Our family connections - Ons familie verwantskappe

Thomas Ritchie, butcher (in 1840), son of David Ritchie and Jannette …, was born calculated 1791 in St Andrews, Scotland and died on March 22, 1873 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. He married 3 times. The first time he married Susanna Sophia Theron (daughter’s son-in-law’s great-great-aunt), daughter of Jacobus Arnoldus Theron and Elsabé Johanna Duvenhage, on July 7, 1823 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. She was born on September 24, 1805. The second time he married Anna Elizabeth Marais (wife’s aunt’s great-niece), daughter of Jacobus Marais and Sophia van Heerden, on July 9, 1826 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. She was born on February 17, 1809 in Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape and died on August 16, 1839 at the age of 30. The third time he married Maria Elizabeth van der Merwe (wife’s step-father’s wife’s great-niece), daughter of Hendrik van der Merwe and Petronella Elizabeth Joubert, on April 27, 1840 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. She was born on March 8, 1814 in Quaggasdrift, Murraysburg, Western Cape and died on March 22, 1886 in Murraysburg, Western Cape at the age of 72.

Susanna Sophia Ritchie, daughter of Thomas Ritchie and Anna Elizabeth Marais, was born on July 13, 1827 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on May 26, 1887 in Sterkstroom, Queenstown, Eastern Cape at the age of 59. She married Andries Gustaf Erlank (third cousin once removed ascending), son of Andries Gustaf Erlank and Anna Maria Catharina Bisschoff, on January 11, 1847 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. He was born on June 13, 1824 in Sterkstroom, Queenstown, Eastern Cape.

Jacobus “James” Ritchie, stock farmer (to 1906), son of Thomas Ritchie and Anna Elizabeth Marais, was born on January 10, 1831 and died on December 31, 1906 in Fraaiuitzicht, Dist. Winburg, Free State at the age of 75. He married Anna Johanna Marais, daughter of Charl Petrus Marais, on March 15, 1853 in Glen Lynden, Eastern Cape.

Anna Elizabeth “Anne” Ritchie, daughter of Thomas Ritchie and Anna Elizabeth Marais, was born on August 22, 1833 and died on January 5, 1860 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape at the age of 26. She married J. F. Tiervogel before 1860.

Hendrik Ritchie, son of Thomas Ritchie and Maria Elizabeth van der Merwe, was born on February 5, 1841. He married Gesina Johanna Keyter in George, Western Cape.

Petronella Elizabeth Ritchie, daughter of Thomas Ritchie and Maria Elizabeth van der Merwe, was born on March 15, 1843. She married 2 times. The first time she married Johan Christiaan Berrange on December 23, 1862. The second time she married Thies Böckel on October 10, 1867.

Charles Ritchie, son of Thomas Ritchie and Maria Elizabeth van der Merwe. He married Sarah Rebecca Barker on January 2, 1867 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape.

Maria Elizabeth Erlank, daughter of Andries Gustaf Erlank and Susanna Sophia Ritchie, was born on April 10, 1849 and died on February 11, 1924 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape at the age of 74. She married 2 times. The first time she married Abraham Pretorius (mother’s father’s sister-in-law’s uncle’s grandson), son of Johannes Lodewikus “Louw” Pretorius and Engela Helena Lombard, on December 9, 1872 in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape. He was born on July 4, 1834 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape and died on November 2, 1895 in Grootvlei, Steynsburg, Eastern Cape at the age of 61. The second time she married Johannes Jurgens Lombaard after 1895 in Steynsburg, Eastern Cape.

Jacoba Ritchie Erlank, teacher (in 1897), daughter of Andries Gustaf Erlank and Susanna Sophia Ritchie, was born on August 27, 1866 and died on July 30, 1904 in Barkly East, Eastern Cape at the age of 37. She married Willem Jacobus Cloete (mother’s step-mother’s great-great-nephew), son of Cornelius Willem Petrus “Lang Kerneels” Cloete and Johanna Sophia Burgers.

Janet Elizabeth Erlank, daughter of Andries Gustaf Erlank and Susanna Sophia Ritchie, was born on October 28, 1868 in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape and died on March 28, 1904 in Carolina, Mpumalanga at the age of 35. She married Albert Grobbelaar du Toit (great-grandfather’s uncle’s great-great-nephew), son of Petrus Jacobus du Toit and Louisa Maria Grobbelaar, before 1891 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. He was born on July 11, 1862 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on March 27, 1938 in Pretoria, Gauteng at the age of 75.

Catharina Yda Maria Ritchie, daughter of Jacobus “James” Ritchie and Anna Johanna Marais, was born on May 10, 1854 and died before 1906. She married Frederick Wille.

Anna Elizabeth Ritchie, daughter of Jacobus “James” Ritchie and Anna Johanna Marais, was born on May 29, 1856. She married David Hermanus Maree.

Sophia Cecilia Ritchie, daughter of Jacobus “James” Ritchie and Anna Johanna Marais, was born on December 24, 1858. She married D. J. van de Heever. He died before 1906.

Thomas Ritchie, son of Jacobus “James” Ritchie and Anna Johanna Marais, was born on August 7, 1860 in Roodekraal, Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape and died on December 11, 1901 in Refugee camp hospital, Winburg, Free State at the age of 41. He married Jacomina Margaretha du Plessis, daughter of Gideon Petrus du Plessis and Rachel Jacoba Liebenberg, on March 16, 1885 in Ladybrand, Free State. She was born between 1868 and 1869 in Cape Province and died on August 25, 1901 in Refugee camp hospital, Winburg, Free State.

Charles Petrus Ritchie, son of Jacobus “James” Ritchie and Anna Johanna Marais, was born on July 21, 1862. He married Susanna Elizabeth Warden.

Janetta Elizabeth “Jane” Ritchie, daughter of Jacobus “James” Ritchie and Anna Johanna Marais, was born on September 3, 1864 and died before 1906. She married Pieter George van de Werken.

Elizabeth Maria Ritchie, daughter of Jacobus “James” Ritchie and Anna Johanna Marais, was born on June 26, 1866.

Rachel Magdalena Ritchie, daughter of Jacobus “James” Ritchie and Anna Johanna Marais.