Our family connections - Ons familie verwantskappe

Roelof van Heerden, son of Willem van Heerden and Martha van der Merwe, was born in 1744 and died in 1791 at the age of 47. He married Martha Sophia Pretorius (first cousin once removed descending), daughter of Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius and Anna Sophia Botha, on May 4, 1766. She was baptized on December 3, 1747 in Tulbagh, Western Cape and died in 1798 in Loeriesfontein, Dist. Camdeboo, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape at the age of 50.

Maartje van Heerden, daughter of Roelof van Heerden and Martha Sophia Pretorius, was baptized on April 19, 1767. She married Willem Aaron van Heerden (first cousin), son of Hendrik van Heerden and Anna Sophia van der Merwe, in 1795. He was baptized on December 25, 1766.

Anna Sophia van Heerden, daughter of Roelof van Heerden and Martha Sophia Pretorius, was baptized on November 20, 1768. She married 2 times. The first time she married Jacobus Lodevicus van der Merwe (second cousin), son of Schalk Willem van der Merwe and Johanna Adriana Smit, on March 11, 1787. He was baptized on December 25, 1765 in Tulbagh, Western Cape. The second time she married Jacob Andries Cornelis Weideman.

Machteld Aletta van Heerden, daughter of Roelof van Heerden and Martha Sophia Pretorius, was baptized on April 23, 1775. She married Hendrik van der Merwe (uncle’s son), son of Carel van der Merwe and Aletta Helena van der Merwe,. He was born on December 10, 1770 in Dist. Worcester, Western Cape and died on June 17, 1838 in Matjiesfontein, Sneeuberg, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape at the age of 67.

Elsie Johanna van Heerden, daughter of Roelof van Heerden and Martha Sophia Pretorius, was born in 1777. She married Izaak van der Merwe (first cousin), son of David Schalk van der Merwe and Anna Maria Pretorius,. He was baptized on September 2, 1770 and died in 1821 at the age of 50.

Anna Sophia van Heerden, daughter of Willem Aaron van Heerden and Maartje van Heerden, was baptized on November 5, 1797. She married Jacobus Johannes Pienaar on July 12, 1812 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape.

Martha Sophia van Heerden, daughter of Willem Aaron van Heerden and Maartje van Heerden, was baptized on October 4, 1800 and died on June 17, 1838 in Kareebosch, Dist. Murraysburg, Western Cape at the age of 37. She married David Carel Theron (aunt’s son-in-law), son of Pieter Lodewyk Theron and Johanna Wilhelmina Maasdorp, on August 4, 1816 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. He was born calculated 1783 in Tulbagh, Western Cape and died on August 4, 1858 in Murraysburg, Western Cape.

Anna Sophia Weideman, daughter of Jacob Andries Cornelis Weideman and Anna Sophia van Heerden, was baptized on October 5, 1799 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on January 8, 1854 in Kleinfontein, Murraysburg, Western Cape at the age of 54. She married Willem Hendrik van der Merwe (first cousin), son of Izaak van der Merwe and Elsie Johanna van Heerden, on June 2, 1822 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. He was born about 1800 in Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on January 28, 1854 in Spitskop, Agter-Sneeuberg, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape.

Willem Hendrik van der Merwe, son of Izaak van der Merwe and Elsie Johanna van Heerden, was born about 1800 in Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on January 28, 1854 in Spitskop, Agter-Sneeuberg, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. He married Anna Sophia Weideman (first cousin), daughter of Jacob Andries Cornelis Weideman and Anna Sophia van Heerden, on June 2, 1822 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. She was baptized on October 5, 1799 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on January 8, 1854 in Kleinfontein, Murraysburg, Western Cape at the age of 54.