Our family connections - Ons familie verwantskappe

Francina Viljoen, daughter of Francois Villion and Cornelia Campenaar, was born in 1689 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape and died about 1713 in Cape Province. She married Jacob Cloete (niece-in-law’s great-aunt’s son-in-law’s brother), son of Gerrit Cloete and Catharina Harmans, on February 10, 1703. He was baptized on November 3, 1675 in Cape Town, Western Cape and died in 1713 at the age of 37.

Gerrit Cloete, beesboer (in 1762), son of Jacob Cloete and Francina Viljoen, was baptized on March 2, 1710. He married 2 times. The first time he married Huibrecht Slabbert (great-aunt’s son-in-law’s great-niece), daughter of Jasper Slabbert and Johanna Myburgh, on September 2, 1731. She was born in 1714 and died in 1747 at the age of 33. The second time he married … … after 1747 in Namaqualand.

Francina Cloete, daughter of Gerrit Cloete and Huibrecht Slabbert, was baptized on September 7, 1732. She married Hendrik Kruger (sister-in-law’s uncle), son of Jacob Kruger and Jannetje Kemp, on May 5, 1748 in Cape Town, Western Cape. He was baptized on April 8, 1725.

Johanna Cloete, daughter of Gerrit Cloete and Huibrecht Slabbert, was baptized on December 25, 1733. She married Johannes Jacobus Coetzee (brother-in-law’s wife’s first cousin), son of Johannes Coetzee and Anna Elizabeth Pal,. He was born on November 16, 1727.

Jacob Cloete, son of Gerrit Cloete and Huibrecht Slabbert, was baptized on October 5, 1738. He married 2 times. The first time he married Johanna Catharina Kruger (brother-in-law’s niece), daughter of Jacob Kruger and Christina Strang, on April 15, 1759. She was born in 1742 and died on November 26, 1824 in Worcester, Western Cape at the age of 82. The second time he married Gerbrechtje Adriana Lier, daughter of Jan Joost van Lier and Geertruyd Bronkhorst, on November 13, 1796.

Johannes Hendrik Cloete, son of Gerrit Cloete and Huibrecht Slabbert, was baptized on December 8, 1747. He married Margaretha Rabie on November 1, 1775.