Willem Abraham Bester
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Willem Abraham Bester (1782)

Willem Abraham Bester
Born in Swartland, de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
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Willem Abraham Bester was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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Biography

Name

Willem [1][2][3] Abraham [1][2][3] Bester [1][2][3]

Birth

Date: Willem Bester was born in 1782 [4] / Jul 1782. [3] / 15 June 1782[5]

Parents

He was the eleventh child of Paulus Bester and Helena de Klerk.[4]

Baptism

Date: 7 Jul 1782 [6][3]
Place: Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop [South Africa][5]
Willem Abraham [6]
Father: Paul Bester [6]
Mother: Helena de Klerk [6]
Witnesses: Andries Bester en Sara Susanna Nel [6]
Additional notes: Geboren den 15 Junij [6]

Unmarried

Unmarried: Heese states that he did not marry.[4][3]

Research Notes

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 WikiTree profile Bester-16 created through the import of My Family.Pretorius.Van_Wyk.DeWaal.Potgieter.2011.ged on Sep 19, 2011 by Judy Potgieter.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 WikiTree profile Bester-622 created by Naas van Zyl, 6 August 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 WikiTree profile Bester-856 created by John Brock, 14 April 2017. Source:
    • S.A. Genealogies (1652-1830) by J.A.Heese
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Source:
    • Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. South African Genealogies 1 Human Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-620-23962-X, v.1 page 244-7. Added by Ian McArthur Oct 10, 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Source :
    • Baptism Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, 1745-1976, Baptisms 1745-1782, Image 753
    Seen & added 31 Jul 2023 by André Laubscher
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Source:
    • The Genealogical Society of South Africa: eGSSA branch, South African Records Transcribed. A selection of historical records transcriptions (http://www.eggsa.org/sarecords/ : accessed 31 Aug 2018), Source: Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Swartland (Malmesbury), Baptism register, 1745-1782, page 151. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G5 3/2. Note: Folios 13 and 14, two sides of one page, are almost certainly missing between the current pages numbered 12 and 13 - dates covered would be late August 1751 to early June 1752.. Transcribed by Lizette Svoboda, from photographs of Cape Archives VC 666 Seen and added by Gordon Mac Rae 13 Nov, 2018.
  7. ↑ Philip van der Walt 08:02, 21 July 2018 (UTC)




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Jaulanne van der Bank
I would liketo follow-up on this. I have found something that shows that he was married to Else Josina Lombard
posted by Jaulanne van der Bank
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
Done!
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van Heerden-335 Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
Wife and Child should be removed please.

Also see the note on the profile of the child. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bester-951 Not only does this child have the incorrect father but the mother is only 14 years old and Married to Paul Michiel Bester https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bester-15

posted by Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
I also removed his three "children" by replacing their father with Lombaard-171's current husband, namely Bester-208.
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
If Bester-16 did not marry (Heese!) how come he is attached Lombaard-171. Disconnecting her as his spouse because the proposed merge between Bester-16 and Bester-208 would otherwise lead to conflicting parents as well as generational conflation.
posted by Philip van der Walt
Marilize (Kirsten) Marais
Bester-16 and Bester-622 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate
posted by Marilize (Kirsten) Marais

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