Hester Coetzer van der Merwe

d2 Jan Willem * 30.3.1807 = Kaapstad 24.5.1807 x Kaapstad 17.2.1828 Johanna Francina RUSSOUW
e1 Esther Koetzer * 28.10.1828 = Kaapstad 30.11.1828

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Illegitimate Son

Her death certificate mentions this first born son, David Francois Marais, who was an illegitimate son born in 1851. He was baptised on 19 April 1852 with only his mother present, where he was recorded as an "onecht zoon". https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK6-13JH-N

DF Marais is later stated as being the fourth son of the late Mr David Francois Marais of Paarl. The only DF Marais to fit the bill is David Francois Marais (24.03.1800 - 7.6.1879). His first wife, Magdalena Johanna Rossouw, dies before 1851 and he has a fling with Hester, and she bore his 4th son (be it out of wedlock), but he marries Maria Helena Roux in 1851 so Hester is left an unwed mother. No record survives, as far as established, wether David Francois Marais (father) ever recognised his illegitimate son and wether the two of them ever had contact.

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Huwelik https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-HRVM?cc=28212...

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Doop https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6987-DFC?cc=147867...