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Nicolaas (van der Westhuysen) van der Westhuizen

Nicolaas (van der Westhuysen) van der Westhuizen (bef. 1792 - 1870)

Born before in Roggeveld, Cabo de Goede Hoop
Died after age 77 in Houwater, Victoria West, Cape Colony
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Family Tree of Nicolaas (van der Westhuysen) van der Westhuizen

Nicolaas

Nicolaas van der Westhuizen formerly van der Westhuysen

Ancestors ancestors

Son of Nicolaas (van de Westhúijsen) van der Westhuizen and Christina Joachimina Hermanisina (Kruger) van der Westhuizen

Brother of Johannes (van der Westhuijsen) van der Westhuizen, Christina Francina (van der Westhuizen) van Wyk, Jacob van der Westhuizen, Hilletje Susanna (Van de Westhuijsen) van Wyk, Johanna Jacomina (van der Westhuizen) Maritz, Anna Maria (van der Westhuizen) Smit, Karel van der Westhuizen, Petrus van der Westhuizen and Franciscus Hendrikus Van der Westhuizen

Husband of Elisabeth (Bosch) van der Westhuizen — married 1 May 1825 in Beaufort West, Cape Colony map icon at age 32

Father of Nicolaas van der Westhuizen , Jacobus van der Westhuizen and Jan Johannes Mathys van der Westhuizen

Parents
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Nicolaas van de Westhúijsen

04 Dec 1755 - 12 Jan 1835
Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop

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Christina Joachimina Hermanisina Kruger

06 Mar 1763 - 13 Dec 1825
de Caep de Goede Hoop

Grandparents
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Johannes van de Westhúisen

bef 29 Nov 1722 - abt 1800
de Caep de Goede Hoop

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Hijke Botes

bef 08 Jun 1734 - abt 1800
Huizum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

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Jacob Crúger

bef 17 Jul 1718 - 10 Nov 1778
de Caep de Goede Hoop

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Christina Strang

bef 14 Sep 1721 - aft Mar 1763
de Caep de Goede Hoop

Great-Grandparents
Claes van Westhuisen

bef 07 May 1679 - 08 Oct 1736
de Caep de Goede Hoop

Catharina Cornelis

bef 11 Jul 1683 - 1744
de Caep de Goede Hoop

Wytsse Bootes

24 Apr 1707 - 21 Jul 1785
Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

Antje Pijters

11 Jul 1706 - 1767
Goutum, Friesland, Nederland

Jacob Kruger

28 Jul 1690 - 29 Oct 1749
Sadenbeck, Prignitz, Brandenburg, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Johanna Kemp

Aug 1691 - 27 Oct 1778
Slave Logde, de Caep de Goede Hoop

Carel Strang

1693 - bef 15 Jan 1726
Gothenburg, Sweden

Anna Maria Swart

abt 1690 - bef 25 Mar 1732
Stockholm, Sverige

2nd-Great-Grandparents

07 May 1659 - 08 Oct 1736

abt 1653 - bef 27 Jul 1703

1650 - bef 15 Jul 1705

abt 1659 - bef 14 May 1721

01 Jan 1650 -

abt 1660 -

bef 02 Jan 1663 -

bef 1662 -

1670 - abt 1710

abt 1664 - 24 Dec 1774

1670 -

1675 - abt Dec 1713

[Strang g-g-grandfather?]

[Strang g-g-grandmother?]

[Swart g-g-grandfather?]

[Swart g-g-grandmother?]

Descendants of Nicolaas (van der Westhuysen) van der Westhuizen

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Table Bay, South Africa (1762)
Nicolaas (van der Westhuysen) van der Westhuizen was part of the settlement of the Dutch Cape Colony.
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Contents

Biography

Name

  • Nicolaas van der Westhuizen[1] / van der Westhuysen[2]

Birth

Baptism

  • Date: 30 Sep 1792[2]
  • Place: Cape Town, Cabo de Goede Hoop
    • [2] Nicolaas De Vader is Nicolaas van der Westhuysen _ _ _ _ __ den 30 September
    • De Moeder Christina Krùger
    • Getuigen Maarten van der Westhuysen en Helena Theron

Marriage

  • Date: 1 May 1825[5]
  • Place: Beaufort [West], Cape Colony[5]
    • Groom: Nicolaas van der Westuisen, N Zoon van Beaufort Jongman [5]
    • Bride: Elisabeth van Bosch van Beaufort Jongedochter [5]

Children

  • Listed in his death notice:[4]
    1. Nicolaas van der Westhuizen [4]
    2. Jan Jacob v. d. Westhuizen [4]
    3. Elizabeth Wilhelmina v. d. Westhuizen [4]
    4. Jacobus v. d. Westhuizen [4]
    5. Franciscus Hendricus v. d. Westhuizen [4]
    6. Karel v. d. Westhuizen [4]
    7. Petrus v. d. Westhuizen [4]

Death

  • Date: in 1870[1] / 27 Aug 1870[4]
  • Place: Houwater, Victoria-West, Cape Colony[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 From WikiTree profile Van_der_Westhuizen-2910 created by Annette (Kloppers) Boshoff 12 Oct 2024. Source:
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Baptism:
    • South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994, database with images, citing Digital film/folder number: 004322620_006_M9DB-SW6; FHL microfilm: 2214107; Image number: 177; Record number: 19284; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: V00902-1, (FamilySearch Record: VRLQ-89Y : accessed 8 December 2025) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DZN4-47M, Nicolaas van der Westhuysen baptism on 30 Sep 1792, child of Nicolaas van der Westhuysen & Christina Kruger, at Waveren, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Added 1 November 2024 by André Laubscher
    • South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994, database with images, citing Digital film/folder number: 004434412_003_M969-SPR; FHL microfilm: 2214108; Image number: 90; Record number: 5901; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: V00902-2, (FamilySearch Record: VFT9-PJJ : accessed 8 December 2025) FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DRH9-1CH, Nicolaas Vander Westhuizen baptism on 30 Sep 1792, child of Nicolaas Vander Westhuizen & Christina Kruger, in Western Cape, South Africa. Seen and entered Oct 9, 2017 by Susanna de Bruyn
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Source will be added by Susan (Coetsee) de Bruyn by 9 Oct 2017.
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Death Notice: South Africa, Cape, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1822-1990, database with images, citing Digital film/folder number: 007844944; Image number: 1692; Record number: 0, (FamilySearch Record: QGTP-SHFN : accessed 8 December 2025) FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSQF-V9VG-4, Nicolaas van der Westhuizen death 27 Aug 1870 (age 78) in Victoria-West, Cape Colony. Added by Riël Smit on 2025-12-08.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Marriage: Civil registration (marriages), Cape Province, 1696-1899, database with images, Catalog: Civil registration (marriages), Cape Province, 1696-1899 Duplicate of church registers for Stellenbosch Kaapstad, Beaufort, Colesburg, Simonstown, Wynberg: No. 1-2646 (indexed) 1696-1839 Duplicate of church registers for various localities: V. 1/no. 1-547 1813-1839; > image 199 of 443, (FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSKD-3S5R-7 : accessed 26 November 2025). Added by Riël Smit on 2025-12-08.

See also:

  • Marriage of son Jacobus: South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1801-1974, database with images, citing Digital film/folder number: 008146009_002_M969-T23; Image number: 63; Record number: 0, (FamilySearch Record: DMWR-3C3Z : accessed 8 December 2025) FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSKD-WSR6-S, Jacobus Van Der Westuÿsen marriage to Catharina Susanna Barnard on 11 Oct 1858 in Cape Province, South Africa. Added by Annette Boshoff on 12 October 2024.
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Photos of Nicolaas: 1

DNA Connections for Nicolaas: 9

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Comments on Nicolaas (van der Westhuysen) van der Westhuizen: 7


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Riël Smit
In my reading of both baptism records, the LNAB should be van der Westhuysen

posted on Van der Westhuijsen-20 (merged) by Riël Smit

Riël Smit
Please add Van_der_Westhuizen-3159 as child (as per the latter's death notice)

posted on Van der Westhuijsen-20 (merged) by Riël Smit

André Laubscher
Added...........................................

posted on Van der Westhuijsen-20 (merged) by André Laubscher

Riël Smit
Please add Van_der_Westhuizen-2207 as child

posted on Van der Westhuijsen-20 (merged) by Riël Smit

André Laubscher
Added..........................................

posted on Van der Westhuijsen-20 (merged) by André Laubscher

Annette (Kloppers) Boshoff
Van der Westhuijsen-20 and Van der Westhuizen-2910 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate from different generations

posted on Van der Westhuizen-2910 (merged) by Annette (Kloppers) Boshoff

Philip van der Walt
Ek lees van der Westhuijsen ...

posted on Van der Westhuijsen-20 (merged) by Philip van der Walt

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War of 1812 Connection Checkers: Nicolaas is 17 degrees from Francis Key, 19 degrees from Caleb Bentley, 16 degrees from Thomas Brisbane VIth of Brisbane, 20 degrees from Francis Dade, 18 degrees from William Harrison, 20 degrees from Andrew Jackson, 18 degrees from Dolley Madison, 18 degrees from Oliver Hazard Perry, 21 degrees from Mary Pickersgill, 17 degrees from Laura Secord, 19 degrees from John Stricker and 14 degrees from Arthur Wakefield

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