Born in Cape Colony, South Africa
Ancestors 
Daughter of Louis Johannes Wessels
and Elizabeth Catharina (Lourens) Wessels
Sister of
Dirk Cornelis Wessels, Petrus Gerhardus Wessels, Elizabeth Catharina (Wessels) Grobler and Louis Johannes Wessels
Wife of
Otto Willem Bergh
— married
1 Sep 1862 in Caledon, Smithfield, Oranje-Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth Catharina Bergh, Louis Johannes Wessels Bergh, Aletta Johanna (Bergh) Swanepoel, Johanna Catharina (Bergh) Adendorff, Margaretha Johanna (Bergh) Taljaard and Otto Willem Bergh
Died
at age 36
in Smithfield, Orange Free State, South Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Mar 2013
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Contents |
Biography
Margaretha Johanna was born in 1854. She was the daughter of Louis Wessels and Elizabeth Lourens. She passed away in 1882.
Margaretha's maiden name was Wessels.
Margaretha Margertha Webster ... [1]
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Anton Bergh, Mar 24, 2013
No sources. The events of Margaretha Margertha's life were either witnessed by Anton Bergh or Anton plans to add sources here later.
- South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSLY-92X : 20 February 2021), Otto Willem Bergh and Margaretha Johanna Wessels, 01 Sep 1862; citing p. , Marriage, Smithfield, Free State, South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein; FHL microfilm 1,670,605. Wessels-1522 20:04, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- Estate files, Orange Free State, 1832-1989, W261/1882 "https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LW-JPNX?i=1509&cat=195564" Death notice added by Helene du Toit August 2018.
- South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7TCX-976Z : 23 March 2020), Margaretha Johanna, ; citing Probate, South Africa, Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein; 004071554. Father's death notice Wessels-1522 19:41, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
- South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7VSK-71T2 : 4 April 2021), Margaretha Johanna Wessels, 1882; citing Probate, Smithfield, Bathurst, Cape Province, South Africa, Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein; 004071547. Wessels-1522 21:59, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
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Thanks to Anton Bergh for starting this profile.
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:
AncestryDNA Maternal Lineage (discontinued) HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup J - Petrus Boshoff :
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- Danie Bezuidenhout :
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- Sarel Jacob du Plessis :
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Helene (Coetzee) du Toit :
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