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Genealogy: Steyn

This site is mainly devoted to two of the five South African Steyn families, as well as some info on the Fourie family. The data is far from complete and will hopefully be further developed with input from other interested people.

Steyn

• Origins of the Steyn family
• Steyn families in South Africa
  • 1. Douwe Gerbens/Gerbrand (Steijn) was Dutch and arrived in the Cape of Good Hope around 1688. Married Maria Lozee.
  • 2. Johannes Stein / Steyn (probably German) from Darmstad, arrived in the Cape of Good Hope in 1748. Married Anna Elizabeth Diemer.
  • 3. Johann Michael Stein / Steyn, arrived in Cape in 1752 from Konigsberg. Soldier.
    Married Married Hendrina Steinbruck.
  • 4. Johann Conrad Stein / Steijn from Oberbreidenbach, Germany, arrived in the Cape of Good Hope about 1775.
    Married Susanna Margaretha of the Cape.
  • 5. Arie Steyn from Aalsmeer (Netherlands), ca. 1788

As spelling conventions were not yet established a few hundred years ago, it is likely that the following names are variations of Steyn:

• Stijn
• Steijn
• Stein
• Steen
• Stey
• Steyl
• Steyne

Lists

In this Steyn site there are alphabetical lists of

• Douwe Gerbrand Steyn descendents
  • related surnames
• Johannes Steyn descendents
  • related surnames

There are also lists, chronologically following dates

• Douwe Gerbrand Steyn chronology
• Johannes Steyn chronology

Fourie

There is also data on the descendents of Louis Fourie (who arrived at Cape in 1688 - died 1750).

• Fourie family
  Louis Fourie was a French Hugenot who arrived in the Cape of Good Hope in 1688
• Fourie first names list
• Related surname list
• Chronology -- dates

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