Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Johannes Petrus Smit
and Christina (van Sittern) Smit
Sister of
Johannis Peterus Smit, Andries Adriaan Smit, Helena Petronella (Smit) Fourie, Hester Christina (Smit) Marais, Christina Johanna (Smith) Bender, Geertruij Jacoba (Smit) Kraayenburg, Anna Maria (Smit) Roodt, Johanna Adriana (Smit) Botha and Wilhelmina Hendrina (Smit) Botha
Wife of
Cornelis Jacobus Faber
— married
[date unknown] (to 28 Mar 1835) [location unknown]
Wife of
Charl Gerhardus Henning
— married
2 Nov 1835 (to about 1843) in Cradock
Descendants 
Mother of
Christina Magdalena Louisa Faber, Christina Louisa Jacoba (Faber) van Wyk, Cornelia Jacoba Wilhelmina (Faber) Herbst, Martha Magdalena Gertruida Henning, Aletta Dorothea Henning and Johannes Gerhardus Petrus Henning
Died
at age 34
in Cradock, Cape Colony
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Biography
Aletta was born before 1809. She was the daughter of Johannes Petrus Smit and Christina Van Sitte. She passed away about 1835.
Sources
- [1] Named as mother on daughter Christina Louisa Jacoba's death notice
- [2] Named on mother's death notice as daugter.
- [3] Named on second husband Charl Gerhardus Henning's death notice as his first wife.
- C G Henning's wives and offspring from www.henning.org and www.eloff-family.co.za. [Ian McArthur - 30 Aug 2015]
- Mothers death notice
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Aletta Dorothea by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Aletta Dorothea by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Werner Carstens
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup R5a2, FTDNA kit #501314
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Werner Carstens :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T610740 [compare], FTDNA kit #501314
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~0.78%
Chantelle Pretorius :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H162054 [compare]
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~0.78%
Alec Waldeck :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch JC3152672 [compare]
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Smit-5462 and Smit-3266 appear to represent the same person because: The same husband and parents.
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by Ewald Schmidt
Ewald Schmidt
Smit-5462 and Smit-2031 appear to represent the same person because: The same husband, her second husband.
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by Ewald Schmidt
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