Johannes Lodewicus van der Walt, b8c5

1)Birth : Registered at Paarl (Drakenstein) on 30th November, 1788 and the birth date recorded as 20th April, 1788. Witnesses were Johannes Lodewyk Olivier and Johannes van der Merwe. Johannes Lodewyk's Death Notice gives his birth place as Cradock, Eastern Cape.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-W9WG-P?i=679&... Page 680.

2)Marriage 1: Johannes married 14 year old Hester in 30/03/1807 in Graaf Reinet. He was 19. Hester died in 1828.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV8-QDT7?i=56&cat... Page 57.

3)Marriage 2: Francina Hendrina Magdalena Venter. Francina (second marriage) married Johannes Lodewicus at Cradock on 7/3/1830 when he was 41 and Francina 29. Francina's prior marriage was to Johannes Hendrik van der Walt.

4)Death Notice:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-X91R-N?mode=g&i=1...

Johannes Lodewicus van der Walt, b8c5 Also Known As: "Lodewyk" Birthdate: April 20, 1788 (74) Birthplace: Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death: December 2, 1862 (74) "Klipheuwel", Dist Albert, South Africa

Son of Nicolaas (Klaas) van der Walt, a1b8 and Maria Jacoba Coetzee, b5c5d6

Wife 1: Hester Aletta Vorster, b3c1d13

Children : Levina Catharina Van der Walt b8c5d1; Nicolaas van der Walt (b8c5d2); Barend Johannes van der Walt, b8c5d3; Hester Aletta Sophia Susanna Venter,b8c5d5; Anna Sophia Johanna Margaretha van der Walt, b8c5d6; Andries Johannes van der Walt, b8c5d7; Johanna Lodevica Hendrica van der Walt (b 1823) (per R. J. Du Preez comment on Nicolaas van der Walt - KAB MOOC 13/1/205 Verw. 4.); Louis Stephanus van der Walt-b8c5d8; Maria Jacoba Steenkamp, b8c5d4; Barend van der Walt, Johannes Lodewyk van der Walt, Huibrecht Catharina Magdalena married to Douw Gerbrand Steenkamp)

Wife 2 : Francina Hendrina Magdalena Venter

Children : Herbrecht Catharina Magdalena van der Walt, b8c5d10; Johannes Lodewyk van der Walt, b8c5d9 and Andries van der Walt.

Brother of : Johanna Margaretha Van der Walt; Andries Johannes van der Walt, b8c2; Anna Martha Olivier, b8c3; Hester Jacoba Kruger, b8c4; Nicolaas van der Walt b8c6; Anna Maria du Plessis, b8c7; Elizabeth Johanna van der Walt, b8c8; Renche Johanna van der Walt, b8c9; Susanna Sophia Coetzee, b8c10 and Hendrik Tjaart Jacobus van der Walt, b8c11

Occupation: Farmer. Johannes Lodewicus Snr. lived and farmed in the Graaf Reinet / Middelburg /Cradock areas. Farm names were Klipheuvel, Middelburg district and Skoongesig in the Cradock area.