Person:Daniel Jansen Van Vuren (4)

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Daniel Rudolph JANSEN VAN VUREN
b.Bef 5 Nov 1790
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Name Daniel Rudolph JANSEN VAN VUREN
Gender Male
Birth? Bef 5 Nov 1790
Christening? 5 Nov 1790 Tulbagh, Cape Province, South Africa
Marriage to Sophia Aletta BEZUIDENHOUT
Death? Aft 1849 Marico, Wilgenboomspruit
Reference Number e6 256

Known in the District as "Daniel van Vore". He was the first Voortrekker to move into the Marico District. From Winberg he trekked through the Vaal River and took a farm in the current Marico district for his family that he called Wilgenboomspruit.

He and his wife were the witnesses at the baptism of their oldest son's, Johannes Marthinus, three oldest children on 17 December 1849 in Potchefstroom. Johannes Marthinus youngest son, Daniel Rudolph Petrus, fought in the 2nd Boer War and was killed at Buffelshoek, Marico district.

References
  1.   Boere en Jagters in Ou Marico. (1974, Pro Rege, Potchefstroom).