Margaretha Magdalena
(Margaretha)
van der Merwe
formerly Smit
Born about in Kokstad, Cape Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Francois Jacobus Smit
and Anna Elizabeth (Posthumus) Smit
Wife of
Dietlof Jacobus van der Merwe
— married
5 May 1885 in Rouxville Orange Free State South Africa
Mother of
Gert Schalk van der Merwe and Dietlof Jacobus van der Merwe
Died
at about age 85
in Zastron, Orange Free State, South Africa
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Biography
Margaretha was born about 1852. She is the daughter of Frans Smit and Anna Posthumus. [1] Margaretha was born about 1866. Margaretha Smith ... She passed away in 1937.[2] Margaretha was born about 1866. She is the daughter of Francois Smit and Anna Posthumus. [3]
Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Johan Smit, Sunday, December 7, 2014.
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
- ↑ Source will be added by Debra Simpkins by 14 Dec 2020.
- https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9L4-HCYG?i=252&cat=195564 (Please source Properly?)
"South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HG-GJQP : 20 February 2021), Margaretha Magdalena Smith in entry for Johanna Jacoba, 1896. Researched and attached 30 Sep 2022 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaretha 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 Margaretha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Pippi (Potgieter) Schoeman
:
Mitochondrial DNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup Y
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Natalie (Arrowsmith) Schmidt :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LS4027212 [compare], Ancestry member nats_schmidt
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~0.78%
Simon Aitken :
23andMe, GEDmatch A711596 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A711596 [compare], Ancestry member simonaitken81
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A711596 [compare], FTDNA kit #B331502
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Debra Simpkins
Debra Simpkins
Smit-5862 and Smit-1641 appear to represent the same person because: Same LNAB and parents
posted
by Debra Simpkins
Salome (Smit) Truter
Smith-103369 and Smit-1641 appear to represent the same person because: duplicates
posted
by Salome (Smit) Truter
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