Christiaan
van Niekerk
formerly van Nieuwkerk
Born about in Graaff-Reinet, Cabo de Goede Hoop
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Brother of
Anna Catharina (van Niekerk) Vorster, Cornelis van Niekerk, Gerrit van Niekerk, Maria Magdalena (van Niekerk) Hartzenberg, Margreta Johanna (Van Nieukerken) van Niekerk and Johannes Hendrik (Van Nieuwkerken) van Niekerk
Husband of
Maria Cornelia (Tregard) van Niekerk
— married
about 2 May 1802 in Cape of Good Hope Colony
Husband of
Engela Dorothea Maria (Pretorius) van Niekerk
— married
11 Sep 1814 in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Cornelis van Niekerk, Jacobus Gustavus van Niekerk, Wilhelmina Magdalena (van Niekerk) Conradie, Christiaan Stephanus van Niekerk, Petronella Johanna (van Niekerk) Grobler, Johannis Lodiwicus (van Nieuwkerk) van Niekerk, Stephanus Abraham van Niekerk, Catharina Ida Maria van Niekerk, Magdalena Elizabeth Maria van Niekerk and Elizabeth Geertruida van Niekerk
Died about
at about age 59
[location unknown]
Profile managers:
Gerry van Niekerk 
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Biography
SAG No.
- b6c4d5
Name
Birth
- Date: 6 Oct 1781 [5]
- Place: Graaff-Reinet [5]
- Nota: Geni.com se geboortedatum is verkeerd. Hierdie is sy doopdatum [4] -- Kobus Trichardt op 8 April 2023.
Baptism
- Date: 6 Oct 1781[4]
- Place: Tulbagh, Cabo de Goede Hoop[4]
- [4] 't Kint Christiaan
- Vader Cornelis van Nieúwkerk
- Moeder Pieternella Cloete
- Get- Stephs Abraham Cloete, en Catharina Rabi, Stephanús
- van den Búrg, en Loúisa Erasmús
Death
Sources
- ↑ WikiTree profile Van Niekerk-124 created through the import of My Family.Pretorius.Van_Wyk.DeWaal.Potgieter.2011.ged on Sep 19, 2011 by Judy Potgieter.
- ↑ WikiTree profile Van Niekerk-791 created was created by Mary Rudd October 2014. Source:
- Stamregister van die Suid-Afrikaanse Volk; ed 1966; Malherbe
- ↑ WikiTree profile Van Nieuwkerk-44 created by Gerry van Niekerk, 2 January 2021. {Date of birth guessed at 1800}. Source:
- Doop van seun, Johannis Lodewicus: Parish registers, Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Cradock (Cape Province), 1817-1972
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4
Source:
- Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Tulbagh, Baptism register, 1743 to 2 Feb 1800, page 183, entry number 74. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G4 7/1. Transcribed by Lynn Couperthwaite, Trysie Joubert, Richard Ball as part of the eGGSA Project, from VC 657, Cape Archives Repository. Seen and added by Philip van der Walt 2 Jan, 2021
- Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Tulbagh, Cape Province, Items 3 - 5, Baptisms 1743-1815. Film # 008121003, Image 287 of 779: Dooprekord van Christiaan. . Added by Riël Smit on 2021-08-23.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Source [lead]:
- Geni.com > Christiaan van Niekerk, b6c4d5 Provided by Van_Niekerk-2148 Dec 13, 2017.
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Hendrik van Niekerk.
- "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch baptism of son Cornelis van Niekerk, 30 Oct 1803: 21 May 2014, South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town > Baptisms 1795-1814 > image 94 of 319; State Archives, Cape Province. Seen and entered Oct 2, 2021 by Marco Nel
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christiaan by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Christiaan:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christiaan by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Christiaan:
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~3.12%
Braam Conradie
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch AY8404917 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN55121
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~1.56%
Amy Conradie :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TL6557251 [compare], Ancestry member Amy_conradie
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~1.56%
Sonja Conradie :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DN6171850 [compare], Ancestry member sonja_school
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~1.56%
Timothy Marais :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RU8452264 [compare], Ancestry member tchmarais
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~1.56%
Louis Pistorius :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Tania (Pistorius) Sellers :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Susan Brink :
23andMe, GEDmatch M739318 [compare]
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~0.78%
Col Webb :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EV2540705 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MK64713
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~0.78%
Susan Barbour :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Shaun Prozesky :
Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Izak Stephanus van der Westhuizen :
MyHeritage DNA
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Categories: The Dutch Cape Colony 1652-1806 | Cape of Good Hope Project Needs Marriage Record
"South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DRHS-M96?cc=1478678&wc=M6GW-DW5%3A49605401%2C49605402%2C49605403%2C49641501 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town > Baptisms 1795-1814 > image 94 of 319; State Archives, Cape Province.
Van_Niekerk-1253 Husband of Engela Dorothea Maria (Pretorius) van Niekerk married 11 Sep 1814 in Graaff-Reinet (Obviously born before 1800)
Appears to be a duplicate of Van_Niekerk-791 (Husband of Maria Cornelia (Triegard) van Niekerk) Which traces him back to his Stamvader https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gerrits-457
The two wives and birth date matching Van_Niekerk-791 can be found on Geni
Christiaan van Niekerk, b6c4d5 Birthdate: October 6, 1781 (60) https://www.geni.com/people/Christiaan-van-Niekerk-b6c4d5/6000000019272801627
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