Gerhardus Jacobus Roets (abt. 1848 - 1923)

Born about 1848 in Grootfontein, Potchefstroom, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek

Husband of Catharina Gertruida (Botha) Roets — married 30 Jun 1867 in Potchefstroom, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek

Husband of Martha Johanna Jacomina (Erasmus) Roets — married 14 Dec 1903 in Volksrust, Transvaal Colony

Died 23 Sep 1923 at about age 75 in Streepfontein, Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa

Biography

1867 Marriage

Name Gerhardus Jacobus Roets

Marital Status Single

Spouse's Name Catharina Geertruida Botha

Spouse's Marital Status Single

Marriage Date 30 Jun 1867

Marriage Place Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa^[1]

1903 Marriage

Name: Gerhardus Jacobus Roets

Age: 55

Birth Year (Estimated): 1848

Birthplace: Grootfontein, Potchefstroom

Marital Status: widower

Residence: Streepfontein, district Wakkerstroom

Spouse's Name: Martha Johanna Jacomina Erasmus

Spouse's Age: 29

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1874

Birthplace: ???? Wakkerstroom

Marital Status: Spinster

Marriage Date: 14 Dec 1903

Marriage Place: Volksrust, Wakkerstroom, Transvaal Colony^[2]

Death Notice

Name Gerhardus Jacobus Roets

Birthplace: Potchefstroom, Transvaal

Father: Gerhardus Jacobus Roets, deceased

Mother: Sara Roets, deceased

Age: 75 years, 3 months

Occupation: boer

Residence: Streepfontein, Wakkerstroom

Marital Status: Married, Volksrust, to Martha Susanna Roets, born Erasmus

Pre-deceased spouse: Catharina Gertruida Roets, born Botha, died Volksrust 1901

Date of decease: 23 Sep 1923

Place of decease: Streepfontein, Wakkerstroom

Children: from first marriage:

Gert Roets, Germiston

Sara Roets married to Jacobus Labuschagne, Germiston

Aletta Roets married to Matthys Smit

Hendrik Adriaan Roets

Anna Roets married Gideon Jacobus Visagie, Streepfontein

Machiel Roets

from second marriage

Magiel Margaritha Roets, 19 years

Cornelis Johannes Erasmus Roets, 16 years

Jacobus Petrus Roets, 11 years^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ "South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29M-ZK9Y : 18 December 2018), Gerhardus Jacobus Roets, 30 Jun 1867; citing Marriage, Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk Van Afrika (Dutch Reformed Church of Africa), Pretoria; FHL microfilm 1,492,538.
2. ↑ "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHW-ZJCV : 14 September 2022), Gerhardus Jacobus Roets and Martha Johanna Zacarra Erasmne, Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa; citing Marriage, Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, NARS "Civil registration (marriages - coloureds), Transvaal and Swaziland, 1898-1927." The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria.
3. ↑ "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZT-6J49 : 3 April 2020), Gerhardus Jacobus Roets, 1923.
4. ↑ "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7V8G-JZMM : 20 July 2022), Gerhardus Jacobus Roets, 1923.