Wessel Jacobus
Wessels
Born about in Caledon, Cape Colony
Ancestors 
Brother of
Johannes Wilhelmus Wessel Wessels, Phillip Rudolph Wessels, Mattheus Hendrikus Wessels, Elisabeth Maria Johanna Wessels, Geertruida Cornelia (Wessels) Uys, Margaretha Aletta (Wessels) van Aardt and Susanna Margaretha (Wessels) Human
Husband of
Marthina Johanna Margaretha (van Rooyen) Wessels
— married
8 Jan 1857 (to 1 Dec 1863) in Winburg, Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa
Husband of
Johanna Margaretha (Nel) Wessels
— married
30 Jan 1866 in Greytown, Umvoti, Natal, South Africa
Husband of
Magdalena Marthina (Kemp) Wessels
— married
13 Jul 1885 in Harrismith, Harrismith, Orange Free State, South Africa
Descendants 
Father of
Johannes Bernardus Wessels, Dirk Wessels, Marthina Johanna Margaretha (Wessels) Swart, Theunis Jacobus Wessels, Wessel Jacobus Wessels, Maria Johanna (Wessels) Oosthuyzen, Elizabeth Susanna Wessels, Mattheus Hendrikus Wessels, Jan Gideon Roux Wessels, Willem Abraham Wessels, Johanna Margaritha Wessels and Gertruida Jacomina Jacoba (Wessels) Oosthuyse
Died
at about age 85
in Harrismith, Orange Free State, South Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jun 2019
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Biography
Wessel Jacobus was born in 1831. He was the son of Johannes Wessels and Elizabeth Botha. He passed away in 1916.
Sources
- "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z1ML-MJT2 : 21 June 2020), Wessel Jacobus Wessels, 1857. 1st Marriage 8 Jan 1857 Wessels-1522 22:20, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
- "South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Marriages, 1845-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDCK-JZK : 19 February 2021), Jakobus Wessels and Johanna Magdalena Nel, 30 Jan 1866; citing Greytown, Umvoti, Natal, South Africa; 00286; National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria; 1,259,160. 2nd Marriage Wessels-1522 13:16, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
- "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HG-F2F4 : 8 April 2020), Wessel Jacobus Wessels and Magdalena Marthina Kemp, 13 Jul 1885; citing p. , Marriage, Harrismith, Orange Free State, South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein; FHL microfilm . 3rd Marriage Wessels-1522 22:27, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
- "South Africa, Orange Free State, Civil Death Registration, 1902-1954", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8TJ3-GVPZ : 21 August 2020), Wessel Jacobus Wessels, 1916. Civil death notice Wessels-1522 22:20, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
- "South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:71FN-7KW2 : 23 March 2020), Wessel Jacobus Wessels, 1916; citing Probate, Harrismith, Orange Free State, South Africa, Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein; 004087513. Death notice added on 11/06/2019 by Stephanus Scheepers
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Wessel Jacobus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Wessel Jacobus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Christiaan Frederik Wessels
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT32034, FTDNA kit #IN81064, MitoYDNA ID T19158 [compare]
- Barbara Cailliau :
AncestryDNA Maternal Lineage (discontinued), haplogroup L3b
- Chantelle Pretorius :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup L3B3
- Sonja (Webb) Sarantis :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup L3b3, FTDNA kit #B512249
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Stephanie Murphy :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XV6049163 [compare], Ancestry member IKAPA
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~0.78%
Alan Brick :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NH8278399 [compare], Ancestry member 1_alanbrick
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