Johannes Gerhardus Frederik Kloppers

AFRIKAANS

Johannes Gerhardus Frederick Kloppers is die enigste kind van Coenraad Christoffel Kloppers(1820-1888) en Martha Louisa Steyn(1822-…).
Hy trou met Maria Elizabeth Helena Fouche en ‘n paar maande na hulle eerste kind, Coenraad Christoffel se geboorte is sy oorlede in 1872 in Cradock.
In 1873 trou Johannes Gerhardus Frederick Kloppers met Aletta Elizabeth van Heerden en hulle het agt kinders, Herculina Johanna, Martha Louisa (1874), Aletta Elizabeth (1878), Pieter Willem (1880), Johannes Gerhardus Frederick (1882), Pieter Schalk (1884), Anna Maria Catherina (1886) Maria Magdalena (1888).

Aletta Elizabeth van Heerden is in 1888 oorlede na Maria Magdalena se geboorte en Johannes Gerhardus Frederick trou die derde keer met Anna Sophia Jansen van Vuuren.
Uit die huwelik is Anna Sophia (1898) gebore. Anna Sophia (moeder) sterf na Anna Sophia se geboorte.

Hulle sluit aan by die Henry-Steyn Trek in 1895 wat deel vorm van die Pioneertrekke na Gazaland.

(Uittreksels uit die boek: Pioneertrekka na Gazaland. SP Olivier) "Die trek het 'n paar dae vertoef op Sandnek,Transvaal waar Pieter en Engela Steyn se dogter, Anna gebore is. Hans (JGF) Kloppers slaan intussen sy halwe wa aanmekaar en trek saam.

Die trek is aan die regterkant van Krokodilrivier voort, waar 'n posgeleentheid hom voorgedoen het en briewe aan die agtergeblewenes gestuur is. By Erekson (Ericson) aangekom, het die vrouens gaan was, waar 'n krokodil Hans Klopper se vrou amper gevang het."

In 1898 is Anna Sophia oorlede met die geboorte van hulle dogter, Anna Sophia. Johannes Gerhardus Frederick Kloppers trou die vierde keer met Christina Gertruida Bekker, weduwee van Hendrik Bekker wat deel was van die Kruger Trek in 1895. In 1912 is Christina Gertruida oorlede

Johannes Gerhardus Frederick Kloppers sterf 15 Mei 1930 in die ouderdom van 79 oorlede, op die plaas Lavinasrust, Melsetter, Suid Rhodesia.

ENGLISH

Johannes Frederick Gerhardus Kloppers is the only child of Coenraad Christoffel Kloppers(1820-1888) and Martha Louisa Steyn(1822-…).
He married Maria Elizabeth Helena Fouche and a few months after the birth of their first child, Coenraad Christoffel she died in 1872 in Cradock.
In 1873 Johannes Gerhardus Frederick Kloppers married the second time to Aletta Elizabeth van Heerden and they had eight children. Herculina Johanna (1873), Martha Louisa (1874), Aletta Elizabeth (1878), Pieter Willem (1880), Johannes Gerhardus Frederick (1882), Pieter Schalk (1884), Anna Maria Catherina (1886) Maria Magdalena (1888). Aletta Elizabeth van Heerden died in 1888 after the birth of Maria Magdalena.

Johannes Frederick Gerhardus Kloppers married the third time to Anna Sophia Jansen van Vuuren, who died of childbirth with the birth of their daughter, Anna Sophia born 1898 Six of the children accompanied their parents on the Henry-Steyn Trek in 1895 to Gazaland - Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). The other three children are not mentioned in the book: "Pioneertrekke na Gazaland". SP Olivier.

From the book: "Pioneertrekke na Gazaland". SP Olivier: The trek stayed at Sandnek for a few days for the birth of Anna, daughter of Pieter and Anna Steyn. Johannes (Hans) Kloppers decided to finish his half built wagon and joined the trek.

Johannes Frederick Gerhardus Kloppers married the fourth time to Christina Gertrude Bekker, widow of Hendrik Bekker who was part of the Kruger Trek in 1895. Christina Gertrude died in 1912

He died May 15, 1930 aged 79 on the farm Lavinasrust, Melsetter, Southern Rhodesia.

His second wife, Aletta, was the sister of joint leader Johannes Gerhardus Frederick Steyns wife - so he was previously the son-in-law of the joint leader.

• Baptism: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6D1T-CBFN