Matthijs Johannes Brits (1825)

Born 18 Apr 1825 in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Helena (Putter) Brits — married 8 May 1848 in Rietrivier, Orange Free State, South Africa

Descendants

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Research Note

1. I am still resourcing and working on this profile. Biography will be completed when all possible resources have been investigated

2. June,2023: No baptism found yet during this round of research

BAPTISM Record ATTACHED / Doop rekord aangeheg

Biography

Matthys Johannes Brits is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Birth

Name: Matthijs Johannes Brits ^[1]

Event Date: 18 April 1825 ^[1]

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Father's Name: Christiaan Pieter Brits Christiaan Petrus Brits ^[1]

Mother's Name: Susanna Petronella de Beer

Baptism

Event date: 5 March 1826 ^[1]

Event Place: Graaff-Reinet, KaapKolonie^[1]

Witnesses: Hendrik Jacobus van der Merwe, Hendrina Johanna Vermeulen. ^[1]

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Marriage

Groom: Matthijs Johannes Brits ^[1]

Occupation: farmer

Age: 23 years

Bride: Elizabeth Helena Johanna Putter

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Age: 22 years

Event Date: 8 May 1848

Event Place: Rietrivier (image158 of 772)

Children born from the marriage of Matthijs Johannes Brits and Elizabeth Helena Johanna Putter

Christiaan Pieter Brits * 13 February 1849.

Catharina Johanna Brits * 25 May 1851.

Susanna Petronella Brits * 28 September 1853.

Sebastiaan Pieter Brits * about 1854 (need baptism for validation).

Paul Jacobus Brits * 12 December 1854.

Catharina Johanna Brits * about 1856 (need baptism for validation).

Marthinus Hendrik Joseph Johannes Brits * 12 Aug 1857.

Matthys Johannes Brits * 3 April 1858.

Rudolph Johannes Brits * 14 March 1860.

Maria Lowiesa Elizabetta Brits * about 1862 (need baptism for validation).

Johannes Matthys Brits * about 1864.

Diederik Johannes Brits * 25 July 1865.

Matthys Johannes Brits * about 1866 (need baptism for validation).

Anna Catharina Brits * 5 December 1868.

Wilhelmus Jacobus Brits * 22 December 1872.

Death

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} FamilySearch, South Africa, Parish registers (baptisms, memberships, marriages), Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Cape Province, Film 8147800, Film note Baptisms - Graaff-Reinet. -- I. 1822-1826. -- II. 1822-1827. -- III. 1826-1829. -- IV. 1827-1829. -- V. 1829. Information provided: name, date of birth, date of baptism, officiator's name (later records), parents' names, names of witnesses. Includes alphabetical listing at the end. Baptism of Matthijs Johannes Brits, 5 March 1826 Added by Jo Fourie, 4 Oct 2020.

• SOUTH AFRICAN GENEALOGIES by J.A.Heese &R.T.J. Lombard