Catharina Johanna Greeff

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About Catharina Johanna Greeff

c11 Gideon ≈ 11 Feb 1753 x5 May 1776, Anna Maria Botma xx 10 Aug 1788 Catharina Johanna Kriel

d8 Catharina Johanna * 11 Nov 1798 x Matthys Jacobus Greeff

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GISA SAG CD Vol 17:

c3 Willem VAN ZYL * 17.2.1735 ... x Johanna LOUW ... xx Alida NIEUWOUDT ...

d2 Gerrit VAN ZYL * 29.3.1778 ≈ Paarl 28.2.1779 x Kaapstad Susanna Maria VAN TAAK ≈ 8.3.1786 ...

NOTE: GISA's SAG CD Vol. 17 mentions one marriage only. However, please refer notes below.

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His Death Notice: KAB MOOC 6/9/71 3291 lists his spouse as "Catharina Johanna van Zyl"

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His Will of 1848 (KAB MOOC 7/1/224 106 Filed 1855) provides sufficient information to identify this "Catharina Johanna van Zyl" with certainty:

Here follows an unofficial and informal transcription of some key sentences (as far as genealogical information is concerned) from this Will: (The reference numbers in square brackets are my insertions.)

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Filed 15 August 1853

Op heden den 26 July 1848

Verklaren wij … Gerrit van Zyl [b2c3d2] Willem’s [b2c3] Zoon en Catharina Johanna van Zyl [b6c11d8], Echte lieden …

Met uitzondering … Clausule … 27 Maart 1837, gevoegd aan het Testament door my … en wylen myne Echtgenote Susanna Maria van Taak [b2c1d4], op den 24 November 1827 [refer KAB MOOC 7/1/168 4 (1842)] … betreffende … aan Onze drie Zoons Andries Willem [e1], Willem Albertus [e3] en Gerrit Jacobus [e4] … Onze dochters met name Alida Martha Jacoba [e2], Susanna Maria [e7] en Helena Wilhelmina van Zyl [e5]…

Benewens myne Kinderen by wylen myne Echtgenote Susanna Maria van Taak [b2c1d4] verwekt in name

Andries/Andreas Willem [e1]

Willem Albertus [e3]

Gerrit Jacobus [e4]

Alida [e2]

Martha Jacoba [e6]

Susanna Maria [e7]

En Helena Wilhelmina van Zyl [e5]

Alsmede verklaar Ik Testatrice tot myne Erfgenamen … en benewens myne Kinderen by wylen mynen Echgenoot Matthys Jacobus Greeff [b8c5d3e1] in Echt Verwekt in name

Louis Matthys [f1]

De kinderen van wylen myne Dochter Catharina Johanna Maria Petronella [f2] by Godlieb Philip Trout in Echt verwekt

Elizabeth Susanna Wilhelmina [f3]

Hester Elisabeth [f4]

Susanna Elisabeth Louisa [f5]

Christina Wilhelmina [f9]

Andries Adriaan [f10]

Gesie Martha Maria Petronella [f11]

[See note (*) below]

Aldus getesteerd en gedaan

Te Plaatze Grote Kobe(?), Wyk Mond der Olifants Rivier District van Clanwilliam

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(*) Note:

Not mentioned:

Maria Magdalena [f6]

Gideon [f7]

Johannes Gideon [f8]

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Nico Conradie - 1 Jan 2016

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Catharina Johanna Greeff's Timeline

1798
November 11, 1798
Chowan County, NC, United States
November 11, 1798
1816
March 31, 1816
1818
April 26, 1818
Clanwilliam, West Coast DC, Western Cape, South Africa
November 1, 1818
Alexandershoek, Malmesbury, Zwartland, Cape Province, South Africa
1821
May 20, 1821
1824
October 12, 1824
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
1827
July 10, 1827
Cape Province, South Africa
1829
November 26, 1829