Justinus Nikolaus KEHR was born about 16 Sep 1772 in Eisenach, Germany. He died on 25 Oct 1822 in Bloubergvallei, Cape of Good Hope.

Justinus Nikolaus KEHR/KEER * Eisenach, Germany abt 16.9.1772, joined the VOC 8 Sep 1791 as a sailor arrived 9 Jan 1792 on board the ship Castor as a sailor to settle here as the adopted son of Johann Caspar LOOS (his mother's brother). He bought "Bosheuwel" in 1804, later lived on Blouberg and Bloubergvallei † Bloubergvallei 25.10.1822 (50yr.1mth.9dys.)

VOC: Crew members
First name: Justinus
Patronymic: Nicolaas
Surname: Kehr
Place of origin: Eijsnach
Date of enlistment: 8 September 1791
Rank at enlistment: Jongmatroos (young sailor / junior seaman)
Explanation of rank: Lichtmatroos (ordinary seaman / able-bodied sailor of lower rank)
Sailed with the ship: Castor
Date of discharge: 1793 (exact date unknown)

MUSTER ROLLS LINKS & DATA:-

1773; 31 Apr; 1 & 3 May; Muster Roll Casteel de Goede Hoop
1799; Cape Town Census; Gustinus and Johanna; van de Cashje Bosch Heuvels; 1 Knegt; 20 Male Slaves; 1 Female Slave; 11 Horses; 21 Cattle; 20,000 Vines, 6 leaguers wine
1805; Cape Town Census;_Johanna Magdalena; separated wife of Justinus; 3 Male Slaves over 16 yrs of age
1810; Coeberg Muster Roll; Veld Cornet Nicolaas Mostert; Justus; Klein Dassenberg. Gouws farm
1810; Coeberg, Blaauwberg Muster Roll; Veld Cornet D. Verwey; Justinus; Blaauwberg's Valley; Owner Property 2 Morgen; 1 son; 7 Male Slaves; 2 Hottentot Males; 6 Hottentot Females; 1 Horse; 50 Breeding Horses; 40 Trek Oxen; 10 Breeding Oxen
1812; Coeberg, Blaauwberg Muster Roll; Veld Cornet D. Verwey; Justinus; 2 Sons over the age of 16yrs; 1 daughter under the age of 25yrs; the widow Priem [*van den Berg his son's mother-in-law]
1815; Coeberg, Blaauwberg Muster Roll; Veld Cornet D. Verwey; Justus Nicolaas, the widow N. Priem; Just.Nico, Jnr; Betje Keer
1818;Coeberg, Blaauwberg Muster Roll; Veld Cornet D. Verwey; Justus Nicolaas, the widow N. Priem; Just.Nico, Jnr; Cornelis van den Berg1837; 
1837; Entry no 35; Justinus Nicolaas, [son]

[National Archive documentation references]

1795; DEPOT; KAB NCD 1/22; REFERENCE 9; RECEIPT. HENDRIK ANDREAS TRUTER AND JUSTINUS NICOLAAS KEER MARRIED TO JOHANNA EYKENSTROOM, WIDOW OF CAPTAIN JANS JANSSEN REGARDING THE SALE OF WINE.

DEPOT; KAB; NCD VOLUME_NO 2/3; REFERENCE 32; WILL. JUSTINUS NICOLAAS KEER JOHANNA EYKENSTROOM. 1795.
1798; DEPOT; KAB NCD 1/25; REFERENCE 393; OBLIGATION. CHRISTIAAN PHILIP ZINN TO JOHAN GODFRIED ERFURTH. NICOLAAS KEER ACTED AS GUARANTOR.                                                          

1799; DEPOT; KAB NCD 1/26; REFERENCE 573; OBLIGATION. JUSTINUS NICOLAAS KEER OF RONDEBOSCH TO ADRIAAN SMUTS.                       

DEPOT; KAB NCD 1/32; REFERENCE 433; BOND OF SECURITY. JOHAN HENDRICK ZINN AND JOHANNES NICOLAAS KEER FOR CHRISTIAAN PHILIP ZINN.

DEPOT; KAB NCD 1/40;
REFERENCE 485; DEED OF TRANSFER. JUSTINUS KEER TRANSFERRING THE SLAVE DIANA TO A FREE BLACK, DIANA OF THE CAPE.
REFERENCE 487; DEED OF TRANSFER. ANTHONY KRYNAAUW TRANSFERRING TO JUSTINUS KEER THE SLAVE GUSTAVUS OF MOZAMBIQUE.
REFERENCE 567; DEED OF TRANSFER. JUSTINUS NICOLAAS KEER TRANSFERRING THE SLAVES PHILANDER AND FEBRUARY, BOTH OF THE CAPE, TO JOHANNA DE NECKER, WIDOW OF GIDEON ROSSOUW.

1800; DEPOT; KAB NCD 1/14;
REFERENCE 1128; POWER OF ATTORNEY. PIETER HENKES TO JUSTINUS NICOLAAS KEER AND PAULUS WEINGARD.
REFERENCE 1202; SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY. JUSTINIER KEER OF RONDEBOSCH TO PETRUS WILHELMUS VAN DRUTEN REGARDING THE CASE INVOLVING HENDRIK ANDREAS TRUTER 
DEPOT; KAB NCD;1/34; REFERENCE 620; CONTRACT. NICOLAAS SERTYN WITH JUSTINUS NICOLAAS KEER REGARDING THE SALE OF THE FARM POESPAS KRAAL SITUATED BEHIND THE STEENBERG IN THE CAPE DISTRICT.
DEPOT; KAB NCD;1/34; REFERENCE 666; DEED OF TRANSFER. JOHANNES GROSCH TRANSFERRING THE SLAVE MAART OF MOZAMBIQUE TO JUSTINUS NICOLAAS KEER.
1800; DEPOT; KAB MOIC 2/3; REFERENCE 22; DESCRIPTION; KEER, JUSTUS NICOLAAS. SEPARATED FROM JOHANNA MARIA EYKENSTORM; INSOLVENT LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT.1800-1804.
1801; DEPOT; KAB NCD; 1/21;
REFERENCE 674; DEED OF EXHIBITION. A COPY OF A LETTER FROM SECRETARY A BARNARD TO JF KERSTEN OR KIRSTEN REGARDING PERMISSION TO LEAD WATER FROM KIRSTENBOSCH TO HIS LAND ALSO AFFECTING THE WATER RACE OF JN KEER OR KEHR.
REFERENCE 678; DECLARATION. JUSTUS NICOLAAS KEER OR KEHR OF WYNBERG IN RESPECT OF EF SCHRADER AND GH TEUBES REGARDING THE ESTATE OF JOHAN GEORG KRAMER AND THE SALE OF THE HOUSE OF FREDERIK GEBHARDT.
DEPOT; KAB NCD 1/28 REFERENCE 756; OBLIGATION. JOHAN HENDRIK DOLLFUSS OF WYNBERG TO ANTHONIUS JOSEPHUS BECKER. ISAAC VON BIEHL AND JN KEER TO ACT AS GUARANTORS.
DEPOT; KAB NCD 1/35; REFERENCE 824; CONTRACT. JAN FREDERIK KIRSTEN AND JUSTUS NICOLAAS KEER OR KEHR BOTH LIVING ON FARMS NEAR  WYNBERG.
1802;  DEPOT; KAB NCD;
1/16; REFERENCE 1622; SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY.JOHAN NICOLAAS KEER TO JAN DANIEL ALDERS REGARDING THE CASE INVOLVING JAN FREDERICK KIRSTEN.
1/36; REFERENCE 987; BOND OF SECURITY. FREDERIK WILLEM SPENGLER AND MATTHYS BANTJES FOR JUSTUS NICOLAAS KEER. 
1806; DEPOT; KAB CO 3859; REFERENCE 451; MEMORIALS RECEIVED. PS BUISSINI. APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF LAND FOR JUSTUS KEER.
1807; DEPOT; KAB CO 3865; REFERENCE 452; MEMORIALS RECEIVED. JUSTINUS HENDRIK KEER. APPLICATION FOR LAND GRANT AT THE BLAAUWBERG.   
1809; DEPOT; KAB CO 3873; REFERENCE 347; MEMORIALS RECEIVED. JUSTUS NICOLAAS KEHR (KEER). APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF LAND AT THE BLUE BERG. 1813; DEPOT; KAB CO 3895; REFERENCE 359; MEMORIALS RECEIVED. JOHN PRINGLE. REQUEST INTERFERENCE IN REGARD TO A SENTENCE GIVEN AGAINST HIM IN FAVOUR OF NICOLAS KEER.
1823; DEPOT; KAB  MOOC 7/1/89; REFERENCE 117; KEER, JUSTUS NICOLAAS. WILL; FILED

1823 PDF
Blaauwbergsvalley, otherwise known as “Blaauwe bergsvalleij” according to Cape Title Deed 14 (37), refers to the two morgens of land that were granted to Jan Hendrik Muller in 1794. According to maps dated to 1806, a house on the property was referred to as the “Blau Berg Valley House” (M1/2064-2071) and the “Blue Berg Valley House” (M3/21/1806; M1/3297). Justinus Nicolaas Keer, who inhabited the farm in the early 19 th century, refers to the property “Blaauwe Bergs Valleij” (CO 3850/407). When, in the course of the dissertation, I refer to the Blaauwbergsvalley farmyard, I refer to the two morgen of property granted in 1794 and on which a later 20 th century structure had been erected. The Blaauwberg valley refers to an extensive plain lying in between the Blaauwberg mountain and the Diepe Riever. Some 20 th century maps and books indicate the property as being “Blaauwbergsvley”. This is mainly due to the spring on the Blaauwbergsvalley farmyard being a reference point. For the purposes of my research, I will be referring to the property inhabited by Muller and Keer as being Blaauwbergsvalley, unless quoting directly from a source. This is the English translation of the original “Blaauwe bergsvalleij”. The term Blaauwbergsvley will be used to indicate the spring on the farmyard.

PDF;_Marius Breytenbach/ publication/323801080_ LOCATING_THE_BATTLE_OF_BLAAUWBERG_1806_FIELD_HOSPITAL_BLAAUWBERGSVALLEY_CAPE_TOWN_

Justinus married Johanna Magdalena EIJKENSTROOM daughter of Zacharias EIJKENSTROOM and Johanna JANSSEN on 5 Oct 1794 in Cape of Good Hope; Justinus Nikolaus 22 yrs and Johanna Magdalena 52 yrs. Johanna was born about 1742 in Cape of Good Hope. She was christened on 4 Mar 1742 in Cape of Good Hope. She died on 1 Sep 1826 in Cape of Good Hope.
           Christening Witnesses; Matthys de Koning; Johanna Schaep.
          DEPOT; KAB CJ 2625; REFERENCE 19; DESCRIPTION; EYKENSTROOM, JOHANNA MAGDALENA. TESTAMENT; 1771.

Justinus and Johanna had the following children:

Justinus Nicolaus KEHR  was born about 1795 in Cape of Good Hope.

BLAAUWBERG MUSTER ROLLS:-

1834; Blueberg; Field Cornetcy of W. Pieter Wahl;
Justus Nicolaas, Jnr

1837; Blaauwberg Muster Roll; Field-Cornetcy of W. Pieter Wahl;
Entry no 35; Justinus Nicolaas, [son]

Justinus married Elisabeth Geertruyda PRIEN daughter of Heinrich PRIEN-PRIEM and Petronella Catharina VAN DEN BERG. Elisabeth was born about 1798 in Cape of Good Hope . She was christened on 13 Jan 1799 in Cape of Good Hope.
           Christening witnesses; Ockert Jacobus Brits and Geertrijda van den Berg.