Christiaan Wilhelmus Potgieter (1820 - 1871)

Born 14 Jun 1820 in Grahamstown, Cape Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Cornelia Johanna (van den Berg) Potgieter — married 26 Nov 1855 in Potchefstroom, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek

Descendants

Died 10 May 1871 at age 50 in Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek [uncertain]

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Biography

Christiaan Wilhelmus was born in the Grahamstown District of the Cape Colony on 24 June 1820. He was baptised on 8 December 1822:^[1]

Name: Christiaan Wilhelm Potgieter

Baptism Date: 8 Dec 1822

Baptism Place: Western Cape, South Africa

Birth Date: 24 Jun 1820

Parent Name: Johannis Hermanus Potgieter

Second Parent's Name: Amarensi Hs Snyman

Event Type: Baptism

He was 35 years old when he married 24-year-old Cornelia Johanna van den Berg in Potchefstroom, ZAR, on 26 November 1855.^[2] They had the following children:

Cornelia Johanna Potgieter

Hester Emmerentia Potgieter

Johannes Hermanus Potgieter

Petrus Paulus Potgieter

Anna Catharina Lodewika Potgieter

Christiaan Wilhelmus Potgieter

Philippus Christoffel Potgieter

Jacobus Petrus Potgieter

Frederik Johannes Potgieter

Marthinus Jacobus Potgieter

Christiaan was 51 years old when he passed away somewhere in the desert on 10 May 1871.^[3][4]

Death Notice of Christiaan Wilhelmus Potgieter

Sources

1. ↑ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XQP-NW1R : 27 February 2022), Christiaan Wilhelm Potgieter, 1822
2. ↑ South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29M-ZJ57 : 18 December 2018), Christiaan Wilhelmus Potgieter, 26 Nov 1855; citing Marriage, Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk Van Afrika (Dutch Reformed Church of Africa), Pretoria; FHL microfilm 1,492,538
3. ↑ South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHR-9SK4 : 11 November 2022), Christiaan Wilhelmius Potgieter, 1871
4. ↑ Added by Des Lynch on 30 December 2022

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