Maria Thomas

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Oldest AncestorY
Birth* Maria was born. 
(midwife) Birth28 August 1861 At Anatje Maria Sophia Bekker's birth, on 28 August 1861 at Willemstad, Curaçao, The Netherlands Antilles, he/she assisted as a midwife. (unclear birthdates: 23 apr 1863 / 28 aug 1861 ).
The midwife Maria Thomas, accompagnied by Martijn lacroes and Arnoldus Alvenaar as witnesses gave notice of the birth. The birth notice is in dutch, but it was spoken out loud in the "landstaal" nation language (Here: papiamentu). Midwife and witnesses could not write. Her mother Louisa Gerber lived on Klein Curacao, but came to the main island Curacao to give birth to Anatje. It is yet unclear where she stayed.
Andries Bekker and Louisa Gerber, were living at Klein Curaçao. At the time of giving birth, Louisa was at Curacao. It is not clear whether Andries Bekker was at Curacao too..1 

Citations

  1. [S137] Anatje Maria Sophia /Bekker/, Birth Certificate No. 227 (1861 St).
Last Edited1 Oct 2001