The Blažević Archive
van Rooyen

Cornelis van Rooyen

1756–? · Swellendam, Overberg DC, Western Cape, South Africa

BornBEF 3 OCT 1756, Swellendam, Overberg DC, Western Cape, South Africa
Baptised3 OCT 1756, Swellendam, Overberg DC, Western Cape, South Africa
DiedCape of Good Hope, Cape Colony South Africa
Record@I504409@

Family

Cornelis van RooyenBEF 3 OCT 1756–Cape of Good Hopevan Rooyen
married 3 NOV 1777Engela Geertruida "wed. van Rooyen" Meyerb. 1758tree only
a direct ancestor a record has been read for them an image, not yet read from the family tree, unverified

The mark describes the person, not the link. Of the 8 relatives drawn here, 0 have a document of their own in this archive — but that is not the same as a document tying them to this person. This archive holds no separate proof for most parent–child links; where it does, the note above this chart says so in words.

Where this comes from

Tree only

everything here comes from the family tree, and is unverified.

Every record naming van Rooyen →

Where this sits in the family

Not on the direct line. They are published because they belong to one of the eight surnames this archive follows.

The register spells this surname more than one way, and the search folds the forms together — so Xubrinich and Žubrinić, Joannis and Ivan, find each other.

Where this surname sits on the map →
What the tree says that cannot be true →

Events, as the record has them

  • birthBEF 3 OCT 1756Swellendam, Overberg DC, Western Cape, South Africa
  • baptism3 OCT 1756Swellendam, Overberg DC, Western Cape, South Africa
  • event3 NOV 1776
    Spouse: Engela Geertruida Muller (born Meyer)
  • deathCape of Good HopeCape Colony South Africa

Sources attached in the tree

  • Geni World Family Tree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-33299283/cornelis-van-rooyen-b11c1-in-geni-world-family-tree
  • Stellas of Smyrna Family Tree — Cornelis Van Rooijen

An online family tree is a witness, not a source. Where a citation points at a parish register or a FamilySearch image, that is the thing worth going to. Sources →

Others of the same name

These parishes repeat their names relentlessly — 94 Marijas and 88 Ivans in this archive alone. These are different people, kept apart on purpose rather than merged into one. Merging on a name is exactly how this tree came to hold a man born after his own granddaughter.

Cornelis van Rooyen1737–1780Drakenstein
Cornelis van Rooyen?place not recorded

Same name, and nothing here says they are related. Why the names repeat →