Elsie
Smit
formerly van der Merwe
Born before in de Caep de Goede Hoop
Ancestors 
Daughter of David (Willemse) van der Merwe
and Hendrina (Gosjens) van der Merwe
Sister of
Anna Marija (van der Merwe) Janse van Rensburg, Christina (van der Merven) de Beer, Hendrina van der Merwe, Sophia van der Merwe, David Schalk van der Merwe, Willem van der Merwe, Izaac van der Merwe, Aletta Helena van der Merwe [half] and Carel van der Merwe [half]
Wife of
Johannes Smit
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Anna Catharina (Smit) Jansen, Hendrina Sophia Smit, Maria Elizabeth Smit and Johannes David Zhors Smit
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Name
Birth
- Date: Elsie was born before 1 Nov 1733. [2]
Baptism
- Date: 1733-11-01
- Place: Dutch Reformed Church, Drakenstein
- Child: Elsie van der Merwe
- Father: David van der Merwe
- Mother: Henderiena Horsel [3]
Sources
- ↑ WikiTree profile Van Der Merwe-177 created through the import of My Family.Pretorius.Van_Wyk.DeWaal.Potgieter.2011.ged on Sep 19, 2011 by Judy Potgieter.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Duplicate WikiTree profile Van der Merwe-5159 created by Christelle van der Merwe 23 November 2020. Source:
- As per her daughter Anna Catharina Smit's baptism record: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-WQ4?cc=1478678&wc=M6GW-8NP
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Source:
- Transcription: Page 126 Date : 1733 "de 1 9 ber, Elsie, David van der Merwe Henderina Horsel, Isac van der Merwe Elsie van der Merwe". Transcribed by Ronel Olivier from records sited at ”South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Register, Drakenstein. Private photo collection: Photo taken by R. Olivier (2005) : Source: Verbatim Copies VC 644: Cape town repository Original registers located at Dutch Reformed Church Archive, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch as G3 3/1. Seen and entered by Ronel Olivier Nov 05, 2015.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elsie 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 Elsie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elsie 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 Elsie:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Roslyn (Netto) Lord 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A371915 [compare], Ancestry member roslynclord
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Edwin Netto :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A304066 [compare]
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~0.78%
Tracey (Sandilands) Stepanchuk :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WZ9755746 [compare], Ancestry member tracey_stepanchuk
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~0.78%
Fanie Jacobs :
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~0.39%
Pieter van Zyl :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MI71374
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~0.39%
Johanna Margaretha (van Zyl) van Blerk :
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If I'm reading these documents correctly, the Elsie van der Merwe married to Johannes Smit, see Roelof van der Merwe's Inventory MOOC8/23.26 (http://databases.tanap.net/mooc/main_article.cfm?id=MOOC8%2F23%2E26...) where he lists David van der Merwe & Hendrina Hensel's daughter (#6) as Elsje van der Merwe married to Jan Smit.
Another reason is the baptism of Hendrina Sophia Smith (baptism:https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-4W7?cc=1478678&am...)
I'm not sure & would like someone else's opinion, thanks.
Kind regards, Christelle Joubert
The following is listed in the SAG register :
c9 David * 20.8.1707 ≈ Drakenstein 2.10.1707 † Tulbagh 1.4.1784, burger te Drakenstein x Paarl 12.9.1728 Hendrina HÖRSEL (Goszelke/Orselke) ≈ Paarl 2.12.1708 d.v. Heinrich Hörsel (Goszelke/ Orselke), burger en landbouer te Paarl, en Christina Bastiaansz (Francois-dg) xx 30.11.1745 Sophia J. VAN RENSBURG d.v. Nicolaas J. van Rensburg en Aletta van der Merwe
d3 Elsie ≈ Drakenstein 1.11.1733 x Jan SMIT (Johannes Smith/Schmit) van Grimberg
So, yes it does look like she's the wife of Johannes Smith and it seems to me that Hendrina Sophia is their daughter.
Regards
Andre
Does the SAG register mention anything about Elsje van der Merwe (Born 1719 to Hendrik Willem van der Merwe & Catharina Cloete) that's also married to a Johannes Smit?
I'm having difficulty finding out which set of Johannes Smit & Elsje van der Merwe is the parents of Joh(anna) Catharina Smit(h), baptized 16 April 1758 (baptism: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZN4-WQ4?cc=1478678&wc=M6GW-8NP). Married to Cornelis Rudolphus Jansen.
Kind regards, Christelle Joubert
See below SAG details for this Elsie - no spouse listed.
b13 Hendrik Willem ≈ 17.8.1698, landbouer † 23.9.1762 x 25.6.1717 Catharina CLOETE xx Paarl 26.11.1747 Aletta KEYSER † voor Julie 1750 xxx Paarl 6.12.1750 Maria FICK
c1 Elsie ≈ 19.11.1719
Regards
Andre