Marguerite Rousse, SM/PROG - Date of Death

Started by Sharon Doubell on Thursday, April 18, 2019
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4/18/2019 at 5:26 AM

Private User says

Profile: Marguerite Rous Viret SM/PROG

The date of death for Margaretha Roux is currently shown as 11 August 1726 (unsourced). In my opinion it should be 8 November 1759. An image of her death register entry can be found at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVH-99FF-1

"(Cabo) Magdalena Roux, wede. den burg. Steven Wieret (Nov) 8"

The entry in that death register gives her first name incorrectly as "Magdalena", but it is clearly her, as she is identified as the widow of Steven Wieret and the date of death (8 November 1859) immediately precedes the inventory of her estate (MOOC8/9.50) on 12 November 1759. A transcription of this estate can be found at http://databases.tanap.net/mooc/main_article.cfm?id=MOOC8%2F9%2E50&...

Her husband Estienne Viret was referred to as "Steven Wieret" in the inventory of her estate and in some of the baptisms of their children.

Kind regards
Mike Ducray

4/18/2019 at 5:30 AM

Thanks, I've changed it.

4/18/2019 at 5:33 AM

And uploaded the doc. If anyone has the time to create citations from it, that would be great.

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5/1/2019 at 2:04 AM

Sharon Doubell The Marguerite ladies all changed to Margaretha once in South Africa. That is the reason for the name. ☺

Private
5/1/2019 at 2:06 AM

Maybe we must place the French name when baptised as such but the Afrikaans in the label as Nickname. Just a suggestion. I do think this would help a lot with confusion.

5/1/2019 at 2:30 AM

Yes. I think Name as on baptismal certificate is useful, but in this case isn't the problem that she's "Magdalena",

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5/2/2019 at 2:14 AM

HI Sharon Doubell in perfect situations the name Marguerite would have gone forward and down the line, but due to the difficulty of the Netherlands officials they could spell it that way and that is when the Holland spelling started. It is very interesting to read all the original names. Like Jean that became Jan and numerous others.
I will look again

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5/2/2019 at 2:21 AM

Here it says Margaretha (alias) Marguerite. The alias is my doing just for explaning
Reference no.: MOOC8/9.50
Testator(s):
Margaretha Roux

12 November 1759

Swellengrebel

Inventaris van alle soodanige goederen en effecten, roerende en onroerende, als met ’er dood zijn ontruijmt en naargelaaten door
Margaretha Roux
weduwe wijlen den burger Steeven Wieret, na alvoorens Heeren Weesmeesteren deeser steede, bij acte van den 27:e October 1758 tot redderaars van haaren boedel, te hebben aangestelt en versogt, ten voordeele van haare naargelatene kinderen en kindskinderen, als
http://databases.tanap.net/mooc/main_article.cfm?id=MOOC8%2F9%2E50&...

So I will also go with Margaretha/Marguerite

5/2/2019 at 10:28 AM

:-)

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