Wessel Cornelis Swart (bef. 1801 - 1852)

Born before 4 Oct 1801 in Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Johanna (Botha) Swart — married 3 Sep 1820 in Uitenhage, Cape Colony, South Africa

Descendants

Died 1852 after age 50 in Ohrigstad, South Africa

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Biography

Wessel was born about 1801. Wessel Swart is the son of Hans Jacob Swart and Elizabeth Christina (Wessels) Swart

Baptism

He was baptised on the 4 Oct 1801 at Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.^[1]

Marriage

Wessel married Martha Johanna Botha on 3 September 1820 in Uitenhage, ^[2]

Death

He passed away about 1852.

Research Notes

b2c4d9 Hans Jacob SWART ≈ 22.7.1764

x 5.7.1789 Elisabeth Christina WESSELS

xx Kaapstad 23.9.1804 Christina Magdalena PAS (wed. v. Jurie Wessels)

e4 Wessel Cornelis ≈ 4.10.1801, woon “Oos-Rietrivier”, dist. Somerset, Voortrekker, woon later dist. Ohrigstad † c. 1852

x Uitenhage 3.9.1820 Martha Johanna BOTHA ≈ 2.9.1804 † Lydenburg, Mei 1850

f1 Hans Jacob Bernardus * “Bruintjieshoogte”, dist. Somerset-Oos 17.2.1823 ≈ Uitenhage 25.3.1824 † 26.3.1885 # “Blinkpan”, wyk Komati, dist. Lydenburg

x Somerset-Oos 11.4.1841 Suzanna Sophia BESTER * 2.3.1822 † 8.5.1870 # “Nauwpoort”, dist. Lydenburg herbegrawe “Krugerspos” dist. Lydenburg 2.9.1950 :d.v. Willem Abraham Bester en Elsje Josina Lombard

xx Catharina Jacoba JOUBERT * Rustenburg 15.1.1851

d.v. Willem Francois Joubert en Maria Johanna Schoeman

(sy xx Gerhard Angemin /Angenius von Klug /van Kioeg)

f2 Sara Cornelia * 4.10.1826 ≈ Somerset-Oos 4.2.1827

f3 Elisabeth Margaretha Christina * 10.7.1829 ≈ Somerset-Oos 5.10.1829

f4 Martha Johanna Petronella * “Rietrivier”, dist. Somerset-Oos 7.12.1831 ≈ Somerset-Oos 22.4.1832 † “Kliprivier”, dist. Rustenburg x 2.4.1864 Petrus Gerhardus PRETORIUS * 11.12.1807 ≈ Graaff-Reinet 18.4.1808 † “Cornelisrivier”, dist. Harrismith

s.v. Petrus Gerhardus Pretorius en Sophia Jacomina Scholtz

f5 Anna Susanna * 9.5.1834 ≈ Somerset-Oos 3.8.1834

f6 Pieter Barend * “Smaldeel”, dist. Somerset-Oos 23.4.1836 ≈ Somerset-Oos 3.10.1836 † 12.10.1915

x Potchefstroom, Maria Adriana FOURIE

f7 Wesselina Catharina * “Bruintjieshoogte” 1.6.1838 ≈ Somerset-Oos 12.8.1838, waarskynlik jonk † ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFR1-SBY : 6 August 2017), Wessel Cornelis Swart, 04 Oct 1801, Baptism; citing p. , Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, State Archives, Cape Province; FHL microfilm 2,214,0
2. ↑ Marriage: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970"
   citing Record number: 4;
   FamilySearch Record: 6JX4-L2WN (accessed 1 April 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSV8-XN1N Image number 01017
   Wessel Cornelis Gerhardus Swart marriage to Martha Johanna Botha on 3 Sep 1820 in Uitenhage, Cape Province, South Africa. Added by Ronel Olivier April 2023
3. ↑ "Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. “South African Genealogies 1” Human Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-620-23962-1 v.12 pp. 536-7" Added on 10 Mar 2023 by Ian McArthur