Catherina Aletta Martha Lee

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Catherina Aletta Martha Lee (Van Wyk)

Also Known As: "Cornelia Aletta Maria; Catherina Aletta Martha; Cornelia; Katherine???"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Colesberg, Cape Colony, South Africa
Death: November 01, 1898 (70)
Van Wyk Sterkspruit, Parys, Orange Free Sate Boer Republic, South Africa (Died apparently while giving birth.)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Roelof Petrus Abraham Albert van Wyk and Catharina Maria Aletta van Wyk (Lombard)
Wife of Johannes Lodewickus Lee (John, or Jan The Big Game Hunter)
Mother of Catharina Maria Lee; Magdalena Maria Lee; Cornelia Aletta Prins; Carel Johannes Lee; Sarah Cecilia Jacobs and 8 others
Sister of Cornelia Aletta Catharina Diedericks, a1b1c1d6e1f3g1; Magdalena Catharina Swanepoel (van Wyk); Roelof Petrus Van Wyk, a1b1c1d6e1f3g3; Hester Elizabeth Petronella Van Wyk, a1b1c1d6e1f3g5; Johannes Jurgens van Wyk, a1b1c1d6e1f3g6 and 4 others
Half sister of Pieter Ernst Wahlstrand; Charles Meintjes Wahlstrand; Andries Jacobus Wahlstrand; Carel Egidus Wahlstrand; Sarah Elizabeth Aletta Wahlstrand and 7 others

Managed by: Hester Maria Christina Marx
Last Updated:

About Catherina Aletta Martha Lee

Original marriage document 1846 Cradock :
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-G9VK-6?cc=147...\
Johannis Lodewikus Lee father H Lee
Catharina Aletta Martha Van Wyk Female father R P Van Wyk 9 Aug 1846 Cradock, Cape Colony, South Africa Marriage
Note part of her names here as Martha , not Maria? - WB

Questions / issues: I guess this is you Phillipp?
1. (some person at familysearch.org decided Cradock in South Australia but indexed incorrectly )
But it says Cradock on the document ? - WB
Indexed Cradock ,South Australia but says Cradock on actual source. - JP

2. Catherina Aletta Martha van Wyk father K P Van Wyk or R P van Wyk ?
Searching for answers. -WB

3. No prove she divorced her husband just fiction!
4. Wife from 1846 to 1870 !
5. Mother of Hans so most likely first wife as well

More questions: -WB
'Need to make sure about all these children connected to her profile!
( Just parking some them here temporarily - busy searching! Not all confirmed yet!)
'

1. Catherine Maria -- not confirmed yet, searching

2. Magdalena Maria: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FWK-CRQX

3. Cornelia Aletta: parents are on her own probate: Corneleea Aletta Lee Prins 72 1923 Transvaal, South Africa 13 Sep 1923 Witwatersrand 1851 Robertson Deceased Probate
Jan Lodeweikus Lee Transvaal, South Africa
Parent Probate Catharina Maria Aletta Lee Transvaal, South Africa Parent Probate

4. Carl Johannes:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HG-3HPB

5. Elsje Johanna Lee: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HL-YPTZ

6. Abraham Frederick *1864 - (Note:this is definitely Catharina's child - his :Birth and baptism 1864 : https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK6-9S66-5
-WB

Marriage : 9 August 1846 :

Why is her name here '''Cornelia''' and not '''Catharina''' -  like on her profile? 

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-V9XM-Y?cc=282...
Johannes Lodewikus Lee Male Cornelia Aletta Maria Van Wyk Female 9 Aug 1846 Cradock, Cradock, Kaapprovinsie, Suid-Afrika Marriage 553
Also recorded here is not a Martha, but a Maria as part of her name? - WB

Named in son's Baptism: Named here Caharina Maria Aletta
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QG-59W6-Y?i=60&w...
Baptism: Carel Johannes Lee 16 Apr 1854 Smithfield, Orange Free State, South Africa 28 Aug 1853 Johannes Lodewicus Lee and Catharina Maria Aletta Van Wyk as parents / (and husband and wife.)



Further Questions/Issues: -WB
1. Could she maybe have been called Louisa (as nickname) - as well? Just thinking out of the box here - not saying it is a fact! Articles are mixing a Louisa du Preez or van Wyk up with this Catherine lady!
2. Remember : There are discrepancies in articles - about a Louisa du Preez, or a Louisa van Wyk - thus named with different surnames, married to J L Lee!
3. Also - a lot of mentioning in some articles - of a Louisa van Wyk's grave (died 1870) - on the farm during childbirth? Maybe they were the same person? You valued opinion please? Research is ongoing! - WB
4. Now - not so sure about this nickname / same lady theory anymore ... ??? Patience plz!
5. I think Louisa du Preez or van Wyk was another lady and possibly his 3 rd wife: PUTITIVE PROFILE!
6. Think their kids are also maybe mixed up? Busy searching for docs.
7. Why is her name recorded differently on various docs, with various names: there is a Martha; a Maria; a Cornelia ? What is going on here? Even Cornelia versus Catharina - as 1st name?'
Patience plz!
Thanks - WB

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==="First Steps in Civilizing Rhodesia", by Jeannie M. Boggie===

  • MRS. JOHN LEE, 1863.
  • Nee Louisa van Wyk.
  • Wife of trader and hunter, arrived with eight children.
  • She was buried at Mangwe in 1870.
  • Pp. 115, 160, 161

Note in this article above - she is mentioned with the surname Van Wyk, not du Preez.

See on the baptism of the child Carel Johannes Lee: The named wife, is here recorded as Catharina Maria Aletta van Wyk - (in baptism of her child) - with her husband Johannes Lodewickus Lee:
Note the name Maria as part of her names again . -WB

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HG-3HPR
Carel Johannes Lee
Child
Name
Baptism Date 16 Apr 1854

Baptism Place Smithfield, Orange Free State, South Africa
Baptism Place (Original) Smithfield, Free State, South Africa
Birth Date 28 Aug 1853
Father's Name
Jannes Lodevicus Lee

Mother's Name Catharina Maria Aletta Van Wyk
Event Type Baptism
Note: Here the name Maria as part of her names again ! -WB

Grave:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213098754/louisa-lee?_gl=1*1e08.....

Mrs John Lee on grave --- no Louisa van Wyk
Who added the Louisa van Wyk ?
I did - WB
See:
Louisa Van Wyk Lee
BIRTH unknown
DEATH 1870
BURIAL
Plumtree Mangwe
Mangwe District, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe
MEMORIAL ID 213098754 ·

Kindly see this:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213098754/louisa-lee?_gl=1*1e08...
Louisa Van Wyk, wife of John Lee, an early European pioneer in Matabeleland (later Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe). Louisa died in childbirth at Fort Mangwe, Rhodesia.
There is speculation about if she was actually Louisa van Wyk, or Louisa du Preez. Thnxs -WB

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Catherina Aletta Martha Lee's Timeline

1828
May 15, 1828
Colesberg, Cape Colony, South Africa
October 12, 1828
Colesberg, Cape Colony, South Africa
1847
August 24, 1847
Lady Grey, Kaap Kolonie
1850
June 2, 1850
Burgersdorp, Cape Colony, South Africa
1851
July 2, 1851
Robertson, Cape Colony
1853
August 29, 1853
Smithfield, Xhariep, FS, South Africa
1854
November 30, 1854
1856
July 23, 1856
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa
1857
September 25, 1857
Bloemfontein, Motheo, FS, South Africa