Our family connections - Ons familie verwantskappe

Johann Godfried Welgemoed, farmer (in 1841) and boatswain, was born in November 1759 in Kaliningrad, Russian Federation and died on February 14, 1841 in Welgevonden, Winterhoek, Uitenhage, Eastern Cape at the age of 81. He married Magdalena Catharina Elizabeth Keyser, daughter of David Keyser and Anna Margaretha Klem, on May 15, 1796 in Cape Town, Western Cape. She was born on January 13, 1773 in Dist. Uitenhage, Eastern Cape and died on October 26, 1863 in Palingkloof, Cradock, Eastern Cape at the age of 90.

David Johannes Welgemoed, boer and veldkornet, son of Johann Godfried Welgemoed and Magdalena Catharina Elizabeth Keyser, was born calculated February 1793 and died on June 10, 1871 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He married Maria Elizabeth Krugel, daughter of Andries Jacobus Krugel and Elisabeth Margaretha du Plessis, about 1824 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. She was born calculated April 1810 in Cradock, Eastern Cape and died on June 13, 1875 in Brakfontein, Cradock, Eastern Cape.

Andries Jacobus Welgemoed, son of David Johannes Welgemoed and Maria Elizabeth Krugel, was born on May 13, 1830 in Brakfontein, Cradock, Eastern Cape and died on July 24, 1911 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape at the age of 81. He married 3 times. The first time he married Cicilia Gerbregta Catharina Lombard before 1850. The second time he married Magdalena Wilhelmina Bosch (niece-in-law’s aunt), daughter of Michiel Coenraad Bosch and Maria Susanna Catharina Wagenaar, on May 14, 1854 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. She was born on May 26, 1835 in Dist. Somerset East, Eastern Cape and died on December 15, 1855 in Palingkloof, Cradock, Eastern Cape at the age of 20. The third time he married Anna Ramertha Bester, daughter of Barend Jacobus Bester and Johanna Jacoba Coetzer, on January 18, 1857 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. She was born on June 11, 1837 in Thomaskraal, Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape and died on November 1, 1926 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape at the age of 89.

Elizabeth Margaretha Welgemoed, daughter of David Johannes Welgemoed and Maria Elizabeth Krugel, was born in February 1838 in Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape and died about 1897 in Schurftepoort, Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape. She married Barend Stephanus van der Merwe (great-great-grandfather’s niece-in-law’s grandson), son of Izaak van der Merwe and Aletta Susanna van der Linde, on March 1, 1857 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He was baptized on April 18, 1832 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape and died on September 11, 1896 in Dassieskloof, Cradock, Eastern Cape at the age of 64.

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.