Susannah Gertruida Herselman

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Susannah Gertruida Herselman (Ferreira)

Also Known As: "Gertruida Susanna", "Hesselman"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Humansdorp, Cape Colony, South Africa
Death: April 28, 1895 (46)
Helvitia farm,, Melsetter(Chipinge), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Johannes Theodorus Ferreira, b6c5d3 and Ritjie Johanna Woutrina Ferreira, c8d10
Wife of Jacob Salomon Herselman
Mother of Rykie Johanna Herselman, b10c5d1; Frederica Theunisina Steyn; Johannes Theodorus Herselman; Maria Elizabeth Ferreira, b10c5d5 and Magdalena Cornelia Wilhelmina Steyn, b10c5d6

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About Susannah Gertruida Herselman

Susannah Gertruida Ferreira was born about 1848 in Humansdorp, Cape, South Africa. her parents were Johan Ferreira and his wife Reitjie Johanna. She died of dysentery on 28th April 1895 not long after getting to Southern Rhodesia, and only 3 weeks before her husband Jacob Solomon died of the same illness.

Her name is written as Susannah Gertruida ( with variants of those names) in SAG Volume 3 page 347 (Herselman entries) and her ZIM DN 2/103, but she is listed as Gertruida in S P Olivier's "Many Treks Made Rhodesia".

There were 4 minor children with the couple on the Trek in 1894, ages ranging from 6 to 16 at the time.

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Susannah Gertruida Herselman's Timeline

1848
October 2, 1848
Humansdorp, Cape Colony, South Africa
1874
March 7, 1874
Humansdorp, Cape, South Africa
1878
July 28, 1878
Knysna/Humansdorp, Cape, South Africa
1881
February 5, 1881
Humansdorp, Cape, South Africa
1885
January 25, 1885
Humansdorp, Cape, South Africa
1888
December 27, 1888
Humansdorp, Cape, South Africa
1895
April 28, 1895
Age 46
Helvitia farm,, Melsetter(Chipinge), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)