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Daniel de Ruel died after 1714 1 Notes: Daniel des Ruelles, with his wife and three surviving children, took refuge at Zierikzee in Zeeland. It seems likely therefore that the minister Pierre Simond had something to do with his decision to emigrate to the Cape. A further impulse must have been given by the penurious condition to which he had been reduced. Relief in cash and kind was regularly bestowed upon the family from November 1686 until March 1688. On January 5, 1687, for example, he not only received money, but also two blankets; by March 23 of that year clothing had been distributed to each member of the family and a pair of shoes given to one of the girls; on July 13 we read that a small sum had been allocated to the father "pour un louchet et une pelle", tools doubtless needed to help him earn a living. It was a time of grief for the family, for two months earlier the boy Daniel had died. Once again Daniel des Ruelles had been forced to seek the charity of the church. On May 4 a sum of money was set aside "a l'enterrement du fils de daniel druelles". But if there was then one mouth less to feed, another was soon to take its place. On August 3, 1687 a daughter Marie was baptized in the Walloon church at Zierikzee, perhaps by Pierre Simond himself. There is no mention of the child's death there. Did she fail to survive the long voyage to the Cape, clearly on the Suijdbeveland? (all the above quoted from M.Boucherm, French Speakers at the Cape, University of South Africa, 1981, page 250-251)

married (1) 12 July 1671 at Guines 2 Anne Goudalle died circa 1690

Esther b.1672 Anne b.1673 children Daniel born and died 1675 Daniel 1677 - 1687 Pierre born and died 1681 Marie b.1687

(2) between 1691 and 1692 (assumed) 13 Catharine Taboureux died circa 1713

children of Daniel de Ruel and Anne Goudalle Esther de Ruel born 1672 born 6 November 1672, Guisnes, Calais 3 Anne de Ruel born 1673 born 10 November 1673, Guisnes, Calais died still alive in 1748 apparently (opgaaf 1748 - changing hands)  married between 1692 and 1693 (assumed) Charles Marais circa 1668-before 1711 Daniel de Ruel 4 born and died 1675 born 21 October 1675, Guisnes, Calais died 29 October 1675, Guisnes, Calais 5 Daniel de Ruel 6 1677-1687 born 1 March 1677, Guisnes, Calais 7 died May 1687, Zierikzee in Zeeland 8 Pierre de Ruel 9 born and died 1681 born 6 February 1681, Guemps 10 died 17 February 1681 11 Marie de Ruel born 1687 baptized 3 August 1687, Zierikzee, Walloon Church 12 Notes: There is no mention of this child's death there (Zierikzee). Did she fail to survive the long voyage to the Cape, clearly on the Suijdbeveland? (M.Boucherm, French Speakers at the Cape, University of South Africa, 1981, page 250-251

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