Our family connections - Ons familie verwantskappe

Gerrit Myburgh, son of Jacobus Myburgh and Catharina Olivier, was baptized on July 4, 1756. He married Anna Cecilia Olivier (second cousin’s sister-in-law), daughter of Philippus Arnoldus Olivier and Anna Catharina Putter, on July 18, 1779 in Swartland, Western Cape. She was born on February 7, 1762 and died on June 24, 1835 at the age of 73.

Jacobus Myburgh, son of Gerrit Myburgh and Anna Cecilia Olivier, was baptized on February 9, 1783. He married Martha du Plessis (sister-in-law’s great-aunt’s niece), daughter of Gabriel du Plessis and Magdalena Maria Venter, on March 21, 1802 in Cape Town, Western Cape. She was baptized on February 10, 1787 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape and died on November 3, 1858 at the age of 71.

Philippus Arnoldus Myburgh, son of Gerrit Myburgh and Anna Cecilia Olivier, was baptized on October 23, 1784 and died on August 1, 1874 at the age of 89. He married 2 times. The first time he married Cicilia Johanna Fourie (third cousin), daughter of Johannes Hendrik Fourie and Martha Catharina Steyn, on October 30, 1803 in Cape Town, Western Cape. She was baptized on March 30, 1789. The second time he married Cornelia Geertruida du Plessis (great-uncle’s son-in-law’s niece-in-law), daughter of Pieter du Plessis and Anna Cornelia Venter, on September 4, 1825 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. She was baptized on May 8, 1785 in Cape Town, Western Cape and died on July 7, 1838 in Colesberg, Northern Cape at the age of 53.

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

Philippus Arnoldus Meiburgh, son of Jacobus Myburgh and Martha du Plessis, was born on September 5, 1818 and died on December 2, 1884 in Palmietfontein, Dist. Smithfield, Free State at the age of 66. He married Johanna Susanna Nienaber (second cousin), daughter of Jan Hendrik Nienaber and Maria Jacoba van den Berg, on December 26, 1838 in Colesberg, Northern Cape. She was born calculated August 24, 1823 in Klippoort, Colesberg, Northern Cape and died on August 26, 1888 in Palmietfontein, Dist. Smithfield, Free State.

Philippus Arnoldus Myburgh, son of Philippus Arnoldus Myburgh and Cicilia Johanna Fourie, was born on October 2, 1816 in Cradock, Eastern Cape and died on June 15, 1865 at the age of 48. He married Elisabet Geertruida Lubbe (first cousin’s wife’s uncle’s niece), daughter of Henning Jeremias Lubbe and Jacomina Anna Maria Vermeulen, on July 6, 1835 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. She was born on April 17, 1818 and died on March 29, 1885 at the age of 66.