Jacoba Johanna (van Coller) Jähnig (1878 - 1904)

Born 1878 in Cape Colony

Wife of Carl Wilhelm Jähnig — married 1 May 1900 in Bredasdorp, Cape Colony

Died 19 Jun 1904 at about age 26 in Witpan, Warrenton, Cape Colony

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Biography

Jacoba Johanna was born in 1878 in the Cape Colony; she was the daughter of Daniel Wynand van Coller and Jacoba Johanna van Fouche.

She was 23 years old when she married 45-year-old widower Carl Wilhelm Jähnig in Mossel Bay, Cape Colony, on 1 May 1900.^[1]

Marriage Carl Wilhelm Jähnig to Jacoba Johanna van Coller

Two children were born of this marriage:

Florentina Wilhelmina (Jähnig) Venter

Ernest Julius Jähnig

Jacoba was 26 years old when she contracted pneumonia and passed away at Witpan, Warrenton, on 19 June 1904.^[2][3]

Death Notification of Jacoba Johanna (van Coller) Jähnig

Sources

1. ↑ South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z2V-D9YL : 10 May 2021), Carl Wilhelm Jahnig, 1900
2. ↑ South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WYT4-1B2M : 10 March 2021), Johanna Jacoba Van Coller Jahnig, 19 Jun 1904, Cape Province, South Africa; citing National Archives, Pretoria; FHL microfilm
3. ↑ Added by Des Lynch on 18 August 2021