Our family connections - Ons familie verwantskappe

Hendrina van Rensburg, daughter of Hendrik Janse van Rensburg and Anna Maria van der Merwe, was baptized on January 14, 1753 in Tulbagh, Western Cape. She married Abraham Paulus van den Berg (brother-in-law), son of Jacobus van den Berg and Maria Magdalena Haak, on November 5, 1769. He was baptized on April 1, 1747.

Jacobus van den Berg, son of Abraham Paulus van den Berg and Hendrina van Rensburg, was baptized on April 10, 1773. He married Maria Susanna van der Merwe (first cousin once removed ascending), daughter of Isak van der Merwe and Anna Susanna van Heerden, on February 23, 1794. She was born about 1774 in Camdeboo, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape and died on January 26, 1859 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape.

Izak Jacobus van den Berg, son of Jacobus van den Berg and Maria Susanna van der Merwe, was baptized on November 17, 1805. He married 3 times. The first time he married Johanna Maria Naudé (first cousin), daughter of Carel David Naudé and Elisabeth van der Merwe, on October 6, 1823 in Eastern Cape. She was baptized on May 11, 1806. The second time he married Martha Hendrina Wilhelmina van den Berg (uncle’s niece), daughter of Abraham Paulus van den Berg and Martha Hendrina Koen, on April 4, 1825 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. She was baptized on May 20, 1805. The third time he married Elisabeth Susanna Joubert, daughter of Francois Joubert and Maria Hendrika Meegel, on January 6, 1827 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. She was born on April 15, 1809.