Gerrit
Stephanus
Davis
Born in Hopetown
Ancestors 
Brother of
Anna Maria (Davis) Fourie, Hester Elizabeth Clignet (Davis) Fourie, Gertruida Jacoba Cornelia Davis, John Henry Davis, Rosa Jacomina (Davis) Liebenberg, Josina Van Lelyveld (Davis) Botma, Henry Foster Davis and Jacoba Adriana Davis
Husband of
Janetta Johanna Hendrina (Cloete) Davis
— married
27 Sep 1909 in Griekwastad, Hay, Cape Province, South Africa
Descendants 
Father of
John Henry Davis, Hendrik Petrus Davis, Theunis Johannes Theodorus Davis, Gert Davis, Catharina Petronella (Davis) Roux, Carolina (Davis) Erasmus and [private daughter (1930s - unknown)]
Died
at age 57
in Griekwastad, Hay, Cape Province, South Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Aug 2013
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Biography
Gerrit was born in 1887. He is the son of John Davis and Gertuida Maritz. [1]
christened on 02/05/1888 in the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk by Reverend G A Scholtz in Paarden Kloof, Hopetown. (Getuigen: Gerrit S Maritz, Anna M Theron, Gerrit S Maritz Jnr., Johanna S Fourie).
Sources
- "South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95F8-9MJ?cc=1779109&wc=Q81G-6MN%3A139969001%2C140871801 : 18 February 2020), 1945 > Hay > image 79 of 234; National Archives, Pretoria.
Cheryl Fourie 25 May 2021
- South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-6WKH-H?cc=2821281 : 18 March 2021), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.
Cheryl Fourie 25 May 2021
Footnotes
- ↑ Entered by Cheryl Fourie, Sunday, August 18, 2013.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Cheryl Fourie for creating Davis-17826 on 18 Aug 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Cheryl and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gerrit 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 Gerrit:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gerrit 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 Gerrit:
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~12.50%
Janette (Pretorius) Opperman
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