Michiel Otto

Born: 27 Aug 1688, Stettin, West Pomerania, Germany
Marriage (1): Barbera Conterman on 19 Nov 1719 in Stellenbosch, Cape Province, South Africa
Marriage (2): Anna Margaretha Siek on 1 Mar 1722 in Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Died: 1742, Somerset West, Cape Province, South Africa aged 54

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bullet General Notes:

Arrived 1714 in Cape Town from Germany on board the "Rijksdorp" from Stettin. He was a sailor in the employ of the East India Co.

bullet Birth Notes:

Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g8/p8628.html

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http://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/6000000006602332819

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http://www.geni.com/people/Michiel-Otto-SV-PROG/6000000000685211926

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http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/person/Michiel-Otto/152124921-11000001
Born in Chemnitz, Sachsen, Germany

bullet Death Notes:

http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/person/Michiel-Otto/152124921-11000001

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http://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/6000000006602332819

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http://www.geni.com/people/Michiel-Otto-SV-PROG/6000000000685211926

His inventory is in 1742.

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

• Web Based Info. http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/person/Anna-Margaretha-Gildenhuijzen-born-Siek/152124921-8000002

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http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/person/Michiel-Otto/152124921-11000001

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http://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/6000000006602332819

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http://www.geni.com/people/Michiel-Otto-SV-PROG/6000000000685211926

• General Comment. MICHAEL OTTO .+ Stettin (according to his will). Sa. 1714, wood-cutter 1716, b. 1719.XX (1) 19.11.1719 Barbara Contermann XX(2) 1.3.1722 Anna Margaretha Siek, wid. Barend Gildehausen, d. of Johann Siek (q.v.). 7 children by his second wife. Later divorced. + 1743. Through his second marriage he became the owner of "Vergelegen," which had once belonged to W. A. v. d. Stel. Mentzel (Beschreibung . . . II, p. 64) mentions that he treated his slaves with great cruelty and took to drink in his old age. (GMR 1714-18; Rq. 1719: 117; Stellenbosch Arch., vol. 13, p. 359 and vol. 653 nr. 53; G.R. nr. 687; CJ 807: 7; Inv. O.C. 6:94.)

a1 Michiel (Michael) Otto van Noorweë, maar volgens sy testament van Stettin. Matroos 1714, houtkapper 1716. Burger 1719, gesterf: 1743. Deur sy tweede huwelik word hy eienaar van "Vergelegen" in Somerset-Wes, die plaas wat oorspr. aan Willem Adriaan van der Stel behoort het. getroud: 19 Nov 1719 Barbara Conterman(n); hertroud: 1 Mar 1722 Anna Margaretha Siek, dogter van: Johan Siek, weduwee van: Barend Gildehausen.

http://www.geni.com/people/Michiel-Otto-SV-PROG/6000000000685211926

• Children. ¹¹ In his will his surviving 5 children are mentioned by name.
1) Michiel
2) Maria Regina
3) Johanna Christina
4) Anna Dorothea
5) Sophia Margaretha

Michiel married Barbera Conterman, daughter of Hans Jacob Conterman and Anna Catharina Cleef, on 19 Nov 1719 in Stellenbosch, Cape Province, South Africa. (Barbera Conterman was born before 19 Mar 1702, christened on 19 Mar 1702 in Stellenbosch, Cape Province, South Africa and died before 1722.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g8/p8628.html

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http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/person/Michiel-Otto/152124921-11000001

Michiel next married Anna Margaretha Siek, daughter of Jan Siek and Geertruidt Helm, on 1 Mar 1722 in Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa. (Anna Margaretha Siek was born before 13 Mar 1695 in Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa, christened on 13 Mar 1695 in Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa and died in 1751 in , Cape Colony, South Africa.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/person/Anna-Margaretha-Gildenhuijzen-born-Siek/152124921-8000002

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12344-98020-15?cc=1478678&wc=M9MT-NBZ:1755625553

bullet Marriage Notes:

MARR: RIN MH:FF28

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Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

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The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years