their local family network by making contact with other like-minded people and bringing out family and business acquaintances from their home towns and other settlements. Traditionally the would have had dealings with all trading nations whether they were Danish, English or Dutch, with no preference for anyone in particular.

Something which I don't think has been picked up before is the fact that a cursory examination of Hoge's book shows that the balance of public power, namely attorneys, secretaries, clerks, orphan masters, burgher representatives, members of the marriage board as well as ranked positions in the civil defence force, at the early Cape was mostly held by these Lutheran immigrants. Almost to the exclusion of anyone else. Many of the family names that appear on the petition requesting to allow a Lutheran Church to operate at the Cape married into the de Witt/Blanckenbergh family and that of the other kinsman, Thomas de Wit, at one stage or another.

I doubt that any of these merchant families had great loyalty to the Dutch masters of the VOC, which is illustrated by their readiness to victualise English ships in a time when there was little love lost between the Dutch and the English, and also in how readily they embraced the new order when the British came to rule the Cape. The fact that they were well versed in English, carried over from their forefather Jan's country of birth and maintained by contact with the English ships when they arrived, stood them in good stead when the British took over.
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Birthday September 2, 1708

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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1708: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 11 » Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
    • March 23 » James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
    • September 11 » Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
    • October 9 » Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.

Day of marriage July 18, 1734

  • The temperature on July 18, 1734 was about 20.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: betrokken regen onweer. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
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    • June 21 » In Montreal in New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convicted of setting the fire that destroyed much of the city.

Day of death December 13, 1772

  • The temperature on December 13, 1772 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
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    • January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
    • June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
    • June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
    • August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
    • August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
    • September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.


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