David Schalk van der Merwe
1761–1796 · Tulbagh, Breede River DC, Western Cape, South Africa
| Born | 19 APR 1761, Tulbagh, Breede River DC, Western Cape, South Africa |
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| Baptised | 1 NOV 1772, Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa. |
| Died | BET 1796 AND 1827 |
| Record | @I506812@ |
Family
The mark describes the person, not the link. Of the 23 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.
Two children here carry one name — Anna Maria van der Merwe. In these parishes that is usually not an error: a child who died was very often replaced by a later child given the same name, and nine such deaths are implied across these four families by a name used twice. It is also exactly how a records-matcher makes one person out of two, which is why they are kept apart here and the reader is told.
Where this comes from
Tree only
everything here comes from the family tree, and is unverified.
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
- deathBET 1796 AND 1827
- birth19 APR 1761Tulbagh, Breede River DC, Western Cape, South Africahttps://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F3%3A1%3A3Q9M-CSV8-WTPB%3Fcc%3D1478678&parentid=R_175291379880
- baptism26 APR 1761Tulbagh, Cape Winelands, WC, South Africa"South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVD-5SHQ-X?cc=1478678 : 19 January 2021), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Cape Province.
- christening1 NOV 1772Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa.
- baptismNOV 1772Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Sources attached in the tree
- Owen Web Site — https://www.myheritage.com/person-2500525_OYYV6X7RFGHXRLFBHKPKKDKVMCNNHOQ_OYYV6X7RFGHXRLFBHKPKKDKVMCNNHOQ/david-schalk-van-der-merwe-b2c9d6e1
- Danks Web Site — https://www.myheritage.com/person-3500564_OYYV6QJ7XDPZYQJ5DKIO3XPVECIJ7RI_OYYV6QJ7XDPZYQJ5DKIO3XPVECIJ7RI/david-schalk-van-der-merwe
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.
| David Schalk Van Der Merwe | 20 AUG 1707–1 APR 1784 | Drakenstein | |
| David Schalk van der Merwe | 11 OCT 1786–25 APR 1863 | Graaff Reinet |
Same name, and nothing here says they are related. Why the names repeat →