Jurgens Johannes
Wessels
Born in Smithfield, [Orange Free State]
Ancestors 
Brother of
Izaak Cornelis Wessels, Hermanus Johannes Wessels, Johannes Theodorus Wessels, Catharina Elizabetha (Wessels) Bothma, Adriana Maria (Wessels) Meyer, Hester Aletta (Wessels) Grobler, Gerrit Ignatius Wessels and Johanna Elizabetta Wessels
Husband of
Anna Susanna (Scheepers) Wessels
— married
27 Mar 1871 in Ladybrand, Orange Free State
Descendants 
Father of
Johanna Ethresia (Wessels) Booyens, Hester Aletta Wessels, Hermanus Johannes Wessels, Anna Susanna Jurgina (Wessels) Swanepoel, Cornelis Coenraad Wessels, Hester Aletta (Wessels) Van Tonder, Elizabeth Geertruida (Wessels) van Zyl, Catharina Elizabeth (Wessels) van Tonder, Susara Johanna Susanna (Wessels) Kruger, Jurgens Johannes Wessels and Gerhardus Izak Wessels
Died
at age 55
in Klipfontein, Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Aug 2019
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Biography
Jurgens Johannes was born about 1848. He was the son of Hermanus Johannes Wessels and Hester Potgieter. He passed away in 1902.
Witnesses at his baptism: Christiaan Frans Gunter Maria Magdalena Botha Jurgen Johannes Wessels Jacoba Margaretha Taljaard
Sources
- "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HG-3WS9 : 8 April 2020), Jurgen Johannes Wessels, 1848. Baptism Smithfield 26 Nov 1848 added on 14/11/2019 by Hermanus Wessels
- "South Africa, Free State Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1848-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TD-88T?cc=1910846&wc=39ZF-ZNL%3A183083201%2C183162501%2C183164801 : 21 May 2014), Free State > Ladybrand > Marriages 1870-1904 > image 26 of 995; Dutch Reformed Church Synod Centre, Bloemfontein. Marriage record added on 10/08/2019 by Stephanus Scheepers
- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LW-J1LS?i=1264&cc=3040532&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A7TCJ-V2MM Death notice added on 10/08/2019 by Stephanus Scheepers
- "South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7TCJ-VK3Z : 23 March 2020), Jurgens Johannes Wessels, 1902; citing Probate, Klipfontein, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa, Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein; 004071554. Wessels-1522 21:11, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jurgens Johannes 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 Jurgens Johannes 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]
- Adri (Bekker) O'Neil :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H, FTDNA kit #453711
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~0.78%
Allan Neil Retief :
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~0.78%
Jessie (Retief) Schutte :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Hughen Nourse :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Ewald Schmidt :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member EwaldSchmidt
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~0.78%
Heila Magdalena Holtzhausen :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.39%
Suné (Wessels) van der Merwe :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sunevandermerwe07
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