Hester
Maria Geertruyda
Strauss
formerly van Heerden
Born before in Cape Colony, South Africa
Ancestors 
Daughter of Hendrik van Heerden
and Rachel Catharina (Conradi) van Heerden
Sister of
Elisabeth Cicilia (van Heerden) Strauss, Hendrik Willem van Heerden, Anna Sophia (van Heerden) Pienaar, Frederik Jacobus Johannes van Heerden, Catharina Maria (van Heerden) Kotze, Aletta Petronella (van Heerden) Pienaar and Petronella Francina Jacoba van Heerden
Wife of
Jacob Johannes (Strous) Strauss
— married
3 Nov 1816 (to 21 Sep 1847) in Graaff Reinet, Cape Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Hendrik Fredrik Johannes Strauss, David Frederik Strauss, Martha Margaretha (Strauss) Pienaar, Jacob Petrus Albertus Strauss, Abraham Jacobus Strauss, Hester Maria Strauss, Elizabeth Sophia (Strauss) Cronje, Anna Maria Strauss, Johannes Frederick Strauss and Rachel Maria (Strauss) Louw
Died
after age 65
in Fauresmith, Orange Free State, South Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 27 May 2015
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Biography
Baptism
- Date : 5 October 1800[1]
Sources
- De Villiers, Christoffel Coetzee "Oude Kaapsche Familien" https://archive.org/details/OudeKaapscheFamilienPart1 - A-J. Page No. 313[2]
- ↑ Added by Esmé van der Westhuizen, 27 May 2015. De Villiers, Christoffel Coetzee "Oude Kaapsche Familien" https://archive.org/details/OudeKaapscheFamilienPart1 - A-J. Page No. 313
- ↑ Added by Esmé van der Westhuizen, 27 May 2015
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hester by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hester:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hester by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hester:
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~3.12%
Pieter Strauss
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
W Van Heerden :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch EQ7135995 [compare]
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