Wessel Johannes Smuts (abt. 1856 - 1933)

Born about 1856 in Mossel Bay, Cape Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sophia Elizabeth (Zietsman) Smuts — married 23 Dec 1879 in Aliwal Zuid, Mossel Bay, Cape Colony

Descendants

Died 15 Sep 1933 at about age 77 in Klein Dwarsfontein, Uniondale, Cape Province, Union of South Africa

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Biography

Wessel was born in 1856. He was a farmer living at Camnatie when he married in 1879. Description of the property owned by him on his wife's death: Uitkyk, deel van Rondekop, van Jaarsveld Aanleg, Dwarsfontein and Wagendrift.

Sources

• "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFQ-95DK?cc=1478678 : 11 May 2021), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Cape Province.
• "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-6SSD?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-911%3A1598062381 : 27 April 2020), 007736437 > image 1194 of 1464; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.
• "South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95FH-9T35?cc=1779109&wc=Q81G-DFP%3A139963901%2C142274101 : 28 December 2018), 1933 > Uniondale > image 312 of 390; National Archives, Pretoria.
• "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C913-JJLN?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-9RB%3A1598052353 : 28 September 2018), 007735077 > image 370 of 802; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.