Cornelius
van der Merwe
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Brother of
Aletta Elisabeth Dorothea (van der Merwe) Botha, Johanna Wilhelmina Susanna (van der Merwe) Botha, Anna Sofia Jacoba (van der Merwe) Botha, Anna Maria Jacomina (van der Merwe) Botha [half], Maria Magdalena (van der Merwe) O Neil [half], Christoffel Bernardus van der Merwe [half] and Gerhardus Johannes van der Merwe [half]
Husband of
Margaretha Cornelia (Lombaard) van der Merwe
— married
1 Aug 1890 in Utrecht, Natal, South Africa
Descendants 
Father of
Hendrik Hermanus van der Merwe
Died
at about age 54
in Utrecht, Natal,
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Biography
Cornelius van der Merwe is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa
Cornelius van der Merwe is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902
Served in the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902
- MARRIAGE Record attached / Huweliks rekord aangeheg
- PROBATE Record attached/Sterfte Kennis aangeheg
Research Notes
Name
Birth
Parents
- Father: Marthinus Stephanus van der Merwe[2][5]
- Mother: Anna Sophia Jacoba Jordaan[6](Replace this Source with a Baptism record as Source as soon as one is found)
Baptism
Occupation
Spouse
- 1. Elsie Petronella Jordaan[1][2]
- 2. Margaretha Cornelia Lombard[3][2]
- 3. Hester Johanna Magdalena Pieterse[2]
Marriages
1st Marriage to Elsie Petronella Jordaan:
- Marriage Date: 15 Aug 1870[1]
- Groom: Cornelis van der Merwe[1]
- Age: 21[1]
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1849[1]
- Bride: Elsje Pieternella Jordaan[1]
- Age: 22[1]
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1848[1]
2nd Marriage to Margaretha Lombard:
- Marriage Date: 1 Aug 1890[3]
- Marriage Place: Utrecht, Natal[3]
- Groom: Cornelis van der Merwe[3]
- Age: 40[3]
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1850[3]
- Bride: Margaretha Cornelia Lombard[3]
- Age: 26[3]
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1864[3]
3rd Marriage to Johanna Pieterse:
- Marriage Date: 23 Jun 1897[4]
- Marriage Place: Utrecht, Natal[4]
- Groom: Cornelis van der Merwe[4]
- Age: 47[4]
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1850[4]
- Bride: Hester Johanna Magdalena Pieterse[4]
- Age: 33[4]
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1864[4]
Children
From 1st Marriage to Elsie Jordaan:
- 1. Susanna Jacoba van der Merwe[2]
- 2. Marthinus van der Merwe[2]
- 3. Anna Sophia Jacoba van der Merwe[2]
- 4. Gerrit Daniel van der Merwe[2]
- 5. Cornelis van der Merwe[2]
- 6. John Henry van der Merwe[2]
- 7. Elsie Petronella van der Merwe, born 1 Feb 1888[2]
From 2nd Marriage to Margaretha Lombard:
- 8. Anna Katrina van der Merwe, born 4 Sep 1892[2][7]
- 9. Hendrik Hermanus van der Merwe, born 9 Feb 1896[2][7]
From 3rd Marriage to Johanna Pieterse:
- 10. Daniel Jacobus van der Merwe, born 22 Jan 1903[2]
Anglo Boer War 1899 – 1902
Prisoner of War:
- Surname: VAN DER MERWE[8][9]
- Name: CORNELIUS[8][9]
- Age: 51[8][9]
- Address: WELGEVONDEN[8][9]
- Field Cornetcy: Utrecht[9]
- District: TRUTERS POST[8][9]
- Where Captured: UTRECHT[8][9]
- When Captured: 1900/09/11[8][9]
- Date of Receipt: 14 Sep 1900[9]
- Camp: Onbekend[8]
- Country: Onbekend[8]
- Ship (To): Onbekend[8]
- POW Number: 13929[8][9]
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| United Kingdom records: List of Boer prisoners of war, Anglo Boer War, numbers 1-32561, 1899-1902. This page: Prisoner numbers 13909 - 13957. Cornelis van der Merwe nr. 13929 |
Death
- Event date: 10 Oct 1903[2][5]
- Event place: Utrecht, Cape Colony[2]
- Age at death: 54 years, 4 months[2]54 years[5]
Headstone
- Location:
Timeline
- Birth
- Baptism
- Marriage
- Birth of son
- Birth of Daughter
- Death of Father
- Death of Mother
- Incarceration in Anglo Boer War Concentration Camp
- Death of Spouse
- Deceased
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Source:
- 1st Marriage record: "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZHP-L7W6 : 18 March 2022), Cornelis Van De Wende Jongman, 1870. Researched and attached 18 Jun 2022 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 Source:
- Probate record: "South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLRL-FLS2 : 17 March 2018), Cornelis van der Merwe, 1903; citing Probate, Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. Researched and attached Jul 05, 2021 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Source:
- 2nd Marriage record: "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG5V-BVY4 : 27 September 2019), Cornelis van der Merwe and Margaretha Cornelia Lombard, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; citing Marriage, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, NARS "Civil registration (marriages - coloureds), Transvaal and Swaziland, 1898-1927." The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria. Researched and attached 22 Oct 2020 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Source:
- 3rd Marriage record: "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG5W-2HMW : 27 September 2019), Cornelis van der Merwe and Hester Johanna Magdalena Pieterse, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; citing Marriage, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, NARS "Civil registration (marriages - coloureds), Transvaal and Swaziland, 1898-1927." The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria. Researched and attached 5 Jul 2021 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Source:
- Civil Death Record: "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Deaths, 1863-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6P-M6T1 : 23 January 2019), Cornelis Vandermerwe, 10 Oct 1903; Death, Utrecht, Nederland, The National Archives of South Africa (NARS), Pretoria; FHL microfilm 2,099,735. Researched and attached 5 Jul 2021 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
- ↑ Source:
- International Genealogical Index (IGI): The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M2SV-VGK : accessed 2023-12-13), entry for Cornelis Van Der Merwe
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Source:
- Spouse Lombaard's Probate record: Ancestor, South African Ancestory and Family Tree Research. http://www.ancestor.co.za/search_beta.asp. ID=13245. Probate: Margaretha Cornelia Lombaard van der Merwe, 25 Jan 1897. Researched and attached 16 Nov 2020 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 Source:
- Anglo Boer War Museum Database: Prisoners of War: "https://www.wmbr.org.za/view.asp?pg=research&pgsub=databases&pgsub1=2&head1=Prisoners%20of%20War&strGlobalTerms=van%20der%20Merwe&opt=ditem&rdID=13012". Researched and transcribed 5 Jul 2021 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 Source"
- UK Prisoner of War Register: Document details: List of Boer prisoners of war, numbers 1-32561, 1899-1902. "https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FPOW-GALLIP%2F15-0273_GB-SRY_WO-108-WAR-OFFICE-CORRESPONDENCE-A-WO_108-368-1896-1913%2F00335&parentid=GBM%2FPOW-JAC2BOER%2F41320885" Archive reference: WO 108/368. Archive: The National Archives. Record set: Prisoners Of War 1715-1945. Category: Military, armed forces & conflict: Subcategory: Regimental & Service Records. Collections from Great Britain, UK. Researched, attached and transcribed 18 Jun 2022 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
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