Helena (Becker) de Wet
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Helena (Becker) de Wet (bef. 1702 - 1779)

Helena de Wet formerly Becker
Born before in Paarl, de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of [half], [half], [half], , [half], , , , , and [half]
Wife of — married 1723 in de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , and
Died after age 76 in Tulbagh, de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
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Table Bay, South Africa (1762)
Helena (Becker) de Wet was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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Biography

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Baptism

Helena [1] was born in 1701 [2] / [on] 24 Ded 1701. [3][4]
Place: Paarl Cape [South Africa] [3][4]

Parents

She is the daughter of Pieter Becker and Jeanne le Clercq. [2]

Baptism

Helena ≈ Paarl NGK 24.12.1702 (as getuies teken Jacobus van As en Helena Schalk (van der Merwe)) [5]

Marriage

x c. 1723 Jacobus Wilhelmus DE WET ≈ Kaapstad 2.9.1696 sv Jacobus DE WET en Josina PRETORIUS. [5] Hy is 'n vryburger van Paarl in 1716 en volgens die opgaafrolle besit hy een perd, een snaphaan en 'n twee pistole. Hy erf 1368 gulde van sy ma na haar dood. Gedurende April 1725 huur hy 'n plaas aan die Doornrivier, Worcester vir 6 maande teen 6 Rkds en 'n tiende van sy koringoes. In 1738 vind ons weer 'n huurooreenkoms vir die huur van die plaas "De Slange Rivier over De Carremelksrivier". Hy boer op 'n stadium op die plaas Straatkerk (KAB MOOC 7/1/10.48 1744 testament), sv Jacobus DE WET en Josina PRETORIUS [6]

Death

Date: 22 Apr 1779 [4] / 1780 [7][5]
Place: † Tulbagh [5] / Cape Town, [South Africa] [4]

Sources

  1. ↑ This person was created on 15 September 2010 through the import of Bergh_2010-09-14.ged by Anton Bergh Sept 10, 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Philip van der Walt, Saturday, September 20, 2014. Proper, full [citation needed] of Baptismal record - see as an example the citation of the baptismal record of Hester Bekker.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 WikiTree profile Bekker-29 created through the import of My Family.Pretorius.Van_Wyk.DeWaal.Potgieter.2011.ged on Sep 19, 2011 by Judy Potgieter.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 WikiTree profile Bekker-219 through the import of Pretorius Family Tree 1.ged on Aug 10, 2013 by Willem Pretorius. Source: Title: WikiTree Publication: MyHeritage Text: http://www.wikitree.com Page: Data Helena Bekker
    Geslag: Vroulik
    Geboorte: Voor Des 24 1702 - Drakenstein, Wes Kaap
    Huwelik: 1723 - Kaapstad, Wes Kaap
    Sterfte: Apr 22 1779 - Cape Town, South Africa
    Vader: ** Pieter Bekker
    Moeder: * Jeane De Clerq
    Man: Jacobus Wilhelmus De Wet
    Kinders: Josina Elizabeth De Wet Jacobus De Wet Petrus De Wet Johanna De Wet Hester De Wet Pieter De Wet
    Broer of suster: Hester Bekker, b2 Stephanus Bekker Dorothea Maria Bekker Marthinus Bekker, b6 Catharina Margaretha Bekker
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Source: South African Genealogies, compiled by J.A. Heese, edited by R.T.J. Lombard, GISA, 1986 SA Familieregisters Vol 1 A-C. [1] Added by Alta Bekker Sept 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ Stamboom van Pieter Becker [citation needed] Evan Snyman 19 September 2014.
  7. ↑ WikiTree profile Bekker-237 through the import of GANNA2.ged on Oct 17, 2013 by Terrence Giliam.




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Helena Becker Baptismal record Dec 24, 1702
Helena Becker Baptismal record Dec 24, 1702


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Gordon Mac Rae
Helena

Baptised: 1702, 24e Decembr. Father: Pieter Becker Mother: Jannetie de Klerk Witnesses: Jacobus Van As, Helena Schalk Source: Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Drakenstein, Baptism register, 1694-1745, page 24. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G3 3/1. Transcribed by Lizette Svoboda (1702-1716) and Corney Keller (1733-1745), from photocopies of Cape Archives VC 644

posted by Gordon Mac Rae
Timmerman-225 Bea (Timmerman) Wijma
Hi,

Could someone please add the project profile [email address removed] to the trusted list of this profile [Privacy Tab] and then also activate it as active manager to this profile, please? (we are having this profile Project Profile Protected until such time that the LNAB and other facts can be validated with more valid sources.

Thanks !

posted by Bea (Timmerman) Wijma
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
See the pro's and cons of the Pama genealogical numbering system.
posted by Philip van der Walt
Bekker-59 Pieter Bekker
I think there is a problem with applying the South African alphabetical/numerical system for indicating lineage, as it only really works with males and females BEFORE they marry. So that Helena can be listed as Becker (or Bekker) b3, but not de Wet b3. 'b3' tells us that she is the third child of of the progenitor (Pieter Becker) who would be listed as a1. So I would suggest she gets an entry here as Helena (Bekker b3) de Wet. Her children would then be delineated after their father, de Wet b1.
posted by Pieter Bekker
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
Thanks Alta! The record actually clearly states the father as having the LNAB Becker so we know that this profile has to be merged into a duplicate Becker (I have looked, there are no duplicates, so I'll have to make one). Question of course is even though the surname or the father is clearly written on her baptismal record, whether that was his actual name. Until now we have found only a name on a shipping list for him but as he most probably came from Königsburg in what later would become Prussia / Germany, it might be the Dutchified version of his LNAB.
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
I think there is some misunderstanding here Liz. As it is this profile is correct. After marriage the wife (unless she's modern and perhaps declines to do so) takes on the husband's surname. It has never been the case in South Africa (or the Netherlands for that matter) that women (post-patronymically) retain their own LN'sAB after marriage (French / Dutch / Afrikaans / South African or whatever). For administrative & legal purposes (Dutch Roman Law) in deeds or wills and indeed baptismal records, one will often find the original LNAB though. Another exception - the slave women - 'imported' from places as Timor or Bengal. The only reason is that they were at times in multiple relationships even when married and were known as for example 'Big Kathryn from Bengal' - a name that sort of 'stuck' through the centuries and is also now used for identification purposes.
posted by Philip van der Walt
Bergh-3 Anton Eugene Bergh
Liz, I agree with you, but this seems to be a contentious issue for some. I prefer identifying (for genealogy & otherwise) people by their birth surnames. For me, it makes genealogy searches easier. However I don't know what the naming conventions of that era were.
posted by Anton Eugene Bergh
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Hi! Shouldn't Helena stay Bekker? I thought Dutch women did not take their husband's name... or is she a French woman more than Dutch?
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett

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