Our family connections - Ons familie verwantskappe

Gottfried Andreas Watermeyer, son of Bernhard Friedrich Watermeyer and Anna Catherine Nobiling, was born on November 9, 1763 in Hamburg, Germany and died on April 13, 1832 at the age of 68. He married 2 times. The first time he married Margaretha Joubert (mother-in-law’s second cousin), daughter of Joshua Joubert and Maria Johanna Hugo, on March 24, 1793 in Paarl / Drakenstein, Western Cape. She was born on April 17, 1768 in Wellington, Western Cape and died on July 4, 1813 in Cape Town, Western Cape at the age of 45. The second time he married Anna Catharina Carolina Poggenpoel (wife’s second cousin’s daughter), daughter of Philippus Poggenpoel and Elisabeth Margaretha Joubert, between February 6, 1814 and February 9, 1814 in Cape Town, Western Cape. She was born on December 16, 1789 in Cape Town, Western Cape and died on January 6, 1828 in Cape Town, Western Cape at the age of 38.

Friedrich Stephanus Watermeyer, businessman, commissioner of Sequestration Dept and farmer, son of Gottfried Andreas Watermeyer and Margaretha Joubert, was born on February 25, 1797 in Cape Town, Western Cape and died on May 31, 1847 in Cape Town, Western Cape at the age of 50. He married Anna Maria Ziervogel, daughter of Aegidius Benedictus Ziervogel and Beatrix Auret, on August 12, 1821 in Cape Town / Stellenbosch, Western Cape. She was born on February 23, 1804 in Cape Town, Western Cape and died about 1864.

Carel Friedrich Joubert Watermeyer, landed proprietor (before 1901), son of Gottfried Andreas Watermeyer and Anna Catharina Carolina Poggenpoel, was born on January 2, 1815 and died on May 16, 1901 in Forest Cottage, Wynberg, Western Cape at the age of 86. He married 2 times. The first time he married Johanna Wilhelmina “Nancy” Mackerel, daughter of William John Mackerel, on July 19, 1838 in Cape Town, Western Cape. She was born on March 11, 1818 in Cape Town, Western Cape and died on September 8, 1857 in Green Point, Cape Town, Western Cape at the age of 39. The second time he married Julia Hutton, daughter of Henry Hutton and Elizabeth Sophia Beevor, on November 9, 1864 in Wynberg, Western Cape. She was born on August 18, 1829 in Beaumont, Essex, England and died on June 13, 1907 in Wynberg, Western Cape at the age of 77.

Andreas Godfried Watermeyer, son of Carel Friedrich Joubert Watermeyer and Johanna Wilhelmina “Nancy” Mackerel, was born on July 30, 1841 in Green Point, Cape Town, Western Cape and died on June 28, 1887 in Wynberg, Western Cape at the age of 45. He married Augusta Smedmore ….

Maud Emily Watermeyer, daughter of Carel Friedrich Joubert Watermeyer and Julia Hutton, was born on December 3, 1865 in Plumstead, Western Cape and died on August 30, 1944 in Runswick, Kenilworth, Cape Town, Western Cape at the age of 78. She married George Walter Vipan, son of James Vipan Vipan and Susanna Cooper Gray, on December 31, 1884 in Wynberg, Western Cape. He was born on April 14, 1854 in Cambridge, England and died on April 23, 1932 in Runswick, Wynberg, Cape Town, Western Cape at the age of 78.

James Vipan Maitland Watermeyer, son of Carel Friedrich Joubert Watermeyer and Julia Hutton, was born on October 12, 1869 in Plumstead, Western Cape and died on February 22, 1939 in Barberton, Mpumalanga at the age of 69. He married Bertha Lilian Liefeldt on October 2, 1901 in East London, Eastern Cape. She was born on June 10, 1878 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape and died about 1949.