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Birthplace: Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: Died in Rouxville, Xhariep, Free State, South Africa
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About Johanna Cornelia van der Merwe

Johanna Cornelia van der Merwe (7 March 1825 - 15 January 1888) was a Voortrekker heroine who survived the Weenen massacre, an impi attack on her trekking party at the Boesmans and Bloukrans Rivers on 17 February 1838, despite suffering more than twenty assegai wounds.

She later married Hendrik Fredercik Delport with whom she had seven sons (despite being permanently crippled by the attack). She died aged 62 and was buried in Rouxville. An ox-wagon in the historic 1938 Great Trek Centenary commemoration trek as well as a South African Navy submarine were named in her honour.

  • DEPOT VAB
  • SOURCE MHG
  • TYPE LEER
  • VOLUME_NO 0
  • SYSTEM 01
  • REFERENCE M474
  • PART 1
  • DESCRIPTION DELPORT, JOHANNA CORNELIA. NOOIENSVAN VAN DER MERWE. EGGENOOT
  • HENDRIK FREDERIK DELPORT.
  • STARTING 18880000
  • ENDING 18880000
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Johanna van der Merwe's Timeline

1825
March 7, 1825
Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1888
January 15, 1888
Age 62
Rouxville, Xhariep, Free State, South Africa
1938
October 14, 1938
Age 62
Rouxville, Xhariep, Free State, South Africa
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