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| Birthplace: | Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Death: | Died in Rouxville, Xhariep, Free State, South Africa |
| Managed by: | Johann Ahlers |
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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.
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March 7, 1825
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Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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January 15, 1888
Age 62
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Rouxville, Xhariep, Free State, South Africa
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October 14, 1938
Age 62
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Rouxville, Xhariep, Free State, South Africa
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