Born in Graaff-Reinet, Dutch Cape Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Andries (Gous) Gouws
and Geesje (Nel) Gouws
Brother of
Jan (Gous) Gouws, Catharina Frederica (Gous) Combrink, Stephanus (Gous) Gouws, Gesina (Gous) Gouws, Andries (Gous) Gouws, Gerrit Johan Wilhelm (Gouijs) Gouws and Gesina Johanna Helena Susanna (Gous) de Beer
Husband of
Suzanna Josina (Schut) Gouws
— married
17 Oct 1813 in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony [South Africa]
Husband of
Maria Magdalena (Van den Berg) Gouws
— married
23 Dec 1844 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal [South Africa]
Descendants 
Father of
Anna Catharina Gouws, Geesje Catharina Fredrika Petronella Gouws, Gesina Catharina Frederika Wilhelmina (Gouws) de Lange, Susanna Josina (Gouws) Olivier, Maria Elizabeth Gouws, Anna Maria Margaretha Susanna (Gouws) Nel, Wilhelmina Philippina (Gouws) Grobbelaar, Andries Hendrik Petrus Gouws, Willem Andries Stephanius Gouws and Johanna Catharina (Gouws) Muller
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Birth
Parents
- He is the son of Andries Gous and Gesina Nel. [1]
Baptism
- Name: Willem Gousch[3]
- Event Date: 2 December 1792 [3]
- Event Place: Graaff-Reinet, Dutch Cape Colony [3] / Swellendam [2]
- Father's Name:Andries Gous[3]
- Mother's Name:Gesina Susanna Nel[3]
Sources
- WikiTree profile Gouws-249 created through the import of Gouws Familie.ged on Jan 19, 2013 by Pieter Gerhardus Gouws. Record ID Number: MH:I201 : User ID: A6A22836-6C56-449A-BFA3-80F5360E4896 : UPD 07 DEC 2012 15:37:01 GMT+2
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bill Lilly, Saturday, November 29, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jan 19, 2013 by Pieter Gerhardus Gouws.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province, Baptisms 1792-1821 Graaff-Reinet, Dutch Cape Colony Baptisms 1792-1821 image 10 Seen and entered July 24, 2020 by Susanna Hendrina Elisa de Bruyn
See also:
- FamilySearch Profile - https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC72-5B6 ; Added by Shaun Wallace on 14 Nov '21
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Willem by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Willem:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Willem by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Willem:
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~3.12%
Fanie Jacobs
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Riana Cornelius :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch XW9777208 [compare], FTDNA kit #838174
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~1.56%
Helen Pinkham :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Elsa (Potgieter) le Roux :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Tracey (Sandilands) Stepanchuk :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WZ9755746 [compare], Ancestry member tracey_stepanchuk
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~0.78%
Jan Kotzé :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RU8485931 [compare], yourDNAportal JANdd1e3700, Ancestry member Zootrecruit
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~0.78%
Adri (Bekker) O'Neil :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #591362
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~0.78%
Yvonne (Scheepers) Nieuwoudt :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Francois Peens :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch TK4794431 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Richard O'Reilly :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch HG6681564 [compare]
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Sharon Leslie (Cope) Rabie
Philip van der Walt
Sharon Leslie (Cope) Rabie
Gouws-1589 is another daughter as stated on her DN.
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by Sharon Leslie (Cope) Rabie
Philip van der Walt
Gouws-249 and Gous-85 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate. I'll do the final integration of the bio after the merge, thanks!
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on Gous-85 (merged)
by Philip van der Walt
Rejected matches › Willem Johannes (Gousch) Gouws (1794-1878)
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