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"South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRL9-LPD : 5 August 2017), Maria Petronella Opperman, 27 Mar 1757, Baptism; citing p. , Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, State Archives, Cape Province; FHL microfilm 2,214,107.
I agree that there were two sisters with the same name - Maria Petronella - but the first was gedoopt in 1757 and the second in 1758; so it is likely that the first died as an infant. According to Oude Kaapsche Familien, the second Maria Petronella first married Pieter de Wet and was later married to Rudolph Philip Botha. As both Opperman-125 and Opperman-135 were married to a Petrus/Pieter de Wet I still contend that they are the same person. Regards, Mary
Opperman-136 and Opperman-125 appear to represent the same person because: According to the Derick Opperman familie boek, Maria Petronella Opperman married Rudolph Philippus Botha in 1787, after the death of Pieter de Wet