Gerrit
van Niekerk
formerly van Nieuwkerke
Born before in de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony
Ancestors 
Brother of
Anna Dorothea (van Niekerk) Herholdt, Guilliam van Niekerk, Jan Albert van Niekerk, Johanna Margaretha van Niekerk, Frederik van Niekerk, Helena Elisabeth (van Niekerk) Jacobs, Jan Anthonie van Niekerk, Cornelis Gregorius van Niekerk, Maria Helena van Niekerk, Michiel van Niekerk, Elizabeth Alida (van Niekerk) Oberholzer and Wilhelmina Petronella van Niekerk
Husband of
Maria Adriana (Tas) van Niekerk
— married
23 Mar 1794 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Descendants 
Father of
Gerret Jacobus (Van Nieukerken) van Niekerk, Jan Albert van Niekerk, Adam Adriaan van Niekerk, Gileom Michial van Niekerk, Gideon Michiel van Niekerk, Pieter Johannes van Niekerk, Izaak David (van Nuwkerken) van Niekerk, Jacoba Johanna van Niekerk, Helena Elisabeth (van Niekerk) Oberholzer, Maria Adriana van Niekerk, Frederick Christiaan van Niekerk and Johannes Antonie van Niekerk
Died [date unknown]
in Cape Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Dec 2017
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Biography
Baptism
- 1766 .... Gerrit, De Vader is Jan Albert van Nieuwkerke, De moeder is Helena Elisabeth Overholster, De getuigen Jan Anthony Hitsman en Johanna Barbara Overholster .... den 24 Augustus [1]
- Name: Gerrit
- Event Date: 24 August 1766
- Event Place: de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony
- Father's Name: Jan Albert van Nieuwkerke
- Mother's Name: Helena Elisabeth Overholster
- Witnesses: Jan Anthony Hitsman en Johanna Barbara Overholster
Sources
- WikiTree profile Van Niekerk-69 created through the import of AJBOTHA.ged on Aug 31, 2011 by Deon Botha.
- WikiTree profile Van Niekerk-171 created through the import of AJBOTHA.ged on Feb 25, 2012 by Deon Botha.
- ↑ "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-WGX?cc=1478678&wc=M6GW-8NP%3A49605401%2C49605402%2C49605403%2C49614201 : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town > Baptisms 1757-1779 > image 53 of 145; State Archives, Cape Province. Transcribed and Dec 27, 2017 by Susanna de Bruyn and added by Dia Labuschagne
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gerrit 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 Gerrit:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gerrit 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 Gerrit:
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~1.56%
Keith Parkin
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CR3044442 [compare], yourDNAportal KEI1e846c97, Ancestry member parkinkeith
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~1.56%
Olga (Lochner-Steenkamp) Birch :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #344275
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~1.56%
Johan Reyneke :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H514311 [compare]
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Elizabeth (dù Toit) Theron :
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Jeanette Els :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H528895 [compare]
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~1.56%
Frederik Otto Andreas :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch HV4821996 [compare], yourDNAportal FREefb1f4cc
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~0.78%
Deon Botha :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Alison (Hazell) Stroebel :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TY3129053 [compare]
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The LNAB in this instance is Van Nieuwkerke. Van Niekerk could be added to the Current Last Name if a subsequent record indicates this other last name.