Martha Elizabeth (Swanepoel) Roode (1803 - 1892)

Born 31 Aug 1803 in Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Ancestors

Wife of Johannes Marthinus Verlee — married 1 Nov 1823 in Worcester, Cape Colony, South Africa

Died 12 Aug 1892 at age 88 in Doornhoek, Lichtenburg, Transvaal, South Africa

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Biography

Martha Elizabeth was born in 1803^[1]. She was the daughter of Johannes Swanepoel and Maria van den Berg. She passed away in 1892.

b5c4 Johannes SWNEPOEL ≈ 7.11.1751, burger v. Stellenbosch

x Kaapstad 5.4.1789 Maria Magdalena VAN DEN BERG ≈ 7.7.1771

d.v. Johannes Hendrik van den Berg en Anna Rossouw

b5c4d8 Martha Elizabeth SWANEPOEL * 31.8.1803 ≈ Tulbagh 24.11.1804

x Worcester 1.11.1823 Johannes Marthinus VERLEE ≈ 24.4.1785 † Koue Bokkeveld, vermoor 2.2.1825

s.v. Johannes Wilhelmus Verlee en Johanna Cecilia (Catharina) Rasp

xx Tulbagh 10.12.1827 Johan Christiaan RHOODE * c. 1800 ^[2]

Marriage

On 1 Nov 1823, in Worcester, the marriage was celebrated of Martha Elisabeth Swanepoel with Johannes Marthinus Verlee.

Houdenbek Slave Revolt of 1825

Martha Elizabeth Swanepoel was a witness in the Houdenbek Revolt trial at Worcester^[3]. Her husband Johannes Marthinus Verlee was the schoolmaster at the farm of Willem Nicolaas van der Merwe .. and he was one of those murdered on 2 Feb 1825. Martha fled with the wife of Willem and her children into a bedroom, and their life was spared. She most likely had her own newborn son, born on 12 January at the 'Kuyzon' farm, with her. This son was baptised later, on 27 March, after the father's death.

Martha said that she and Verlee had only arrived at Houdenbek a few days previously. Before that, they were living "at Willem Joosten's in the Bokkeveld, far from the late Willem van der Merwe's place".

Research Notes

• Somebody with her name, 20 years old in 1825, is listed as witness in case of the Houdenbek Slave Revolt of 1825^[4]. If this is correct, she was said to be the young widow of Johannes Verlee. Indeed, we find her married to him, with familysearch personal ID L5P8-3K1

Sources

1. ↑ familysearch personal ID for Martha Elizabeth Swanepoel L5P8-3K1
2. ↑ "Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. “South African Genealogies 1” Human Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-620-23962-1 v.12 pp. 485-7" Added on 12 Mar 2024 by Ian McArthur
3. ↑ Houdenbek Slave Revolt 1825 category
4. ↑ Houdenbek Slave Revolt 1825 category

• *"https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-WYTB?i=529&cat=993681" Baptismal record added by Helene du Toit May 2019.
• "https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3N-43BX-D?i=345&cc=2520237&cat=188051" Death notice added by Helene du Toit May 2019.