Our family connections - Ons familie verwantskappe

Elizabeth Margaretha Welgemoed, daughter of David Johannes Welgemoed and Maria Elizabeth van der Merwe, was born on November 15, 1878 and died on March 25, 1940 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape at the age of 61. She married Hendrik Paul Welgemoed (first cousin once removed ascending), son of Hendrik Paul Welgemoed and Johanna Hendrina Elizabeth Grobbelaar, on December 14, 1896 in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He was born on October 12, 1869 and died on March 11, 1925 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape at the age of 55.

Maria Magaretha “Meraai” Welgemoed, teacher, daughter of Hendrik Paul Welgemoed and Elizabeth Margaretha Welgemoed. She died after September 1964.

Johanna Hendrina Grobler “Babes” Welgemoed, onderwyseres (between 1929 and 1937) and onderwyseres (from 1938), daughter of Hendrik Paul Welgemoed and Elizabeth Margaretha Welgemoed, was born on January 11, 1908 in Middelburg, Eastern Cape and died on February 14, 1989 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape at the age of 81. She married Cornelius Willem Petrus “Corneels” Cloete (father’s great-uncle’s great-great-grandson), son of Willem Jacobus Cloete and Jacoba Ritchie Erlank.

Willem Izak Welgemoed, son of Hendrik Paul Welgemoed and Elizabeth Margaretha Welgemoed, was born on July 20, 1911 and died on July 7, 1992 at the age of 80. He married Adriana Johanna “Attie” Coetzee, daughter of Private and Private.

Elizabeth Helena “Poppie” Welgemoed, daughter of Hendrik Paul Welgemoed and Elizabeth Margaretha Welgemoed, was born on February 19, 1913 and died on July 24, 1980 at the age of 67. She married Theodorus “Theo” Botha (third cousin once removed ascending), son of Joseph Frederik Botha and Henrietta Adriana Meintjies Olivier.