Jacobus Stephanus Johannes Schmidt (1865-1945)

Jacobus Stephanus Johannes Schmidt aka Smith

Born 2 Sep 1865 in Dordrecht, Cape Colony, South Africa

Ancestors

Son of Jan Dirk Johannes Schmidt and Susanna Maria (van Jaarsveld) Schmidt

Brother of Anna Margarita (Schmidt) Nepgen, Susanna Maria (Schmidt) Rheeder, Jan Dirk Johannes Schmidt, Catharina Zacharia Gertruida (Schmidt) Posthumus, Cornelia Margaretha (Schmidt) Smit, Maria Magdalena (Schmidt) Labuschagne, Martha Maria (Schmidt) Labuschagne, Michael Johannes Schmidt, Stephanus Johannes Schmidt, Pieter Nicolaas Johannes Schmidt and Aletta Petronella (Schmidt) Keys

Husband of Engela Helena (Watson) Schmidt — married 26 Jul 1886 in Barkly East, Cape Colony

Descendants

Father of Elizabeth Jane Schmidt, Jan Dirk Johannes (Schmidt) Smit, Susanna Maria Schmidt, Engela Helena (Schmidt) Venter, Catharina Gertruida Schmidt, William Henry Watson Schmidt, Jacob Johannes Bester Schmidt and Charles Humphrey Schmidt

Died 29 Nov 1945 at age 80 in Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa

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Biography

Jacobus was born about 1865 in Dordrecht, Cape Colony, the son of Jan Dirk Johannes Schmidt and Susanna Maria van Jaarsveld. He was married to Engela Helena Watson on 26 July 1886 in Barkly East.

Family remembers that he was called Jan, his wife Nonnie. They had the following children, and we are not sure of full names or the order of birth: Sons: Jan, Will, Humphrey and Jim, Daughters Jane, Kate and Dollie.

He was a retired farmer, who stayed at 17 St Bartholomew road, Grahamstown at the time of his death, aged 80.

Sources

[1] He was baptised on 5 Nov 1865 in Dordrecht, Cape Colony. Added on 4 Nov 2023 by Ewald Schmidt

[2] This might be his burial detail on 31 Nov 1945 in Grahamstown.

[3] Name on father.s death notice
[4] Marriage record on 26 July 1886 in Barkly East, Cape Colony

[5] Notification of death

[6] Register of burial

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacobus Stephanus Johannes by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacobus Stephanus Johannes: