Isabella Elisabeth (Botha) Bekker (bef. 1801)

Born before 10 Nov 1801 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Ancestors

Wife of Lucas Willem Bekker — married 2 Nov 1829 in Grahamstad, Eastern Cape, Cape Colony, South Africa

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Biography

Birth

Baptism

Isabella Elisabeth b. 10 Nov 1801 d.v Philip Rudolph Botha gedoopt 20 September 1772, burger te Graaff-Reinet, gehuwd 5 November 1791 met Maria Elisabeth Kruger^[1]

Marriage

2 November 1829

1829, this second day of November 1829

Lucas Willem Bekker

marital status: Bachelor

residence: of this District

and

Isabella Elizabetha Bootha

marital status: Spinster

residence: of this District

were married here by banns

this second day of November 1829 by William Carlisle, Chaplain

This marriage was solemnized between us

groom signature: [Lukas Willem Bekker]

bride signature: [Isabella Botha]

witnessed by: Ocker Johnnis Gosen , Dorothear [ ]

Transcriber remarks: the ink of the sigantures has faded badly - largely guesswork to read them^[2]

Death

Will

Sources

1. ↑ Source: Genealogies of Old Cape Families, by C.C.de Villiers, revised, augmented and rewritten by C.Pama, A.A.Balkema, Cape Town, 1966. The original edition of 1894, compiled by G.M. Theal from the work of C.C. de Villiers Vol 1 Botha p94 [1]. Added by Alta Bekker Dec 1, 2015.
2. ↑ Source: Grahamstown - St George (Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. marriage register, 1826-1836, page 51, entry no 221. Repository: Cory Library, MS 14 879-1. Transcribed by Lynn MacLeod as part of the eGGSA Project, from photographs by William Jervois, and proofread by Sue Mackay Added by Alta Bekker Dec 1, 2015.