ref1 = "1&nbsp;<b>Weeskamer Notulen Boek</b><br><em>Den burger Michiel Bok met zijn broeder Christiaan voor \'t Collegie komende, wiert dese jongeling afgevraagt waarom hij \'t elkens van zijn broeder weg liep, waar op de selve antwoorde dat zijn suster getrouwt met Steven Gauche hem daar toe aansetten, ..</em>"
ref2 = "2&nbsp;<b>Church Registers - Cape Town Congregation</b>,  Cape Archives, originals in the Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk Argief, Stellenbosch, VC 603, 604, 605, 621 - baptisms and marriages 1695+<br>marriages, page 7, 1718<br><em>6.Maartii <br>Steeven Gauche van Geneve, jongman, en Catharina Bok van Caabo de Goed Hoop, jonge dogter</em><br><br><b>Inventory - Bock, Christiaan - 1716</b>, <a href=\"http://databases.tanap.net/mooc/\">TANAP</a>, dated 26, 27 and 28 August 1716,  Cape Archives, MOOC 8/3, 36<br><em>Staat, inventaris en taxatie der goederen, naargelaten en met \'er dood ontruijmt bij wijlen den burger Christiaan Bock ten voordeelen van ... desselfs naargelatene wed:e Anna Groot Heijningh voor een vierdepart  mitsgaders d\' ondertenoemene vijf sijne minderjarige kinderen voor \'t laaste vierdepart als  Michiel Bok oud 14 jaaren, Catharina 11, Johanna 8, Christiaan 1 1/2 jaar en  Claara Bok oud ses maanden</em>"
ref3 = "3&nbsp;<b>Will - Bock, Catharina, wed. Steven Gousch - 1767</b>, dated 22nd April 1767 and filed 30th December 1779,  Cape Archives, MOOC 7/1/22, 45"
ref4 = "4&nbsp;<b>Church Registers - Cape Town Congregation</b>,  Cape Archives, originals in the Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk Argief, Stellenbosch, VC 603, 604, 605, 621 - baptisms and marriages 1695+<br>marriages, page 7, 1718<br><em>6.Maartii <br>Steeven Gauche van Geneve, jongman, en Catharina Bok van Caabo de Goed Hoop, jonge dogter</em>"
ref5 = "5&nbsp;<b>Will - Gausch, Steeven & Catharina Bok - 1737</b>, dated 9th July 1737 - no date of filing attached,  Cape Archives, MOOC 7/1/9, 55<br><em>den landbouwer Steeven Gausch ...</em>"
ref6 = "6&nbsp;<b>Resolutions of the Council of Policy<a href=\"http://www.tanap.net/content/activities/resolutions_CapeOfGoodHope/\"></b><br>C. 91, pp. 12-26, 25 November 1732<br><em>Laastelijk sijn de volgende landerijen, alle soo aan de Coeberg, Blaauwe Berg als in de Tijgerbergen geleegen, voor den tijd van vijftien agtereenvolgende jaaren, ende sulx voor vier schellingen ider morgen jaarelijx in erfpagt verleend, als aan ... Steven gous 30 morgen 30 roeden bij sijn plaats Berg en Daal</em>"
ref7 = "7&nbsp;<b>Church Registers - Tulbagh Congregation</b>, photocopies of the original register,  Cape Archives (originals in the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk Argief, Stellenbosch), VC 657, and VC 644 and VC 665<br>baptisms, page 17, 1720"
ref8 = "8&nbsp;<b>Church Registers - Cape Town Congregation</b>,  Cape Archives, originals in the Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk Argief, Stellenbosch, VC 603, 604, 605, 621 - baptisms and marriages 1695+<br>baptisms, page 17, 1720<br><em>1.7b\'  Stephanus, ouders: Steeven Gauche, en Catharina Bok<br>getuigen: Michiel Bok, en Elizabeth vander Poel</em>"
ref9 = "9&nbsp;<b>Will - Bock, Catharina, wed. Steven Gousch - 1758</b>, dated 17 March 1758,  Cape Archives, CJ 22664, 10<br><em>she mentions all her children as her heirs, each to receive an equal portion of all  she has, but there is no mention of a son Steven, only Anna, Catharina, Christina, Sara, Clara, <br>and the minor Andries Stephanus Gousch.</em><br><br><b>Cape Opgaaf Returns</b>, computerisation by UWC, printouts as housed at GISA, Stellenbosch,  Genealogical Institute of South Africa<br><em>there are returns for Steven Gous and Catharina Bok as follows, which make it pretty plain that this child, Stephanus, must have died before the opgaaf return for 1721:<br> <br>1721  Gous, Steven - Catarina Bok <br>1 man 1 wife 0 sons 0 daughters <br> <br>1725  Gous, Steven - Catarina Bok <br>1 man 1 wife 0 son 3 daughters <br> <br>1731  Gous, Steven - Catarina Bok<br>1 man 1 wife 0 son 4 daughters <br> <br>1735  Gous, Steven - Catharina Bock <br>1 man 1 wife 0 sons 5 daughters <br> <br>1738  Gous, Steven <br>1 man 1 wife 0 sons 5 daughters <br> <br>1741  Gouts, Steven <br>1 man 1 wife 1 son 5 daughters <br> <br>1751  Gous, Steven - Catrina Bok <br>1 man 1 wife 1 son 5 daughters <br> <br>1757  Goutsch, Wed Steven  <br>0 man 1 wife 1 son 5 daughters</em><br><br><b>Estate Accounts - Bok, Clara, weduwe Gideon Slabbert - 1798</b>, dated 12 July 1798,  Cape Archives, MOOC 13/1/22, 4<br><em>de kinderen van wijlen Catharina Bock in echt verwekt bij haaren mede overleedene man Stephanus Gousch - genaamd  a. Andries Stephanus Gousch, b. Sara Gousch and  c. Clara Gousch (no other children named, with the presumption that all the other children had died without leaving descendants)</em>"
ref10 = "10&nbsp;<b>Church Registers - Cape Town Congregation</b>,  Cape Archives, originals in the Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk Argief, Stellenbosch, VC 603, 604, 605, 621 - baptisms and marriages 1695+<br>baptisms, page 20, 1721"
ref11 = "11&nbsp;<b>Church Registers - Cape Town Congregation</b>,  Cape Archives, originals in the Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk Argief, Stellenbosch, VC 603, 604, 605, 621 - baptisms and marriages 1695+<br>baptisms, page 20, 1721<br><em>30.do. (9br)   Anna <br>Ouders: Steeven Gauche en Anna Bok <br>Getuijgen: Michiel Bok en Elizabeth vander Poel</em>"
ref12 = "12&nbsp;<b>Cape Opgaaf Returns</b>, computerisation by UWC, printouts as housed at GISA, Stellenbosch,  Genealogical Institute of South Africa<br><em>1773  Gous, Wed Steph - 0 man 1 wife 0 sons 5 daughters</em><br><br><b>Estate Accounts - Bok, Clara, weduwe Gideon Slabbert - 1798</b>, dated 12 July 1798,  Cape Archives, MOOC 13/1/22, 4<br><em>de kinderen van wijlen Catharina Bock in echt verwekt bij haaren mede overleedene man Stephanus Gousch - genaamd  a. Andries Stephanus Gousch, b. Sara Gousch and  c. Clara Gousch (no other children named)</em>"
ref13 = "13&nbsp;<b>Church Registers - Cape Town Congregation</b>,  Cape Archives, originals in the Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk Argief, Stellenbosch, VC 603, 604, 605, 621 - baptisms and marriages 1695+<br>baptisms, page 25, 1723"
ref14 = "14&nbsp;<b>Church Registers - Cape Town Congregation</b>,  Cape Archives, originals in the Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk Argief, Stellenbosch, VC 603, 604, 605, 621 - baptisms and marriages 1695+<br>baptisms, page 25, 1723<br><em>1.Augusti.  Catharina <br>Ouders: Steeven Gauche, en Catharina Bok<br>Getuijgen: Christiaan Bok, en Anna Bok</em>"
ref15 = "15&nbsp;<b>Cape Opgaaf Returns</b>, computerisation by UWC, printouts as housed at GISA, Stellenbosch,  Genealogical Institute of South Africa<br><em>1773  Gous, Wed Steph - 0 man 1 wife 0 sons 5 daughters</em><br><br><b>Estate Accounts - Bok, Clara, weduwe Gideon Slabbert - 1798</b>, dated 12 July 1798,  Cape Archives, MOOC 13/1/22, 4<br><em>de kinderen van wijlen Catharina Bock in echt verwekt bij haaren mede overleedene man Stephanus Gousch - genaamd  a. Andries Stephanus Gousch, b. Sara Gousch and  c. Clara Gousch (no other children named)</em><br><br><b>Cape Death Notifications 1758-1833</b>,  Cape Archives, MOOC 6/1, 6/2, 6/3<br>MOOC 6/1, vol 3, 1789<br><em>Swartland, Catharina Gous, April</em>"
ref16 = "16&nbsp;<b>Church Registers - Cape Town Congregation</b>,  Cape Archives, originals in the Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk Argief, Stellenbosch, VC 603, 604, 605, 621 - baptisms and marriages 1695+<br>baptisms, page 28, 1725"
ref17 = "17&nbsp;<b>Church Registers - Cape Town Congregation</b>,  Cape Archives, originals in the Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk Argief, Stellenbosch, VC 603, 604, 605, 621 - baptisms and marriages 1695+<br>baptisms, page 28, 1725<br><em>18.do. (Maart)  Christina <br>Ouders: Steeven Gauche, en Catharina Bok <br>Getuijgen: Andries Bester en Anna Bok</em>"
ref18 = "18&nbsp;<b>Cape Opgaaf Returns</b>, computerisation by UWC, printouts as housed at GISA, Stellenbosch,  Genealogical Institute of South Africa<br><em>1773  Gous, Wed Steph - 0 man 1 wife 0 sons 5 daughters</em><br><br><b>Estate Accounts - Bok, Clara, weduwe Gideon Slabbert - 1798</b>, dated 12 July 1798,  Cape Archives, MOOC 13/1/22, 4<br><em>de kinderen van wijlen Catharina Bock in echt verwekt bij haaren mede overleedene man Stephanus Gousch - genaamd  a. Andries Stephanus Gousch, b. Sara Gousch and  c. Clara Gousch (no other children named)</em><br><br><b>Estate Accounts - Bok, Clara, weduwe Gideon Slabbert - 1798</b>, dated 12 July 1798,  Cape Archives, MOOC 13/1/22, 4<br><em>de kinderen van wijlen Catharina Bock in echt verwekt bij haaren mede overleedene man Stephanus Gousch - genaamd  a. Andries Stephanus Gousch, b. Sara Gousch and  c. Clara Gousch (no other children named)</em><br><br><b>Cape Death Notifications 1758-1833</b>,  Cape Archives, MOOC 6/1, 6/2, 6/3<br>volume 3, page 40, December 1792<br><em>Zwartland, Christina Gous</em>"
ref19 = "19&nbsp;<b>Church Registers - Cape Town Congregation</b>,  Cape Archives, originals in the Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk Argief, Stellenbosch, VC 603, 604, 605, 621 - baptisms and marriages 1695+<br>baptisms, page 38, 1727"
ref20 = "20&nbsp;<b>Church Registers - Cape Town Congregation</b>,  Cape Archives, originals in the Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk Argief, Stellenbosch, VC 603, 604, 605, 621 - baptisms and marriages 1695+<br>baptisms, page 38, 1727<br><em>Sara, d\'Vader Steven Gauche, d\'Moeder Catharina Bock, <br>getn\' Adriaan de Nicker, en Johanna Jourdaan, 6e April</em>"
ref21 = "21&nbsp;<b>Church Registers - Cape Town Congregation</b>,  Cape Archives, originals in the Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk Argief, Stellenbosch, VC 603, 604, 605, 621 - baptisms and marriages 1695+<br>baptisms, page 73, 1732<br><br><b>Will - Gous, Clara - 1804</b>, dated 20 Octobe 1804 and filed 3rd August 1821,  Cape Archives, MOOC 7/1/85, 36<br><em>Juffrou Clara Gous ... oud volgens hare declaratie twee en seventig jaren, van desen uijthoek geboortig ...</em>"
ref22 = "22&nbsp;<b>Church Registers - Cape Town Congregation</b>,  Cape Archives, originals in the Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk Argief, Stellenbosch, VC 603, 604, 605, 621 - baptisms and marriages 1695+<br>baptisms, page 73, 1732<br><em>Den 20 dito (Julij)<br>Clara. De vader is Steven Gouts, de moeder Catharina <br>Bock, de getuigen Jan Jurg: Vos en Clara Bock</em>"
ref23 = "23&nbsp;<b>Will - Gous, Clara - 1804</b>, dated 20 Octobe 1804 and filed 3rd August 1821,  Cape Archives, MOOC 7/1/85, 36"
ref24 = "24&nbsp;<b>Will - Gous, Clara - 1804</b>, dated 20 Octobe 1804 and filed 3rd August 1821,  Cape Archives, MOOC 7/1/85, 36<br><em>Juffrou Clara Gous ... oud volgens hare declaratie twee en seventig jaren, van desen uijthoek geboortig ...</em>"
ref25 = "25&nbsp;<b>Will - Gous, Andries Stephanus and Maria Hendrina Muller - 1768</b>, dated 13 October 1768,  Cape Archives, CJ 2668, 73<br><em>Dog soo wanneer den testateur gene kind ofte kinderen quam na te laaten, en dat cas verclaarde denselven aan syne moeder Catharina Bok, Wed. wylen Stephanus Gous te bespreken ...</em>"
ref26 = "26&nbsp;<b>Church Registers - Cape Town Congregation</b>,  Cape Archives, originals in the Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk Argief, Stellenbosch, VC 603, 604, 605, 621 - baptisms and marriages 1695+<br>baptisms, page 133, 1740<br><br><b>Will - Gous, Andries Stephanus and Maria Hendrina Muller - 1768</b>, dated 13 October 1768,  Cape Archives, CJ 2668, 73<br><em>den landbouwer Andries Stephanus Gous en Maria Hendrina Muller, beide van desen uijthoek geboortig, egte lieden ...</em>"
ref27 = "27&nbsp;<b>Church Registers - Cape Town Congregation</b>,  Cape Archives, originals in the Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk Argief, Stellenbosch, VC 603, 604, 605, 621 - baptisms and marriages 1695+<br>baptisms, page 133, 1740<br><em>12 Junij <br>Andries Stephanus, de ouders Steven Gouts en Catharina <br>Bock de getuijge Steven Gouts, en Anna Gouts.</em>"
ref28 = "28&nbsp;<b>Will - Gous, Andries Stephanus - 1804</b>, dated 31 March 1804 and filed 8 November 1814,  Cape Archives, MOOC 7/1/49, 85<br><em>Vertoond ter Weeskamer <br>aan Cabo de Goede Hoop <br>den 8 November 1814</em>"
ref29 = "29&nbsp;<b>Will - Gous, Andries Stephanus and Maria Hendrina Muller - 1768</b>, dated 13 October 1768,  Cape Archives, CJ 2668, 73<br><em>(she signs Maria Hendrina Mulder)</em>"
ref30 = "30&nbsp;<b>Will - Gous, Andries Stephanus and Maria Hendrina Muller - 1768</b>, dated 13 October 1768,  Cape Archives, CJ 2668, 73<br><em>den landbouwer Andries Stephanus Gous en Maria Hendrina Muller, beide van desen uijthoek geboortig, egte lieden ...</em>"
ref31 = "31&nbsp;<b>Will - Gous, Andries Stephanus and Maria Hendrina Muller - 1768</b>, dated 13 October 1768,  Cape Archives, CJ 2668, 73<br><em>den landbouwer Andries Stephanus Gous en Maria Hendrina Muller, beide van desen uijthoek geboortig, egte lieden ...</em>"