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  • Anna Helena Kilian (bef.1779 - bef.1786)
    Baptism 17 Oct 1779 Anna Helena Killian Name Anna Helena Kiliam Parent Name Helena Christina Van Betten Second Parent's Name Johan Georg Kiliam Event Type Baptism Event Date 17 Oct 1779 Event Place...
  • Florentina Kilian, SM/PROG (c.1745 - d.)
    Florentina Kilian nee Moses gravestone has her date of death as c.1803 (Source: National Archives of South Africa); however, the National Archives has records of Wills for Florentina going up to 1815, ...
  • Franz Michael Kilian, SV/PROG 1 (c.1737 - 1816)
    Frans Michiel Kilian's date of birth - c.1737 - is derived from his sons-in-law:"23.3.16 Michael Kelly joins brothers-in-law in announcing death of their father-in-law, Michiel Kilian , aged 79 years 1...
  • Götz Kilian (1892 - 1940)
    cf.: ötz_Kilian
  • Helena Christina van Bettin, SM (b. - bef.1786)
    This 27 Nov 1757 adult Cape baptism may be her: Inventaris van alle zodanige goederen als ab intestato metter dood zijn ontruimd ende nagelaten door de vrijswartinne Christina van de Caab , ten...

About the Kilian surname

Betekenis: Voornaam. Bekende heilige in Frankenland.

Stamvaders: (1) Frans Michiel (Franz Michael) Kilian, van Stettin (Duitsland). Kom in 1763 hier aan as soldaat; later smid. Burger in 1768; oorl. 16.3.1816. Trou 3.12.1775 met Florentina Moses (9 kinders). (2) Johannes Georgius Kilian, van Sommerloch in die Rynland (Duitsland). Oorspronklik 'n Franciskaner-monnik wat in 1769 as soldaat na die Kaap gekom het en as lid van die Gereformeerde Kerk in Drakenstein aangeneem is. Trou 19.7.1778 met Christina van Betten; hertrou 11.5.1788 met Johanna Catharina Joubert (10 kinders).

Source: Die Groot Afrikaanse Familie-Naamboek by C. Pama