Anna Christina (Smith) Janse van Rensburg
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Christina Jacoba (Smith) Janse van Rensburg (bef. 1777 - 1836)

Christina Jacoba (Anna Christina) Janse van Rensburg formerly Smith aka Smit
Born before in Stellenbosch, Cabo de Goede Hoopmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 20 Apr 1794 in Cabo de Goede Hoopmap
Descendants descendants
Died after age 58 in Colesberg, Cape Colonymap
Profile last modified | Created 28 Feb 2016
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Table Bay, South Africa (1762)
Anna Christina (Smith) Janse van Rensburg was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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Contents

Biography

Name

Christina Jacoba Smith [1]
Anna Christina Smit [2] [3]

Birth

Date: Before 27 April 1777 [1]
Place: Stellenbosch, Cabo de Goede Hoop [1]

Parents

Father: Jacobus Smith [1]
Mother: Adriana Catharina van Nijmwegen [1]

Baptism

Date: 27 April 1777 [1]
Place: Stellenbosch, Cabo de Goede Hoop [1]
1777 Den 27 April Christina Jacoba De Vader Jacobus Smith De Moeder Adriana Catharina van Nijmwegen De Getuigen Fredrik Wilkens, Christina Smith [1] [4]

Marriage

Date: 20 April 1794 [3]
Place: Cabo de Goede Hoop [3]
Groom: Willem van Rensburg [3]
Bride: Anna Christina Smit, Weduwee [5] [6]

Death

Name: Anna Christina Jansz van Rensburg born Smit, Widow [2]
Birth Place: Baviaanskloof, Nieuwveld, Cabo de Goede Hoop [2]
Status in Life: Widow [2]
Parents: Jacobus Smit & Catharina van Nimwegen [2]
Date: 19 February 1836 [2]
Age: 61 Years [2]
Place: Zaaiboschfontein, Neuwveld, Cape Colony [2]
Children
Maria Aletta Janze van Rensburg married to Nicolaas Janze van Rensburg, Jan's son
Jacobus Frederik Janze van Rensburg
Nicolaas Janze van Rensburg
Willem Hendrik Janze van Rensburg
Isabella Elizabeth Janze van Rensburg married to David Stephanus Fourie [2]

Family

b3 Jacobus * c.1689 ≈ Stellenbosch 16.10.1689, boer Uylekraal, dist. Swartland † Swartland c.1752 x Kaapstad 3.3.1709 Elisabeth Slabbert * Nederland ≈ Meliskerke, Nederland 15.4.1691 † Okt. 1771 d.v. Floris Slabbert en Huijbregtje Jaspers
c2 Floris ≈ Kaapstad 3.4.1712 x Kaapstad 18.4.1740 Margaretha Steenkamp ≈ Kaapstad 1.9.1715 d.v. Jan Hermanz Steenkamp en Gesina Visser
d7 Jacobus ≈ 9.11.1755, burger v. Swellendam x 6.3.1774 Adriana Catharina van Nimwegen d.v. Gerrit van Nimwegen en Maria Beyers
e2 Anna Christina ≈ 27.4.1777/8 x Willem van Rensburg [3]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Source:
    • "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch Baptism 27 April 1777 Christina Jacoba Smith South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Stellenbosch > Baptisms 1733-1786 > image 181 of 247; State Archives, Cape Province. Added 10 September 2023 Rachel Marais
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Source:
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Source:
    • South African Genealogies Compiled, augmented and edited by GISA from the original notes of J.A. Heese and other contributors; Added 10 September 2023 Rachel Marais
  4. Source: Genealogies of Old Cape Families, by C.C.de Villiers, revised, augmented and rewritten by C.Pama, A.A.Balkema, Cape Town, 1966. The original edition of 1894, compiled by G.M. Theal from the work of C.C. de Villiers (Vol 3 Smit p277) [1]. Added by Alta Bekker Sept 1, 2015.
  5. Source:
    • Genealogies of Old Cape Families, by C.C.de Villiers, revised, augmented and rewritten by C.Pama, A.A.Balkema, Cape Town, 1966. The original edition of 1894, compiled by G.M. Theal from the work of C.C. de Villiers (Vol 3 van Rensburg p129) x 20 Apr 1794 Willem (Janse) van Rensburg en Anna Christina Smit Added by Alta Bekker 01 September 2015
  6. Source: Genealogies of Old Cape Families, by C.C.de Villiers, revised, augmented and rewritten by C.Pama, A.A.Balkema, Cape Town, 1966. The original edition of 1894, compiled by G.M. Theal from the work of C.C. de Villiers (Vol 3 van Rensburg p129) x Willem Janse van Rensburg [2]. Added by Alta Bekker Sept 1, 2015.




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There is a 2nd page to her death notice listing 7 more children : See https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQJ-6CJ8
posted by Norman Johnson
Please remove Aletta Zuzanna Janse van Rensburg (bef.1792-) as a daughter of Christina Jacoba Smith - see baptism registration - Aletta Susanna is the daughter of Catharina Maria (van Staten) Jansen van Rensburg (bef.1764-)
posted by Rachel Marais
Change made..........................
posted by André Laubscher
LNAB should be 'Smith' - see baptism registration
posted on Smit-2274 (merged) by Rachel Marais
Smit-5834 and Smit-2274 appear to represent the same person because: Same parents, same LNAB
posted on Smit-2274 (merged) by Debra Simpkins

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