Louis Johannes van Wyk

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Louis Johannes van Wyk

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Paarl, Breede River DC, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: November 27, 1842 (58)
Cradock, Stormberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of Louis Johannes van Wyk and Martha Johanna Jacoba van Wyk, b4c1d2
Husband of Anna Sophia Venter; Levina Catharina van Wyk, c3d2 and Geertruida Gesina Olivier, e1f1
Father of Stephanus Johannes van Wyk, b1c5d3e1f4g1; Casper Jan Hendrik van Wyk, b1c5d3e1f4g2; Louis van Wyk; Maria Magdalena Venter, f4g4; Petrus Gerhardus van Wyk, f4g5 and 6 others
Brother of Stephanus Johannes van Wyk, b1c5d3e1f1; Helena Dorothea Buys; Hester Margaretha van der Walt, b1c5d3e1f3; Martha Jacoba Van Wyk, b1c5d3e1f5; Martha Johanna Jacoba van Tonder, e1f6 and 2 others
Half brother of Gerrit Johannes van Wyk, b1c5d3e1f9; No Name Van Wyk, b1c5d3e1f10; Carel Petrus van Wyk, b1c5d3e1f11; Heiletje Maria Margaretha Kruger, b1c5d3e1f12 and Susanna Magdalena Catharina Krüger (van Wyk)

Occupation: He was a Burgher at Graaff-Reinet
DVN: b1c5d3e1f4
Managed by: Hester Maria Christina Marx
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About Louis Johannes van Wyk

Louis' second wife (married her in 1800) was a Levina Catharina Steenkamp, (1770-1853)

His SON Louis also married his first wife - Levina Catharina Steenkamp (1783 - 1835) in 1803!!

Father and son Louis van Wyk married 2 Levina Catharina Steenkamps 3 years apart. The Levina Catharinas differed 13 years .

The older Levina was the aunt of the younger Levina. The older Levina's dad was Casper Jan Hendrik Steenkamp, and her brother also had the name of Casper Jan Hendrik! His daughter Levina married the younger Louis.

Imagine the confusion. Dad and son, both Louis van Wyk, both married different Levina Catharina Steenkamps 3 years apart, both with a Casper Jan Hendrik Steenkamp as dad.



Burger van Graaff-Reinet. Levina Steenkamp was sy 1e vrou 2e vrou was Geertruida Gesina Labuschagne, getroud in Cradock 6 Maart 1836. Hy het 9 kinders by sy 1e vrou gehad, en 2 dogters by sy 2e vrou

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Louis Johannes van Wyk's Timeline

1784
October 2, 1784
Paarl, Breede River DC, Western Cape, South Africa
October 2, 1784
Tulbach, Western Cape, South Africa
1804
May 18, 1804
1806
April 8, 1806
Graaff-Reinet, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1808
July 7, 1808
Graaff-Reinet, EC, South Africa
1810
February 2, 1810
1814
October 13, 1814
Paarl, Breede River DC, Western Cape, South Africa
1815
December 26, 1815
Graaff-Reinet, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1819
December 1, 1819
Cradock, Stormberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa