NB: Please note that this is the South African Vorstman information and must not be confused with the Dutch Vorstman information.

Heinrich VOORTMANN, Progenitor from Hamburg, Germany, a. 1721 * ca. 1684 - ca. † 16.12.1759 Cabo of Good Hope. In 1733 he was engaged as farmhand by Johannes Cruywagen on his farm on the Gouritz River. ~ Johanna Catharina Toll. 8 children, Hendrik Veúrtman was in service of the VOC (Dutch East India Company) as a sailor. his duties were to watch and helm, loading and unloading, cleanse, tar, and caulk the ship; raising and lowering the sails; assistants to the non-commissioned officers. Also called the boatsman.

Veúrtman see the different variations of the surname in spelling and writing documented
Voortmann / Voortman / Vortman / FORTMAN / Forstman / Vortsman / Vorstman.
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b1           Anna Maria (FORTMAN) CORDIER ca. Tulbach, Cape of Good Hope, Dutch Cape Colony, 1747 ≈ Tulbach, Cape of Good Hope, Dutch Cape Colony 19.2.1747. 
x Paarl, Cape Colony 5.11.1752 Johannes CORDIER, s.o. Philippe Philippus Cordie/Cordier en Elizabet / Elizabeth Malherbe / Mallerbe from Drakenstein, ca. 1725 Paarl, Brederivier de Caep de Goede Hoop ≈ Paarl, Brederivier de Caep de Goede Hoop, * 9.9.1725, † Caep de Goede Hoop ca.1772 [46j].[6 children].

b2           Hendrik FORTMAN ca. Tulbach, Cape of Good Hope, Dutch Cape Colony, 1747 ≈ Tulbach, Cape of Good Hope, Dutch Cape Colony * 19.2.1747.[no record found of wife or children for this person 2023].

b3          Susanna (FORTMAN) CORDIER ca. Tulbach, Cape of Good Hope, Dutch Cape Colony, 1747 ≈Tulbach, Cape of Good Hope, Dutch Cape Colony, * 19.2.1747.
x de Caep de of Good Hope, Dutch Cape Colony, 2.11.1760 Jurriaen Pieter CORDIER, s.o. Philippe Philippus Cordie / Cordier en Elizabet/Elizabeth Malherbe / Mallerbe of Drakenstein, ca. 1731 ≈ Cape of Good Hope * 8.2.1731

xx ca.1774 Johannes NORTJÉ s.o. Jean Johannes Johan Jan Nortje / Nortie en Margareta / Margaretha Malerve / Malherbe, ca. 1731 Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope ≈ Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, * 12.8.1731
[13 children].

[1 child from marriage with Jurriaen Pieter CORDIER en Christina Anna de WEGE]
[7 children from marriage with Jurriaen Pieter CORDIER en Susanna FORTMAN]
[5 children from marriage with Johannes NORTJÉ en Susanna FORTMAN]

b4           Jan FORTMAN ca. Cabo of Good Hope 1747 ≈ Tulbach, Cape of Good Hope, Dutch Cape Colony * 26.3.1747 Cabo of Good Hope

[no record found of wife or children 2023].

b5           Antonÿ Maúrens FORTMAN ca. Tulbach, Cape of Good Hope, Dutch Cape Colony 1750 ≈ * 26.4.1750 Tulbach, Cape of Good Hope, Dutch Cape Colony
x Graaff Reinet, de Caep of Good Hope 16.11.1788 Maria Magdalena BRITS ca. Tulbach, de Caep de Good Hope, ≈ 3.10.1751. d.o. Johanna van Saxen, of the Cape an unknown father. [as stated on the Faber family register] [2 children].

b6           Geesje aka Gesina Geertruy (VOORTMAN) VAN LOGERENBERG * < 5.11.1752 ≈ Cape of Good Hope 5.11.1752
x (date, place and record unknown) Frans VERKOUTER, s.v. Frans Verkouter en Maria Bock, * Caep of Good Hope < 11.2.1742 ≈ Caep of Good Hope, Cape Dutch, 11.2.1742, † < 1779
xx (place of marriage unknown) 24.10.1779, Nicolaas VAN LOGGERENBERG, s.o. Jan van Loggerenberg en Gerbrigh Gerrits,
* de Caep of Good Hope, < 30.11.1727 ≈ Stellenbosch, de Caep of Good Hope, Dutch  Reformed Church, 30.11.1727 † (date, place and record unknown) [7 children].

b7           Johanna Magdalena (FORTMAN) HENSEN * Tulbach, de Caep of Good Hope, Cape Dutch, < 3.11.1754 ≈ Tulbach, Dutch Reformed Church, Cape Dutch, 3.11.1754 † (date, place and record is unknown) (the info of the baptism was transcribed no link to the document)
x Cape of Good Hope, 17.3.1776  Willem HENSEN s.o. (parents unknown) * Leiden, South Netherlands < 1730. † (age, place and record unknown)[10 children].

b8           Anna Catharina (FORTMAN) SLEHR * Tulbach, Cape of Good Hope, < 22.2.1756 ≈ Tulbach, Dutch Reformed Church, 22.2.1756.
(the info of the baptism was transcribed no link to the document)
 x Tulbach, Cape Dutch Reformed Church, 19.11.1780, Wilhelm SLEHR / SCHLEHER / SLIER s.o. (parents unknown) * Hamburg, Germany, ca. 1745
[5 children].

Acknowledgement and compiled by Adéle Janse van Rensburg (maiden surname Vorstman) vorstmaninfo@gmail.com and Frederik Willem Johannes Britz fwjbritz1974@gmail.com 2023.