Our family connections - Ons familie verwantskappe

Gerrit Willemse.

Gerrit Nieuwoudt, son of Gerrit Willemse and Johanna “Anna” van Wyk, was born on December 17, 1716 and died about 1797. He married Johanna Steenkamp (great-niece’s sister-in-law’s great-grandfather’s daughter), daughter of Jan “Harmensz” Steenkamp and Geesje “Gesina” Visser, on April 26, 1739 in Drakenstein, Western Cape. She was baptized on October 4, 1716.

Jan Harmen Nieuwoudt, son of Gerrit Nieuwoudt and Johanna Steenkamp, was born on February 5, 1740 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape and died on January 12, 1822 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape at the age of 81. He married 2 times. The first time he married Maria Cecilia van Kerken (brother-in-law’s uncle’s great-grandson’s father-in-law’s mother), daughter of Gerrit van Kerken and Cecilia Vivier, on November 27, 1768. She was baptized on July 19, 1739 and died on May 27, 1770 at the age of 30. The second time he married Maria Margaretha Wolfaardt on June 27, 1773. She was born on October 26, 1754 in Wagenmakersvallei, Dist. Paarl, Western Cape and died on April 30, 1844 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape at the age of 89.

Jeremias Cornelis Nieuwoudt, son of Gerrit Nieuwoudt and Johanna Steenkamp, was baptized on June 28, 1744 in Drakenstein, Western Cape and died on May 18, 1811 at the age of 66. He married Jacoba Botma, daughter of Johannes Arnoldus Botma and Jacoba Keyser, on August 20, 1775 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape. She was born on May 25, 1757.

Gesina Maria “Geesje” Nieuwoudt, daughter of Gerrit Nieuwoudt and Johanna Steenkamp, was born on May 25, 1746. She married Charl du Toit (aunt’s son-in-law’s great-great-uncle’s son), son of Stephanus du Toit and Deborah Marais, on February 4, 1770 in Paarl, Western Cape. He was baptized on May 25, 1749 in Paarl, Western Cape and died about 1806.