Our family connections - Ons familie verwantskappe

Hendrik Paul Welgemoed, son of David Johannes Welgemoed and Maria Elizabeth Krugel, was born on August 4, 1840 and died about 1899 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He married Johanna Hendrina Elizabeth Grobbelaar (great-great-grandfather’s son-in-law’s great-grandson’s sister-in-law), daughter of Willem Isaak Grobler and Judith Magdalena Odendaal, on September 7, 1862 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. She was born on October 27, 1840 in Middelburg, Eastern Cape and died on March 6, 1899 in Brakfontein, Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape at the age of 58.

David Johannes Welgemoed, son of Hendrik Paul Welgemoed and Johanna Hendrina Elizabeth Grobbelaar, was born on June 23, 1863. He married Jacoba Susanna Johanna Petronella Enslin (sister-in-law), daughter of Christoffel Bernardus Enslin and Martha Catharina Klopper, on February 13, 1888 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. She was born on July 8, 1863 in Cradock, Eastern Cape and died on October 29, 1898 in Cradock, Eastern Cape at the age of 35.

Willem Izak Welgemoed, vegetable dealer, son of Hendrik Paul Welgemoed and Johanna Hendrina Elizabeth Grobbelaar, was born on May 18, 1867 and died on November 2, 1945 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape at the age of 78. He married Martha Catharina Elizabeth Enslin (sister-in-law), daughter of Christoffel Bernardus Enslin and Martha Catharina Klopper, on June 24, 1895 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. She was born on April 27, 1871 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape and died on April 11, 1932 in Cradock, Eastern Cape at the age of 60.

Hendrik Paul Welgemoed, official of town council (before 1925), son of Hendrik Paul Welgemoed and Johanna Hendrina Elizabeth Grobbelaar, was born on October 12, 1869 and died on March 11, 1925 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape at the age of 55. He married Elizabeth Margaretha Welgemoed (first cousin once removed descending), daughter of David Johannes Welgemoed and Maria Elizabeth van der Merwe, on December 14, 1896 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. She was born on November 15, 1878 and died on March 25, 1940 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape at the age of 61.

Maria Magaretha “Meraai” Welgemoed, teacher, daughter of Hendrik Paul Welgemoed and Elizabeth Margaretha Welgemoed. She died after September 1964.

Johanna Hendrina Grobler “Babes” Welgemoed, onderwyseres (between 1929 and 1937) and onderwyseres (from 1938), daughter of Hendrik Paul Welgemoed and Elizabeth Margaretha Welgemoed, was born on January 11, 1908 in Middelburg, Eastern Cape and died on February 14, 1989 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape at the age of 81. She married Cornelius Willem Petrus “Corneels” Cloete (father’s great-uncle’s great-great-grandson), son of Willem Jacobus Cloete and Jacoba Ritchie Erlank.

Willem Izak Welgemoed, son of Hendrik Paul Welgemoed and Elizabeth Margaretha Welgemoed, was born on July 20, 1911 and died on July 7, 1992 at the age of 80. He married Adriana Johanna “Attie” Coetzee, daughter of Private and Private.

Elizabeth Helena “Poppie” Welgemoed, daughter of Hendrik Paul Welgemoed and Elizabeth Margaretha Welgemoed, was born on February 19, 1913 and died on July 24, 1980 at the age of 67. She married Theodorus “Theo” Botha (third cousin once removed ascending), son of Joseph Frederik Botha and Henrietta Adriana Meintjies Olivier.