Gerhardus Cornelius Vorster

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Died:
Was never married. Died in hospital during Covid lock down.

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Hoe ons Pa sal onthou.
Ek kan nie teenwoordig wees op hierdie belangrikke dag vir ons familie en vriende nie maar wil graag die voorheg h? om ?n paar woorde te s?.
Hoe ek Pa geken het en gaan onthou, is dat hy ?n baie volle en merkwaardige lewe gevoer het. Binne sy limiete het hy ?n baie wye veld van belangstelling getoon vanaf sy jong lewe tot op sy laaste dae.
Nietemin, daar was baie dinge van hom wat ek nie geweet het nie maar een ding was seker, sy positiewe en gelukkige houding teenoor die lewe het van hom ?n wonderlikke mens gemaak om te ken. Hy was geduldig, en toegewend met tyd en liefde vir sy familie en medemens. Hy het altyd ?n belangstelling getoon met mense wat hy ontmoet het en was altyd angstig om nuwe mense te ontmoet. Om kwaad te wees was nou maar net nie deel van sy karakter nie. Die baie min kere wat hy kwaad probeer wees, was ooglopend net ?n skyn. Hy was ook baie filosofies teenoor sy benadering oor die lewe en hy kon alles in perspektief sien. Siende dat hy onlangs vir my verskeie kere vertel het dat hy ?n volle lewe gehad het en dat hy dankbaar is dat hy die vooreg het om op geleende tyd nog te lewe.
Sy omgee en sorg vir sy familie en mede mens het altyd na vore gekom deur sy emosies. So gereeld het hy die las van pyn op homself geneem om sy familie te beskerm teen enige kommer. Dit was duidelik beklemtoon gedurende ons gesprekke die laaste maande van sy lewe.
Ek onthou en admireer hom as ?n kind dat hy elke oggend dou voor dag kon opstaan, aantrek, ontbyt eet en werk toe gaan sonder om ooit te kla. Vir ?n lang tydperk van my lewe was dit vir ses dae ?n week. Ek kan nie onthou dat hy ooit ?n dag afgevat het as gevolg van siekte nie.
Hy was tog so lief om op naweke vir ons ontbyt te maak, te gaan sport speel, die koerant te lees en dan met sy gunsteling boek in die son te gaan rus. Hy het ons op Sondae oggende gereed gemaak vir katkisasie en kerk, waar ek in hierdie einste gemeenskap van Alberton Wes in 1979 gekatkiseer het.
Alhoewel hy dit nooit hardop ges? het nie weet ek hy was trots op ons kinders en iniglik lief vir Ma.
Ten einde is dit moeilik om enige persoon volledig met woorde te beskryf, maar vir my was hy hardwerkend, liefdevol en sag en ?n engel, wat op aarde geleef het. Ek is jammer hy kan nie veraltyd by ons wees nie maar dit is nie iets wat hy sou wou gehad het nie. ?n Mens kan ?n roos wees wat groei, blom en dan uiteindelik sterwe, of ?n mens kan ?n plastiese roos wees wat nooit lewe en nooit sterwe nie. Ek is dankbaar dat iemand soos Pa op aarde was en sy lewe met ons gedeel het sodat ons van hom kon leer.
Ian Vorster
24 Februarie 2012

Jan married Getruida Christina Venter on 24 Sep 1960. Getruida (daughter of Cornelius Johannes Gerhardus Venter and Helena Eizabeth de Beer) was born on 20 Aug 1939 in Rustenburg; died on 5 Oct 2018 in Tuiste van bejaarden, Alberton.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The witnesses at his baptism were Jan Adriaan Vorster (Izak David-his father's brother) and Maria Cornelia du Plessis.
Jan Adriaan was in the police force in Elliot, east Cape. They moved to Potchefstroom where he became a farmer.

Jan married Ella Johanna Buys. Ella (daughter of Gert Adriaan Buys and Maria Magdalena Elizabeth Maartens) was born on 25 Oct 1900; died on 2 May 1979 in Alberton; was buried in Primrose cemetry grave 5 block 327 row A. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was a good friend of Maria Dorothea Bezuidenhout (Jan Adriaan, her husband's first wife).

Cornelius married Helena Eizabeth de Beer. Helena (daughter of Samuel Jacobus de Beer and Johanna Margaretha Isabella van der Merwe) died on 11 Apr 1946; was buried in grave number 3329 Afrikaans side of Rebekke street in Pretoria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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His birth certificate indicates: son of Johannes Christiaan Vorster and Margaretha Johanna du Plessis, Witnesses on the birth certificate is: Isaak David du plessis, Hester Venter, J.P. or I.D. Vorster and Gerbreg Elizabeth Potgieter. Note the spelling of Isaak. Information is not from the original register but from a re-written register. He was the oldest of thirteen children. Voorgenoemd Hantum is mentioned. It indicates possibly a place name in the Colesberg district. In Calvina presently is a congregation called Calvina-Hantam. The registers of Calvina, Clanwilliam, Swartland and Tulbagh indicates nothing of Izak David.

Initial research showed an Izak David Vorster, born 10 September 1846, the same birth date as the son of Johannes Christiaan Vorster, whom was married to a Aletta Sophia Venter. Later research showed also an Izak David Vorster married to an Anna Sophia Johanna du Plessis. It was also indicated on this marraige certificate on 24 September 1877, that this Izak David Vorster was a widow at the age of 31 years. Going back 31 years brings us up to 1846, the birth date of Izak David Vorster. Using this information it was concluded that Izak David Vorster's first wife was Aletta Sophia Venter.

Very little information is accumilated about Izak David to date. He never had a will and no estate was left behind. This is possible also the reason why no death certificate can be obtained. Though his death date can be calculated as after 1895 as his last son, Jan Adriaan Vorster was born on 9 February 1892 and is about three years old according to a photo of Izak David Vorster with Anna Sophia du Plessis and Jan Adriaan Vorster. He possibly died during the Anglo boer war and was burried in Colesberg, Cape Province.
Stockfarmer of Hartebeesfontein, Colesberg. In 1903 he was living in Parys, OFS. His birth certificate indicates:son of Johannes Christiaan Vorster and Margaretha Johanna du Plessis. Witnesses were: Isaak David du plessis, Hester Venter, J.P. or I.D. Vorster and Gerbreg Elizabeth Potgieter. Note the spelling of Isaak.

He possibly died during the Anglo Boer War.

Izak married Anna Sophia Johanna du Plessis on 24 Sep 1877. Anna (daughter of Charl Jacob du Plessis and Martha Maria Jooste) was born on 3 Apr 1860 in Colesberg; died about 1936 in Grahamstown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her younger sister was baptised in Philipstown. The marriage records is as follows: Izaak David Vorster (31 years old), widower, farmer of Hartebeesfontein, Colesberg married on 24 September to Anna Johanna Sophia du Plessis (17 years old). She was the second wife of Izak David Vorster.

Gert married Maria Magdalena Elizabeth Maartens on 11 Apr 1887 in Barkly-East. Maria was born in 1871 in Barkly-East; died in Aug 1915. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacobus married Getruida Christina Coetzee on 14 May 1907 in Zeerust. Getruida was born on 19 Apr 1890; died on 3 Aug 1976. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death Notice TAB 91932.
Newspaper clipping: Potchefstroom, 6 January 1936 states that Mr Samuel Jacobus de Beer met his end in tragic circumstances after months of poor health. He was headmaster at the De Beer's School in Welverdiend and was on sick leave after a "nervous breakdown". His condition, however did not improve and his family was extremely worried about his condition. On the morning of his death, after a search, his body was found in a plantation nearby, with a double barreled gun next to him and a fatal wound to the head. A suicide note to his wife was found next to him. He was 55 years old and left a wife and two daughters (all teachers). (His two sons and youngest daughter are not mentioned in the notice)

Samuel married Johanna Margaretha Isabella van der Merwe. Johanna (daughter of Jacobus Johannes van der Merwe and Helena Elizabeth van den Bergh) was born on 25 Dec 1888 in Luckoff; died on 26 Jun 1943 in Pretoria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]