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Schalk Willemse van der Merwe (bef. 1779 - 1836)

Schalk Willemse van der Merwe
Born before in Tulbach, Cabo de Goede Hoopmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 3 Feb 1799 in Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died after age 57 in Die Rust, Camdebo, Cape Colonymap
Profile last modified | Created 23 Oct 2012
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Table Bay, South Africa (1762)
Schalk Willemse van der Merwe was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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Biography

Name

Schalk Willem van der Merwe [1][2]
c13 Hendrik, = 28.10.1714, X Hester Pienaar; xx 26.11.1747 Aletta Keyser; xx Maria xxx Maria Fick
d1 Schalk Willem, 3.3.1737, X 7.5 .l758 Magteld van Heerden
e1 Hendrik, 5 11.2.1759, burger Stellenbosch, X 10.5.1778 Johanna Pienaar
f1 Schalk Willem, = 13.6.1779, burger Stellenbosch, X 3.2.1799 Hester Maria van der Merwe, [wed.v. Willem van der Merwe]
g1 Hendrik Johannes, f: 22 -12 .l799
g2 Schalk Willem, = 4.11.1804
g3 Johannes Jacobus, 30.3.1807
g4 Barend Jacobus, 27.7 .l808 [3]

Birth

Date: 13 May 1779 [1][2]
Place: [District of Worcester, formerly [2]] Tulbach [1]

Baptism

Date: 13 Jun 1779 [1][4]
Schalk Willemse [4]
Baptised: 1779, den 13 Junij [4]
Father: Hendrik van der Merwe [4]
Mother: Johanna Pienaar [4]
Witnesses: Schalk Willemse van der Merwe, en Machteld van Heerden, Schalk Willemse van der Merwe, Schalk z: en Maartje van der Merwe [4]

Events

Type: Settlement [1]
Date: Ded 1830 [1]
Place: Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, [South Africa] [1]
Burger van Stellenbosch; hy het gedurende Desember 1830 die leningsplaas Matjeskloof in die Veldkornetskap van Bo-op Sneeuwberg distrik Graaff-Reinet gekry.

Death

Date: 5 Oct 1836 [1][2]
Place: Die Rust, Camdebo [2] Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, [South Africa] [1]

Estimated DOB

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 WikiTree profile Van der Merwe-308 created through the import of Ancestors_DippenaarAndre_noinfo.GED on Oct 23, 2012 by Andrew Dippenaar.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 WikiTree profile Van der Merwe-611 created by Rut Cloete 27 July 2013.
  3. Source: In Search of Notability - the Antecedents of Dawid van der Merwe of the Koue Bokkeveld Susan Newton-King - See Appendix 2. Seen and added by Philip van der Walt by 6 Jan 2019.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Source: The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions (http://www.eggsa.org/cgi-bin/dosearchBaptisms.pl : accessed 5 Jan, 2019.) Source: Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Tulbagh, Baptism register, 1743 to 2 Feb 1800, page 164, entry number 61. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G4 7/1. Transcribed by Lynn Couperthwaite, Trysie Joubert, Richard Ball as part of the eGGSA Project, from VC 657, Cape Archives Repository. Seen and added by Philip van der Walt 5 Jan, 2019.


  • Son's Probate: "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989"
    FamilySearch (accessed 22 October 2022)
    FamilySearch Image Image number 00939
    David Schalk Van Der Merwe, 1840-1843.




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Van der Merwe-7004 and Van der Merwe-308 appear to represent the same person because: David is their son as per his DN.
posted by Catherine Milton