Our family connections - Ons familie verwantskappe

Johannes Petrus du Plessis, son of Johannes du Plessis and Anna Claudina Roux, was baptized on October 18, 1750 in Paarl, Western Cape. He married Susanna Johanna de Wet on December 19, 1773.

Philippus Arnoldus du Plessis, son of Johannes Petrus du Plessis and Susanna Johanna de Wet, was baptized on August 21, 1791 in Tulbagh, Western Cape and died on March 23, 1860 in Camdeboo, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape at the age of 68. He married 3 times. The first time he married Maria Magdalena du Plessis (first cousin), daughter of Phillipus du Plessis and Maria Magdalena Myburgh, on June 5, 1813. She was baptized on August 16, 1795 in Tulbagh, Western Cape. The second time he married Maria Elisabeth Fouché on November 5, 1831 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. The third time he married Maria Jacoba de Villiers after 1831. She was born calculated 1799 and died on March 11, 1856 in Camdeboo, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape.

Maria Magdalena du Plessis, daughter of Philippus Arnoldus du Plessis and Maria Magdalena du Plessis, was born on April 14, 1814 in Dist. Worcester, Western Cape and died on July 15, 1844 in Agter-Sneeuberg, Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape at the age of 30. She married Johannes Izaak Frederik Marais (mother’s step-father’s first cousin’s step-son), son of Izak Marais and Machteld Grobbelaar, on April 13, 1839 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. He was born on December 30, 1809.