Our family connections - Ons familie verwantskappe

Hans Jacob Brits, son of Rudolph Brits and Maria Gerrits, was baptized on January 2, 1729. He married Hester Engela van der Heiden.

Rudolph Brits, son of Hans Jacob Brits and Hester Engela van der Heiden. He married 2 times. The first time he married Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen on May 21, 1780. The second time he married Cornelia Margaretha Nortje on September 23, 1792.

Gerrit Brits, son of Hans Jacob Brits and Hester Engela van der Heiden, was baptized on April 15, 1756. He married Barbara Maria Roets on March 7, 1784.

Johannes Jacobus Frederik Brits, son of Rudolph Brits and Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen, was baptized on October 20, 1781 and died on May 11, 1864 in Boshof, Free State at the age of 82. He married 2 times. The first time he married Maria Magdalena Brits (sister-in-law), daughter of Rudolph Johannes Brits and Geertruida van Eck, on June 28, 1799. She was baptized on November 24, 1782. The second time he married Catharina Elizabeth van der Linde (niece-in-law’s aunt’s father-in-law’s niece), daughter of Gerrit van der Linde and Cecilia du Plessis, on January 2, 1825 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. She was baptized on November 25, 1801.

Rudolph Marthinus Brits, son of Rudolph Brits and Johanna Petronella Oosthuizen, was born calculated June 10, 1782 and died on November 1, 1868 in Zuurfontein, Dist. Bloemfontein, Free State. He married 2 times. The first time he married Dina Carolina Brits (sister-in-law), daughter of Rudolph Johannes Brits and Geertruida van Eck, on January 11, 1801 in Cape Town, Western Cape. She was baptized on February 3, 1785 in Paarl, Western Cape. The second time he married Elizabeth Catharina Brits (first cousin once removed descending), daughter of Johannes Nicolaas “Johan” Brits and Anna Johanna Wilken, on October 6, 1833 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. She was born on July 9, 1816 and died on December 27, 1857 at the age of 41.

Johannes Nicolaas “Johan” Brits, son of Gerrit Brits and Barbara Maria Roets, was baptized on February 21, 1790 and died on April 7, 1875 in Brits, North West Province at the age of 85. He married Anna Johanna Wilken on October 30, 1815 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape.

Johannes Jacobus Brits, son of Gerrit Brits and Barbara Maria Roets, was baptized on November 4, 1792. He married Anna Maria Botha, daughter of Theunis Johannes Botha and Magdalena Gesina Roets, on May 22, 1814 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. She was born calculated January 16, 1799 and died on June 14, 1880 in Gemsboksfontein, , .

Margaretha Elizabeth Brits, daughter of Gerrit Brits and Barbara Maria Roets, was baptized on May 11, 1806. She married Adam Adriaan van Niekerk (niece’s mother-in-law’s great-uncle’s great-nephew), son of Gerrit van Niekerk and Maria Adriana Tas, on October 8, 1821 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. He was baptized on November 14, 1802.