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Elizabeth Johanna (van der Merwe) Knoetze (1842 - 1922)

Elizabeth Johanna Knoetze formerly van der Merwe aka Gouws
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Wife of — married 26 Sep 1870 in Aberdeen, Cape Colony [South Africa]map
Descendants descendants
Died at age 79 in Messina, Transvaal, South Africamap
Profile last modified | Created 1 Sep 2016
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Biography

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Elizabeth Johanna (van der Merwe) Knoetze is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa
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Name

Elizabeth Johanna van der Merwe[1]
Elizabeth Knoetze[2]
Elizabeth Johanna Knoetze, born van der Merwe[3]

Birth

Date: Estimated 1842[2]. 4 Mar 1842 (Calculated as per exact age on death notification)[3]

Parents

Father: Carel Johannes van der Merwe[4]
Mother: Elizabeth Johanna van der Merwe[5]

Spouses

1. Stephanus Johannes Hendrik Gouws[1]
2. Antonie Christiaan Frederik Knoetze[6]

Marriage 1 to Stephanus Johannes Hendrik Gouws

Marriage Date: 7 Nov 1859[1]
Marriage Place: Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, South Africa[1]
Groom: Stephanus Johannes Hendrik Gouws[1]
Bride: Elizabeth Johanna Van Der Merwe[1]

Marriage 2 to Antonie Christiaan Frederik Knoetze

Marriage Date: 26 Sep 1870[6]
Marriage Place: Aberdeen, Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony[6]
Groom: Antonie Christian Frederik Knoetze[6]
Bride: Elizabeth Johanna Van Der Merwe, widow of S Gouws[6]

Children

1. Stephina Johanna Hendrina Knoetse, born 19 Dec 1871[7]
2. Jan Georg Knoetze, born 30 Oct 1873[8]
3. Antonie Christiaan Frederik Knoetze, born 30 Aug 1876[9]
4. Dirk Johannes Knoetse, born 27 Apr 1880[10]
5. Gert Matthys Knoetze, born 08 Jun 1882[11][12][2]
6. Cornelia Fredrika Henrietta Knoetze[2]

Anglo Boer War: 1899 - 1902

Personal details:
Name: Mrs Elizabeth Knoetze; Born in camp? No; Died in camp? No; Gender: female; Race: white; Marital status: married; Nationality: Transvaal; Unique ID: 36379.[2]
Camp History:
Name: Pietersburg RC; Age arrival: 59; Date arrival: 18/05/1901; Date departure: 05/12/1902; Reason departure: 1 MR; Destination: Louis Trichardt; Tent number: 44.[2]
Farm History:
Name: Knoetze family; Town: Louis Trichardt.[2]
Relationships:
Mrs Elizabeth Knoetze is the wife of Mr Antonie Knoetze.[2]

Death

Date: 21 Jan 1922[3]
Place: Messina, Transvaal, South Africa[3]
Age at death: 79 years, 10 months and 17 days[3]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8C45-D6T2 : 1 February 2021), Elizabeth Johanna Van Der Merwe in entry for Stephanus Johannes Hendrik Gouws, 1859. Researched and attached 3 Feb 2022 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900-1902. https://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/Person/36379/Elizabeth_Knoetze/. Sources: Title: DBC 87 Pietersburg CR; Type: Camp register; Location: National Archives, Pretoria; Reference No.: DBC 87; Notes: p.84. The project was funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is not responsible for the contents of the database. The help of the following research assistants is gratefully acknowledged: Ryna Boshoff, Murray Gorman, Janie Grobler, Marelize Grobler, Luke Humby, Clare O’Reilly Jacomina Roose, Elsa Strydom, Mary van Blerk. Thanks also go to Peter Dennis for the design of the original database and to Dr Iain Smith, co-grantholder. Researched and transcribed on 4 Sept 2018 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WW4V-LFMM : 30 October 2019), Elizabeth Johannes Van Der Merwe, Knoetze, 21 Jan 1922; citing Death, Zoutpansberg, Transvaal, South Africa, Department of the Interior. Registrar of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Transvaal. Researched and attached 7 Dec 2019 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
  4. "South Africa, Cape Province, Kimberley, Probate Records of the Supreme Court, 1871-1937," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HT-RFS4 : 7 November 2016), Carel Johannes Van Der Merwe, 13 Feb 1881; citing Probate, Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives Repository and National Archives of South Africa, Pretoria; FHL microfilm 1,281,550. Researched and attached 26 Oct 2016 by Aucamp-175 Drika(Aucamp) Brown.
  5. http://my.ancestor.co.za/pages/document.asp?ID=1219695. Researched and attached 23 Oct 2018 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZHB-CGBD : 18 March 2021), Antonio Christian Frederik Knoetze, 1870. Researched and attached 3 Feb 2022 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
  7. Source:
    • Daughter Stephina Johanna Hendrina Baptism record: "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:62MX-W8NS : Thu Oct 26 01:26:32 UTC 2023), Entry for Stephina Johanna Hendrina Knoetse and Elisabeth Johanna V. D. Merwe, 25 Feb 1872. Researched and attached 28 Oct 2023 by Drika (Aucamp) Brown
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