Our family connections - Ons familie verwantskappe

Jan Brits, son of Rudolph Marthinus Brits and Dina Carolina Brits, was born on October 21, 1803 and died on August 3, 1869 at the age of 65. He married Anna Cecilia Meyburgh (uncle’s grandson’s son-in-law’s wife’s great-aunt), daughter of Jacobus Myburgh and Martha du Plessis, on January 21, 1825 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. She was born calculated May 1808 and died on November 15, 1896 in Doornhoek, Boshof, Free State.

Jacobus Brits, son of Jan Brits and Anna Cecilia Meyburgh, was born on January 12, 1828. He married Cecilia Helena Christina Brits (first cousin once removed ascending), daughter of Johannes Jacobus Frederik Brits and Catharina Elizabeth van der Linde, on February 26, 1849 in Colesberg, Northern Cape. She was born on July 29, 1827.

Gert Roelof Brits, son of Jan Brits and Anna Cecilia Meyburgh, was born on September 12, 1836 and died on August 19, 1912 in Biesempan, Boshof, Free State at the age of 75. He married Maria Jacoba Meybürgh (first cousin), daughter of Philippus Arnoldus Meiburgh and Johanna Susanna Nienaber, on August 17, 1857 in Bloemfontein, Free State. She was born calculated 1840.

Jan Johannes Rudolf Brits, son of Jacobus Brits and Cecilia Helena Christina Brits, was born on June 26, 1850. He married Dina Carolina Botha (uncle’s son-in-law’s step-mother), daughter of Jacob Pieter Botha and Anna Cecilia Brits, on March 7, 1870 in Bloemfontein, Free State. She was born calculated October 1852 in Free State and died on February 7, 1923 in Bloemfontein, Free State.

Johanna Susanna Brits, daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, was born on January 31, 1860 in Boshof, Free State and died on May 30, 1933 in Randgate, Randfontein, Gauteng at the age of 73. She married Frederik Constant Furstenburg (aunt’s mother’s great-aunt’s great ×4 nephew), son of Francois Johannes Reimert Furstenburg and Maria Susanna Margaretha Eksteen.

Philippus Arnoldus Brits, son of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, was born on June 2, 1861 in Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State and died on February 10, 1919 in Doornpan, Dist. Boshof, Free State at the age of 57. He married Martha Sophia Viljoen on April 25, 1881 in Brandfort, Free State. She was born calculated 1862.

Maria Jacoba Brits, daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, was born calculated December 1864 in Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State and died on February 17, 1919 in Dealesville, Dist. Boshof, Free State. She married Jan Hendrik “Jerman” Viljoen (brother-in-law), son of David Jacobus Viljoen and Hester Catherina van Aswegen, on November 23, 1891 in Boshof, Free State. He was born on July 17, 1865.

Dina Carolina Brits, daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, was born calculated June 1867 in Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State and died on April 1, 1930 in Bultfontein, Dist. Hoopstad, Free State. She married David Jacobus Viljoen (brother-in-law), son of David Jacobus Viljoen and Hester Catherina van Aswegen, on July 7, 1884 in Bloemfontein, Free State. He was born on April 15, 1858 in Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape and died on October 22, 1910 in Bultfontein, Dist. Hoopstad, Free State at the age of 52.

Anna Cecilia Brits, daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, was born on October 14, 1869 in Edenburg, Dist. Fauresmith, Free State and died on August 3, 1926 in Grassland, Bloemfontein, Free State at the age of 56. She married Thomas Deacon on March 14, 1887 in Bloemfontein, Free State.

Martha Cornelia Brits, daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, was born between June 1871 and April 1872 in Dist. Boshof, Free State and died on May 6, 1928 in Kimberley, Northern Cape. She married Gerhardus Albertus van Aswegen on August 26, 1889 in Boshof, Free State. He was born calculated 1866.

Magdalena Cecilia Johanna Brits, daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, was born calculated February 1874 in Dist. Boshof, Free State and died on November 23, 1942 in Doornlaagte, Dist. Boshof, Free State. She married Pieter Johannes Venter Joubert (first cousin’s son-in-law), son of Francois Jacobus Joubert and Margaretha Louisa Boshoff, on May 7, 1907 in Dealesville, Dist. Boshof, Free State. He was born on June 29, 1870 in Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State and died on October 8, 1948 in Doornlaagte, Dist. Boshof, Free State at the age of 78.

Jeanetta Jacoba Brits, daughter of Gert Roelof Brits and Maria Jacoba Meybürgh, was born calculated 1878. She married 2 times. The first time she married Hermanus Bernardus Groenewald, son of Johannes Jacobus Groenewald and Abrahamina Johanna “Amy” du Plessis, before 1900. He was born calculated 1877 in Klippan, Dist. Boshof, Free State and died on February 7, 1902 in Hospital, Refugee camp, Brandfort, Free State. The second time she married Daniel Cornelis Francois Ellis.