Matthys
Johannes
Van Der Merwe
Born in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa
Ancestors 
Brother of
Cornelia Carolina (van der Merwe) Janse van Rensburg, Anna Maria (van der Merwe) Marais, Katharina Petronella van der Merwe, David Jacobus van der Merwe, Frederik Johannes van der Merwe and Barend Jacobus van der Merwe
Husband of
Cornelia Aletta (Nortje) Van Niekerk
— married
9 Mar 1891 in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
Father of
Jacoba Cecilia Van Der Merwe, Matthys Johannes Van Der Merwe, Jan Johannes Van Der Merwe, Catharina Petronella Van Der Merwe, David Johannes Van Der Merwe and Fredrick Johannes Van Der Merwe
Died
at age 43
in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
Profile last modified
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Biography
Matthys was born in 1866. He passed away in 1907.
Baptised in Potchefstoom, Transvaal on 27 August 1865
Sources
- South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-S9XD-D?cc=2821281 : 28 January 2021), > image 1 of 1; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.
- "South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7TJ4-7BMM : 5 November 2019), Matthys Johannes V D Merwe, 1865.
- "South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7TJ4-7BW2 : 5 November 2019), Catharina Petronella Van Tonder in entry for Matthys Johannes V D Merwe, 1865.
Cheryl Fourie 21 May 2021
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matthys by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matthys by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Francesco Rootenberg
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 831 markers, haplogroup R-M6489, FTDNA kit #631312
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~1.56%
Elizabeth (dù Toit) Theron :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Lynette Oosthuizen :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lynyeld
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~0.78%
Carina de Klerk :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HF3227503 [compare]
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