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{18330202} 2 February 1833
Cornelia Sophia Johanna
van Schoor
Inventory of all such property as has been relinquished by the death of
Cornelia Sophia Johanna van Schoor on the twenty sixth day of the month of
January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty
three.
The deceased having by her last will and testament executed on the 15
January 1833 before the Notary Egbert Andries Buyskes and witnesses after
having bequeathed several legacies appointed as her sole and universal heirs
her three children, viz:t
and has further requested and appointed the Board of Orphan Masters to be
the executors of her last will and guardians of her minor heirs.
In consequence whereof the undersigned commissioned Member of the Orphan
Board has taken the said estate under proper inventory and found the same to
consist as follows
At the house of Mr Griffiths occupied by Mr Advocate H:R: van Ryneveld,
Roeland Street
Thus done and inventoried at the house aforesaid at the Cape of Good Hope
on the 2:d February 1833 according to the statement made by Mr Helperus Ritzema
van Ryneveld who declared to have acted herein bona fide and that to the best
of his knowledge he has not withheld or secreted any thing that belonged to the
aforesaid estate and the said appearer further declared that he is and will at
all times be ready and willing to confirm his statement by solemn oath if
required, promising at the same time that if after the date of these presents
any property belonging to the aforesaid estate may be discovered he will
faithfully communicate it to the Orphan Chamber in order to amplify this
inventory with the property so discovered.
In witness whereof I, the Commissioner, together with the appearer and me,
the Secretary, have subscribed to these presents
As Commissioner: J: Brand
H:R: Rijneveld
In my presence: H: Tennant, Sec:
I the undersigned William Nicolai van der Riet do hereby acknowledge to
have received for account of my children Fredrica Johanna and Catharina Augusta
van der Riet the articles of wearing apparel bequeathed to them by the late
Cornelia Sophia Johanna van Schoor, as also a red Morocco work box containing a
gilt dessert fork and spoon, and a dressing box containing tooth brushes,
lavender water, etc:a forwarded to my said daugther after the death of the said
C:S:J: van Schoor.
I further acknowledge to have received from the Secretary to the Orphan
Board to and for the use of my aforesaid children the following articles of
jewellery bequeathed to them by the late Cornelia Sophia Johanna van Schoor,
viz:t
Orphan Chamber 7:th February 1833
W: v:d: Riet
Lyst van zodanige goederen my toebehoorende, als
Kaap Stad 19 Jann:y 1833
C:S:J: van Schoor
| 1) Fredrica Johanna born on the 22 April 1821 |
| 2) Catharina Augusta born on the 29 Aug:t 1823 and |
| 3) William Christian Carel van der Riet born 2 July 1827 |
| | a bedstead with curtains, two beds and seven
cushions bequeathed to her son William Christiaan Carel van der Riet |
| | a white coverlet bequeathed to her son William
Christiaan Carel van der Riet |
| | twelve arm chairs |
| | a round table |
| | a toilet glass |
| | a black leather trunk, containing the clothes of
the deceased, bequeathed to her two daughters Fredrica Johanna and Catharina
Augusta van der Riet |
| | a piano forte stated to be in possession of Mr
Meindert Adriaan van Schoor |
| | a tin canister containing wearing apparel |
| | two real Indian shawls |
| a pair of diamond
ear rings |
| a pair of gold ear rings |
| a pair of green ear rings set in pearls |
| two gold rings |
| a stone buckle |
| three odd ear rings |
| | a green brooch set in diamonds bequeathed to her
son William Christiaan Carel van der Riet |
| | a red Marocco work box containing a gilt desert
fork and spoon |
| | a dressing box containing tooth brushes, lavender
water, etc:a |
Slaves of the estate
| Amilie of this Colony about 13 y:s of age,
registered on the name of Mr W:N: van der Riet, bequeathed to her son William
Christiaan Carel van der Riet |
| Japie of this Colony about 7 years of
age |
| Jan of this Colony about 5 years of age |
| Leonara of this Colony born 3 Novemb: 1831
child of Regina bequeathed
to her daughter Fredrica Johanna |
Claims in favor of the estate
| inheritance devolving to the deceased from her grand mother
Catharina Everdina Cruywagen wid: of Evert van Schoor (under the administration
of Mr Meindert Adriaan van Schoor) |
| the purchase money of the late female slave Sylphia (now free)
bequeathed to the deceased by her late mother Catharina Everdina Cruywagen
married to Meindert Adriaan van Schoor sold by Mr M:A: van Schoor for the sum
of Rd:s2000 |
Debts due by the estate
| | £ |
| to Dr Carter for medical attendance disputed by the
deceased | 23:15:6 |
| a pair of diamond ear rings |
| a pair of gold ear rings |
| a pair of green ear rings set in pearls |
| a stone buckle and three odd ear rings |
| two gold rings |
| een ledikant met toebehooren |
| twee beddens met zeeven kussens |
| een witte deeken |
| twaalf leuning stoelen |
| een ronde tafel |
| een toealet spiegel |
| een swarte koffer met klederen gemerkt M:A: v: S: |
| een groen trommel |
| twee echte chaals |
| twee juweele krabbetjes |
| twee goude belletjes |
| twee groen belletjes met paarelen omset |
| twee ringen |
| een groene borschspeld met diamanten omset en |
| een roose juweele gespe |
