Jacob Jan Hendrik van Niekerk
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Jacob Jan Hendrik van Niekerk (1860 - 1934)

Jacob Jan Hendrik van Niekerk
Born in Mostertshoek, distrik Cradock, Cape Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 5 Sep 1898 in Bethulie, Orange Free State, South Africamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 74 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africamap
Profile last modified | Created 8 May 2018
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Biography

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Jacob Jan Hendrik van Niekerk is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa
This profile is part of the Van Niekerk Name Study.
Jacob Jan Hendrik was born in 1860. He is the son of Johannes Petrus van Niekerk and Martha Pieternella du Plessis. [1]

Name

Jacob Jan Hendrik van Niekerk[1]

Birth

Date: 14th April 1860 [2][3]
Place: Cape Colony [Province][4] / Mostertshoek, Cradock, Cape Colony, [South Africa][2][3]

Baptism

Date: 9th of July 1860[2]
Place: NGK, Cradock, Cape Colony[2][3]

Marriage

Married Hendrina Francina Putter (1872-1951) [4]
Date: 5th of September 1898[4]
Place: Bethulie, Orange Free State, South Africa[4].

Children

They had four children:
Hendrina Francina van Niekerk (1899 - 1940)[5]
Martha (van Niekerk) Kruger (1902)[6]
Francina Cecelia Margaretha van Niekerk (1904)[7]
Esther van Niekerk (1909-1910) [8][9]

Death

Date: 27th of September 1934[10][11]
Place: Bloemfontein[10][11]
Buried in the Bloemfontein Memoriam Rd Cemetery, Motheo, Free State, South Africa[12]
Photo of gravestone at BillionGraves (poor condition, hard to read)[12][13]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Profile created by Gerry van Niekerk 1 May, 2018.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Source:
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Baptism Index: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 008120994; Record number: 0
    FamilySearch Record: 6K1C-VZ9Y (accessed 10 September 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSV8-8GHK Image number 01184
    Added by Shaun Wallace 10 September 2023
    Index to baptism of Jacob Jan Hendrik Van Niekerk born on 14 Apr 1860 showing baptism in Cradock, Cape Colony, South Africa in book 20 page 397 of the ring registers for the Cape Colony.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Source:
    • "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSLR-K7L : 4 April 2020), Jacob Jan Hendrik Van Niekerk and Hendrina Francina Putter, 05 Sep 1898; citing p. 1898, Marriage, Bethulie, Free State, South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein; FHL microfilm 1,670,484.; Added by Shaun Wallace 25 September 2020
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  10. 10.0 10.1 Source:
    • "South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WN4Z-PPPZ : 23 December 2019), Jacob Jan Hendrik Van Niekerk, 1934; citing Probate, Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa, Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein; 004088029.; Added by Shaun Wallace 25 September 2020
  11. 11.0 11.1 Source:
    • "South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7X1X-KZT2 : 23 March 2020), Jacob Jan Hendrik Van Niekerk, 1934; citing Probate, Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa, Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein; 004047219.; Added by Shaun Wallace 25 September 2020
  12. 12.0 12.1 Source:
  13. Memorial: "Billion Graves"
    Bloemfontein, Memoriam Rd Cemetery, Memoriam Road, Bloemfontein Free State 9301, South Africa
    BillionGraves memorial (accessed 10 September 2023)
     ; Added by Shaun Wallace 10 September 2023
    Memorial page for Jacob Jan Hendrik Van Niekerk (1860-September 1934); Transcribed by taljaardpj, May 29, 2018; Photographed by taljaardpj, May 26, 2018.

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Van Niekerk-5068 and Van Niekerk-2637 appear to represent the same person because: The month of birth match and parents match including birth place of father and estimated ages of parents. Also names of some siblings match.
posted by Shaun Wallace