van Rooyen Family Tree

bringing the branches of the van rooyen tree together

Distribution in Southern Africa

It is not possible to indicate every town in Southern Africa where van Rooyens live(d), were born, or died in.  The following map uses blue dots to indicate the places that I've come across during the course of my research.

Distribution

 

 
Books containing van Rooyen info
  • South African Genealogies (SAG) from GISA
  • Genealogiee van die Afrikaner Families in Natal by Ben Cilliers
  • Geslagregisters van ou Kaapse Families by CC de Villiers, revised by C. Pama
  • Die Groot Afrkaanse Familenaamboek by C. Pama
van Rooyen Progenitors
  • Cornelis arrived in SA from Gorinchem in 1713 and married Jacomintjie van Deventer, Cornelia Botha and Barbara Myburgh
  • Antonie from Culemborg who married Aletta van Nieuwkerken and then Sophia Appel
  • Hendrikus Hermanus  arrived from Emmen in 1897 and married Hendrika Elizabeth Oliemans
  • Johannes Johannes van Rooyen van de Kaap who married Maria Sophia Fortuin
  • Anthonius arrived from Amsterdam 1830