Decendants of Bartholomeus SCHONKEN (Bef 1723-1774)

• 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

• Alt Venue: Jan-Willem Schonken advised Venlo Nederlands as a new venue for the marriage instead of Cape Town that I had entered before.

• 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.

8. Bartholomeus Henry Edmeades Schonken [1670] (Bartholomeus⁴, Bartholomeus¹) was born on 29 Mar 1875 in Oudtshoorn South Africa. and died on 18 Mar 1896 in House Of A.O. Edmeades, Farm Oliphantevlei, District Krugersdorp, Transvaal, S.A. aged 20. He never married and had no children.

• Historical: The source for this entry is a DN from KAB MOOC 6/9/478 Ref 2112, and the only link to Legacy was his mother Mary Ann Alice Edmeades (RIN 530)

9. Bartholomeus Hendrik (Hendricus) Schonken [248] ⁵ (Bartholomeus⁵, Bartholomeus¹) was born in 1767,^⁵ was christened on 24 May 1767,^{¹^,2} and died on 22 Sep 1837 in (Georgetown) Pacaltsdorp ? aged 70. Another name for Bartholomeus was Bartholomeus Hendricus Schonken.

• Historical: We have a DN iamge KAB MOOC 6/9/57 Ref 1247, signed by Engela Heigona (?) Van Niekerk, which gives a list of children which is plainly in error because it includes names of 3 people whose parents, as obtained from other sources, were also parents of the deceased.
The Engela van Niekerk who signed the DN was surely the spouse of the deceased but this was not mentioned in the notice. It is difficult to understand how such an error came about. (If indeed she made them!)

• Alt Birth: KAB MOOC 6/9/57 Ref 1247 states his age at death was 84 and he died on 22 Sep0 1837. This would make his birth date in 1753 whereas another source for Legacy gives it as 1767, a difference of 14 years. As there appears to be so many inaccuracies in the DN, I am inclined to accept the original source data which is based on a baptismal certification.

Bartholomeus married Engela Hillegonda Van Niekerk [249] ⁵ on 2 Jul 1811.⁵ Another name for Engela was Engela Hugonda Van Niekerk.

• Marriage: ⁴ Pama II Page 858 says she was the widow of Francois Wilhelmus Modeman

+ 26 M v. Albertus Anderson Schonken [1672] was born about 1820 in George Eastern Cape, South Africa. and died on 23 Sep 1844 in Home Hendrikdavidwaldeck Graaf Reinett South Africa aged about 24.

+ 30 M ix. Willem Petrus Schonken [4774] was born on 15 Jun 1816, died on 2 May 1879 in Oudshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa aged 62, and was buried in Kerk St. Cemetery, Oudshoorn..

14. Johanna Maria Schonken [9] ⁵ ^,6 ^,10 ^,11 ^,12 ^,13 ^,14 ^,15 (Bartholomeus⁵, Bartholomeus¹) was born on 22 Jul 1777 in Stellenbosch, South Africa,^{⁵^,6^,10} was christened on 27 Jul 1777, died on 22 Jun 1848 in Pacaltsdorp, South Africa^{¹⁰^,14} aged 70, and was buried in Pacaltsdorp, South Africa.

• Cemetery: 22 Jun 1848, Pacaltsdorp South Africa. ¹ ^,16 Though of Dutch and Huguenot descent, her tombstone is inscribed in English. But her husband William's who was buried next to her, was at his request inscribed in Dutch.

• Death: 1848, Pacaltsdorp South Africa. ¹⁷ The Source contains a photo of Johanna's Headstone that has an inscription that reads " To the memory of Johanna Maria, wife of William Anderson. She was born on July 22nd 1777. Shining in all the graces of a Christian, She discharged with fidelity every duty and prayerfully sought to improve every opportunity of usefulness among her fellow creatures till she fell asleep in Jesus on the 22nd of June 1848." A quotation from Rev 14 vs 13 followed Later I.F.Du Preez writes that it was her husband William who wrote the beautiful tribute inscribed on her headstone.

Johanna married Rev. William Anderson Of Griquatown [3],⁵ ^,6 ^,10 ^,11 ^,12 ^,13 ^,14 ^,15 son of William Anderson [4301] and Catherine Turner [2], on 17 Aug 1806 in Anglican Church, Cape Town, Southern Africa ⁵ ^,6 ^,10.^,14 William was born on 1 Dec 1769 in London, England,^{⁵^,6^,10^,14} was christened on 5 Jan 1770,^¹⁸ died on 24 Sep 1852 in Pacaltsdorp, George District, South Africa^{⁶^,10^,14} aged 82, and was buried in Pacaltsdorp, George District, South Africa.^⁶

Marriage: William and Johanna Maria were married in the Anglican Church [possibly St George's Cathedral]. ¹⁴

• Alt Marriage: 17 Aug 1806, Cape Town South Africa. ¹⁹ Biographies DSAB and SESA says marriage was in the DRC (Dutch Reformed Church)

• Alt Marriage: ¹⁹ Marriage in the Dutch Reformed Church is confirmed in Archives and Records of the Cape by Graham Botha.

• Historical: 1800, Cape Town South Africa. ¹ ^,2 He sailed from England in 1800 for Cape Town and in February 1801 he left with Kicherer for the North West Cape to work among the nomadic Griquas. After 2 months they were 150 miles north of the Zak river on the banks of the Orange river. Growing tired of the nomadic life of the Griquas, he and Nicholas Kramer, another missionary, decided to settle in 1804 at Klaarwater (Griquatown) where they started making gardens and cultivating the soil. The community around them apparently grew as in 1805 a smallpox epidemic carried off about 300 of them. Soon after, William became seriously ill with fever, and was taken back to Cape Town to recover. After his marriage to Maria Johanna Schonken in 1806, he returned to Klaarwater for 3 years, then after a rest again in Cape Town, he returned in 1811, this time with Mr and Mrs Kramer.

• Historical: 1800. ¹⁷ P26 of Source adds that he sailed for South Africa in May 1800 arriving in Cape Town in September as part of the second party of LMS Missionaries including Rev.James Read, and 2 Dutch missionaries, Bastian Tromp & A.A. Van der Lingen.
They were preceded by Rev.Dr. J.T.Kemp and party that arrived more than a year earlier.

• Historical: Missionaries at Griquatown, 1800-1824, Griquatown South Africa. ¹ ^,20 Are listed on the displayboard of the Mary Moffat Museum as follows:- William ANDERSON 1801/1804-1812. However we know from Peter Anderson's Weapons of Peace, that he served at Griquatown until February 1820. Cornelis KRAMER 1801/1804-1812 Lambert JANSZ 1806-1815 John CAMPBELL 1813-1820 Heinrich Carl Jacob HELM 1816-1824 Robert MOFFAT 1820-1821 John (De) MELVILL 1821-1824

• Occupation: Missionary for the London Missionary Society, 1801, Klaarwater(Griquatown) South Africa And In Pacaltsdorp (Near George) From 1821. ¹ ^,16

• Historical: 1801, Griquatown South Africa. The setting up of the Griquatown Mission in 1801 was a historic event. See <http://www.rupert.net/~lkool/TimeLine.html> I found that it was entered in a summary time line history of South Africa -this means that someone sometime said it was critical."1800 First printing press in Cape Town.Government Gazette started.1801Official expedition of Truter, Somerville, Barrow and Daniell - with missionaries Jan Matthys Kok and William Edwards - reaches Dithakong William Anderson establishes mission at Aakaap and Klaarwater (laterGriquatown). Khoisan spelling book printed by LMS. 20 April, Lt.-Gov. Dundas appointed Governor of the Cape. 01 March 1803 - January 1806 Batavian Republic rules the Cape

• Death: 23 Jan 1812, Griquastad, Cape Colony, Southern Africa. ¹ ^,16 Mrs Kramer, a young and beautiful woman, wife of Cornelius Kramer, who was the faithful and beloved co-worker at Klaarwater with William Anderson, died suddenly during pregnacy. She was burried on the side of a hill at Lieeuwenkuil just over a mile from Klaarwater itself, the first white woman to be buried north of the Orange River. According to L.F.Du Preez, she died of pneumonia.

• Occupation: ¹ ^,16 Conraad Buys, in an emotional speech to discredit William is reported to have said "Why do you think Mr Anderson keeps a record of births and deaths among the people (of Griquatown)" This record has not been found.

• Travel: Abt 1815, Klaarwater (Griquarown). ¹ ^,16 Robert Moffat was keen to visit the Tswana and together with William and Johanna, and their six children travelled to Lattakoo near the Kuruman river They saw the recently completed church as well as the thatched mud houses of the READ's and HAMILTON's. There was also an irrigation ditch which led water from the Kuruman river 3 miles away.

• Travel: Feb 1820, Griquastad, Cape Colony, Southern Africa. ¹ ^,2 ^,16 Late in February 1820 William and Johanna, with 3 months old Bartholomew Ebenezer in her arms, finally left Griquatown to the goodby waves of the Helms and about 200 residents, mostly church members. They went first to Zuurbraak in 1821 and to Pacaltsdorp in January 1822.

• Occupation: 1821-1822, Zuurbraak, Cape Colony, Southern Africa. ¹ ^,16 William was sent to Zuurbraak mission to sort out difficulties said to be due mainly to the failure of Johanna's brother-in-law Johannes Seidenfaden to run things properly, but whilst there Dr.Philip of the LMS offered him the chance to go to the mission at Pacaltsdorp to assist Johann Messer who had replaced Carl Pacalt the first LMS missionary to the Outeniqua Khoikhoi in 1813, and had only been there for 2 years when William arrived on the 17 Jan 1822.

• Historical: 19 Jun 1825, Pacaltsdorp South Africa. ¹ ^,16 Dr. John Philip, LMS representative, officially opened the great stone church with its massive Norman style tower, which had taken only 18 months to complete. Roger Edwards, an artisan missionary is credited with having overseen the actual building construction, whilst William was the Minister in charge and of course responsible for the overall project

• Historical: 1830, Pacaltsdorp South Africa. ¹ ^,2 ^,16 Robert Moffat, his wife and their 9 year old Mary, visited William and Johanna and told of the tribal battles they had endured around Griquatown and the Kuruman mission. Mary, who had been born at Griquatown, was still to meet David Livingstone, her future husband.
They were married in Kuruman by the Rev.P. Lemue on the 9 Jan 1845

• Alt. Birth: 1 Dec 1840, Pacaltsdorp South Africa. ¹ ^,16 According to the source, he celebrated his 70th birthday, which was to be the day when all slaves in the Colony were to be freed. This makes a year difference in his previously quoted birth date of 1 Dec 1769. The Emancipation Act was only pased much later in 1833. In a later reference (p188) he died a few months short of his 83rd birthday, which would confirm the date as 1 Dec. 1769.

• Cemetery: 24 Sep 1852, Pacaltsdorp South Africa. ¹ ^,16 He is burried next to his wife Johanna in a small cemetery not far from the old stone church. His epitaph is inscribed in Dutch, at his own request, whilst that of Johanna is in English.

• Historical: 1813-1839, Pacaltsdorp South Africa. ¹⁷ Pacaltsdorp Missionary Institution Memorandum includes William Anderson's Register of Marriages cotaining 209 entries.
There is also a Register of Deaths between 1814 and 1821and a Register of Births (no dates given)

• Death: 24 Sep 1852, Pacaltsdorp South Africa. ¹⁷ He was burried next to his beloved wife Johanna and the inscription on his tombstone is in Dutch (as opposed to English on hers) and is translated as follows:- "In memory of the Revd. William Anderson. Born in London on the 1st of December 1769 and died at Pacaltsdorp on the 24th of September 1852. He came as a Missionary to South Africa in the year 1800 and laboured with diligence and faithfulness for 21 years among the nativesn on both sides of the Orange River. In the year 1822 he came to this place where his faithful and untiring work wascrowned with great prosperity. After a long life dedicated to the service of God and the welfare of his fellow-men he departed this world in peace in expectation of the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life."

• Historical: ²¹ For information on the formatiom of the L.M.S. See the photo display for William Anderson

• Historical: Maria Johanna Schonken married William Anderson in 1806. Her mother was Elizabeth van Ellewee, whose paternal grandfather was Johannes van Ellewee, married to Maria du Plessis (b.1702). Maria's grandfather was Jean du Plessis (1548-1640) of Poitiers, France. His paternal grandmother was Guionne de Laval, whose father was Guillaume de Montmorency. This was a noble French family which you can trace back the patrilineal line sixteen generations to Bouchard de Montmorency (957-1020), whose father was Alberic of England, son of Edward I, son of Alfred the Great (and you can go back further to the kings of Wessex in the seventh century!).
Clear as mud, you say. Well, it's all on my family tree, which you can read on <http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/19913420/family?fpid=876409813> if they will let you at ancestry.co.uk <http://ancestry.co.uk/>
-- Best wishes,
Allan

Prof Dr Allan Anderson
Birmingham, England

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+ 31 M i. William Bartholomew Anderson [10] ¹⁰ ^,14 was born on 3 Oct 1807 in Griquastad, Cape Colony, Southern Africa,^{⁶^,10^,14} was christened on 7 May 1808 in Tulbagh, Cape Colony, Southern Africa,^¹⁴ and died on 9 Jan 1810 in Cape Town, Cape Colony, Southern Africa^¹⁰ aged 2.

+ 33 F iii. Maria Elizabeth Anderson [12] ⁶ ^,10 ^,12 ^,14 was born on 26 Mar 1811 in Cape Town, Cape Colony, Southern Africa,^{⁶^,10^,14} was christened on 14 Apr 1811 by Rev. Mr. Maiyor In Cape Town, Cape Colony, Southern Africa,^{⁶^,10^,14^,17} died on 8 Jul 1900 in Wyders River, District Riversdale, Cape Colony, Southern Africa^¹² aged 89, and was buried in Family Grave, Wyders River..^⁹

+ 34 F iv. Catherine Helena Anderson [13] ⁶ ^,10 ^,14 was born on 9 Sep 1812 in Klaarwater, Griquatown South Africa,^{⁶^,10^,14^,23} was christened in 1812 by Rev. Mr. Maiyor In Cape Town, Cape Colony, Southern Africa, died on 7 Sep 1896 in Zuurbraak, Cape Colony, Southern Africa^²³ aged 83, and was buried in Missionaries Acre, Zuurbraak.^⁹

+ 38 M viii. George Peterus Anderson [439] was born on 11 Mar 1822 in George, Cape Colony, Southern Africa, was christened on 12 May 1822 in Pacaltsdorp South Africa,^²³ and died on 1 Jun 1823 in Pacaltsdorp, District George, Cape Colony, Southern Africa aged 1.

• Marriage: !9 May 1809, Cape Town South Africa. ¹ ^,16 Re-union at home of elder sister Johanna. Mention made in Weapons of Peace p88 of her marriage to Johannes Seidenfaden

Maria married Johannes Seidenfaden [3156] ¹ ^,16 on 26 Mar 1809 in Cape Town South Africa.⁴

• Occupation: Abt 1809. ¹ ^,16 He worked as a Missionary among the Namaqua people in the very arid country north of the Colony but south and west of Klaarwater

Petrus married Helena Frederica Kannemeyer [253],⁵ daughter of Johannes Kannemeyer [1533] and Unknown, on 25 Jan 1807.⁵ Helena was born on 15 Dec 1782. Another name for Helena was Helena Fredrica Kalmeijer.

• Marriage: ⁴ Pama II p858 says she was a widdow of Pieter Daniel van Papendorp

• Alt Marriage: Jan-Willem Schonken reports that she married Petrus Johannes Schonken on the 30 Jun 1806

21. Willem Petrus Schonken [4774] (Bartholomeus⁵, Bartholomeus¹) was born on 15 Jun 1816, died on 2 May 1879 in Oudshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa aged 62, and was buried in Kerk St. Cemetery, Oudshoorn..

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