Elisabeth Johanna
(Elizabeth)
Wessels
formerly Lievenberg aka Liebenberg, Burger
Born in Drakenstein, Cabo de Goede Hoop
Ancestors 
Daughter of Barend Godlieb Liebenberg
and Maria Petronella (van Jaarsveld) Liebenberg
Sister of
Barend Godlieb Liebenberg, Albertus Johannes Liebenberg, Christiaan Jacobus (Livenberg) Liebenberg, Maria Petronella (Livenbergh) van den Berg, Catharina Margaretha (Liebenberg) Vorster, Stephanus Rudolph Liebenberg, Anna Maria (Liebenberg) du Toit and Hendrik Frederik Liebenberg
Wife of
Schalk Willem Burger
— married
29 Jul 1806 in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony
Wife of
Johannes Mattheus Wessels
— married
15 Mar 1841 in Colesberg, Cape Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Maria Petronella (Burger) van Wyk, Hester Aletta (Burger) Visser, Schalk Jacobus Burger, Catharina Margaretha (Burger) Oosthuizen, Barend Bartholomeus Burger, Willem Petrus Burger and Albertus Johannes Burger
Died
at age 81
in Zevenfontein, Colesberg, Cape Colony,
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Contents |
Biography
Birth
Baptism
- Date: 29 May 1789[1][2]
- Place: Drakenstein, Cabo de Goede Hoop[2]
- [2]den 29 [Maij 1789] Elisabeth Johanna
- Gebooren den 26 November AD1788
- v Barent Gotlieb Lievenberg
- m Maria Petronella Van Jaarsvelt
- g Albert Van Jaarsvelt
- Elisabeth Johanna Opperman
Marriages
- She was married twice. Both husbands predeceased her.
Death
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Added by Wynand van der Walt on April 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Baptism:
- Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Cape Province, Items 4 - 9, Baptisms 1694-1799, Film # 008120997, Image 687 of 753: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-W9WG-X?i=686. Added by Riël Smit on 2021-12,17.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 1st Marriage:
- Parish registers (baptisms, memberships, marriages), Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Cape Province , Memberships and marriages - Graaff-Reinet. -- I. memberships, 1935-1941. -- II. marriages, 1806-1829. -- III. marriages, 1806-1839. -- IV. marriages, 1839-1851. -- V. marriages, 1851-1859. Film # 008121025, Image 56 of 771: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-QDT6. Added by Wessels-1522 09:52, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Death:
- "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQW-347G : 27 April 2020), Elizabeth Johanna Liebenberg, 1869-1871. Jul 2020 by Jaulanne van der Bank
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 2nd Marriage:
- "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZHB-S7G2 : 18 March 2021), Elizabeth Johanna Liebenberg in entry for Joannes Matteus Wessels, 1841. Wessels-1522 10:00, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Deirdre (Helberg) Snook
:
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~0.78%
Lieb van Jaarsveld :
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~0.78%
Philip van der Walt :
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"South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZHB-S7G2 : 18 March 2021), Elizabeth Johanna Liebenberg in entry for Joannes Matteus Wessels, 1841.
b2c2d1e1f1 Johannes Mattheus ≈ Swellendam 19.2.1792, boer “Zevenfontein”, Winterveld, dist. Colesberg † ca. 1848 x Stellenbosch 6.5.1810 Margaretha Susanna DE BRUYN ≈ Graaff-Reinet 11.7.1794 xx George 7.10.1815 Jacoba Johanna MARX (wed.) d.v. Johannes Marx en Hester Helena Smit xxx George 6.3.1824 Hester Dorothea MARAIS (wed. v. Michiel Heyns)
Looks like the SAG Register is incorrect ?
The two sources, the marriage and his death notice should clinch it.?