Petrus Gerhardus Wessels (1814 - 1846)

Born 1 Oct 1814 in Caledon, Kaapkolonie

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Magdalena (Beukes) Wessels — married 12 Dec 1835 in Caledon, Cape Colony, South Africa

Husband of Sara Johanna Susanna (de Kock) Badenhorst — married 26 Oct 1842 in Caledon, Cape Colony

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1846 at age 31 in Goudini, Kaapkolonie

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Biography

Petrus Gerhardus Wessels is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Birth

Date: 1816 ^[1]

Marriage

Petrus Johannes Wessels, age 23 and bachelor from Riet Kuil, and Martha Magdalena Beukes, age 16 and spinster from Hout Baaij, married in Caledon on 12 December 1835. Consent for Martha Magdalena given by her parents H.J. Beukes and M.C. Gulsen 28 October 1835. ^[2]

Death

Date: 4 March 1846 at age 32. ^[3]

Information from his death notice

Birth place: Zout Rivier

Father: Hendrik Wessels

Date of death: 4 March 1846

Age at time of death: 32 (giving his date of birth as circa 1814)

Place of death: Goudini

Spouse: Sarah de Kock, widow of the late W J de Bruyn

Children of the widow by her first husband:

Wessel J de Bruyn

Deceased's children by his first wife:

Hendrik Wessels

Martha Wessels

Children by surviving spouse:

Engela Magdalena Wessels (born 1843?) ^[4]

Pieter Gerhardus Wessels

Death notice signed by G P de Kock ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ THE YELDS - 08052010.ged on Dec 8, 2012 added by Lynette Oosthuizen.
2. ↑ Marriage record: "Beaufort West, Cape Province, South Africa Records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91K-XQN5-1 : April 13, 2021), image 66 of 94; Barkly West (Cape Province). Magistrate, Beaconsfield (Cape Province). Magistrate, Beaufort West (Cape Province). Magistrate, Bedford (Cape Province). Magistrate, Butterworth (Transkei). Magistrate, Caledon (Cape Province). Magistrate. Seen and entered by W Schneeberger, April 2021.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} His death notice: "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-6TVT?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SD2%3A1598092335 : 12 September 2017), 007846093 > image 1924 of 2225; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. Added by W Schneeberger, May 2019.
4. ↑ Engela Magdalena de Bruyn nee Wessels' death notice: "South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5FC-SV4T?cc=1779109&wc=Q81G-D5B%3A139963901%2C140301601 : 24 June 2016), 1933 > Caledon > image 474 of 579; National Archives, Pretoria.

Acknowledgments

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