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André Gauch died 1698 Jannetje de Clercq died circa 1748 Andries Gous circa 1698-circa 1735 Johanna Conterman

Pieter Gous 1 born circa 1719, at the Cape 2 died 18 January 1790, Waveren 3 Notes: Although I have not been able to find any unequivocable proof that Pieter Gous, the son of Andries Gous, born circa 1719, was the same person as Pieter Gous, husband of Aletta Vorster, we do know that the former was still living in 1748, since he is named as one of the heirs of his grandmother, Johanna de Clercq, and that he was still recorded as such when the estate accounts were finalised on the 8th August 1757. It seems to me pretty certain that we are here dealing with the same Pieter. See also my notes below on other clues, as well as my article in Genesis, February 2007. for a note on his parentage see below#

married 25 November 1742 at Drakenstein 4 Alletta Vorster circa 1722-1798

Johannes b.1743 Maria Johanna b.1749 Elisabeth 1753 - c1800 children Andries b.1755 Johannes Petrus b.1758 Alletta Dorothea b.1762

children of Pieter Gous and Alletta Vorster Johannes Gous born 1743 born 1743 5 baptized 4 August 1743, Drakenstein 6 Maria Johanna Gous born 1749 born 1749 7 baptized 5 October 1749, Tulbagh 8 Elisabeth Gous 1753-circa 1800 born 1753, at the Cape baptized 14 January 1753, Tulbagh died circa January 1800  married (1) 10 April 1773 Tulbagh Johannes Petrus Smit 9 died 1788 farmer  married (2) 2 August 1789 Cape Town Gerrit Coetzee Dirkzoon 10 Andries Gous born 1755 born 1755 11 baptized 14 March 1755, Tulbagh 12 Johannes Petrus Gous born 1758 born 1758 13 baptized 2 July 1758, Tulbagh 14 Alletta Dorothea Gous 15 born 1762 born 1762, at the Cape 16 baptized 10 April 1762, Tulbagh 17  married  19 Nicolaas Bester 18 born at the Cape 20

# The parents of Pieter Gous Maria van Staden, in her will dated 177., refers to him as her nephew (neef). This puzzled me for a long time, but I now think she must have regarde him thus through her brother-in-law, Alewijn Smit who was married to Hester Bekker, aunt of this Pieter Gous. Throughout their lives Francois and Alewijn Smit are recorded in the muster rolls of as farming partners along with their respective wives, and I believe they always farmed near one another. Maria van Staden and Francois Smit were witnesses at the baptism of one of Pieter Gous and Aletta Vorsters' children, and two of the daughters of Alewijn Smit and Hester Bekker were also witnesses at baptisms of other of their children. The naming of their children which, if it followed one of the conventional patterns of the time, could be a clue to his parentage, seems to be as follows. The first son named for his maternal grandfather, the first daughter named for her 'aunt' Maria van Staden and her paternal grandmother Johanna Contermann, the second daugher after her maternal grandmother, Elisabeth Lubbe, and the second son after his paternal grandfather, Andries Gous.

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