Our family connections - Ons familie verwantskappe

Elizabeth Olivier, daughter of Gerrit Olivier and Maria Magdalena van der Westhuizen, was born on November 7, 1734. She married Willem Myburgh (brother-in-law), son of Albert Lambertz Myburgh and Elsje van der Merwe, on April 26, 1750. He was baptized on February 17, 1718.

Albert Myburgh, son of Willem Myburgh and Elizabeth Olivier, was baptized on May 2, 1751 and died on September 21, 1798 in Swartland, Western Cape at the age of 47. He married Anna Elisabeth Theron (nephew-in-law’s half-sister), daughter of Jacobus Theron and Hester Blignaut, on May 9, 1773 in Tulbagh, Western Cape. She was baptized on October 12, 1755 in Tulbagh, Western Cape and died on May 30, 1828 in Over Breede River, Western Cape at the age of 72.

Maria Magdalena Myburgh, daughter of Willem Myburgh and Elizabeth Olivier, was baptized on April 6, 1755. She married 2 times. The first time she married Petrus Johannes van Heerden (brother-in-law’s uncle), son of Willem van Heerden and Martha van der Merwe, on August 12, 1770. He was baptized on March 8, 1750 and died in 1787 at the age of 36. The second time she married Phillipus du Plessis (great-uncle’s son-in-law’s son), son of Johannes du Plessis and Anna Claudina Roux, on December 5, 1790. He was baptized on April 4, 1762 in Tulbagh, Western Cape and died on July 20, 1839 in Tulbagh, Western Cape at the age of 77.

Elsie Myburgh, daughter of Willem Myburgh and Elizabeth Olivier, was baptized on July 10, 1757. She married 2 times. The first time she married Izaak van Heerden (brother-in-law’s son), son of Pieter Willem van Heerden and Anna Sophia van der Merwe,. He was baptized on October 6, 1755. The second time she married Cosmos Jospeh Rademan.

Willem Myburgh, son of Albert Myburgh and Anna Elisabeth Theron, was born on February 20, 1774 and died on August 13, 1854 in Beaufort, , at the age of 80. He married Beatrix Olivier (sister-in-law), daughter of Hendrik Olivier and Renske van der Walt, on May 5, 1796. She was born on October 3, 1778.

Hester Myburgh, daughter of Albert Myburgh and Anna Elisabeth Theron, was baptized on November 12, 1775. She married Gerrit Olivier (brother-in-law), son of Hendrik Olivier and Renske van der Walt, on February 3, 1793. He was baptized on March 12, 1766.

Willem van Heerden, son of Petrus Johannes van Heerden and Maria Magdalena Myburgh, was baptized on September 13, 1771 and died in 1826 at the age of 54. He married Herculina Johanna du Preez (uncle’s step-daughter), daughter of Philippus Lodewicus du Preez and Maria de Bruyn, on April 17, 1791. She was baptized on July 25, 1773.

Maria Magdalena du Plessis, daughter of Phillipus du Plessis and Maria Magdalena Myburgh, was baptized on August 16, 1795 in Tulbagh, Western Cape. She married Philippus Arnoldus du Plessis (first cousin), son of Johannes Petrus du Plessis and Susanna Johanna de Wet, on June 5, 1813. He was baptized on August 21, 1791 in Tulbagh, Western Cape and died on March 23, 1860 in Camdeboo, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape at the age of 68.

Pieter Willem van Heerden, son of Izaak van Heerden and Elsie Myburgh, was baptized on April 18, 1778. He married Johanna Margaretha Pretorius (father’s step-mother’s father’s great-niece), daughter of Jacobus Cornelis Pretorius and Margaretha Johanna Coetzee, on April 17, 1796. She was baptized on October 31, 1779 and died about 1848 in De Zeekoegat, Agter-Sneeuberg, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape.

Catharina Cecilia van Heerden, daughter of Izaak van Heerden and Elsie Myburgh, was born on October 27, 1793. She married Thomas Arnoldus Theron (aunt’s half-brother), son of Jacobus Theron and Anna Sophia de Vos, on November 5, 1809 in Tulbagh, Western Cape. He was baptized on October 23, 1789 in Tulbagh, Western Cape and died on January 11, 1863 in Wolvenkop, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape at the age of 73.