Elsie Sophia
Els
formerly vander Merwe aka van der Merwe
Born in George, de Caep de Goede Hoop
Ancestors 
Daughter of Willem van der Merwe
and Elsje Sophia (Swiger) van der Merwe
Sister of
Hendrik Petrus (Van der Merwe) van der Merwe, Helena Catharina (Van der Merwe) van der Merwe, Willem Jacobus van der Merwe, Hanna Cornelia (van der Merwe) Botha, Jan Valentijn van der Merwe, Sara Susanna (van der Merwe) Botha, Willem Jacobus (Van der Merwe) van der Merwe, Willemiena Sovia (van der Merwe) Botha and Willem Stephanus van der Merwe
Wife of
Johannes Christoffel Els
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Anna Maria Sophia (Els) Erasmus, Elsie Sophia (Els) Lotter, Johannes Christoffel Els, Willem Stephanus Els, Helena Catharina (Els) Koekemoer, Marthinus Johannes Els, Frederick Stephanus Petrus Els, Hendrik Lourens Rasmus Els, Susara Susanna Els, Wilhelmina Frederika Sophia (Els) Nel and Frederik Cornelis Els
Died
at age 53
in Bruintjieshoogte, Somerset East, Cape Colony
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Biography
Elsie was born in 1785. She passed away in 1838.
Birth
- Date: 27 Aug 1785 (Calculated from age at death)
- Place: District of George, de Caep de Goede Hoop[1]
Christening
- Date: 23 Oct 1785
- Place: Stellenbosch, de Caep de goede Hoop
- Name: Elsie Sophia
- Father: Willem van der Merwe
- Mother: Elsie Swieger
- Witnesses: Jacobus Petrus Carelse, Helena Bekker[2]
Death
- Date: 17 Dec 1838
- Age: 53 years, 3 months, 20 days
- Place: Bokkefontein, Bruintjies Hoogte, District of Somerset[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Death notice of Elsie Sophia Els (born van der Merwe). "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (12 September 2017), 007844935 > image 1225 of 2253; Cape Town Archives, South Africa. Entered on 1 Mar 2018 by Leon Bezuidenhout
- ↑ Baptismal record of Elsie Sophia van der Merwe. "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Stellenbosch > Baptisms 1779-1788 > image 54 of 82; State Archives, Cape Province. Transcribed and entered on 1 Mar 2018 by Leon Bezuidenhout
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elsie Sophia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elsie Sophia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elsie Sophia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elsie Sophia:
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~0.78%
Leon Bezuidenhout
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M942453 [compare]
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~0.78%
Pat Baker :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Philip Nel :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Erika Bezuidenhout :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NA3566304 [compare]
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~0.78%
Richard Giesken :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RM7712863 [compare]
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Lazeth (Gerber) Novak :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ernablom
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~0.78%
Riana Cornelius :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch XW9777208 [compare], FTDNA kit #838174
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Karin Hoyer :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Adri (Bekker) O'Neil :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #591362
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