Willem Cornelius Van Ryneveld ⁴

Born: 1789 ⁴
Marriage (1): Maria Anna Maynier
Died: 2 Apr 1852 aged 63 ⁴

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Spouses/Children:

1. Maria Anna Maynier

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bullet Death Notes:

http://www.genealogyworld.net/settlers/journal_52.htmll

Died on the 2nd instant at his residence, Market Square, after a short illness, William Cornelius VAN RYNEVELD, late Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate of the District of Graaff-Reinet, at the age of 63 years - deeply lamented by a large family circle and all who knew him. The late Mr. RYNEVELD was 25 years head of the district.
Graaff-Reinet April 6th 1852

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http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm30ddf0?20110324065128AFBDDB05&DN=00000072

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Web Based Info. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=linsul&id=I1258

• Occupation. Civil Commissioner Graaf Reinet

• Military Service. 93rd Highlander.

See http://peek-01.livejournal.com/72821.htmll

Willem Cornelis Van Ryneveld, born at the Cape in 1789, and a member of yet another esteemed Dutch speaking Cape Colonial and South-African family, enlisted as an ensign in the British Army at Cape Town in approximately 1807, and while still at the Cape was promoted lieutenant in the 93rd Regiment of Foot, Sutherland Highlanders, in July 1808 (later known as the 2nd battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland highlanders). It is purported that he subsequently attended the Royal Military College before serving with the regiment in America during the War of 1812 (1812 - 1815), and was present it seems during the disasterous Battle of New Orleans in January 1815, when the British were soundly whipped by the American forces. Van Ryneveld then returned with the regiment to Britain, where it was garrisoned at Cork in Ireland.The 93rd highlanders were too weak in numbers to take part in the Battle of Waterloo on the 18 June 1815, but Van Ryneveld apparently visited the battlefield shortly after the battle. He was to remain in the British Army for a brief period following the Napoleonic Wars, being listed as as Lieutenant on Half-Pay in the British Army List of Janauary 1820, and had retired by 1823. Returning to the Cape, where he later held the post of Superintendent of Police, Van Ryneveld ended his days as Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate of Graaff Reinet in the Eastern Cape, passing away there in 1852.

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Willem married Maria Anna Maynier, daughter of Unknown and Unknown.

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Willem Cornelius Van Ryneveld ⁴