Hester Sophia (Hofmeyr) de Waal (1848-1911)

Hester Sophia de Waal formerly Hofmeyr aka Hofmeyer

Born 31 Mar 1848 in Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope

Ancestors

Daughter of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr and Rykje Hester (Roos) Hofmeyr

Sister of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, Anna Sophia Roux Hofmeyr, Tieleman Johannes Roos Hofmeyr, Sara Christina Hofmeyr, Rykje Hester Hofmeyr, Rykje Hester (Hofmeyr) Joubert, Susanna Johanna (Hofmeyr) Mostert, Stephanus Johannes Hofmeyr and Paul Johannes Hofmeyr

Wife of David Christiaan de Waal — married 19 May 1869 [location unknown]

Descendants

Mother of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr de Waal, Rykie Hester (de Waal) Hertzog, Pieter de Waal, Susanna Gertruida (de Waal) van Heerden, Hester Sophia (de Waal) Davies and Gustavus Adolphus de Waal

Died 13 Apr 1911 at age 63 in Paradise Estate Claremont, Cape Province, South Africa

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1 Biography
- 1.1 Baptism
- 1.2 Death Notice
2 Sources

Biography

Hester Sopia Hofmeyer^[1]

Baptism

Name: Hester Sophia Hofmeyer

Event Type: Baptism

Event Date: 14 May 1848

Event Place: Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Birth Date: 31 Mar 1848

Father's Name: Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer

Mother's Name: Rykje Roos

Entry Number: 34 , GS Film number: 2214091 , Digital Folder Number: 004434403 , Image Number: 00562 ^[2]

Death Notice

Name Hester Sophia Hofmeyer De Waal

Event Type Death

Event Date 12 Apr 1911

Event Place Claremont, Cape Province, South Africa

Residence Place Paradise Estate Claremont

Gender Female

Age 63

Birth Year (Estimated) 1848^[3]

More Information 1 H.S. de Waal was recorded as a "lady of independent means" on the DN. 2 She was sick for 8 months. 3 During her marriage she lived at 17 Dorp Street in Cape Town.^[4]

Sources

↑ Profile created through the import of My Family.Pretorius.Van_Wyk.DeWaal.Potgieter.2011.ged on Sep 19, 2011 by Judy Potgieter.
↑ "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers, 1660-1970," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFR1-1F7 : accessed 27 June 2015), Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer in entry for Hester Sophia Hofmeyer, 14 May 1848, Baptism; citing p. , Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, State Archives, Cape Province; FHL microfilm 2,214,091. Seen and added by Wendy de Waal July 04, 2015.
↑ "South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QM-DXKH : 8 August 2017), Hester Sophia Hofmeyer De Waal, 12 Apr 1911, Claremont, Cape Province, South Africa; citing National Archives, Pretoria; FHL microfilm 1,887,163; GS Film Number 001887163; Digital Folder Number 004874401; Image Number 00445. Seen and added by Wendy de Waal on 7 December 2017.
↑ Added by Wendy de Waal on 7 December 2017.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hester by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Hester:

~1.56% Richard Roos : 23andMe, GEDmatch MN1360869 [compare], yourDNAportal RICa4732794 + AncestryDNA, Ancestry member richard_roos99 + MyHeritage DNA
~1.56% Braam Conradie : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch AY8404917 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN55121
~1.56% ~6.25% Elizabeth (dù Toit) Theron : MyHeritage DNA
~0.78% Amy Conradie : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TL6557251 [compare], Ancestry member Amy_conradie
~0.78% Sonja Conradie : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DN6171850 [compare], Ancestry member sonja_school