The Master of the Orphan Chambers (MOOC) was established in 1673 under Dutch rule and continued during the British rule post 1803. They were in charge of looking after the property of persons that have died and to ensure the last will and testament are fulfilled or in the event of an intestate deceased, that the property is cared for and inherited by the rightful heirs.
The documents are most commonly referred too as MOOC Series 6 and contains three main series, i.e. 6/1, 6/2 and 6/3 covering the period 1758 to 1833. After 1834 the Orphan Chamber was reconstituted and saw the start of the first death notices as they are now commonly known.
Please select the starting letter(s) of the person’s surname you are looking for to find the reference to the actual death record entry. The index is quite large given that each individual has its own "card’ image with the details printed. The card contains the surname, first name and series name with the page number within the series.
A, B, B (from Brand), Br, Bu, C, Cl, Com, D, De, De H, De J, De M, De V, De Villiers, De W, De We, Di, Du, Du Plo, Du T, E, EL, Er, F, FL, Fr, G, G (from Giedhoorn), Gr, H, He, Hen, Her, Heu, Hie, Hon, Hul, I, J, Jan, Je, Jor, Ju, K, Ki, Kon, Kru, L, Le, Le S, Lo, Lou, Lu, M, M (from Mak), Mar, Mas, Me, Mi, Mos, Mul, N, Ni, O, P, Pi, Po, R, Re, Ri, Ro, Ros, Rou, S, Sch, Se, Si, SL, Sm, Smith, Sn, So, Sp, St, Sto, Su, Sw, T, Ti, U, V, Van A, Van C, Van Der B, Van Der M, Van Der P, Van Dy, Van Dy (from Van Heerden), Van J, Van O, Van S, Van T, Van W, Ve, Vi, VL, W, We, Wi, Wo, X, Y, Z
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Please select the starting letter(s) of the person’s surname you are looking for to find the reference to the actual death record entry. The index is quite large given that each individual has its own "card’ image with the details printed. The card contains the surname, first name, date of death and series name with the page number within the series.
A, B, Be, Bi, Bo, Br, Bu, C, C (from Coenradie), D, De B, De J, De Villiers, De Vos, Du Toit, E, F, G, Ha, He, Hi, Ho, Ho (from Hoffmann), Hu, I, J, K, L, Le, Li, Ma, Malan, Mar, Mc, Me, Mi, Mo, Mu, N, O, P, Q, R, S, Sc, Se, Si, Sm, Smit, Smith, St, T, U, Va, Van A, Van C, Van D, Van De Kaap, Van De R, Van De S, Van De V, Van De W, Van Den B, Van Den H, Van Der Merwe, Van Der P, Van E, Van G, Van H, Van J, Van M, Van Niekerk, Van Reenen, Van S, Ve, Vi, Vo, W, Y, Z
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Once you have found the reference number for the person you are after, look up the death register entry based on the series, date of death, volume number and page number in the registers below. Use the page number to look up the death register entry in the details below.
The details contained in this series is limited to District of residence, Name and details of person, date of death.
When the deceased is a child, the name of the father is mentioned. When the deceases is a wife, the name of the husband is mentioned.
Tulbagh (1743-1757) Extract of the death register of 't Land Van Waveren, Tulbagh
Tulbagh (1759-1773) Extract of the death register of 't Land Van Waveren, Tulbagh
Page 001 (1758), Page 007 (1759), Page 010 (1760), Page 014 (1761), Page 018 (1762), Page 024 (1763), Page 028 (1764), Page 032 (1765), Page 037 (1766), Page 043 (1767), Page 055 (1768), Page 062 (1769), Page 066 (1770), Page 078 (1771), Page 098 (1772), Page 106 (1773), Page 112 (1774), Page 120 (1775)
Page 125 (1776), Page 133 (1777), Page 142 (1778), Page 151 (1779), Page 161 (1780), Page 170 (1781), Page 187 (1782), Page 203 (1783), Page 214 (1784), Page 224 (1785), Page 233 (1786), Page 251 (1787), Page 262 (1788)
Page 273 (1789), Page 284 (1790), Page 296 (1791), Page 305 (1792), Page 312 (1793), Page 318 (1794), Page 326 (1795), Page 334 (1796), Page 342 (1797), Page 349 (1782), Page 349 (1783), Page 350 (1784), Page 355 (1785), Page 360 (1786)
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Once you have found the reference number for the person you are after, look up the death register entry based on the series, date of death, volume number and page number in the registers below. Use the date of death or the page number to look up the death register entry in the details below.
The details contained in this series is limited to District of residence, Name and details of person, place of birth, occupation (qualiteiten), name of spouse, name of father (in the case of a child), date of death, place of death.
When the deceased is a child, the name of the father is mentioned. When the deceases is married, the name of the spouse is mentioned.
NOTE: The document contains two images per page, thus make sure you open them side by side in two browser windows to read across the two images that forms the single page.
Page 001 (1797), Page 006 (1798), Page 019 (1799), Page 032 (1800), Page 044 (1801), Page 058 (1802), Page 072 (1803)
Page 085 (1804), Page 097 (1805), Page 113 (1806), Page 124 (1807), Page 145 (1808), Page 156 (1809), Page 166 (1810), Page 175 (1811), Page 184 (1812), Page 195 (1813), Page 206 (1814), Page 216 (1815), Page 234 (1816), Page 239 (1817), Page 249 (1818), Page 252 (1817), Page 254 (1818), Page 262 (1819), Page 275 (1820), Page 287 (1821)
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There are no separate indexes for this series. The data is recorded by surname of the deceased person. and then a page for each of the years covering 1822 to 1833.
The details contained in this series is limited to District of residence, Name and details of person, place of birth, occupation (qualiteiten), name of spouse, name of father (in the case of a child), date of death, place of death.
When the deceased is a child, the name of the father is mentioned. When the deceases is married, the name of the spouse is mentioned.
NOTE: The document contains two images per page, thus make sure you open them side by side in two browser windows to read across the two images that forms the single page.
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