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Willem Johannes de Klerk

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Birthplace: Burgersdorp, Drakensberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Death: September 20, 1943 (67)
Primrose, Germiston, East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa
Place of Burial: Potchefstroom, Southern DC, North West, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of Barend Jacobus de Klerk, b4c2d7e5 and Maria Jacoba de Klerk
Husband of Susanna Catharina de Klerk (Grobler); Aletta Johanna de Klerk and Anna Sophia de Klerk (Coetsee)
Father of Barend Jacobus de Klerk; Johannes de Klerk; Maria de Klerk; Willem de Klerk; Aletta (Lettie) de Klerk and 7 others
Brother of Jacobus Johannes de Klerk; Maria de Klerk; Johannes Hendrik de Klerk and Barend Jacobus de Klerk
Half brother of Johannes Cornelius de Klerk; Louis Johannes de Klerk; Martha Margaretha de Klerk; Hester Johanna de Klerk; Helena Dorothea de Klerk and 2 others

Occupation: Predikant, Voorsitter van Raad vir PU vir CHO
DvN: b4c2d7e5f14
Managed by: Gert Wahl
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About Willem Johannes de Klerk

From: FW de Klerk, an autobiography

By 1895 the Theological School of the Reformed Church of South Africa had twenty four students, one of whom was my grandfather, Willem Johannes de Klerk. He was twice imprisoned [during the Boer War] because, as the British put it, he was one of those 'who had not distinguished themselves by their loyalty to us'. After his imprisonment by the British, he returned to Burgersdorp Theological College from which he graduated as minister of religion in 1902. He was a deeply committed Africana nationalist, and had twice stood unsuccessfully for Parliament.

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Willem Johannes de Klerk's Timeline

1875
October 23, 1875
Burgersdorp, Drakensberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
December 5, 1875
Gereformeerde Kerk, Burgersdorp, South Africa
1899
April 1899
Burgersdorp, Drakensberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1903
July 22, 1903
Burgersdorp, Drakensberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1904
September 28, 1904
Heidelberg, Heidelberg - GP, Sedibeng, Gauteng, South Africa
1906
July 5, 1906
Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
1907
April 17, 1907
Aliwal North, Drakensberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1910
June 28, 1910
Aliwal North, Drakensberg District, EC, South Africa
1912
June 24, 1912
Potchefstroom, Southern DC, North West, South Africa