Geesje Wilhelmina (Smit) Botha (bef.1735-1779)

Geesje Wilhelmina Botha formerly Smit

Born before 30 Jan 1735 in de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony

Ancestors

Daughter of Erasmus (Schmidt) Smit and Cornelia (van Emmenes) Smit

Sister of Catharina (Van Immenes) Beukes [half], Anna (Smit) Jordaan, Johan Erasmus (Smidt) Smit, Martha (Smit) van Wyk, Cornelia (Smit) Venter, Geertruij (Smith) van Zijl, Erasmús (Smith) Smit, Gerrit Smit, Pieter Smit and Albert Smit

Wife of Wilhelm (Bootha) Botha — married 9 Apr 1758 in Swartland, Dutch Cape Colony

Descendants

Mother of Johannes Jacobùs Botha, Geesje Helena (Botha) van Wijk and Anna Wilhelmina (Bota) Botha

Died 1779 after age 43 in Dutch Cape Colony

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Biography

Name

Geesje Wilhelmina Smit ^[1] / Geesje Wilhelmina Jordaan Smit ^[2]

Birth

Date: Geesje was born before 30 Jan 1735 ^[1] / [in/about?] 1735. ^[2]

Baptism

Date: 30 Jan 1735 ^[3]

Place: [Cape Town], Cape of Good Hope, [South Africa] ^[3]

Father's Name: Erasmus Smit ^[3]

Mother's Name: Cornelia Van Emenes ^[3]

Marriage

Date: 09 April 1758 ^[4]

Place: Swartland, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa]^[4]

Groom: Willem Botha^[4]

Bride: Geesje Smidt^[4]

Death

Date: Geesje passed away [in/about?] 1779. ^[2]

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 WikiTree profile Smit-2833 created by Lou Larney, 9 April 2017. Source:
- "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-4WV?cc=1478678&wc=M6GW-82S%3A49605401%2C49605402%2C49605403%2C49608601 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town > image 53 of 109; State Archives, Cape Province.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 WikiTree profile Smit-4749 created by Linda (Wyndham) Phillips 17 September 2019.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Source:
- "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRL9-CBF : 4 December 2014), Geesje Smit, 30 Jan 1735, Baptism; citing p. , Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, State Archives, Cape Province; FHL microfilm 2,214,107. Added by Lou Larney, 9 April 2017.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Source :
- Marriage Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, 1745-1976, Marriages 1745-1813 (title board is incorrect), Image 596
Seen & added 29 September 2020 by André Laubscher.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Geesje Wilhelmina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:

Christelle van der Merwe : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H1ak1, FTDNA kit #648374
Hendrik Graham : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H1ak1, FTDNA kit #B490329
Christiaan Frederik Wessels : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H1ak1, FTDNA kit #IN81064, MitoYDNA ID T19157 [compare]

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Geesje Wilhelmina:

~1.56% Gerrit Van Wyk : AncestryDNA + MyHeritage DNA
~0.78% Letitia Botha : 23andMe, GEDmatch EZ6728393 [compare]
~0.78% Gloria (Nolte) Verster : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LV2731637 [compare]
~0.78% Gary van Wyk : MyHeritage DNA
~0.39% CJ Barends : 23andMe, yourDNAportal CHR9b08f4bf + AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 2006119
~0.39% ~1.56% Suzette Viljoen : Autosomal DNA Test
~0.39% Berenice (Bailey) Manning : MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H845250 [compare]

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Images: 2

Cape Town Baptisms, 21 Nov 1734 to 13 Mar 1735

Marriages Swartland, Dutch Cape Colony 1745-1813 Image 596

Comments: 2

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Philip van der Walt

Hi Linda. Lou, could you also add the project profile [email address removed] as active manager (add to trusted list, save, then activate, then save again) to this profile, please? The LNAB has been validated with a [transcription of a] baptism [image], we will have this profile Project Profile Protected). Philip (project research coordinator)

posted Jun 05, 2020 by Philip van der Walt

Chantelle de Lange

Smit-4749 and Smit-2833 appear to represent the same person because: Smit-4749 and Smit-2833 seem to be the same person, same birth date and spouses.

posted Apr 22, 2020 by Chantelle de Lange

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