Wilhelmina Caterina (Witsche) Walters (1774-1860)

Wilhelmina Caterina (Wilhelmina Catharina) Walters formerly Witsche

Born 4 May 1774 in Riebeeck Kasteel, Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop

Ancestors

Daughter of Heinrich Witsche and Sophia (Basson) Witsche

Sister of Anna Catharina (Witsche) Louw [half], Isabella (Laubser) Wiese [half], Martha (Laubser) Walters [half], Zophia Helena (Laúbser) de Vries [half], Catharina Alebertha Laúbser [half], Catharina Lowisa (Witsche) Vercueil [half], Mattheijs Michielse (Laubser) Laubscher [half], Rudolph Jacobus (Laubser) Laubscher [half], Helena Johanna (Laubser) Mostert [half], Peterus Nicolaus (Laubser) Loubser [half], Hendrik Gabriel Witsche, Jacoba Elisabeth (Witsche) Walters, Willem Johannes (Witse) Witsche and Johannes Albertús Witsche

Wife of Nicolaas Walters — married 24 Aug 1788 in Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop

Descendants

Mother of Cathrina Johanna Alberta Walters, Cathriena Sovia Johanna Walters, Sovia Jacoba Eliesabitha (Walters) Vercueil, Wilhelmina Hendrina Walters, Johanna Maria (Walters) van Wyk, Samuel Hendrik Walters, Nicolaas Walters, Hendrik Johannes Walters and Catharina Wilhelmina (Walters) van Wyk

Died 30 Oct 1860 at age 86 in Mamague Island, Tulbagh district, Cape Colony

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Biography

Name

Wilhelmina Catharina Witsche ^[1] Walters ^[1] / Wilhelmina Caterina Witsche^[2]

Birth

Date: Elizabeth was born 3 May 1775 ^[1] / 4 May 1774^[2]

Place: Riebeeck Kasteel ^[1]

Baptism

Date: 12 June 1774 ^[3]

Place: Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop [South Africa]^[3]

Name: Wilhelmina Caterina ^[2]

Father: Hendrik WITSCHE ^[2]

Mother: Sophia BASSON ^[2]

Witnesses: Andries Willem van Taak en Anna Catarina Witsche ^[2]

Additional notes: [4] Mei geboren^[2]

Marriage

Date: 24 Aug 1788 ^[1]^[4]

Place: Swartland ^[1]^[4]

Groom: Nicolaas Walters (Walters-3341) ^[1]^[4]^[5]

Bride: Wilhelmina Catharina Witsche^[4]

Death

Death: 30 Oct 1860 ^[1]^[5]

Place: 'Mamague Island', Tulbagh district ^[1]

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 WikiTree profile Witsche-6 created by Ian McArthur - 6 Oct 2015. Source:
- Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. South African Genealogies 1 Human Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-620-23962-X, v.15 page No.595"
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Source:
- Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Swartland (Malmesbury), Baptism register, 1745-1782, page 95. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G5 3/2. Note: Folios 13 and 14, two sides of one page, are almost certainly missing between the current pages numbered 12 and 13 - dates covered would be late August 1751 to early June 1752. Transcribed by Lizette Svoboda, from photographs of Cape Archives VC 666
Seen and added by Philip van der Walt Nov 2, 2019.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Source:
- Baptism Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, 1745-1976, Baptisms 1745-1782, 1752-1769 Image 718
Seen & added 31 Jan 2022 by André Laubscher
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Source :
- Marriage Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, 1745-1976, Marriages 1745-1813 (title board is incorrect), Image 615
Seen & added 31 Jan 2022 by André Laubscher.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Added by Minette Mans 18 Apr 2018: Also married to Nicolaas WALTERS, from Malmesbury, Cape Province

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Wilhelmina Catharina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Wilhelmina Catharina:

~0.78% ~1.56% Jeanne (Ward) Munro : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BF5026082 [compare], yourDNAportal JEA4244d768, Ancestry member jeanne_munro22
~0.39% ~1.56% Fanie Jacobs : Family Tree DNA Family Finder
~0.39% Johannes Petrus Louw : MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H218803 [compare], yourDNAportal JOH15440329
~0.39% Ronald du Toit : MyHeritage DNA + Living DNA

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Marriage to Nicolaas Walters

Marriages Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop 1745-1813 Image 615

Baptisms Swartland, Cabo de Goede Hoop 1745-1782 Image 718

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Susanna Hendrina Elisa (Coetsee) de Bruyn

Hi, could you add the project profile [email address removed] as co-manager to this profile. As soon as the LNAB has been validated with a [transcription of a] baptism [image], we will have this profile Project Profile Protected). Many thanks. Susan (project coordinator)

posted Oct 21, 2019 by Susanna Hendrina Elisa (Coetsee) de Bruyn

Rejected matches › Catharina Lowisa (Witsche) Vercueil (1764-abt.1830)

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Wilhelmina Caterina (Witsche) Walters (1774 - 1860)

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