Born in Delmas, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
Ancestors 
Daughter of Hendrik Frederik Grobler
and Aletta Catharina (Erasmus) Grobler
Sister of
Baltrina Johanna (Grobler) du Plessis, Johannes Hermanus Grobler and Louisa Catharina Grobler
Wife of
Geurt Marinus Brenkman
— married
11 Jun 1902 in Boksburg, Transvaal Colony
[children unknown]
Died
at age 84
in Smidsdorp, Pietersburg, Transvaal, South Africa
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Biography
Helena was born in 1883 in Delmas, ZAR; she was the daughter of Hendrik Grobler and Aletta Erasmus.
She was 19 years old when she married 32 year old widower Geurt Marinus Brenkman in Boksburg, Transvaal Colony, on 11 June 1902.[1]
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| Marriage Geurt Marinus Brenkman to Helena Catharina Grobler |
The following children were born of this marriage:
- Geurt Bertus Brenkman
- Hendrik Frederik Brenkman
- Aletta Catharina (Brenkman) Visser
- Jeltje Adriani (Brenkman) Du Preez
- Helena Catharina (Brenkman) Stoltz
- Albertus Marinus Brenkman
- Johannes Lodewikus Brenkman
- Sandrina Wilhelmina Geesje Jacoba (Brenkman) Niemann
- Balthazar Johannes Brenkman
- Geurtje Maria Brenkman
Helena is believed to have passed away 0n 16 October 1967 in Smitsdorp, Pietersburg. [2]
Sources
- ↑ South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSP-39R4 : 27 September 2019), Geurt Marinus Brenkman and Helena Catharina Grobler, Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa; citing Marriage, Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa, NARS "Civil registration (marriages - coloureds), Transvaal and Swaziland, 1898-1927." The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria
- ↑ Added by Des Lynch on 18 February 2022
- My Heritage Smart Match
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Helena Catharina by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Helena Catharina:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Helena Catharina by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Helena Catharina:
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~6.25%
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