Willem Brits (1796 - 1877)

Born 15 Oct 1796 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

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Died 8 Apr 1877 at age 80 in Winburg, Orange Free State

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Willem Jan Brits was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony. Join: Cape of Good Hope - Kaap de Goede Hoop (1652-1806) Project Discuss: dutch_cape_colony

Willem Brits was married only once to Johanna Christina Brits, according to his death notice he had only 10 children, the initials of the children match the names on the profiles of each child.

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Biography

Willem Jan Brits is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Birth

Name: Willem Brits ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Event Date: 15 October 1796 ^[1]

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Father's Name: Rudolph Johannes Brits ^[1]

Mother's Name: Geertrúij van Ek Geertruy van Eck ^[1]

Baptism

Event date: 3 December 1797 ^[1]

Event Place: Graaff Reinet, Cape Colony^[1]

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Marriage

Groom: Willem Brits ^{[1] [2] [3]}

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Bride: Johanna Christina Brits ^[2]

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Event Date: 17 Apr 1820 ^[2]

Event Place: Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony ^[2]

Children born from this marriage of Willem Brits and Johanna Christina Brits.

Children

Geertruida Maria Magdalena Brits * 29 December 1822

Johanna Willemina Christina Brits * 21 April 1825

Anna Dorothea Brits * 5 October 1827

Rudolph Johannes Brits * 3 March 1830

Ockert Cornelius Brits * 30 October 1831

Cornelia Maria Brits * 15 November 1833

Willem Jan Brits * 25 March 1838

Gerhardus Petrus Brits * about 1840

Adriaan Johannes Jacobus Brits * 30 July 1843

Cornelius Christiaan Pieter Brits * 13 October 1845

Death

Event Date: 8 Apr 1877 ^[3]

Age: 80 years, 5 months, 23 days.

Event Place: Grootvlei, Winburg ^[3]

Cause of death:

Ouers van oorledene Adolf Brits en Gertruida Maria Magdalena Brits ^[4]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province, Baptisms 1792-1821, Film # 008121018, Image 56 of 776 Baptism record of Willem Brits Seen and entered Feb 7,2022 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:62V2-Q5P8: Thu Mar 07 08:40:19 UTC 2024), Marriage record of Willem Brits and Johanna C Brits, 17 Apr 1820. (Image not available) Seen and entered Mar,2024 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} "South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989", FamilySearch Death notice of Willem Brits, 8 Apr 1877: Sun Nov 12 11:53:48 UTC 2023. 7 of 85. Seen and entered Mar,2024 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
4. ↑ [1] Added by Britz-283 January,2021