Geesje
Cornelia
van der Merwe
formerly Smit
Born before in Graaff-Reinet, Dutch Cape Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Pieter Smit
and Anna Dorothea (Kramer) Smit
Sister of
Erasmus Johannes Smit, Johannes Marthinus (Smút) Smit, Pieter Albertus Smit, Albertus Daniel Smit, Anna Dorothea Smit, Johannes Hendrik Smit [half], Maria Jacoba (Smit) Mouton [half], Cornelia Margaretha (Smit) Lubbe [half], Jan Adriaan (Smith) Smit [half], Charl Gerhardus Smit [half], Anna Dorothea (Smit) Janse van Rensburg [half], Gerrit Willem Smit [half], Pieter Carel Smit [half], Nicolaas Wilhelmus Smit [half], Christiaan Andreas Smit [half], Martha Geertruyda (Smit) Esterhuizen [half] and Johanna Carolina Smit [half]
Wife of
Daniel du Plessis
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Carel Nicolaas van der Merwe
— married
9 Sep 1804 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Anna Dorothea Wilhelmina (van der Merwe) Smit, Elsje Catharina (van der Merwe) Coetsee, Susanna Maria Sophia (du Plessis) Ysell, Helena Aletta du Plessis and Hendrina Johanna (du Plessis) Venter
Died about
after about age 70
[location unknown]
Profile managers:
Cas Erasmus 
[send private message], Cape of Good Hope Project WikiTree [send private message], and Cindy Scott-Turner [send private message]
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Biography
Geesje was born in 1781. Geesje Smit ... She passed away about 1852.[1]
Geesje was born in 1781. [2]
Sources
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Cindy (Paul) Scott-Turner.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Geesje by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Geesje:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Geesje by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Geesje:
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~0.78%
Gerrit Van Wyk
:
AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Cindy (Paul) Scott-Turner :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T712887 [compare], FTDNA kit #689263
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~0.78%
Maresa Botha :
Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.39%
Shona Richards :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Raymond Krisman :
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member raymond_krisman
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~0.39%
Johannes Jacobus Nel :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch AS5165956 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN64379
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~0.39%
Liza-Mari Petzer :
MyHeritage DNA, yourDNAportal LIZf4fb7fc8
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~0.39%
Alec Waldeck :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch JC3152672 [compare]
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Cindy (Paul) Scott-Turner
Susanna Hendrina Elisa (Coetsee) de Bruyn
Cindy (Paul) Scott-Turner
I have changed the birth mother for Geesje as on her baptism it states her mother was Anna Dorothea.
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by Cindy (Paul) Scott-Turner
Susanna Hendrina Elisa (Coetsee) de Bruyn
Hi Cas, could you also add the project profile [email address removed] to the trusted list of this profile [Privacy Tab] and then also activate it as active manager to this profile, please? And drop me a note, thanks, Susan
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by Susanna Hendrina Elisa (Coetsee) de Bruyn
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