Margaret
Hendrina
van Niekerk
formerly Barr
Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of David Barr
and Sussanah Johanna (Hitzeroth) Barr
Sister of
Emily Ellen (Barr) Draai and Nellie Maria Hockley (Barr) Walton
Wife of
Hendrik Jacobus van Niekerk
— married
27 Dec 1887 in Alice, Cape Province, South Africa
Descendants 
Mother of
James Alexander Stewart van Niekerk, David Barr van Niekerk, Florence (van Niekerk) Hendricks, Helena Henrietta (van Niekerk) Maclons, Lillian Rachel (van Niekerk) Smith, Jacob Christian van Niekerk, Rose Naomi (van Niekerk) Riddles and Emily van Niekerk
Died
at about age 72
in Woodstock
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Biography
Margaret died on 4 July 1935 and was buried in the Maitland Cemetry. She lived at 79 Duke Street Woodstock, where she died of a Rheumatic Heart.
According to a letter to his daughter Helena, it is clear that her Henry James van Niekerk was in Fordsburg in 1934. Not sure if she stayed in Cape Town because of her heart.
Sources
Death Notice taken from the Family Search website, which has copies of the death notices that have been released by the National Archives of South Africa.
South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSX8-RSJX-H?cc=2821281 : 20 September 2022), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.
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