Anna Maragritha (Bester) Semler (1762 - 1843)

Born 15 Apr 1762 in Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 4 Apr 1843 at age 80 in Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa

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Biography

Name

Anna Maragritha Bester ^[1] / Anna Margaretha Bester^[2]

Birth

Date: 15 April 1762 ^[1] / 1762^[2]

Place: Swartland, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa]^[1]

Parents

She is the daughter of Andries Bester and Adriana Debes. ^[1]

Baptism

Date: 09 May 1762 ^[1]

Place: Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop [South Africa]^[1]

Name: Anna Maragritha Bester^[1]

Father's Name: Andries Bester^[1]

Mother's Name: Adriana Debets^[1]

Witnesses: Sijbrandus Abrahami V(an) D(er) W(esthuijsen), Anna Catharina Debets^[1]

Additional note: Den 15 April h.a nata^[1]

Marriage

Date: 20 February 1791 ^[3]

Groom: Johan Wilhelm Semler (van Grimberg)^[3]

Death

Date: 1843^[2]

• Fact: Christening (9 May 1762) Swartland, Cape of Good Hope

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} WikiTree profile Bester-1494 created by André Laubscher 02 August 2020. Source :
   • Baptism Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, 1745-1976, Baptisms 1745-1782, Image 668
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} WikiTree profile Bester-1902 created by Annette (Kloppers) Boshoff 29 Mar 2022. Source:
   • "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DYVF-4K?cc=1478678&wc=M6GW-DWP%3A49605401%2C49605402%2C49605403%2C49648601 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town > Baptisms 1796-1807 > image 383 of 652; State Archives, Cape Province.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Source:
   • Geslacht-Register der Oude Kaapsche Familien, Gecompileerd door Christoffel Coetzee de Villers, Part 1, Page 53.
   Seen & added 02 August 2020 by André Laubscher

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 26 August 2022, 20:09), entry for Anna Margaretha Bester (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LTR9-W74 ); contributed by various users.