1. Bartholomeus Schonken [3170],1,2 son of Arnoldus Schonken [3172] and Catharina De Wilde [4772], was born before 17231,2 and died on 6 Apr 1774.1,2
Events:
• Emigration: 1723, Venlo Or Vindello. 1,2 According to Edward, Venlo is in Holland (Netherlands) but Vindello cannot be found.
Subsequently, Jan-Willem Schonken wrote that he arrived in 1723 from Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands as a "bosschieter"
• Occupation: "bosschiter" Quartermaster, 1729. 1,2 According to Jan-Willem Schonken, He was promoted in 1729 to the rank of "Quartermaster"
• Alt Marriage Place: According to data supplied by Jan-Willem Schonken in October 2011, he was married to Leonora Claasz on 30 Aug 1733 in Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands, and not in South Africa as previously thought.
Bartholomeus married Leonara Claasz [3171] 1,2,3 on 30 Aug 1733 in Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands 1.,2
Marriage:
• Alt Venue: Jan-Willem Schonken advised Venlo Nederlands as a new venue for the marriage instead of Cape Town that I had entered before.
Events:
• Marriage: Leonara "of the Cape. 1,2
• Marriage: 3 This Source has a tree showing a Schonken marrying a "Classe" and since Alice Kitchings started her Scrapbook in 1863 I think this is a confirmation of Leonara's probable name now shown as "Claasz Unknown" For this reason the term "Unknown" is hereby dropped.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 2 M i. Arnoldus Schonken [3172] 1,2 was born in 1665 and was christened on 20 Aug 1730.1,2
+ 3 F ii. Catherina Schonken [3173] 1,2 was christened on 30 Mar 1733.1,2
+ 4 M iii. Bartholomeus Schonken [1526] was christened on 9 Feb 1738.4
+ 5 M iv. Bartholomeus Schonken [246] 1,2,4,5,6 was born on 8 Nov 1739,4,5 was christened on 8 Nov 1739,1,2,4 and died in 18064,7 aged 67.
+ 6 F v. Isabella Schonken [3175] 1,2 was christened on 5 Nov 1741.1,2
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