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CLAASEN / CLAASSEN / CLAASSENS Families in South Africa There are five potential founders of the family Claassen(s) in South Africa.

1. Claasz Claaszen a soldier from Delve, Dithmarschen in Germany who arrived in 1720. He farmed from 1722-1734; married Aletta Knoetzen on 22 May 1735; and died in 1767. 6 off-spring

2. Johannes Claasen ~ Cape Town 5.9.1695 so. Claas van Malabar x Cape Town 2.12.1725 Johanna DE RYK do. Constantia van Bengale

3. Klaas Jacob Claasen a sailor from Eiderstedt, Sleeswyk in Germany, who arrived in 1762, married Helena Boonzaaier on 22 January 1771 and died in 1788. 3 off-spring

4. Hermanus Claasen from Copenhagen, Denmark who first married Jannetje van Wyk on 10 July 1768; and next Sara Maria Stricker on 15 January 1786. 11 off-spring

5. Cornelis Claasen, a servant of the VOC., who arrived from Utrecht circa 1657. He married Catharina from Malabar (or from Coromandel, India) on 15 March 1676. 6 off-spring

LEGEND * = birth ~ = baptism x = marriage xx = second marriage + = death # = burial < = before > = after s/o = son of sn = son (żoon) d/o = daughter of c = consort NN = no name known wo = widow of mo = mother of

Clausz Claaszen arrived 1720 as soldier from Delve in Dithmarschen, Duitsland, farmed 1722 till 1734, burger in 1734 died June 1767 x Paarl 22.5.1735 Aletta KNOETZEN b1 Anna Margaretha ~ Paarl 3.5.1739 x 26.3.1756 Jacobus RADEMEYER b2 Nicolaas ~ 14.1.1742 + 1.1.1819 x 1.1.1764 Maria Jacomina VIVIERS + 1766 b2 Nicolaas ~ 14.1.1742 + 1.1.1819 xx 14.12.1783 Maria Dorothea PIENAAR cl Maria Jacomina ~ 27.10.1765 + 16.5.1819 x Stellenbosch 5.10.1783 Coenraad VERMAAK c2 Nicolaas Johannes ~ 20.3.1785 x Swellendam 7.4.1805 Anna Dorothea MARX dl Marthinus Phillippus * 1805 + before 5.2.1832 x George 6.7.1828 Maria Susanna VERMAAK el Nicolaas Johannes * 24.10.1828 ~ George 7.1.1829 e2 Marthinus Phillipus * 26.12.1831 ~ George 5.2.1832 d2 Maria Dorothea Clasina ~ 15.6.1806 d3 Nicolaas Johannes ~ 12.7.1807 x George 7.6.1829 Jacoba Dorothea VERMAAK el Maria Elizabeth * 14.6.1828 ~ George 7.6.1829 e2 Hester Magdalena * 10.10.1830 ~ George 4.4.1831 e3 Jacoba Johanna * 30.10.1832 ~ George 6.10.1833 e4 Nicolaas Cornelis Jacobus * 23.4.1835 ~ George 7.2.1836 e5 Sara Susanna * 30.10.1838 ~ George 14.4.1839 e6 Salomon Johannes * 26.8.1840 ~ George 6.12.1840 e7 Marthinus Gerhardus Petrus * 5.12.1842 ~ George 3.2.1843 e8 Jacob Esaias * 7.2.1845 ~ George 29.6.1845 d4 Martha Maria Johanna Petronella ~ 4.8.1809 x Swellendam 15.2.1824 Petrus Johannes FERREIRA d5 Petrus Cornelis ~ 1.10.1810 x Somerset-East 3.2.1832 Johanna Susanna HURTER d5 Petrus Cornelis ~ 1.10.1810 xx Uitenhage 29.3.1847 Adriana Josina DU PREEZ e? Anna Helena Geertruyda x Somerset-East 1.2.1871 Thomas WATSON

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d6 Anna Fredrika * 27.3.1811 ~ 19.6.1812 x Somerset-East 10.2.1829 Philippus Rudolph NEL, first magistrate of Pietermaritzburg d7 Johannes Paulus * 6.12.1813 ~ George 10.4.1814 d8 Frans Engelbertus ~ 2.6.1816 x Uitenhage 18.5.1834 Martha Maria Susanna FERREIRA c3 Daniel ~ 15.9.1786 x Cape Town 4.3.1804 Jacomina Christina MARAIS dl Maria Dorothea ~ 21.4.1805 x George 4.10.1823 Gerrit CLOETE dl Maria Dorothea ~ 21.4.1805 xx Mosselbaai 29.8.1871 Gabriel Josua MOLENDORF d2 Aletta Frederika ~ 12.7.1807 x George 2.6.1822 Nicolaas MEYER (Jacobus-zoon) d2 Aletta Frederika ~ 12.7.1807 xx Gert Johan Daniel JORDAAN d2 Aletta Frederika ~ 12.7.1807 xxx NN GRUNDLING d3 Nicolaas ~ 14.1.1811 x George 11.3.1830 Johanna Isabella JORDAAN el Johanna Isabella Fredrika * 6.7.1833 ~ George 24.11.1833 e2 Jacomina Christina * 25.11.1837 ~ George 19.8.1838 x Mosselbaai 6.12.1852 Jacobus Johannes LEONARD e3 Louis Hendrik * 31.8.1841 ~ George 18.4.1842 e4 Nicolaas * 12.12.1842 ~ George 14.4.1843 e5 Cornelis Johannes * 15.11.1843 ~ George 1.9.1844 d4 Johanna Isabella * 3.12.1811 ~ George 3.11.1812 x George 4.9.1831 Cornelis Johannes LOMBARD * 1810 (Daniel-zoon) d5 Dalina Christina * 16.5.1813 ~ 3.10.1813 x George 20.2.1831 J.T. FERREIRA d6 Barend Daniel * 5.12.1820 ~ George 15.5.1821 d7 Jacomina Christina * 19.4.1825 ~ Swellendam 29.5.1825 x George 1.4.1839 Jacobus Hendrik COETZEE c4 Cornelis ~ 19.2.1789 + Langetouw 6.6.1843 x George 4.1.1818 Johanna Isabella RAUTENBACH + 14.9.1876 d1 Nicolaas Petrus * 5.9.1818 ~ George 27.12.1818 x George 10.10.1842 Margaretha Isabella Johanna DANNHAUSER el Cornelis Johannes * 15.11.1843 ~ George 10.9.1844 x Hester Agnessa RAUTENBACH fl Nicolaas Petrus * 25.8.1870 ~ Uniondale 25.9.1870 f2 Maria Dorothea * 11.7.1872 ~ Uniondale 22.9.1872 f3 Margaretha Isabella Johanna * 25.4.1874 ~ Uniondale 6.5.1874 f4 Gert Hendrik * 5.10.1875 ~ Uniondale 24.10.1875 e2 Susanna Magdalena Johanna x c. 1866 Barend Jacobus BADENHORST d2 Margaretha Isabella * 7.2.1820 ~ George 10.6.1820 x George 1.4.1839 Daniel SMALBERGER d3 Johan Andreas * 15.7.1821 ~ George 14.10.1821 d4 Maria Dorothea * 4.7.1823 ~ Swellendam 7.12.1823 d5 Johanna d6 Cornelis Johannes * 5.10.1827 ~ George 24.2.1828 d7 Daniel Gerhard * 5.5.1830 ~ George 13.6.1830 d8 George Frederik * 14.3.1832 ~ George 27.1.1833 d9 Emerentia Susanna Jacoba * 16.8.1835 ~ George 26.6.1836 x Mosselbaai 6.12.1852 George Frederik DANNHAUSER d10 Hester Catharina * 18.12.1837 ~ George 31.3.1839 x Mosselbaai 25.2.1856 William Maurice LEONARD c5 Johanna Isabella ~ 13.5.1792 x P. TERBLANCHE c6 Petrus Jacobus ~ 23.11.1794 + Langetouw 21.5.1850 x George 15.3.1818 Anna Margaretha RAUBENHEIMER * Saffraanrivier 29.8.1802 ~ Swellendam dl Nicolaas Petrus Johannes * 12.3.1819 ~ George 4.7.1819 d2 Judith Jacoba * 29.1.1821 ~ George x Helgard Cornelis MULLER d3 Johan Adam * 18.3.1823 ~ George 22.6.1823 d4 Petrus Jacobus * 29.8.1824 + Heilbron 26.8.1889 x George 26.5.1845 Elizabeth MULLER el Petrus Jacobus * 4.12.1847 ~ Mosselbaai 23.4.1848 + Heilbron 23.4.1898 x Susanna Maria MULLER fl Petrus Jacobus f2 Gert Hendrik f3 Stoffelina Maria f4 Christoffel Petrus e2 Anna Elizabeth e3 Cornelia Aletta * 14.4.1853 ~ Mosselbaai 24.7.1853 e4 Cornelis Johannes * 6.9.1855 ~ Mosselbaai 22.10.1855 e5 Johan Daniel * 6.11.1857 ~ Mosselbaai 7.2.1858 e6 Hillegard * 14.8.1860 ~ Mosselbaai 21.10.1860 e7 Judith Jacoba * 6.6.1863 ~ Mosselbaai 5.7.1863

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e8 Johannes Gerhardus * 22.4.1865 ~ Mosselbaai 12.5.1866 e9 Petronella Salomina * 27.12.1869 ~ Mosselbaai 27.3.1870 d5 Johan Daniel * 26.5.1828 ~ George 9.6.1850 x Mosselbaai 31.3.1849 Francina Jacoba RAUBENHEIMER * 11.10.1826 el Francina Jacoba * 13.3.1850 ~ Mosselbaai 9.6.1850 x 12.7.1870 Hendrik Petrus HANCKE c7 Johannes Theodorus ~ 2.6.1797 t Oudtshoorn 15.11.1874 x George 2.12.1821 Johanna Herculina MARX + 23.5.1875 dl Nicolaas Cornelis * c. 1822 + Oudtshoorn x Aletta Johanna FOUCHE + Goede Verwachting, Oudtshoorn 3.8.1911 d/o Paul Stephanus & Aletta Johanna Fouche el Johannes Theodorus e2 Paul Stephanus e3 Nicolaas Cornelis e4 Petrus Jacobus e5 Philip Jacobus e6 Frans Adriaan * 17.10.1862 x 1889 Anna Petronella TERBLANCHE * 28.9.1865 fl Anna Maria Elizabeth * 5.10.1889 x NN PRETORIUS f2 Aletta Johanna * 17.8.1891 x Petrus LATEGAN f3 Anna Petronella * 4.9.1893 x Frans VAN WYK f4 Susanna Jacoba * 4.4.1895 x Louis LATEGAN f5 Magdalena Catharina * 8.9.1897 x Carel MARAIS f6 Nicolaas Jacobus * 19.1.1899 x NN LE Roux f7 Martha Maria * 18.10.1900 x G.O. OLIVIER f8 Daniel Jacobus * 14.8.1904 x NN OLIVIER f9 Johanna * 9.11.1906 f10 Paulina * 15.8.1908 x Jan DU TOIT fll Herculina * 12.10.1909 x M. CALITZ f12 Frans Adriaan * 5.1.1913 f13 Petrus Jacobus * 20.5.1915 e7 Aletta Elizabeth x Pieter Daniel DU PLESSIS e8 Johanna Herculina x Carel MEIRING e9 Magdalena Catharina x Johannes Theodorus CLAASEN (Petrus-zoon) e10 Hester Maria x Hermanus LOURENS d2 Johannes Theodorus * 27.11.1823 ~ Uitenhage 2.6.1824 x Mosselbaai 2.2.1852 Maria Margaretha RAUTENBACH el Johannes Theodorus * c. 1860 x Oudtshoorn 27.1.1885 Amerentia Elizabeth ELLIOT wo. Thomas James Lamb d3 Hester Maria * 30.1.1828 ~ George 6.7.1828 x George 4.7.1842 Jan Dirk Petrus Paulus FOURIE d4 Petrus Jacobus * 1.7.1829 ~ George 25.11.1829 x Geertruyda Anna Magdalena STRYDOM + 26.4.1892 d/o Coenraad Josephus Strydom & Cecilia Johanna Hattingh wo. Marthinus Meyer el Johannes Theodorus x Oudtshoorn 17.8.1879 Cecila Johanna STRYDOM * 1849 e2 Pieter Jacobus e3 Nicolaas Cornelis * 17.12.1857 + 15.4.1933 x 13.5.1878 Catharina J.E. CLAASEN fl J.H.I. * 7.2.1880 f2 Geertruyda Anna Magdalena * 8.8.1882 x Jacob Salomon NEL f3 Catharina J.E. * 23.8.1884 f4 Pieter Jacobus * 6.5.1886 f5 P.A. * 8.2.1888 f6 Nicolaas Cornelis * 24.2.1890 f7 Johannes Theodorus * 22.12.1891 f8 H.M.D. * 3.10.1893 f9 D.H. * 24.9.1895 d5 George Paul * 18.10.1831 ~ George 29.1.1832 x Oudtshoorn 26.3.1855 Maria Magdalena BOTHA * 1834 d6 Maria Dorothea * 14.8.1833 ~ George 2.11.1833 x Jacobus OLIVIER d7 Frans Adriaan * 3.9.1835 ~ George 1.5.1836 x Oudtshoorn 17.11.1856 Petronella Jacoba FOUCHE d8 Martha Maria * 1.8.1840 ~ George 21.3.1841 x Coenraad FOURIE d9 Gert Marthinus * 15.11.1842 ~ George 8.10.1843 x Oudtshoorn 19.6.1864 Aletta Elizabeth Petronella CRONJE d10 Johanna Isabella Herculina x Philip BOTHA dll Clasina Susanna x Johannes VAN WYK

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c8 Gerhardus Johannes ~ 6.10.1799 x George 5.3.1820 Hester Jacoba MARX dl NicolaasJohannes Theodorus * 10.9.1820 ~ George 28.10.1820 d2 Gerrit Johannes * 9.4.1822 ~ George 7.7.1822 d3 Petrus Daniel * 28.10.1827 ~ George 11.11.1827 d4 Maria Dorothea * 1.5.1829 ~ George 31.5.1829 d5 Cornelis Frans George *10.8.1831 ~ George 26.12.1831 d6 Johanna Isabella * 20.1.1834 ~ George 20.4.1834 b3 Maria Magdalena ~ 27.9.1744 t 7.8.1831 (89.3.8) x Dirk UWENS + < 11.3.1814 of Zanten, Nederland b4 Cornelis ~ 12.2.1747 x 22.4.1770 Anna Dorothea PIENAAR c1 Nicolaas 7.4.1771 x 14.5.1797 Susanna Magdalena MEYER c1 Nicolaas 7.4.1771 xx Cape Town 7.12.1800 Hester Magdalena VAN RENSBURG dl Cornelis ~ 8.10.1798 x Catharina Hendrina LINDEQUE el Nicolaas Johannes * 8.9.1826 ~ Uitenhage 2.4.1827 x George 4.2.1850 Anna Elizabeth CLAASEN f1 Johannes Frederik * 19.9.1862 ~ George 31.3.1864 d2 Susanna Magdalena ~ 26.1.1800 x George 8.3.1818 Salomon Petrus TERBLANCHE d3 NicolaasJohannes ~ 30.10.1803 x Jacomina Christina MEYER el GertJohan Daniel * 20.2.1842 ~ George 25.9.1842 + Fouriesburg, Nov.1900 x Oudtshoorn 9.1.1865 Johanna Jacoba POTGIETER el Gert Johan Daniel * 20.2.1842 ~ George 25.9.1842 + Fouriesburg, Nov.1900 xx Maria Magdalena ALBERTS fl Nicolaas f2 Hermanus f3 Gerrit x f3 Gerrit xx f4 Maria Magdalena f5 Jacomina Christina f6 Hendrik Willem f7 Johanna Jacoba f8 Petronella Jacoba f9 Johannes Jacobus f10 Catharina Magdalena fll Jan Johannes f12 Hester Johanna e2 Aletta Frederika * 16.1.1844 ~ George 14.7.1844 x Oudtshoorn 13.6.1864 Jacobus Johannes SWART widower e3 Hester Jacoba * 1848 x Oudtshoorn 7.4.1867 Ockert Stephanus FOURIE d4 Hester Magdalena Carolina Johanna - 15.7.1806 x Uitenhage 29.3.1825 Salomon PIENAAR d5 Johanna Isabella Louisa Hendrika ~ 21.1.1808 d6 Sara Salomina ~ 29.3.1810 d7 Aletta Clasina * 21.9.1811 ~ Caledon 16.8.1812 d8 Amerentia Margaretha * 20.7.1813 ~ George 6.3.1814 d9 Petronella Maria * 5.3.1817 ~ George 8.3.1818 d10 Esaias Petrus Johannes * 30.12.1819 ~ George 30.4.1920 x Uitenhage 25.11.1846 Anna Maria Elizabeth SNYMAN (do. Christoffel-dg) d10 Esaias Petrus Johannes * 30.12.1819 ~ George 30.4.1920 xx Uitenhage 23.1.1854 Elizabeth Catharina HUMAN dll Elizabeth Jacoba * 1.8.1823 ~ George 10.8.1825 d12 Martha Magdalena * 17.3.1826 ~ Uitenhage 19.11.1826 c2 Salomon ~ 2.1.1774 x Swellendam Feb. 1807 Barbara Aletta LOURENS dl Sophia Magdalena Elizabeth ~ 5.10.1809 x Gert Cornelis PIENAAR d2 Johanna Dorothea ~ . 20.4.1812 x George 28.3.1830 Salomon PIENAAR * c. 1806 (so. Salomon) d3 Cornelis Johannes * 13.11.1814 ~ George 21.1.1815 x Isabella Elizabeth Margaretha KRIEK el Salomon * 12.6.1836 ~ George 27.11.1836 e2 Sophia Johanna Catharina Jacoba * 3.7.1837 ~ George 25.12.1837 e3 Johannes Jacobus * 1.4.1841 ~ George 3.10.1841 e4 Cornelis Johannes Christiaan * 15.5.1843 ~ George 3.10.1841 x Mosselbaai 6.3.1866 Martha Maria WILLIAMSON d4 Barbara Aletta Wilhelmina * 1.7.1817 ~ George 3.8.1817 x Mosselbaai 6.11.1848 Charles Thomas WARD

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d5 Elizabeth Margaretha * 14.2.1819 ~ George 6.4.1820 x George 27.12.1840 Johannes Marthinus OOSTHUIZEN c3 Sara Salomina ~ 24.3.1776 x P. PIENAAR c4 Cornelis Johannes ~ 21.9.1777 t 20.8.1857 x Cape Town 3.4.1803 Johanna Catharina PIENAAR dl Johanna Catharina ~ 14.10.1804 d2 Cornelia Dorothea Petronella ~ 28.3.1809 x George 25.11.1832 Jacob Johannes BEZUIDENHOUT d3 Sara Salomina ~ 23.8.1811 x George 7.2.1836 Jacobus Johannes SWIEGLER d4 Cornelis Johannes * 3.6.1813 ~ George 6.9.1813 d5 Helena Margaretha ~ 5.5.1816 x George 28.7.1845 Hercules Hendrik OLIVIER d6 Josina Barendina * 9.1.1819 ~ George 15.4.1819 x George 13.3.1842 Abraham George SWIEGLER d7 Martha Elizabeth Margaretha * 25.10.1821 ~ - George 9.4.1823 x George 13.3.1843 Johannes Stephanus OLIVIER d8 Cornelis Johannes x Susara Susanna BOSHOF el Susara Maria Magdalena * 4.8.1844 ~ George 18.5.1845 e2 Johanna Catharina Magdalena * 24.1.1846 ~ George 21.9.1846 e3 Aletta Clasina Barendina Elizabeth * 13.8.1847 ~ George 13.8.1846 e4 Cornelis Johannes * 7.5.1849 ~ George 23.9.1849 e5 Johannes Jacobus * 2.10.1850 ~ George 16.5.1852 e6 Salomon Petrus * 31.5.1856 ~ George -29.8.1858 e7 Maria Magdalena * 10.10.1859 ~ 18.3.1860 e8 Louis Joachim * 16.8.1862 ~ George 31.1.1864 d9 Salomon Petrus Jacobus * 17.7.1825 ~ George 11.2.1826 x George 14.7.1851 Rachel Johanna Jacomina WAGENAAR el Cornelis Johannes * 15.6.1852 ~ George e2 Maria Johanna Christina * 3.9.1853 ~ George 23.2.1854 e3 Johannes Petrus * 30.5.1855 ~ George 7.6.1857 e4 Salomon Petrus Jacobus * 19.7.1856 ~ George 7.6.1857 e5 Johanna Catharina * 4.11.1858 ~ George 29.5.1859 e6 Nicolaas Johannes * 11.6.1860 ~ George 11.11.1860 d10 Anna Elizabeth Salomina * 2.12.1827 ~ George 14.2.1829 x Nicolaas Johannes CLAASEN dll Nicolaas Jacobus Lodewikus * 2.11.1829 ~ George 3.10.1830 x George 21.2.1853 Anna Elizabeth DU TOIT el Cornelis Johannes * 5.12.1853 ~ George 23.4.1854 e2 Maria Johanna * 23.5.1855 ~ George 5.8.1855 e3 Johanna Catharina Maria * 15.10.1858 ~ 29.5.1859 e4 Nicolaas Jacobus Lodewikus Petrus * 3.3.1861 ~ George 14.4.1861 e5 Maria Magdalena Abigael * 13.2.1864 ~ George 1.5.1864 e6 Anna Elizabeth * 10.6.1866 ~ George 6.1.1867 c5 Aletta Clasina ~ 21.3.1779 c6 Johanna Cornelia ~ 3.12.1781 x Swellendam 7.6.1806 Johann Hendrik BLIX c7 Anna Margaretha ~ 12.10.1783 c8 Maria Margaretha ~ 3.9.1787 c9 Jacob Jacobus ~ 9.10.1789 x George 3.7.1814 Martha Magdalena KEMP dl Jacob Jacobus * 10.5.1816 ~ George 15.9.1816 d2 Jacobus Johannes * 9.1.1818 ~ George 12.7.1818 d3 Elizabeth Maria Magdalena * 27.5.1819 ~ George 26.12.1819 x George 9.4.1837 John James WILLIAMSON d4 Johanna Dorothea * 12.2.1821 ~ George 22.7.1821 mo. Jacobus Johannes SAUNDERS * 4.6.1851 ~ Mosselbaai 4.11.1851 d5 Cornelis * 26.11.1822 ~ 21.4.1823 d6 Salmon Albertus * 9.12.1829 ~ George 1.5.1831 x Uitenhage 10.6.1850 Magdalena Johanna CLAASEN d7 Petrus Herodus Gerhardus * 23.3.1831 ~ George 1.5.1831 d8 Gerhardus Philippus * 26.5.1833 ~ George 28.9.1834 d9 Martha Maria * 12.1.1836 ~ George 7.2.1836 c10 Petrus Gerhardus ~ 25.11.1794 b5 Aletta ~ 2.11.1749 x 10.1.1773 Johannes DEETLEFS of Ditmarschen in Germany b5 Aletta ~ 2.11.1749 xx 4.4.1779 Godfred Friedrich KOELT b6 Martha x 4.4.1779 Rutger VAN HUYSSTEEN [patriarch of VAN HUYSSTEEN Family]

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UNALLOCATED

Aletta Elizabeth Claasen * c. 1865 x Oudtshoorn 27.12.1881 William CHAPMAN Daniel Claasen x Mosselbaai 27.4.1848 Johanna Isabella KRIEK Hester Jacoba Margaretha Claasen x Mosselbaai 20.3.1866 Arend MOELICH Hester Magdalena Claasen x George 12.8.1838 Michiel Johannes Christiaan MEIRING Jacob Jacobus Claasen x Anna Catharina Petronella VAN VUUREN

bl Catharina Petronella * 7.1.1873 ~ 22.1.1873 x Willowmore 1889 Jacob Mostert GAAYMAN

Johan Christiaan x Mosselbaai 29.12.1868 Wilhelmina Hendrika LEONARD Johanna Herculina Claasen * c. 1851 x Oudtshoorn 15.7.1867 Coenraad Josephus

SIRYDOM * c. 1851 Johanna Herculina Claasen * c. 185 xx Oudtshoorn 2.5.1870 Carel Frederik MEIRING

* 1848 Johanna Isabella Claasen * c. 1848 x Mosselbaai 9.5.1865 Johannes Jacobus MEIRING Magdalena Johanna Claasen x Uitenhage 10.6.1850 Salomon Albertus CLAASEN Nicolasina Susanna Claasen * c. 1845 x Oudtshoorn 5.5.1862 Johannes Nicolaas

Lourens VAN WYK * c. 1839 Paul Stephanus Claasen x Oudsthoorn 29.4.1867 Johanna Petronella ZAAYMAN

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Johannes Claasen ~ Cape Town 5.9.1695 so. Claas van Malabar x Cape Town 2.12.1725 Johanna DE RYK do. Constantia van Bengale bl Jan ~ Paarl 12.1.1724 c. Elizabeth Jacobs cl Johanna Elizabeth ~ Paarl 29.6.1749 x Paarl 31.1.1768 Cornelis HALGRYN. Jan x 2.4.1751 Cornelia VAN WYK do. Roelof van Wyk & Aletta Bezuidenhout cl Johanna Elizabeth ~ Paarl 29.6.1749 xx 22.8.1756 Aletta (Alida) BOOYSEN ~ 25.1.1739 c2 Aletta ~ 23.1.1752 x 10.4.1774 Hans Jacob BRITS c3 Johannes Barend ~ 1.4.1753 x Catharina Elizabeth ROETS dl Cornelia Aletta ~ 27.10.1782 x 14.5.1797 Johannes Jacobus BRITS d2 Johannes Jurgen ~ 15.2.1784 x Graaff-Reinet 22.7.1810 Maria Susanna BRITS el Barend Johannes Nicolaas * 15.2.1812 ~ Graaff-Reinet 13.6.1813 x Graaff-Reinet 1.11.1835 Barbara Jacomina E.VILJOEN f? Catharina Magdalena Maria * 24.10.1852 ~ Bloemfontein 20.4.1853 f? Barend Johannes Nicolaas * 18.2.1856 ~ Bloemfontein 10.8.1856 e2 Barbara Maria * 28.2.1815 ~ Graaff-Reinet 23.4.1815 e3 Catharina Elizabeth Maria * 8.4.1818 ~ Uitenhage 11.4.1818 x Uitenhage 30.6.1838 Adriaan Jacobus CONRADIE e4 Hester Johanna Cornelia * 8.5.1825 ~ Graaff-Reinet 26.6.1825 x Cradock 13.9.1840 Johannes Barend Adriaan CLAASENS d3 Barend Adriaan ~ 7.5.1786 x Aletta Elizabeth BRITS el Johannes Barend Adriaan * 22.6.1814 ~ Graaff-Reinet 30.10.1815 e2 Barbara Maria * 6.6.1816 ~ Graaff-Reinet 29.11.1816 x Uitenhage 1.1.1837 William OLIPHANT e3 Catharina Aletta Elizabeth * 24.8.1818 ~ Uitenhage 6.9.1818 e4 Aletta Clasina * 25.9.1820 ~ Uitenhage 27.10.1821 x Uitenhage 24.3.1840 Gerhardus Christoffel SNYMAN e5 Hester Sophia * 15.9.1823 ~ Uitenhage 30.5.1824 x Uitenhage 13.11.1854 Willem Hendrik RATHBONE e6 Anna Johanna Cornelia Louisa Cecilia * 7.7.1825 Uitenhage 26.12.1825 d4 Elizabeth Dorothea 6.12.1788 d5 Anna Johanna Maria ~ 31.1.1790 x Graaff-Reinet 22.5.1808 Jacobus Petrus CARELSE d6 Johannes Dirk ~ 7.10.1792 x Cradock 6.7.1828 Susara Johanna Louisa BRITS el Barend Johannes * 7.5.1829 ~ Cradock 22.11.1829 e? Jacobus Petrus * 1850 + Winburg 30.1.1886 x Henriette Catharina POTGIETER fl Dirk Johannes f2 Henriette Catharina f3 Jacobus Frederik Cornelis d7 Martha Maria ~ 22.12.1793 + young d8 Catharina Elizabeth ~ 9.5.1797 x Uitenhage 4.1.1817 Ockert BRITS d9 Martha Maria ~ 3.12.1797 x Uitenhage 24.2.1817 Christiaan Jacob HOMAN d10 Johannes Frederik ~ 30.3.1800 x Cradock 8.8.1825 Catharina Frederika Johanna Jacoba VAN DER ZANDEN el Barend Johannes Jacobus * 20.6.1829 = Somerset-East 5.10.1829 e2 Frederik Johannes * 6.3.1838 ~ Glen Lynden 13.5.1838 dll Hendrik Daniel Jacobus ~ 24.1.1802 + young d12 Hendrik Daniel Jacobus ~ 4.7.1808 x Adriana Susanna Christina VAN DER ZADEN el Johannes Jacobus Cornelis x 11.12.1834 ~ Cradock 3.3.1835 x Bloemfontein 23.4.1855 Maria Catharina Cornelia Louisa KACHELHOVEN * 1838. fl Frederik Johannes * 6.3.1856 ~ Fauresmith 18.5.1856 f2 Johannes Jacobus Cornelis * c. 1859 + Palmietfontein, Brandfort 23.8.1936 x Martha Margaretha TAUTE gl Cornelia Nicolasina + 2.1.1883 g2 Johannes Jacobus Cornelis g3 Petrus Johannes g4 Frederik Johannes g5 Johannes Carolus g6 Anna Louisa + 16.8.1905 g7 Martha Margaretha + 7.10.1908 g8 Jacob Johannes g9 Aletta Catharina g10 Daniel Benjamin

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f3 Andreas Jacobus * 16.6.1861 ~ Bloemfontein 7.7.1861 e2 Jacoba Maria Magdalena * 3.4.1838 ~ Glen Lynden 13.5.1898 e3 Pieter Johannes Jacobus * 8.1.1840 ~ Glen Lynden 31.12.1841 e4 Hendrik Daniel Johannes Francois * 28.8.1843 ~ Cradock 2.6.1844 e5 Catharina Elizabeth x Uitenhage 2.6.1856 Barend Johannes VAN DER MERWE c4 Cornelia ~ 10.11.1754 x Johannes Augustus KLEINGELD of Horn, Duitsland + 17.10.1781 c4 Cornelia ~ 10.11.1754 xx 1.11.1789 Petrus NORTIER

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This, I speculate, is the origin of Elsabe and David Marais’ family Cornelis Claasen van Utrecht arrived < 1657 in the service of VOC, became a free burger in 1657 x Cape Town 15.3.1676 Catharina van Malabar bl Klaas ~ 8.2.1673 b2 Cornelia ~ 18.11.1674 x Abraham Bastiaans PYL b2 Cornelia ~ 18.11.1674 xx 17.4.1707 Adolf VAN TONDEREN b3 Alida ~ 15.3.1676 x Heinrich Jansz HEYDER of Erfu b4 Maria ~ 23.10.1678 b5 Barend ~ 29.9.1679 b6 Hendrik ~ 26.12.1681 x Stellenbosch 14.7.1709 Maria BOOMS do. Booy Booysen cl Nicolaas ~ 5.11.1713 c2 Sara ~ 14.7.1715 c3 Booyens ~ 12.11.1719 x 24.7.1746 Elizabeth HECTOR c4 Johanna c. Franz JURGENS dl Maria Elizabeth ~ 3.1.1740 d2 Franz ~ 22.12.1743 c5 Maria x Jan VAN STRATEN c6 Gerrit ~ 5.3.1725 c7 Myndert ~ 22.12.1726 x 21.11.1751 Dorothea ESTERHUIZEN dl Hendrik ~ 8.4.1753 x Cape Town 18.8.1799 Henrietta Wihelmina MOMBERG el Hester Adriana ~ 24.11.1799 x Beaufort-Wes 20.3.18 Jacobus Johannes DIEDERICKS e2 Dorothea Wilhelmina * 30.9.1803 ~ Graaff-Reinet 21.5.1804 e3 Henrietta Wilhelmina * 20.7.1804 ~ Graaff-Reinet 28.10.1804 x Graaff-Reinet 30.4.1820 Johannes Lodewikus DU PREEZ e4 Rachel Johanna * 9.11.1814 ~ Graaff-Reinet 26.12.18 x Beaufort-Wes 20.3.1831 Jasper Johannes SLABBERT e5 Hendrik Lodewyk * 7.4.1816 ~ Graaff-Reinet 8.7.1816 x Beaufort-Wes 28.12.1834 Maria Magdalena ROSSOUW f? Hendrik Lodewyk * c. 1840 + Fauresmith 4.1.1900 x Susara Johanna LIEBENBERG gl Albertus Johannes g2 Daniel Jacobus g3 Wilhelmina Elizabeth g4 Hendrina Wilhelmina g5 Jacoba g6 Rachel g7 Martha e6 Myndert Jacobus * 30.10.1817 ~ Graaff-Reinet 26.12.1817 d2 Myndert ~ 20.4.1755 d3 Johanna Maria ~ 5.1.1758 x J.A. SMIT d4 Elsie Margaretha ~ 24.2.1760 x J.J. DU PREEZ d5 Willem Adriaan ~ 9.3.1766 d6 Myndert ~ 13.3.1768 x Cape Town 9.2.1800 Judith Johanna LE ROUX el Dorothea Wilhelmina ~ 18.11.1800 e2 Jan Hendrik Casparus ~ 21.5.1804 x Graaff-Reinet 1.1.1831 Dorothea Elizabeth NIEUWOUDT fl Jeremias Jacobus * 15.12.1831 ~ Graaff-Reinet 15.1.1832 + 1909 x NN gl Jan Hendrik g2 Heremias g3 Lenie x NN VENTER g4 Dogter f2 Jacoba Maria Sarlotta * 7.7.1834 t 9.10.1907 x Petrus Johannes VAN DER MERWE f3 Myndert Adriaan Petrus * 7.2.1837 + 13.7.1860 x Elizabeth PFYFFER (or Van der Vyver) f4 Jan Hendrik * 14.7.1839 f5 Isaac Edward Johannes * 3.11.1843 + 3.11.1903 x Margaretha Magdalena YOUNGER gl Isaac Edward Johannes x gl Isaac Edward Johannes xx gl Isaac Edward Johannes xxx h1 Isaach h2 Johannes h3 John h4 Juk h5 Beula

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h6 Hester h7 Hannie g2 Johan + Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 g3 Myndert Petrus g4 James (Jim) Younger * 29.11.1887 + 5.11.1971 x Elizabeth Ann HAMMAN hl Elizabeth Ann * 26.3.1916 x NN STOFBERG h2 Isaac Edward Johannes * 21.3.1918 x NN BRITS ii Johanna x WEBER i2 James Younger x Louise NN j1 Isaac Edward Johannes j2 James Younger i3 Johan Louis * 23.2.1951 x Anna Marina Swart * 21.11.1950 jl Johan Louis * 21.8.1975 j2 Jolanda * 17.2.1977 j3 Wouter * 13.12.1979 i4 Isaac Edward Johannes x Hetsie BOTHA h3 Margaretha Magdalena Younger * 26.7.1924 t 5.12.1975 x LUBBE h4 Johannes Nicolaas * 27.8.1926 x Alida NN il James Younger * 22.5.1952 x Nicolene Johannes Nicolaas ji Johannes Nicolaas i2 Nicolaas x Leoni i3 Johannes Nicolaas i4 Eneth h5 James Younger * 17.7.1925 x 31.3.1951 Heyla Magdalena BOTHA * 24.9.1927 ii James Younger * 3.4.1852 i2 Theunis Eduard * 26.11.1956 x Sally FALCK * 3.5.1959 g5 Margaretha x Hans SCHUTTE g6 Dorothea E. x Johannes LUBBE g7 Jacob x Tol LOMBARD f6 Willem Christiaan Abraham * 4.7.1846 + 20.4.1898 x Helena Jacoba Catharina PIENAAR gl Jan Hendrik * 22.7.1874 t 21.5.1965 x 12.12.1898 Jacoba Maria Zarlotta CRONJE * 16.4.1898 + 10.5.1959 hl Catharina Jacomina x W.J. BADENHORST h2 Andries Petrus h3 Lenie h4 Willem Christiaan Abraham g2 Hendrik Jacobus * 15.9.1877 t 15.8.1965 x Magdalena Aletta VAN HEERDEN * 21.1.1881 + 12.12.1949 hl Elizabeth Maria * 28.9.1908 x Paul MOLLER h2 Helena Jacoba Catharina * 28.7.1907 x Jacobus MOLLER h3 Willem Christiaan Abraham * 6.4.1909 x 9.9.1939 Magrieta Magdalena Sophia DE JAGER * 16.3.1914 i1 Hendrik Jacobus * 22.5.1944 x 13.2.1971 Wilhelmina Sophia SEILER of 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland * 17.3.1946 jl Willem Christiaan Abraham * 9.2.1972 j2 Johannes Bernardus * 4.5.1973 j3 Reinier Hendrik * 15.7.1976 i2 Reinier Johannes Gerhardus * 4.6.1946 x Elize VAN RENSBURG h4 Petrus Johannes * 30.12.1911 t 21.6.1982 x Magdalena STIGLINGH i1 Maira i2 Hendrik Jacobus x NN ENGELA i3 Magdalena Aletta x Neels NN h5 Jacomina Suzanna * 16.3.1916 x Karel BUlTENDACH h6 Magdalena Aletta * 7.2.1914 x David VAN DER MERWE h7 Hendrik Jacobus de la Rey * 19.11.1917 x Wilhelmina KRUGEL i1 Hendrik Jacobus x Marietje IMMELMAN j1 Elmarie * 8.2.1970 j2 Hendrik Jacobus * 8.2.1972 j3 Immelman j4 Andre i2 Willem Frederik x NN xx Adriana NN

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j1 Hellouise i3 Johanna x Johan NN i4 Magdalena x James DOBSON h8 Jan Hendrik * 19.8.1919 x Anna Johanna DE JAGER * 16.3.1920 il Marieta x Philip MARSHALL i2 Ena x Peter GOOSEN i3 Hendrik Jacobus x 3.9.1983 Tersia OTTO h9 Barend Jacobus * 9.9.1921 x Danie NN g3 Jacomina Susanna x 1.10.1901 Andries Marthinus NYSSCHEN g4 Dorothea Elizabeth x Ernst Lodewyk MOLLER f7 Judith Johanna Jacoba * 20.1.1851 + 24.4.1851 e3 Myndert Adriaan Willem ~ 11.11.1805 e4 Pieter Stephanus Lourens * 6.12.1807 ~ Graaff-Reinet 23.10.1808 c8 Hermina Hendrina ~ 22.8.1728 c. Friedrich Bomhauer dl Anna Margaretha ~ Cape Town 26.5.1748 x Hermanus VAN DER SCHYFF ~ 4.12.1740 c9 Hendrik ~ 24.9.1730 c10 Hermanus ~ 15.6.1732 x 21.4.1773 Cornelia R.H.K NN dl Johannes Hendricus ~ Cape Town 22.10.1775 x 21.10.1798 Margaretha Theresia VAN WYK dl Johannes Hendricus ~ Cape Town 22.10.1775 xx Beaufort-Wes 13.8.1826 Jacoba Magdalena DE KLERK wo. Petrus van Staden el Elizabeth Susanna ~ 6.10.1799 e2 Hermanus Johannes Hendrik ~ 9.10.1802 x Beaufort West 4.1.1824 Hendrika Elizabeth Catharina BESTER Fl Susanna Jacoba Johanna * 5.11.1824 ~ Beaufort West 20.3.1825 x Beaufort-Wes 16.1.1843 Ockert Johannes FOURIE (Petrus Jacobus-zoon) f2 Johannes Hendrik Cornelis Christiaan * 25.7.1826 ~ Beaufort-Wes 16.10.1826 f3 Hermanus Johannes Hendrik * 1844 x Kroonstad 11.4.1864 Sara Johanna Janse VAN VUUREN * c. 1845 e3 Cornelia Maria Margaretha Theresia * 5.12.1802 ~ Tulbagh 16.9.1803 x Beaufort West 7.9.1823 Schalk Willem MEYNTJES e4 Arie Willem * 1805 x Beaufort West 3.10.1825 Anna Sophia VAN HEERDEN e4 Arie Willem * 1805 xx Graaff-Reinet 3.10.1836 Elsje Cathrina BORNMAN fl Anna Sophia * 2.9.1826 ~ Beaufort West 26.12.1826 f2 Cornelia Margaretha Etresia * 5.5.1828 ~ Beaufort West 16.11.1828 f3 Johanna Hendrika * 6.2.1830 ~ Beaufort West 12.4.1830 f4 Johan Christiaan * 30.6.1837 ~ Beaufort West 1.10.1837 x Johanna Helena Josina LUUS gl Arie Willem * 3.7.1861 ~ Kroonstad 24.11.1861 g2 Albertus Johannes * 24.12.1862 ~ Kroonstad 9.8.1863 f5 Arie Willem * c. 1839 + Vredefort 18.6.1906 x Gerbrecht Catharina VAN LOCHERENBERG f5 Arie Willem * c. 1839 + Vredefort 18.6.1906 xx Johanna Magdalena VISAGIE g1 Elsie Catharina g2 Arie Willem * OVS t Belmont 23.11.1899 x Anna Elizabeth VAN NIEKERK hl Arie Willem h2 Hendrina Johanna h3 Gerbrecht Catharina h4 Josua Francois g3 Johannes Jurgens * 13.6.1867 x Martha Magdalena Alberta PRETORIUS h1 Hester Maria Johanna h2 Arie Willem g4 Johan Christiaan g5 Gerbrecht Catharina g6 Johan Hendrik Lodewikus g7 Hester Jacoba g8 Cornelia Carolina g9 Susanna Sophia g10 Johanna Fredrika gll Maria Magdalena g12 Dirk Johannes g13 Hermanus Johannes Hendrik e5 Johannes Hendrik * 23.10.1806 ~ Tulbagh 1.2.1807 x Beaufort-Wes 2.3.1828 Anna Sophia JACOBS e5 Johannes Hendrik * 23.10.1806 ~ Tulbagh 1.2.1807 xx Beaufort West, Johanna Hendrina DE KLERK

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fl Martha Sophia * 13.11.1829 ~ Beaufort-Wes 29.11.1829 f2 Izak Eduard Johannes * 1844 x Middelburg 10. 5.1866 Margaretha Magdalena YOUNGER * 1847 gl Geertruyda Elizabeth * 7.6.1867 ~ Middelburg 7.7.1867 e6 Henning Jacobus * 13.5.1808 ~ Tulbagh 1.10.1808 x Beaufort-Wes 7.12.1828 Johanna Hendrina DE KLERK fl Christina Maria Isabella * 22.11.1829 ~ Beaufort West 17.12.1829 e7 Maria Catharina Martha Gloudina * 25.11.1810 ~ Tulbagh 19.8.1811 x Beaufort West 7.10.1826 Izak Jacobus DE KLERK e7 Maria Catharina Martha Gloudina * 25.11.1810 ~ Tulbagh 19.8.1811 xx Potchefstroom 20.8.1838 Christiaan Hieronymus BORNMAN e8 Jacob Gert Johannes * 9.9.1812 - ~ Tulbagh 26.9.1813 x Beaufort West 8.7.1833 Adriana Jacoba BESTER f? Elizabeth Maria Margaretha x Victoria West 30.3.1857 Josias ESTERHUIZEN e9 Catharina Cornelia * 24.3.1815 ~ Tulbagh 31.3.1816 e10 Christiaan Cornelis x Johanna Christina BORNMANN fl Cornelia Carolina * 15.3.1839 ~ Voortrekkerregisters 17.4.1842 f2 Johannes Hendrik * 20.7.1845 ~ Voortrekkerregisters 12.12.1845 UNALLOCATED

Elsje Aleta Cecilia Claasen * c. 1839 x Bloemfontein 20.11.1856 Barend Jacobus DE KLERK

Hendrina Jacoba Claasens x Victoria-Wes 9.8.1861 Adam William WOOD Johanna Jacoba Claasen * c. 1832 x Potchefstroom 29.9.1851 Gert Jacobus PRETORIUS Cornelis Claasen of Purmerend + 7.8.1814 x Jan. 1812 Gerbrecht Catharina VAN

LOCHERENBERG 1 Hermanus Johannes Hendrik Claassens X Johanna Elizabeth MALAN 1.1 Jacob David Malan Claassens b. 28.5.1888 d. 3.12.1970 X 19.12.1917 Maria Johanna BEKKER (b. 24.7.1898 d. 16.2.1952 3rd offspring do. Stefanus Bekker and Rachel Catherina Oosthuizen) 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.1.1 Rachel Carina Claassens X 19.12.1948 Andries Benjamin LE GRANGE (b 8.7.1925 d. 4.11.1950) 1.1.1.1 Andries Benjamin b. 17.7.1950 1.1.2 Hermanus Johannes Claassens b. 9.7.1927 X 1.1.2.1 One offspring 1.1.2 Hermanus Johannes Claassens b. 9.7.1927 XX 1.1.2 Hermanus Johannes Claassens b. 9.7.1927 XXX 1.1.3 Johanna Elsabé Claassens b 24 May 1929 X 18 March 1953 Cornelis Adrian Marais b 22.5.1927 d 16.8.1982 1.1.3.1 Adrian David Marais b 22.2.1954 X 23.1.1989 Gillian Tracy Michele RIORDAN (b

2.11.1959) Richard Cornelis 25.9.1992 Adrienne Frances 13.12.1994

1.1.3.2 Dennis Neill Marais 11.2.1956 X 27.1.1996 Pauline SWART (b 10.9.1955) 1.1.3.3 Leon Pierre Marais b 15.5.1957 d 17.7.1984 (leukaemia) 1.1.3.4 Carina Marais b 10.6.1958 X 24.5.1990 Johannes Dederick SMITH (b 10.12.1954) Michael DEAN b 28.5.1991

Adrian David 20.9.1992 1.1.3.5 Leslie Charles Marais b 28.6.1960 X 1.9.1997 Nichola ...... (b 11.4.1962) 1.1.3.6 Nicholas John Marais b 12.3.1962 X 8.2.1992 Audrey Catherine KOPPEL (b 18.7.1962)

Nicholas Thomas b 1.4.1994 Susan Catherine 16.5.1996

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Chas Jacob Claasen * Vollerwiek in Sleeswyk arrived a sailor in 1762, became a messenger of the court, + 1788 x 24.11.1771 Helena BOONZAAIER bl Jan Wilhelm ~ 27.9.1772 b2 Hendrina Johanna ~ 7.11.1773 x 16.2.1800 Marthinus VAN BLERK b3 Wilhelmus Hendrikus ~ 11.2.1776

Hermanus Claasen van Kopenhagen x 10.7.1768 Jannetje VAN WYK Hermanus Claasen van Kopenhagen xx 15.1.1786 Sara Maria STRICKER do. Wilhelm Stricker of Hamm, Duitsland & Dorothea van Batavia bl Anna Hendrina ~ 19.8.1770 b2 Johan Coenraad ~ 1.9.1771 b3 Andries Diederik ~ 25.7.1773 b4 Anna Hendrina ~ 11.9.1774 x 10.5.1796 Pieter H. KULJES b5 Johanna Maria ~ 30.11.1776 b6 Johannes Wilhemus b7 Lourens Frederik ~ 1787 b8 Dorothea Frederika ~ 3.8.1788 b9 Carel Christiaan ~ 13.3.1791 x 21.2.1819 Johanna Apolonia v.d. K. b10 Wilhelmus Josephus ~ 1793 bll Johanna Frederika ~ 24.4.1796

References :

1) J.D. Claasen: Geslagsregister van die familie Claasen 2) “South African Genealogies". J A Heese and R T J Lombard : 2 [C-D], Publ:

HRSC, Pretoria 3) Die Doopsregistrasies van die Voortrekkers, National Archives, Cape Town VC

752 4) National Archives, Cape Town & Pretoria 5) Kinderen in De Grote Trek Geboren en Gedoopt : De Gemmente van Winburg 2 April

1842-27 April 1848, DRC Archives, Cape Town F2/1 6) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints : http://www.familysearch.org

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