We can trace the Bellingan name in the Netherlands for 200 years or more

We don't know the exact date that Florent Bellingan left France for the Netherlands, but we do know that his first son, Noach, was born in Driel, near Arnhem in 1618.

The family lived in and around Driel for the next two centuries or so. We also don't know the exact date that Floris Noach (last in the line living in the Netherlands) left for South Africa, but he was born in Driel in November 1799 and the birth was registered three years later in 1802.

The copy of the birth certificate below was handed down to me by my father, and I have always assumed that the Floris Noach born in 1799 was a relative.

Father: Gerrardus

Mother: Catharina Wiebers