Our family connections - Ons familie verwantskappe

Gerrit Cloete, son of Jacob Cloete and Sophia Raedergortz, was born in 1651 in Europe and died in 1704 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape at the age of 53. He married Catharina Harmans on August 26, 1674 in Cape Town, Western Cape. She died in 1714.

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

Johannes H Cloete, son of Gerrit Cloete and Catharina Harmans, was baptized on August 17, 1687 and died in 1732 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape at the age of 44. He married 2 times. The first time he married Annietjie Olivier (wife’s niece’s sister-in-law), daughter of Hendrik Corneliszoon Olivier and Beatrix Guiberthe Verwey,. She was born in 1691 and died about 1716. The second time he married Petronella van der Merwe (first cousin), daughter of Willem van der Merwe and Elsje Cloete,. She was born in 1692 and died between 1717 and 1718.

Catharina Cloete, daughter of Gerrit Cloete and Catharina Harmans, was baptized on August 3, 1698. She married Hendrik van der Merwe (first cousin), son of Willem van der Merwe and Elsje Cloete, on June 25, 1717. He was baptized on August 17, 1698 and died on September 23, 1762 at the age of 64.

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.

Gerrit Cloete, son of Johannes H Cloete and Petronella van der Merwe, was baptized on September 25, 1717 and died on April 26, 1798 in Tulbagh, Western Cape at the age of 80. He married 2 times. The first time he married Maria Scheepers on October 12, 1738. She died in 1743. The second time he married Anna Catharina Kuun (mother’s great ×4 niece’s husband’s wife’s great-aunt), daughter of Hans Kuun and Susanna Putter, on April 19, 1744. She was born in 1717 and died in 1764 at the age of 47.