Geesje Cornelia
(Gesina Cornelia)
du Plessis
formerly Smith
Born in Tulbagh, Cape Colony, South Africa
Ancestors 
Daughter of Johannes Marthinus (Smút) Smit
and Maria Magdalena (Olivier) Smit
Sister of
Pieter Smit, Andries Smit, Sesielia Johanna (Smit) Esterhuisen, Anna Dorothea (Smit) Olivier, Hendrik Erasmus Smit, Maria Magdalena (Smit) Kruger, Albert Daniel Smit, Johannes Marthinus Smit and Gerret Nicolaas Smit
Wife of
Petrus Johannes Christoffel du Plessis
— married
9 Dec 1838 in Colesberg, Cape Colony, South Africa
Descendants 
Mother of
Johanna Elizabeth du Plessis
Died
at about age 57
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Feb 2024
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Biography
Gesina Cornelia was born in 1821. She passed away in 1879.
Sources
- "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HL-BBGV : Sun Nov 12 01:51:36 UTC 2023), Entry for Johanna Elisabeth and Petrus Johs Christoffel Du Plessies, 12 Aug 1850.
- Baptism: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CB7-9989 : Thu Oct 26 15:18:51 UTC 2023), Entry for Geesje Cornelia Smit and Maria Magdalena Olvier, 23 Aug 1821.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gesina Cornelia 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 Gesina Cornelia 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]
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~0.78%
Pieter Strauss :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Steve Bretschneider :
23andMe
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