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Maria GERRITS

Female 1705 - 1738  (~ 32 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Maria GERRITS was christened on 30 Aug 1705 in Stellenbosch; died on 30 Mar 1738.

    Maria married Rudolph BRITS on 15 Dec 1722. Rudolph (son of Hans Jacob BRITS and Dina OLIVIER) was christened on 24 Oct 1702 in Stellenbosch. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Dina BRITS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 9 Jun 1726.
    2. 3. Susanna Maria BRITS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 27 May 1731.
    3. 4. Alida BRITS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Sep 1734.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Dina BRITS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maria1) was christened on 9 Jun 1726.

    Dina married Johannes SWANEPOEL on 29 Sep 1743. Johannes (son of Pieter Jansz SWANEPOEL and Maria Sibella SACHS) was christened on 2 May 1723 in Paarl. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 5. Susanna Maria SWANEPOEL  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 26 Jul 1744; died about 1772.
    2. 6. Johannes SWANEPOEL  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 7 Nov 1751.

  2. 3.  Susanna Maria BRITS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maria1) was christened on 27 May 1731.

    Susanna married Jan Jansz NIEUWENHUYS on 9 Dec 1753. Jan was born in in Westphalia, Germany; died on 13 Jun 1781 in Stellenbosch. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 7. Maria Margaretha (van Nieuwenhiuzen) NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 6 Apr 1755.
    2. 8. Johannes NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 7 Aug 1757.
    3. 9. Hendrik Johannes (Nieuwenhuizen) NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 1 Jun 1760.
    4. 10. Rudolph Johannes NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 8 Aug 1762.
    5. 11. Petrus Bernardus NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1764.
    6. 12. Alida NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 25 Sep 1768.

  3. 4.  Alida BRITS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Maria1) was born on 28 Sep 1734.

    Alida married Jan BRONKHORST. Jan (son of Johann BRONKHORST and Geertruyd BOSHOUWER) was christened on 14 Aug 1729. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 13. Geertruy BRONKHORST  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 11 Apr 1762.
    2. 14. Gysbert BRONKHORST  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 7 Apr 1765.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Susanna Maria SWANEPOEL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Dina2, 1.Maria1) was christened on 26 Jul 1744; died about 1772.

    Susanna married Philip Arnold Christian (Raht) RAATH on 26 Nov 1769 in Stellenbosch. Philip was born in in Blankenburg, Germany. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 15. Johannes Christoffel RAATH  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 19 May 1779 in Drakenstein.
    2. 16. Philippus Arnoldus Christiaan RAATH  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1782 in Graaff-Reinet; died on 7 Nov 1850 in Richmond.

  2. 6.  Johannes SWANEPOEL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Dina2, 1.Maria1) was christened on 7 Nov 1751.

    Johannes married Maria Magdalena van den BERG on 5 Apr 1789 in Cape Town. Maria (daughter of Johannes Hendrik van den BERG and Anna ROSSOUW) was christened on 7 Jul 1771. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 17. Dina Susanna SWANEPOEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1790 in Paarl.

  3. 7.  Maria Margaretha (van Nieuwenhiuzen) NIEUWENHUYS Descendancy chart to this point (3.Susanna2, 1.Maria1) was christened on 6 Apr 1755.

    Maria married Cornelis Jacobz THUYN. Cornelis was born in UNKNOWN in Alkmaar, Holland. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 18. Elizabeth Maria THUYN  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 19. Catharina Elizabeth THUYN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in in Caledon; was christened on 24 Oct 1784; died on 13 Dec 1843 in Natal.

  4. 8.  Johannes NIEUWENHUYS Descendancy chart to this point (3.Susanna2, 1.Maria1) was christened on 7 Aug 1757.

    Johannes married Christina Helena VOOGD. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 20. Susanna Maria (van Nieuwenhuizen) NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 3 Apr 1785.

  5. 9.  Hendrik Johannes (Nieuwenhuizen) NIEUWENHUYS Descendancy chart to this point (3.Susanna2, 1.Maria1) was christened on 1 Jun 1760.

    Hendrik married Catharina Louisa SWANEPOEL on 8 Aug 1819 in Swellendam. Catharina (daughter of Daniel Johannes SWANEPOEL and Johanna Wilhelmina BUITENDAG) was christened on 7 Oct 1798 in Cape Town. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 21. Daniel Johannes NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 May 1820 in Worcester; died on 3 Mar 1866 in Uitenhage, E Cape.

    Hendrik married Susanna Magdalena SWANEPOEL on 15 Aug 1790 in Cape Town. Susanna (daughter of Jacobus SWANEPOEL and Susanna Catharina RABIE) was christened on 23 Sep 1753 in Roodezand; died before 1819. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 22. Jan Alwyn NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 8 Feb 1795 in Swellendam.

  6. 10.  Rudolph Johannes NIEUWENHUYS Descendancy chart to this point (3.Susanna2, 1.Maria1) was christened on 8 Aug 1762.

    Rudolph married Maria Isabella de BEER on 5 Sep 1802 in Cape Town. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 23. Hendrina Johanna Barendina(van NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Oct 1810 in Graaff-Reinet.

  7. 11.  Petrus Bernardus NIEUWENHUYS Descendancy chart to this point (3.Susanna2, 1.Maria1) was born about 1764.

    Petrus married Anna Margaretha VLOTMAN on 26 Mar 1785. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 24. Aletta Susanna (Nieuwenhuizen) NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 23 Jul 1787; died on 18 May 1868 in Prince Albert.
    2. 25. Hendrik Petrus (Nieuwenhuizen) NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 25 Nov 1792.

  8. 12.  Alida NIEUWENHUYS Descendancy chart to this point (3.Susanna2, 1.Maria1) was christened on 25 Sep 1768.

    Alida married Bartholomeus BRUYNSWAARD on 2 Oct 1785. Bartholomeus was christened on 17 Jul 1763. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 26. Hendrina Catharina BRUYNSWAARD  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 26 Dec 1788 in Cape Town.

  9. 13.  Geertruy BRONKHORST Descendancy chart to this point (4.Alida2, 1.Maria1) was christened on 11 Apr 1762.

    Geertruy married Abraham Christoffel SWANEPOEL on 21 Dec 1783. Abraham (son of Pieter SWANEPOEL and Martha Elizabeth BOTHA) was christened on 25 Feb 1760. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 27. Pieter Andries SWANEPOEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 May 1792 in Graaff-Reinet.
    2. 28. Aletta Johanna Jacoba SWANEPOEL  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 6 Dec 1795 in Tulbagh.

  10. 14.  Gysbert BRONKHORST Descendancy chart to this point (4.Alida2, 1.Maria1) was christened on 7 Apr 1765.

    Gysbert married Sophia van DYK on 20 May 1787. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 29. Alida BRONKHORST  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Mar 1789 in Paarl; died on 21 Apr 1837.


Generation: 4

  1. 15.  Johannes Christoffel RAATH Descendancy chart to this point (5.Susanna3, 2.Dina2, 1.Maria1) was christened on 19 May 1779 in Drakenstein.

    Johannes married Johanna Helena VOSLOO on 4 Dec 1803 in Cape Town. Johanna (daughter of Johannes Arnoldus VOSLOO and Johanna ROI) was christened on 2 Dec 1787. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 30. Philippus Arnoldus Christiaan RAATH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jan 1805 in Langkloof; was christened in in Swellendam; died on 10 Jan 1881 in Bethlehem, Free State.

  2. 16.  Philippus Arnoldus Christiaan RAATH Descendancy chart to this point (5.Susanna3, 2.Dina2, 1.Maria1) was born about 1782 in Graaff-Reinet; died on 7 Nov 1850 in Richmond.

    Philippus married Martha du PLESSIS on 25 Jan 1801 in Cape Town. Martha (daughter of Jan Louis du PLESSIS and Anna Sophia PIENAAR) was christened on 30 Apr 1780 in Drakenstein; died on 18 Aug 1836 in Beaufort West. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 31. Petrus Johannes RAATH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jul 1821 in Beaufort West; died on 15 Feb 1886 in Kimberley.

  3. 17.  Dina Susanna SWANEPOEL Descendancy chart to this point (6.Johannes3, 2.Dina2, 1.Maria1) was born in Jan 1790 in Paarl.

    Dina married David Matthys de KOKER about 1818. David (son of Theodorus de KOKER and Maria Sibella SWANEPOEL) was christened on 6 Jan 1771. [Group Sheet]


  4. 18.  Elizabeth Maria THUYN Descendancy chart to this point (7.Maria3, 3.Susanna2, 1.Maria1)

    Elizabeth married Philippus Johannes van KOPPEN on 7 Sep 1806 in Stellenbosch. Philippus (son of Marthinus Adriaan van KOPPEN and Cornelia SNYMAN) was christened on 7 May 1780 in Swellendam. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 32. Margaretha Maria van KOPPEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jan 1808 in Swellendam; died on 25 May 1877 in Mossel Bay.

  5. 19.  Catharina Elizabeth THUYN Descendancy chart to this point (7.Maria3, 3.Susanna2, 1.Maria1) was born in in Caledon; was christened on 24 Oct 1784; died on 13 Dec 1843 in Natal.

    Catharina married Jurgen Johannes PAS on 26 Jan 1800 in Cape Town. Jurgen (son of Jurgen Johannes PAS and Sophia Margaretha OTTO) was born in in Stellenbosch; was christened on 2 Jun 1776 in Stellenbosch; died on 30 Nov 1836 in Caledon. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 33. Sophia Margaretha Elizabeth PAS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 1 Nov 1801; died about 1801.
    2. 34. Jurgen Johannes PAS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 9 Nov 1803; died about 1803.
    3. 35. Margaretha Maria PAS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Feb 1806; died on 25 Jul 1841.
    4. 36. Jurgen Johannes PAS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 28 Jan 1810; died about 1810.
    5. 37. Cornelis Philippus Johannaes PAS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Oct 1811; died on 7 Dec 1812.

  6. 20.  Susanna Maria (van Nieuwenhuizen) NIEUWENHUYS Descendancy chart to this point (8.Johannes3, 3.Susanna2, 1.Maria1) was christened on 3 Apr 1785.

    Susanna married Johann Godlieb MOND in Feb 1810 in Swellendam. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 38. Susanna Magdalena MOND  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Jun 1813 in Swellendam.
    2. 39. Johanna Maria MOND  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 May 1829 in Swellendam.

  7. 21.  Daniel Johannes NIEUWENHUYS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Hendrik3, 3.Susanna2, 1.Maria1) was born on 6 May 1820 in Worcester; died on 3 Mar 1866 in Uitenhage, E Cape.

    Daniel married Anna Magdalena ROSSOUW. Anna (daughter of Gerrit ROSSOUW and Johanna Catharina van ZYL) was christened on 26 Nov 1820. [Group Sheet]


  8. 22.  Jan Alwyn NIEUWENHUYS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Hendrik3, 3.Susanna2, 1.Maria1) was christened on 8 Feb 1795 in Swellendam.

    Jan married Martha Susanna STEYN on 4 Aug 1821 in Swellendam. Martha (daughter of Daniel STEYN and Cornelia (Gildenhuyzen) GELDENHUYS) was christened on 17 Apr 1803. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 40. Jan Alwyn (Nieuwenhuysen) NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 41. Cornelia Dorothea (Nieuwenhuizen) NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Dec 1822 in Swellendam; died on 8 Feb 1887 in Swellendam.
    3. 42. Susanna Magdalena (Nieuwenhuis) NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Aug 1824 in Swellendam; died about 1914.
    4. 43. Hendrik Johannes NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Sep 1828 in Swellendam.
    5. 44. Daniel NIEUWENHUYS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Oct 1830 in Swellendam.

  9. 23.  Hendrina Johanna Barendina(van NIEUWENHUYS Descendancy chart to this point (10.Rudolph3, 3.Susanna2, 1.Maria1) was born on 10 Oct 1810 in Graaff-Reinet.

    Hendrina married Ernst Lodewyk KLEYNHANS on 4 Mar 1827 in Cradock. Ernst (son of Ernst Lodewyk KLEYNHANS and Geertruyda Anna Magdalena GROBBELAAR) was born on 28 Nov 1809 in Swellendam. [Group Sheet]


  10. 24.  Aletta Susanna (Nieuwenhuizen) NIEUWENHUYS Descendancy chart to this point (11.Petrus3, 3.Susanna2, 1.Maria1) was christened on 23 Jul 1787; died on 18 May 1868 in Prince Albert.

    Aletta married Johannes van ECK on 30 Mar 1807 in Graaff-Reinet. Johannes (son of Johannes van ECK and Martha Magdalena CORDIER) was christened on 23 Feb 1787. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 45. Johannes Bernardus Lodewikus Philippus van ECK  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Sep 1816 in Graaff-Reinet; was christened on 9 Mar 1817 in Graaff-Reinet.

  11. 25.  Hendrik Petrus (Nieuwenhuizen) NIEUWENHUYS Descendancy chart to this point (11.Petrus3, 3.Susanna2, 1.Maria1) was christened on 25 Nov 1792.

    Hendrik married Maria Elizabeth (Grobler) GROBBELAAR on 4 Feb 1810 in Graaff-Reinet. Maria (daughter of Johannes GROBBELAAR and Magdalena Adriana DIPPENAAR) was born on 4 May 1794 in Graaff-Reinet. [Group Sheet]


  12. 26.  Hendrina Catharina BRUYNSWAARD Descendancy chart to this point (12.Alida3, 3.Susanna2, 1.Maria1) was christened on 26 Dec 1788 in Cape Town.

    Hendrina married Christiaan DIEDERICKS on 19 Feb 1804 in Cape Town. Christiaan (son of Jacob DIEDERICKS and Susanna Magdalena SWANEPOEL) was christened on 28 Apr 1780. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 46. Jacobus Johannes DIEDERICKS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jun 1807 in Swellendam.
    2. 47. Bartholomeus Stephanus DIEDERICKS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jul 1809 in Swellendam.
    3. 48. Alida Christina DIEDERICKS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Apr 1813 in Swellendam.
    4. 49. Christiaan DIEDERICKS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Apr 1814 in Paarl.
    5. 50. Hendrik Jacobus DIEDERICKS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jan 1817 in Swellendam.
    6. 51. Gabriel Wilhem DIEDERICKS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Nov 1818 in Swellendam.
    7. 52. Albertus Johannes DIEDERICKS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Jul 1821 in Swellendam; died on 26 Jan 1901.
    8. 53. Jacobus Johannes DIEDERICKS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Mar 1823 in Swellendam.
    9. 54. Susanna Magdalena DIEDERICKS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 May 1825 in Swellendam.

  13. 27.  Pieter Andries SWANEPOEL Descendancy chart to this point (13.Geertruy3, 4.Alida2, 1.Maria1) was born on 4 May 1792 in Graaff-Reinet.

    Pieter married Catharina Magdalena ERASMUS on 7 Oct 1816 in Graaff-Reinet. Catharina (daughter of Abel ERASMUS and Carolina Elizabeth CRAUSE) was christened on 9 Mar 1800 in Swellendam; died on 20 Nov 1858 in Graaff-Reinet. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 55. Gertruida Catharina Magdalena SWANEPOEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Oct 1825; died on 3 Feb 1877 in Beaufort West.
    2. 56. Catharina Magdalena SWANEPOEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Oct 1827 in Beaufort West; died on 10 Apr 1871 in Beaufort West.

  14. 28.  Aletta Johanna Jacoba SWANEPOEL Descendancy chart to this point (13.Geertruy3, 4.Alida2, 1.Maria1) was christened on 6 Dec 1795 in Tulbagh.

    Aletta married Johannes Adriaan BESTER on 8 Jul 1816 in Graaff-Reinet. Johannes (son of Jacobus BESTER and Adriana VISSER) was christened on 21 Mar 1796. [Group Sheet]


  15. 29.  Alida BRONKHORST Descendancy chart to this point (14.Gysbert3, 4.Alida2, 1.Maria1) was born on 4 Mar 1789 in Paarl; died on 21 Apr 1837.

    Alida married Johannes Petrus STRYDOM. Johannes (son of Johannes Petrus STRYDOM and Sara van WYK) was christened on 2 May 1791; died about 1838. [Group Sheet]




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