Egberta (Bergh) Menzies
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Egtbertha (Bergh) Menzies (bef. 1778 - 1866)

Egtbertha (Egberta) Menzies formerly Bergh aka Story
Born before in Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa]map
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Daughter of and
Sister of [half], [half], , , and
Wife of — married 12 Nov 1797 (to 1 Nov 1803) in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope Colonymap
Wife of — married 11 Aug 1804 in Cawnpore, Indiamap
Mother of , , and
Died after age 87 in London, Englandmap
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Table Bay, South Africa (1762)
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Biography

George and Egbertha's children were:
Major George b 18 Jul 1799 Capetown
Catherine Cornelia b 1 Sept 1800 cape town
Egbertha b 12 Feb 1802 Capetown
Elizabeth b Aug 1803 Cawnpore, India.[1]
When George's regiment was sent to India, Egbertha was left behind with a half aunt Mrs Fisher. George was killed at the battle of Laswari on the 1 Nov 1803.
Egbertha married again 11 August 1804 at Cawnpore, Major James Menzies of the 22nd Regiment. She died in London, England 31 July 1866.[2]
Spouse: Egberta BERGH
Birth: 18 Oct 1778, Capetown
Death: 31 Jul 1866, London
Father: Martinus Adrianus BERGH (1747-1806)
Mother: Catharina Cornelia de WAAL (1741-1830)
In her will dated 2 November 1802 written in Capetown she mentions her parents: Martinus Adrianus Bergh and Catharina Cornelia De Waal; Petrus Johannes Fruter, and Johannes Hendricus Fischer and her uncle Arend De Waal senior
She was buried on the 6th of August 1866 in All Souls Cemetery, London .

In the Gentlemans Magazine of 31 July 1886 under deaths was the following; Aged 89 Elizabeth Menzies, Relict of the late Major Menzies of Cheshire, Perthshire.

Marriage: 12 Nov 1797, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope
Children:
Major George (1799-1872)
Catherine Cornelia (1800-1862)
Egbertha (1802-1887)
Elizabeth (1803-) [3]

Baptism

Date : 18 October 1778[4]
Place: Stellenbosch
Child: Egtbertha
Father: Martinús Adrianús Bergh
Mother: Catharina Cornelia de Waal [5]

Sources

  • De Villiers, Christoffel Coetzee "Oude Kaapsche Familien" Deel 1 - A-J. Page No. 48[6]
  1. ↑ Unknown Source
  2. ↑ Unknown Source
  3. ↑ Family tree data supplied to Anton Bergh by David Walters of New Zealand.
  4. ↑ Added by Esmé van der Westhuizen, 11 May 2015. De Villiers, Christoffel Coetzee "Oude Kaapsche Familien" Deel 1 - A-J. Page No. 48
  5. ↑ "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12336-17936-11?cc=1478678 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Stellenbosch > Baptisms 1733-1786 > image 189 of 247; State Archives, Cape Province. Seen and added by Gordon Mac Rae 1 Dec, 2016.
  6. ↑ Added by Esmé van der Westhuizen, 11 May 2015




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