Baron William Ferdinand Van Rheede Van Oudtshoorn

Born: 14 May 1755, , Cape Province, South Africa
Marriage (1): Susanna Margaretha Van Schoor on 26 Mar 1774 in , Cape Province, South Africa
Marriage (2): Gesina Kirsten on 11 Mar 1777 in , Cape Province, South Africa
Died: 28 Apr 1822, , Cape Colony, South Africa aged 66 ²

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• Children. Father of:-
Pieter Adriaan van Reede van Oudtshoorn
1) Sophia Frederica van Reede van Oudtshoorn
2) Johan Frederik van Reede van Oudtshoorn
3) Pieter Adriaan van Reede van Oudtshoorn
4) Johanna Catharina Hendrina van Reede van Oudtshoorn
5) Sophia Cornelia Adriana van Reede van Oudtshoorn
6) William Ferdinand van Reede van Oudtshoorn
7) Johanna Egberta van Reede van Oudtshoorn
8) Lieve Marthinus Izaak van Reede van Oudtshoorn
9) Anna Catharina van Reede van Oudtshoorn
10) Philippus Hermanus van Reede van Oudtshoorn
11) Egbert Bernhard Adolph van Reede van Oudtshoorn
12) Barend Frederik Hendrik van Reede van Oudtshoorn
13) Gesina Susanna Margretha van Reede van Oudtshoorn
14) Jacobus Johannes van Reede van Oudtshoorn
15) Geesje Ernestina Johanna van Reede van Oudtshoorn

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• Namesake. The van Oudtshoorn Family
The founder of the family in South Africa was Johannes' Grandfather: Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn, described in the Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope (Memorials) as Pieter, Baron van Reede, Lord of Oudtshoorn. In the Geslacht Register he is described (when he came out to SA in 1741) as the eldest son of a Nobleman in Holland.
Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn came to the Cape in 1741 as Independent Fiscal who was only beholden to the Council of Seventeen in the D.E.I.C. The 1760 he became Secunda (i.e. Assistant and 2nd to the Governor) but in 1766 he returned to Europe on leave of absence to attend to his private affairs, leaving his children behind. In 1767 a dispatch from the Directors was received announcing that Mr., then Baron, van Oudtshoorn has resigned (Theal Vol 3 pg 123) on the death of the Governor Ryk Tulbach.
Baron van Oudtshoorn having again applied for employment at the Cape was appointed Governor and left for the Cape but took ill and died at sea. The body was embalmed and placed in a lead coffin and brought to the Cape and buried in State under the pavements of the Church. The flagstones which covered the pavements were taken up when the building was enlarged and are now attached to the East wall of the Church.
His second son, William Ferdinand van Reede van Oudtshoorn, born in 1775, must have gone to Holland to be educated. When his father was appointed Governor, The Seventeen appointed William Ferdinand Bookkeeper so he could act as Private Secretary to his father. He therefore reached the Cape on the ship in which his father died, the Asia. He was made Private Secretary to his father's successor, Governor van Plettenburgh. Later he received the rank of Junior then Senior Merchant and became superintendent of the Timber Stores. In his son's (Johannes Gybertus' death notice he is referred to as Baron van Oudtshoorn). Jacobus Johannes Gysbertus van Reede van Oudtshoorn was his 15th child born in 1791. He married the Fiscal's daughter Martha Cornelia van Ryneveld .
Pieter, Baron van Reede, Lord of Oudtshoorn was married to Sophia Boesses. In the Precis of the Archives she is described as Lady van Oudtshoorn, Gnephoek and Ridderburt. Her Will was drawn up in Stellenbosch.

Van Reede van Oudtshoorn Family Tree (from the Geslacht Register)
(a)Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn married Sophia Boesses
(b)7th child and 2nd son (eldest son had 5 sons)
William Ferdinand 1755 married Gesina Kisten (not called "Baron" in son's death notice)
(c)15th child Jacobus Johannes Gysbertus van Reede van Oudtshoorn married Martha Cornelia Emilia van Ryneveld (1796 - 1843)
(d)Martha Cornelia Emilia van Ryneveld married Theodore Ahrens M.D.
Goert (1812) (known as David) married Charlotte Blake
Soldelina (Helena) van Saarsveld married Thomas Hendrik Dreyer
The death notice of Jacobus Johannes Gysbertus van Reede van Oudtshoorn says: 17 April 1843. At Wynberg. Aged 46. Condition, gentleman. Married Martha Cornelia van Ryneveld. Parents Baron William Ferdinand van Reede van Oudtshoorn

Lady Anne Barnard says that some of the ladies of the Cape, especially in Government circles thought that she was too fond of inviting the rag tag and bobtail to her parties and that there were certain people that one ought to know socially. Lady Anne's comment to this: "I know of no greater superiority at the Cape one person has over another, except the Baron van Oudtshoorn, who is bold of seven tails."

William married Susanna Margaretha Van Schoor on 11 Mar 1777 in , Cape Province, South Africa. (Susanna Margaretha Van Schoor was born on 19 Jul 1750 in , Cape Province, South Africa and died on 18 Sep 1776 in , Cape Province, South Africa.)

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William next married Gesina Kirsten on 11 Mar 1777 in , Cape Province, South Africa. (Gesina Kirsten was born on 27 Jul 1756 in Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa and died on 12 Jul 1817 in Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa.)

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