Catharina Maria (Smith) Venter (bef.1778-1861)

Catharina Maria Venter formerly Smith

Born before 1 Nov 1778 in Graaff Reinet, de Caep de Goede Hoop

Ancestors

Daughter of Jacobus Francois Smit and Martha Louisa (Erasmùs) Smith

Sister of Petrus Johannes Smit [half], Lourens Erasmus Smit, Jacobús Francois (Smith) Smit, Maggel Margaretha (Smith) Cilliers, Stephanus Johannes (Smit) Smith, Johan Leopold Smit, Martha Maria Magdalena (Smit) Stapelberg and Elizabeth Jacoba (Smit) Delport

Wife of Gert Lourens Venter — married 1 Oct 1797 in Cape of Good Hope Colony

Descendants

Mother of Martha Louisa (Venter) Botha, Johanna Francina Magdalena (Venter) Olivier, Anna Sophia Maria (Venter) van Heerden, Maggel Margritha (Venter) de Bruyn, Petrus Jacobus Venter and Gerrit Loùrens Venter

Died 21 May 1861 after age 82 in Cradock, Suider Baken district, Cape Colony

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Catharina Maria (Smith) Venter was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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Biography

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Name

Catharina ^[2]^[3]^[1] Maria ^[2]^[3]^[1] Smit ^[2]^[3]^[1] Venter / Smith ^[4] Venter ^[2]^[1]

Birth

Date: about 1778 ^[2] / before 1 Nov 1778 ^[3]^[1]^[4]

Place: Patensie ^[4], Graaff Reinet, Dutch Cape Colony^[5]

Baptism

Name: Catharina Maria Smith ^[4]

Date: 1 Nov 1778 ^[1]^[4]

Place: Cabo de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony ^[4]

Father's Name: Jacobus Smith^[4]

Mother's Name: Martha Louisa Erasmus^[4]

Witnesses: Hendrik Mijntjes van den Berg; Catharina van Dijk; Maria Catharina Smith; ^[4]

Marriage

x 01.10.1797 ^[1]

Groom: Gert Venter^[5]

Bride: Catharina Maria Smit ^[5]

Death

Date: about 1861 ^[2] / 21 May 1861 ^[1]^[5]

Age: 83 years^[5]

Place: Cradock, Suider Baken district, Cape Colony ^[5]

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 Source:
- {geni:about_me} Christening: https:/www.familysearch.org/ark:/619033:1:S3HY-DZN4-4MY?i=135&cc=1478678. (Link not functioning!)Added (Imported data from GEDCOM upload #162338, Person I6000000010626242570) by Frikkie Naudé 23 April 2020.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 WikiTree profile Smit-1972 created by Ian McArthur on 11 July 2015. Source:
- venterfamilie website
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 WikiTree profile Smit-2608 created by Debra Simpkins through the import of Simpkins Bouwer Family_2016-12-29.ged on Dec 29, 2016.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 ^4.7 ^4.8 Source:
- "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch Baptism Catharina Maria Smith 1 Nov 1778: 15 September 2019, South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town > Baptisms 1757-1779 > image 136 of 145; State Archives, Cape Province. Seen and entered March 21, 2021 by Desireé Schekierka
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 Source:
- "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch Death notice Catharina Maria Smit 21 May 1861: 28 September 2018, 007844940 > image 1998 of 2251; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. Seen and entered March 21, 2021 by Desireé Schekierka

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DNA Connections
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