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My name is Pieter Coetzee and this site is dedicated to my family, friends and everybody I know.
We are a small “Afrikaans” family originally from Rustenburg in the North-West Province, now living in Secunda in the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. I am married to wife Hester and have two kids Henry and Mari.
Building websites is my passion and one of my hobbies. This website have a responsive design, meaning the website adapts itself to different screen sizes of mobile devices, the desktop pc or any other viewing environment making it accessible on many devices. Its amazing what “Uncle Google” can teach you. Feel free to sign our guestbook. Thank you.
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Here are some information about the surname “Coetzee”.
The “Coetzee” Coat of arms (Emblem).
COETZE(E) (COETSEE)
Signification: Son of Coet or Koet.
Ancestor: Dirk Coetzee, of Kampen (Nederland), Born 1655, son of Gerhard Coetze and Margaretha Claasdochter. Came here in 8/5/1679. He lives in Cape Town (Papendorp) for four years and receives in 1682 from Simon van der Stel the well-known farm “Coetzenberg” at Stellenbosch. He later also owned “Assegai Bosch” at Jonkershoek. In 1687 he is elected as mayor and in 1706 he was captain of the Stellenbosch infantry. Died 1725 in Cape Town. In Nederland married with Sara van der Schulp of Amsterdam (10 children).
Crest: Azure, a female figure proper vested argent, mantle sable, in white hat. Mantling azure and argent. Crest: a pair of wings, dexter argent, sinister azure.. This crest is revealed in 1945 for the first time. The origin is unknown.
More information about the surname “Coetzee”.
This is one of the earliest settlers surnames of South Africa, being recorded in the Cape of Good Hope in the 17th Century. Its “modern” origins are regarded as Dutch-Flemish, but its true origins are Old French, and specifically Breton.
It is a development of “Coet”, a residential name for one who dwelt at a cottage, although the name was also baptismal, and in this form was pre 10th Century. There are a wide variety of patronymic or diminutive suffixes, including “ze, zee, see” and “ts”, whilst the base form is also found as “koet”, coert” and “coet”.
The early South African recordings include Cornelius Coetsee, the son of Dirke and Zara (nee Van Der Schulp), christened at Cape Town, on February 13th 1692. On February 25th 1740, a Cornelius Coetzee married Geetruy Gerritts, at Stellenbosch, whilst ten years later, on December 13th 1750, a Cornelius Coetzee is also recorded as marrying Aletta Lubbe, at the same place, and may be the same person. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Gerhard Coetsee, which was dated 1655, marriage to Margaretha Claasdochter, at Kampen, Zeeland, Netherlands, during the reign of King William 111 of Orange and England, 1650 – 1702.
Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to “develop” often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.