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Hendrina Dorothea (Geijser) Bester

Hendrina Dorothea (Geijser) Bester (bef. 1779)

Born before in de Caep de Goede Hoop
Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Hendrina Dorothea Bester formerly Geijser aka Schildbach, Geyser

Ancestors ancestors

Daughter of and

Sister of , , and

Wife of — married 7 Dec 1794 in Cape Colony, South Africa map icon at age 15
Wife of — married 12 Dec 1802 in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope Colony map icon at age 23

Mother of , , , and

Family Tree of Hendrina Dorothea (Geijser) Bester

Hendrina Dorothea

Hendrina Dorothea Bester formerly Geijser aka Schildbach, Geyser

Ancestors ancestors

Daughter of Heinrich Geijser and Judik (de Wit) Geijser

Sister of Dina (Geyser) Zimmerman, Dorothea (Geyser) Wolmarans, Frederik (Gijser) Geyser and Judith (Geyser) Kilian

Wife of Jan Pieter Schildbach — married 7 Dec 1794 in Cape Colony, South Africa map icon at age 15
Wife of Kristiaan Jakob Bester — married 12 Dec 1802 in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope Colony map icon at age 23

Mother of Carolina (Schildbach) Smit , Dina Fredrika (Schildbach) Zeiler , Dorothea Christina (Bester) Smith , Helena Johanna (Bester) le Riche and Hendrina Dorothea Josina Bester

Parents
Heinrich Geijser

abt 1730 - 26 Aug 1809
Heiliges Römisches Reich

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Judik de Wit

bef 02 Dec 1742 - 25 Nov 1805
de Caep de Goede Hoop

Grandparents
[Geijser grandfather? please help]
[Geijser grandmother? please help]
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Frederik Wit

bef 27 Jun 1718 - 28 Dec 1790
Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoop

Dina van Deventer

bef 26 Jan 1721 -
de Caep de Goede Hoop

Great-Grandparents
Christoffel de Witt

abt 1690 - abt 1748
Lenzen, Brandenburg, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Judith Stevens

bef 20 Mar 1698 -
Netherlands

Jan Gerritsz Jansen

bef 21 Aug 1689 - 1723
de Caep de Goede Hoop

Magdalena Maria Brits

bef 13 Apr 1692 - bef 24 Oct 1739
de Caep de Goede Hoop

2nd-Great-Grandparents

[de Witt g-g-grandfather?]

[de Witt g-g-grandmother?]

abt 1680 - aft 1722

1675 - abt 1705

abt 1660 - 19 Apr 1728

bef 25 May 1673 - aft 26 Oct 1760

1665 - 19 Dec 1722

bef 25 Jul 1675 - 19 Dec 1722

Descendants of Hendrina Dorothea (Geijser) Bester

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Table Bay, South Africa (1762)
Hendrina Dorothea (Geijser) Bester was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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Contents

Biography

SAG Nr

Name

  • Hendrina Dorothea Geijser[2]

Birth

  • Hendrina was born in 1779.

Baptism

  • Baptism Date 28 Feb 1779
  • Place Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa [3]
  • Jacobus en Hendrina Dorothea tweelinge
  • De Vader is Hendrik Geijser de Oude
  • Moeder Judith de Wit
  • Get: van 't Eerste kind. Hendrik Zeeberg en Dina Geijser
  • van 't tweede. Hendrik Geijser de Jonge en Dorothea Geijser

Marriage

  • Marriage 2
  • Date: 12 December 1802[4]
  • Place: Cape Town[4]
    • Groom: Christian Jacob Bester[4]
    • Bride: Hendrina Dorothea Geijser (weduwe wijlen Pieter Schildbach)[4]

Summary

  • Birth: c. 1777; Cape Good Hope, South Africa
  • Baptism: Feb 28 1779; Cape Good Hope, South Africa
  • Father: Heinrich / Hendrik Geyser [1720 - 1809]
  • Mother: Judith / Judik Frederiksdr. Geyser (Sandenberg) (Van De Vyver), SM/PROG (born De Wit B1c1) [1742 - 1805]
  • 1st Husband: Peter Schildbach
  • Marriage: Dec 7 1794; Cape Town, Cape Colony
  • 2nd Husband: Christiaan Jacob Bester, b4c8 [1775 - 1810]
  • Marriage: 12 Dec 1802; Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa[5]

Sources

  1. ↑ The Genealogical Society of South Africa: South African Family Registers 2018 - Released January 2019, GEYSER, Seen & added 16 Aug 2022 by André Laubscher
  2. ↑ "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch Baptism of child Helena Johanna Bester 28 Oct 1804: 21 May 2014, South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town > Baptisms 1795-1814 > image 111 of 319; State Archives, Cape Province. Seen and entered April 13, 2021 by Desireé Schekierka
  3. ↑ "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRL9-TTS : Thu Sep 26 19:25:48 UTC 2024), Entry for Jacobus Geijser and Hendrik Geijser, 28 Feb 1779. Added on 21 Mar 2025 by Ian McArthur
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Marriage Register - Parish registers, Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Cape Town (Cape Province), 1695-1976, Marriages 1757-1803, 1737-1818, Image 753 Seen & added 16 Aug 2022 by André Laubscher.
  5. ↑ Added by Christine (Wolhuter) Schwarz , 06 April 2020
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Ian McArthur
From the Baptism Record, the LNAB is Geijser.

posted on Geyser-53 (merged) by Ian McArthur

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War of 1812 Connection Checkers: Hendrina Dorothea is 17 degrees from Francis Key, 16 degrees from Caleb Bentley, 15 degrees from Thomas Brisbane VIth of Brisbane, 20 degrees from Francis Dade, 18 degrees from William Harrison, 19 degrees from Andrew Jackson, 16 degrees from Dolley Madison, 18 degrees from Oliver Hazard Perry, 19 degrees from Mary Pickersgill, 15 degrees from Laura Secord, 18 degrees from John Stricker and 15 degrees from Arthur Wakefield

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