Petrus Johannes van der Merwe, 1814–1885 (aged 71 years)
- Name
- Petrus Johannes /van der Merwe/
- Given names
- Petrus Johannes
- Surname
- van der Merwe
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Birth
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Citation details: van der Merwe, p546, b2c9d6e10(2)f7. Citation details: Viljoen, p318, b3c4d11e4f7. |
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Marriage
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Citation details: Death notice: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE (1905), MOOC 6/9/536 #3478, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-3SSP-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCL%3A1598082344 : 28 September 2018), 007844461 > image 1712 of 2200; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 28 Apr 2020 Citation details: van der Merwe, p546, b2c9d6e10(2)f7. Citation details: Viljoen, p318, b3c4d11e4f7. |
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War
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Town founded
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapman. 1 May - The Albury reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May. 2 May - La Belle Alliance reached Cape Town. She brought British settlers to Algoa Bay. 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Death of a father
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Citation details: van der Merwe, p546, b2c9d6e10(2). |
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Town founded
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Marriage of a son
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Citation details: Death notice: Elizabeth Mary VAN DER MERWE (1936), MOOC 6/9/4738 #49487/1936, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-5S22-V?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S92%3A1598062409 : 12 September 2017), 007736479 > image 54 of 1457; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 Jan 2019 Citation details: Death notice: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE (1905), MOOC 6/9/536 #3478, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-3SSP-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCL%3A1598082344 : 28 September 2018), 007844461 > image 1712 of 2200; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 28 Apr 2020 Citation details: Marriage: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE and Elisabeth Mary GADNEY (1856), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-7L13?cc=2821281 : 8 April 2020), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 18 Oct 2020 |
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Death of a wife
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Citation details: Viljoen, p318, b3c4d11e4f7. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza. |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE (1905), MOOC 6/9/536 #3478, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-3SSP-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCL%3A1598082344 : 28 September 2018), 007844461 > image 1712 of 2200; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 28 Apr 2020 |
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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: Death notice: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE (1905), MOOC 6/9/536 #3478, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-3SSP-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCL%3A1598082344 : 28 September 2018), 007844461 > image 1712 of 2200; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 28 Apr 2020 |
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Death of a mother
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Citation details: van der Merwe, p546, b2c9d6e10(2). |
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War
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Source citation: Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War. |
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Economic Event
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Elizabeth Mary VAN DER MERWE (1936), MOOC 6/9/4738 #49487/1936, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-5S22-V?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-S92%3A1598062409 : 12 September 2017), 007736479 > image 54 of 1457; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 1 Jan 2019 Citation details: Death notice: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE (1905), MOOC 6/9/536 #3478, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-3SSP-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCL%3A1598082344 : 28 September 2018), 007844461 > image 1712 of 2200; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 28 Apr 2020 |
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Birth of a grandson
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Citation details: Death notice: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE (1905), MOOC 6/9/536 #3478, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-3SSP-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCL%3A1598082344 : 28 September 2018), 007844461 > image 1712 of 2200; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 28 Apr 2020 |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Elizabeth Mary GADNEY (1877), MOOC 6/9/161 #4562, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQN-X7R?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZY%3A1598082381 : 27 April 2020), 007844948 > image 1652 of 2181; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 18 Oct 2020 Note: Birth date estimated from her siblings |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE (1905), MOOC 6/9/536 #3478, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-3SSP-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCL%3A1598082344 : 28 September 2018), 007844461 > image 1712 of 2200; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 28 Apr 2020 |
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Birth of a grandchild
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Citation details: Death notice: Elizabeth Mary GADNEY (1877), MOOC 6/9/161 #4562, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQN-X7R?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZY%3A1598082381 : 27 April 2020), 007844948 > image 1652 of 2181; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 18 Oct 2020 Shared note: Elizabeth Mary GADNEY (1837-1877) Elizabeth Mary GADNEY (1837-1877) Two unbaptised infants mentioned in her death notice in 1877. No record of either of them in her husband's death notice in 1905. |
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Birth of a grandchild
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Citation details: Death notice: Elizabeth Mary GADNEY (1877), MOOC 6/9/161 #4562, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQN-X7R?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZY%3A1598082381 : 27 April 2020), 007844948 > image 1652 of 2181; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 18 Oct 2020 Shared note: Elizabeth Mary GADNEY (1837-1877) Elizabeth Mary GADNEY (1837-1877) Two unbaptised infants mentioned in her death notice in 1877. No record of either of them in her husband's death notice in 1905. |
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Marriage of a son
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Text: AFT 1877 Citation details: Death notice: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE (1905), MOOC 6/9/536 #3478, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-3SSP-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCL%3A1598082344 : 28 September 2018), 007844461 > image 1712 of 2200; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 28 Apr 2020 Citation details: Marriage: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE and Elizabeth Martha DU TOIT (1878), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-F96Z-8?cc=2821281 : 10 May 2020), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 18 Oct 2020 |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE (1905), MOOC 6/9/536 #3478, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-3SSP-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCL%3A1598082344 : 28 September 2018), 007844461 > image 1712 of 2200; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 28 Apr 2020 |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE (1905), MOOC 6/9/536 #3478, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-3SSP-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCL%3A1598082344 : 28 September 2018), 007844461 > image 1712 of 2200; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 28 Apr 2020 |
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War
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE (1905), MOOC 6/9/536 #3478, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-3SSP-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCL%3A1598082344 : 28 September 2018), 007844461 > image 1712 of 2200; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 28 Apr 2020 |
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Birth of a granddaughter
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Citation details: Death notice: Nicolaas Jacobus VAN DER MERWE (1905), MOOC 6/9/536 #3478, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-3SSP-9?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SCL%3A1598082344 : 28 September 2018), 007844461 > image 1712 of 2200; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa : accessed 28 Apr 2020 |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South Africa. It weighed 21.25 carats (4.250 g), and was found by Erasmus Jacobs near Hopetown on the Orange River in 1867. The diamond, cut to a 10.73-carat (2.146 g) cushion-shaped brilliant, is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to the Kimberley Diamond Rush, and marked the beginning of the Mineral Revolution. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area. |
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Death
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Citation details: Viljoen, p318, b3c4d11e4f7. |
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1778–1844
Birth: October 5, 1778
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— Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: June 30, 1844 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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1786–1864
Birth: October 13, 1786
Death: April 8, 1864 — Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — February 21, 1802 — |
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9 years
elder brother |
1810–1895
Birth: August 27, 1810
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23
Death: August 28, 1895 — Rietfontein, South Africa |
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4 years
himself |
1814–1885
Birth: March 7, 1814
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— Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: October 22, 1885 — Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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1814–1885
Birth: March 7, 1814
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— Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: October 22, 1885 — Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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| wife |
1819–1859
Birth: July 20, 1819
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— Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: July 2, 1859 — Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| Marriage | Marriage — — |
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1836–1905
Birth: calculated August 25, 1836
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— Dist. Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa Death: September 26, 1905 — Britstown, Northern Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Petrus Johannes van der Merwe
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Generation 1
Petrus Johannes van der Merwe, son of Nicolaas van der Merwe and Susanna Margaretha Liebenberg, was born on March 7, 1814 in Ou Plaas, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on October 22, 1885 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 71.
He married Anna Sophia Viljoen, daughter of Jan Viljoen and Johanna Christina Jacobs,. She was born on July 20, 1819 in Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on July 2, 1859 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 39.
Children of Petrus Johannes van der Merwe and Anna Sophia Viljoen:
- Nicolaas Jacobus van der Merwe (1836–1905)
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Generation 2 back to top
Nicolaas Jacobus van der Merwe, son of Petrus Johannes van der Merwe and Anna Sophia Viljoen, was born calculated August 25, 1836 in Dist. Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa and died on September 26, 1905 in Britstown, Northern Cape, South Africa.
He married 2 times. The first time he married Elizabeth Mary Gadney, daughter of John Gadney, on December 8, 1856 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa. She was born calculated March 22, 1837 in Dist. Caledon, Western Cape, South Africa and died on October 3, 1877 in Kombuisfontein, Dist. Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa.
The second time he married Elizabeth Martha du Toit on June 26, 1878 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Children of Nicolaas Jacobus van der Merwe and Elizabeth Mary Gadney:
- Anna Sophia van der Merwe (1862–)
- Nicolaas Jacobus van der Merwe (1864–)
- Elizabeth Mary van der Merwe (1866–1936)
- Johan Albertus Zastron van der Merwe (1870–)
- Carolina Maria Joubert van der Merwe (1873–)
- Susanna Magdalena van der Merwe (1875–)
- … van der Merwe (1877–)
- … van der Merwe (1877–)
Children of Nicolaas Jacobus van der Merwe and Elizabeth Martha du Toit:
- Sara Magdalena van der Merwe (1879–)
- Elizabeth Martha van der Merwe (1881–)
- Jacomina Jacoba van der Merwe (1883–)
- Steffina Francina van der Merwe (1885–)
- Johanna Susanna Elizabeth van der Merwe (1887–)
- Magdalena Steffina Cornelia van der Merwe (1890–)
- Carolina Petronella van der Merwe (1894–)
- Stephanus Francois van der Merwe (1897–)
- Dawid Schalk van der Merwe (1899–)
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Generation 3 back to top
Elizabeth Mary van der Merwe, daughter of Nicolaas Jacobus van der Merwe and Elizabeth Mary Gadney, was born calculated May 1866 and died on January 26, 1936 in Britstown, Northern Cape, South Africa.
She married Willem Hendrik van Niekerk (fifth cousin once removed descending), son of Michiel Guiliaume van Niekerk and Anna Sophia Barnard, before 1928. He was born calculated August 1866 and died on October 3, 1944 in Britstown, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Children of Elizabeth Mary van der Merwe and Willem Hendrik van Niekerk:
- Elizabeth Mary Gadney van Niekerk (1895–1977)
- Michiel Guillaume van Niekerk (1896–)
- Anna Sophia van Niekerk (1900–1949)
- Gertruida Carolina Hermina van Niekerk (1901–1978)
- Willie Hendrika van Niekerk (1909–1995)
Ancestors of Petrus Johannes van der Merwe
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Generation 1
Petrus Johannes van der Merwe, son of Nicolaas van der Merwe and Susanna Margaretha Liebenberg, was born on March 7, 1814 in Ou Plaas, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on October 22, 1885 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 71.
Generation 2 back to topNicolaas van der Merwe, son of David Schalk van der Merwe and Anna Maria Pretorius, was born on October 5, 1778 in Camdeboo, Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa and died on June 30, 1844 in Uitvlugt, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa at the age of 65.
Susanna Margaretha Liebenberg, daughter of Daniel Pieter Liebenberg and Anna Margaretha Minnaar, was born on October 13, 1786 and died on April 8, 1864 in Richmond, Northern Cape, South Africa at the age of 77.
Generation 3 back to topDavid Schalk van der Merwe, son of David van der Merwe and Hendrina Hörsel, was born on June 16, 1739 and died in 1800 at the age of 60.
Anna Maria Pretorius, daughter of Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius and Anna Sophia Botha, was born on September 10, 1741.
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