Aletta Sophia van Heerden, 1761–1813 (aged 51 years)
- Name
- Aletta Sophia /van Heerden/
- Given names
- Aletta Sophia
- Surname
- van Heerden
- Name
- Aletta Sophia /van Heerden/
- Type of name
- married name
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Baptism
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Citation details: van Heerden, p237, b1c4d2. |
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Death of a mother
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Citation details: van Heerden, p237, b1c4. |
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Marriage of a parent
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Citation details: van Heerden, p237, b1c4. Citation details: van der Merwe, p576, b2c13d3. |
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Death of a paternal grandfather
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Citation details: van Heerden, p221, b1. |
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Marriage of a parent
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Citation details: van Heerden, p237, b1c4. |
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Death of a maternal grandmother
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Text: 01 DEC 1744 Citation details: van der Merwe, p549, b2c11.
Source: First Fifty Years Project
Citation details: Cisilia Janse van Rijnsbùrgh (1715-1774), http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g11/p11782.htm : accessed 1 Apr 2020 Cecilia Janse v Rensburg's death date wrong in her husband's entry in SAG 5 1.12.1744 instead of 1.12.1774 |
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Death of a maternal grandfather
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Citation details: van der Merwe, p549, b2c11. |
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War
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Source citation: Note: French troops arrive at the Cape Colony to guard it against the English. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: The Fish River is made the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony. |
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Marriage
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Citation details: van Heerden, p238, b1c5d3. Citation details: van Heerden, p237, b1c4d2. |
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War
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Source citation: Note: Consequence of signing the Treaty of Paris (3 Sep 1783). |
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Death of a half-sister
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Citation details: Pienaar, p43, b2c5d7. |
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War
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Source citation: |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: The Dutch East India Company is in financial ruins. 29 January – Farmers expelled the officials of the Dutch East India Company and established an independent government at Graaff Reinet. 18 June - Swellendam follows Graaff Reinet and declares a republic under Hermanus Steyn. The Netherlands is invaded by the French under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte. A republic is declared by Dutch revolutionaires and the Prince of Orange flees to England. 16 September – British forces under General Sir James Henry Craig seizes the Cape Colony for the Stadtholder Prince William V of Orange. The republics of Graaff Reinet and Swellendam reject the British and the British army is sent in. The start of free trade was announced. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: |
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Natural disaster
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Source citation: Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region. |
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Town founded
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Marriage of a son
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Citation details: Marriage: Isaak Johannes VAN HEERDEN and Engela Elisabeth PRETORIUS (1813), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-QDTR?i=71&cat=959223 : accessed 2 Feb 2019 Citation details: van Heerden, p238, b1c5d3e1. |
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Death of a son
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Citation details: Marriage: Isaak Johannes VAN HEERDEN and Engela Elisabeth PRETORIUS (1813), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-QDTR?i=71&cat=959223 : accessed 2 Feb 2019 |
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War
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Source citation: |
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Death of a father
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Death
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Citation details: van Heerden, p238, b1c5d3. |
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| mother |
1738–1761
Baptism: January 15, 1738
26
22
— Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa Death: 1761 |
| Marriage | Marriage — February 6, 1757 — |
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5 years
herself |
| father | |
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| stepmother | |
| Marriage | Marriage — April 4, 1762 — |
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3 years
half-sister |
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2 years
half-brother |
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4 years
half-sister |
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| stepmother | |
| Marriage | Marriage — January 6, 1771 — |
| husband | |
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| herself | |
| Marriage | Marriage — October 10, 1784 — |
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19 months
son |
1786–1813
Baptism: April 23, 1786
20
24
Death: before May 30, 1813 |
| husband | |
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| husband’s wife |
1792–1867
Baptism: December 16, 1792
23
19
Death: September 28, 1867 |
| Marriage | Marriage — April 3, 1814 — Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
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6 years
stepdaughter |
1820–1847
Birth: January 1820
54
27
— Dist. Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: March 21, 1847 — Dist. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Aletta Sophia van Heerden
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Generation 1
Aletta Sophia van Heerden, daughter of Hendrik van Heerden and Aletta van der Merwe, was baptized on September 3, 1761 and died in 1813 at the age of 51.
She married Willem Jacobus van Heerden (first cousin), son of Izaak van Heerden and Magdalena Theron, on October 10, 1784. He was baptized on July 28, 1765.
Children of Aletta Sophia van Heerden and Willem Jacobus van Heerden:
- Isaak Benjamin van Heerden (1786–1813)
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Generation 2 back to top
Isaak Benjamin van Heerden, son of Willem Jacobus van Heerden and Aletta Sophia van Heerden, was baptized on April 23, 1786 and died before May 30, 1813.
He married Engela Elizabeth Pretorius (second cousin once removed ascending), daughter of Willem Pretorius and Engela Smit, before 1813. She was baptized on September 25, 1789.
Ancestors of Aletta Sophia van Heerden
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Generation 1
Aletta Sophia van Heerden, daughter of Hendrik van Heerden and Aletta van der Merwe, was baptized on September 3, 1761 and died in 1813 at the age of 51.
Generation 2 back to topHendrik van Heerden, son of Willem van Heerden and Martha van der Merwe, was baptized on January 22, 1736.
Aletta van der Merwe, daughter of Izaak van der Merwe and Cecilia Janse van Rensburg, was baptized on January 15, 1738 in Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa and died in 1761 at the age of 22.
Generation 3 back to topWillem van Heerden, son of Pieter Willems van Heerden and Magtilt van der Merwe, was baptized on October 22, 1709 and died in 1767 at the age of 57.
Martha van der Merwe, daughter of Schalk van der Merwe and Anna Prevot, was baptized on May 14, 1713.
Izaak van der Merwe, son of Schalk van der Merwe and Anna Prevot, was born on April 14, 1711 and died on June 1, 1777 in Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa at the age of 66.
Cecilia Janse van Rensburg, daughter of Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg and Aletta
Aaltjie
van der Merwe, was born on March 1, 1715 and died on December 1, 1774 at the age of 59.
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