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Martha Johanna Vorster

Female 1882 - 1964  (82 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Martha Johanna Vorster was born on 12 Jan 1882; was christened on 22 Apr 1883 in Middelburg Tvl (daughter of Pieter Johannes Vorster and Hester Petronella Muller); died on 19 Sep 1964.

    Notes:

    12 Junie 1882?

    Martha married David Schalk Venter on 25 May 1912 in Middelburg Tvl. David was born on 25 Feb 1872; died on 12 Feb 1952 in Balmoral, Elandsfontein.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Was 40 jaar oud en `n wewenaar toe hulle getroud is.

    Children:
    1. David Schalk Venter
    2. Hester Petronella Muller Venter
    3. Martha Johanna Venter

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Pieter Johannes Vorster was born on 25 Nov 1849 in Magaliesburg; was christened on 24 Dec 1849 in Potchefstroom (son of Pieter Johannes Vorster and Catharina Frederica Pietersen); died on 23 Dec 1924 in Balmoral, Elandsfontein.; was buried in Balmoral, Elandsfontein..

    Notes:

    By sy doop was Alwyn Louis Vorster,Jacoba Sophia Magdalena Pieterse, Maria Vorster, Jacobus Adriaan Vorster en Ferdinand Andries Pieterse getuies.

    Woon op die plaas Elandsfontein, Witbank (Naby Cluwer) en is ook daar begrawe.
    Hy het vertel dat hulle na die Oorlog geen vee oor gehad het nie, en dat hulle toe by die Kaapse Vorsters (van Elliot) vir hulle beeste en skape goedkoop gaan koop het.
    Was van 26 Feb 1902 tot 2 Julie 1902 in dieBalmoral Konsentrasiekamp. No. 62662. Tent No. 1081. Sy vrou was in Tent No. 308.

    Doen op 8 April 1904 aansoek dat sy twee kinders (Jacobus Adriaan en Barend Johannes) wat in die "Camp Churchyard" begrawe is herbegrawe word op Elandsfontein. Geen rekord van Barend Johannes se se geboorte, doop of graf nie. Moontlik in die kamp gebore?
    Plase: Zaagkuil, distr. Pretoria, Kikvorschfontein distr. Pretoria, Vierfontein distr. Bethal, Elandsfontein distr. Middelburg, Nooitgedacht distr. Middelburg.

    Pieter married Hester Petronella Muller in Lydenburg. Hester (daughter of Diederik Johannes Muller and Nicolasina Susanna Aletta Viljoen) was born on 1 Jan 1854 in Doornbult; died on 31 Dec 1930 in Balmoral, Elandsfontein.; was buried in Balmoral, Elandsfontein.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Hester Petronella Muller was born on 1 Jan 1854 in Doornbult (daughter of Diederik Johannes Muller and Nicolasina Susanna Aletta Viljoen); died on 31 Dec 1930 in Balmoral, Elandsfontein.; was buried in Balmoral, Elandsfontein..

    Notes:

    dv Diederik Johannes Muller van die plaas Doornbult naby Genl. Hertzog se berg.
    Was van 4 Junie 1901 tot 15 Aug 1901 in die Middelburg Konsentrasiekamp (Tent II 766) waarna sy oorgeplaas is na na dieBalmoral Konsentrasiekamp tot 2 Julie 1902. Die rekords toon haar as die Moeder van Nicolaas Marthinus, Jacobus Adrian, Martha Johanna en Jacoba Johanna Magdalena Vorster. No. 85280 Tent No. RT 308.

    Children:
    1. Pieter Johannes Vorster was born on 29 Dec 1870; was christened on 23 Apr 1871 in Middelburg Tvl; died on 20 Apr 1946 in Ogies, Vierfontein.
    2. Nicolasina Susanna Aletta Vorster was born on 9 Oct 1872; was christened on 27 Apr 1873 in Middelburg Tvl.; died on 27 Aug 1941 in Rooibult.
    3. Diederik Johannes Vorster was born on 27 Jul 1874 in Balmoral, Elandsfontein.; was christened on 10 Nov 1874 in Middelburg Tvl; died on 18 May 1951 in Bethal; was buried in Nooitgedacht 37,Ogies,Witbank.
    4. Catharina Frederika Vorster was born on 18 May 1876; was christened on 5 Nov 1876 in Middelburg Tvl.
    5. Hester Petronella Muller Vorster was born on 19 Jul 1878; was christened on 10 May 1879 in Middelburg Tvl; died in in Middelburg Tvl Konsentasiekamp.
    6. Johannes Hendrik Vorster was born on 16 Sep 1880 in Balmoral, Elandsfontein.; was christened on 24 May 1881 in Bronkhorstspruit; died on 6 Feb 1961 in Bethal; was buried in Bethal.
    7. 1. Martha Johanna Vorster was born on 12 Jan 1882; was christened on 22 Apr 1883 in Middelburg Tvl; died on 19 Sep 1964.
    8. Ferdinand Petrus Vorster was born on 18 Dec 1884 in Balmoral, Elandsfontein.; was christened on 14 Apr 1885 in Middelburg Tvl; died on 28 Jan 1946 in Matla, Nooitgedacht ; was buried in Matla, Nooitgedacht .
    9. Christoffel Johannes Cornelius Vorster was born on 28 Mar 1887 in Balmoral, Elandsfontein.; was christened on 2 Oct 1887 in Bronkhorstspruit; died on 3 Jan 1972 in Balmoral, Elandsfontein.; was buried in Balmoral, Elandsfontein..
    10. Jacoba Johanna Magdalena Vorster was born on 28 Oct 1889; was christened on 27 Apr 1890 in Middelburg Tvl; died on 16 Aug 1958 in Balmoral, Elandsfontein.; was buried in Balmoral, Elandsfontein..
    11. Nicolaas Marthinus Vorster was born on 15 Sep 1893 in Balmoral, Elandsfontein.; was christened on 10 Dec 1893 in Bronkhorstspruit; died on 29 Jan 1968 in Ogies, Vierfontein.; was buried in Balmoral, Elandsfontein..
    12. Jacobus Adriaan Vorster was born on 8 Jul 1898 in Balmoral, Elandsfontein.; was christened on 13 Nov 1898 in Middelburg Tvl; died on 25 Jul 1901 in Middelburg Tvl Konsentasiekamp; was buried in Balmoral, Elandsfontein..
    13. Barend Johannes Vorster died in in Middelburg Tvl Konsentasiekamp.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Pieter Johannes Vorster was born on 7 Sep 1820 in Kamdebo; was christened on 5 Nov 1820 in Cradock (son of Johannes Hendrik Vorster and Sophia Aletta Jacoba de Meyer); died on 1 Jan 1908 in Middelburg Tvl, Klipplaatdrif.

    Notes:

    By sy doop was Barend Johannes Vorster, Elisabeth Johanna Grobler, Jacobus Adriaan Vorster en Anna Christina de Meyer getuies.

    Het Transvaal toe getrek . Vier van sy kinders is op die Trekpad gebore en gedoop , tw Ferdinand, Jacoba , Sophia en Pieter.

    Woon en boer op die plaas Heuningkrans, Balmoral. Hy is oorlede (T11411) op die plaas Klipplaatdrif naby Middelburg Tvl welke plaas behoort het aan sy skoonseun SCJ Vermaak (getroud met Sophia). Daar is ou grafte op die plaas, maar dit is heeltemal verweer en onleesbaar

    Hy is (volgens familieoorlewering) begrawe op Middelburg Tvl in die ou begraafplaas teen die rant - maar sy graf is egter nooit opgemaak nie as gevolg van een of ander familietwis. Die twee grafte langs Petronella S Prinsloo het nommers maar geen stene op nie. Die Middelburg Munsipaliteit het in hulle Grafregisters ( Wat dateer vanaf 1900) egter geen rekord van `n Pieter Johannes Vorster nie. Hulle het wel`n rekord vir P S Prinsloo wat voor hom oorlede is.

    Waar is hy en Catharina Pietersen begrawe? Sowitsky wat tans op Heuningkrans boer sê dat daar geen grafte op die plaas is nie. Hulle is nie begrawe op Rooipoort nie. Wat van Klipfontein? Die ou grafte op Klipfontein is egter heeltemal verweer en onleesbaar,

    Pieter married Catharina Frederica Pietersen on 1 Aug 1841 in Cradock. Catharina (daughter of Ferdinandus Petrus Pietersen and Jacoba Johanna Magdalena Pelzer) was born on 24 Dec 1825; was christened on 30 Apr 1826 in Cradock; died on 28 Jun 1857 in Pretoria Distrik. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Catharina Frederica Pietersen was born on 24 Dec 1825; was christened on 30 Apr 1826 in Cradock (daughter of Ferdinandus Petrus Pietersen and Jacoba Johanna Magdalena Pelzer); died on 28 Jun 1857 in Pretoria Distrik.

    Notes:

    T5878

    Notes:

    Gebore ong 1834 + ong 1884 dv Ferdinand Petrus Pieterse rn NN

    Children:
    1. Johannes Hendrik Vorster was born on 19 Oct 1842 in O.V.S.; was christened on 26 Dec 1843 in Cradock (oor Grootrivier); died on 22 Feb 1897 in Witbank,Klipfontein 98.
    2. Ferdinand Petrus Vorster was born on 18 Jul 1844; was christened on 4 Jan 1846 in Winburg,Modderrivier; died in Jonk dood.
    3. Jacoba Johanna Magdalena Vorster was born on 22 Dec 1845; was christened on 4 Jan 1846 in Winburg,Modderrivier; died on 5 Sep 1915 in Bronkhorstspruit.
    4. Sophia Aletta Vorster was born on 18 Jul 1847; was christened on 19 Apr 1848 in Potchefstroom.
    5. 2. Pieter Johannes Vorster was born on 25 Nov 1849 in Magaliesburg; was christened on 24 Dec 1849 in Potchefstroom; died on 23 Dec 1924 in Balmoral, Elandsfontein.; was buried in Balmoral, Elandsfontein..
    6. Jacobus Adriaan Vorster was born on 1 Jul 1851; was christened on 3 May 1852 in Rustenburg; died on 26 Jul 1901 in Middelburg Konsentrasiekamp.
    7. Catharina Frederika Vorster was born on 20 Jun 1857; died on 24 Dec 1941 in Matla, Nooitgedacht ; was buried in Matla, Nooitgedacht .

  3. 6.  Diederik Johannes Muller was born on 30 May 1825; was christened on 14 May 1826 in Cradock (son of Diederik Johannes Muller and Martha Johanna Grobbelaar); died in Apr 1893.

    Notes:

    Afstammeling van Johann Jurgen Moller (Mulder) gebore in Lenzen Duitsland,seun van Johann Moller en Catharina Prool

    Diederik married Nicolasina Susanna Aletta Viljoen on 2 Jul 1851 in Potchefstroom. Nicolasina was born about 29 May 1821 in Uitenhage; died on 29 Nov 1910 in Middelburg Tvl, Doornbult. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Nicolasina Susanna Aletta Viljoen was born about 29 May 1821 in Uitenhage; died on 29 Nov 1910 in Middelburg Tvl, Doornbult.

    Notes:

    Sy was die weduwee van Ignatius Michiel Prinsloo

    Children:
    1. Johannes Christoffel Muller
    2. Diederik Johannes Muller
    3. Nicolaas Marthinus Muller
    4. Martha Johanna Muller
    5. 3. Hester Petronella Muller was born on 1 Jan 1854 in Doornbult; died on 31 Dec 1930 in Balmoral, Elandsfontein.; was buried in Balmoral, Elandsfontein..


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Johannes Hendrik Vorster was born on 22 Dec 1788 in Olifantsrivier; was christened on 11 Apr 1789 in Tulbagh (son of Jacobus Adriaan Vorster and Maartje Lubbe); died on 19 Oct 1860 in Lady Grey, De Kraal.

    Notes:

    Hy verskyn vir die eerste keer op Graaff Reinet se Opgaafrolle in 1805,wat aantoon dat hy 1 perdewa,1 perd en 40 bokke besit.In 1807 het hy 5 beeste,12 skape en 8 bokke.

    In 1810 word hy weer gelys op die opgaaf as die eienaar van 10 beeste,123 skape en 60 bokke. Hy woon in die agter Sneeuwberg distrik.

    In 1812 is hy getroud,het 1 seun ,20 beeste,264 skape en 40 bokke.

    In 1813 se opgaaf, gerfinaliseer tussen 1 Februarie en 9 Maart 1814, het hy 1 seun,34 beeste,250 skape en 30 bokke - woonplek dieselfde.
    In 1814 - 1 seun,28 beeste,106 skape, 20 bokke en hy woon in Tarka distrik.
    In 1815 - 1 seun, 1 dogter,35 beeste,200 skape en 14 bokke, en hy is terug in agter Sneeuwberg.
    In 1816 - 33 beeste,240 skape en 60 bokke.
    In 1817 - 2 seuns, 1 dogter,28 beeste,307 skape en 109 bokke.
    In 1818 - 3 seuns,1 dogter,13 perde,32 beeste,360 skape en 130 bokke.
    In 1819 - 3 seuns, 1 dogter, 50 beeste,400 skape wn 172 bokke.
    In 1820 - 4 seuns, 1 dogter,63 beeste,420 skape en 180 bokke.(Pieter Johannes Vorster gebore)

    Op 3 Februarie 1821 vra hy "die ewigdurende erfpag op de Kuyperskraal, gelegen aan de Osvontyn op`t
    Nieuweveldt", distrik Beaufort in die veldkornetskap van A J Vorster.(GR1 13/16 Part 2) Dit is nie duidelik of hy die reg verkry het nie.

    In 1822 - 4 seuns, 2 dogters,14 perde,49 beeste,605 skape en 65 bokke.

    In 1824 - 4 seuns, 3 dogters, 2 waens,5 perde,25 beeste,400 skape.

    Op 2 Aug 1827 maak JHV en Sophia `n testament wat hulle onderteken op "Sterrenberg Spruit".

    Op 31 Maart 1837 doen Johannes Vorster aansoek (en verkry) `n toekenning op die plaas Hartebeesfontein 173, groot 3401 morg in die veldkornnetskap Brak Rivier, distrik Albert.Op dieselfde datum verkry Jacobus Vorster regte op die aangrensende plaas Rietfontein 174 groot 3736 morg ook in die distrik.(QRR 9; Somerset East Quitrents Vol 7 folio 37 en 38) Hierdie Jacobus is heelwaarkynlik JHV se jonger broer.

    Hy verkoop die plaas aan Adolph Mosenthal op 10 Sep 1851 vir £1068-0-0 (T1471, 15.9.1852)
    (Hierdie twee plase is te sien op kaart Queenstown 3126 by 31 grade 03 min Suid en 26 grade 14 min Oos)

    Hy is oorlede as `n wewenaar op die plaas "de Kraal over Kraai River division of Aliwal" Noord oud 71 jaar 9 mnde 27 dae op 19 Oktober 1860 volgens sy doodsertifikaat.

    Plaas is " De Kraal 146 " distrik Lady Grey, oorkant en aangrensend aan die Kraai Rivier op Kaart Aliwal Noord 3026, 27 grade 08 min Oos en 30 grade 52 min Suid (Akteskantoor,Kaapstad) : Die plaas van 1627 morg word getoon as behorende aan Barend Johannes Vorster sedert 1 Sep. 1851, ( gegee aan hom as`n "grant"- Albert Quitrents Vol. 2 Part 3 bls 88) en hy dra op 22 Mei 1864 oor aan Alewyn Louis Vorster,een helfte; op 15 Okt 1864 dra ALVorster sy deel oor aan WJ van Heerden. Op 2 Mei 1872 verkoop BJ Vorster sy helfte aan ene TN Bowrie.

    Kaapse Argief : Sy testament van 19 April 1858 opgestel in Burgersdorp,stel Willem Abraham van Dyk aan as Eksekuteur,meld sy 15 kinders en toon dat hulle reeds hulle moedersdeel ten bedrae van 253 riksdalers,1 schelling en 1 stuiwer van Sophia de Meyer ge-êrf het.Sy laaste testament, geskryf op 2 November 1858 toon dat hy (toe) woonagtig was op Erf No 53, Burgersdorp, Distrik Albert. Teen die tyd was sy tweede vrou ook reeds dood , sowel as twee van sy dogters tw. Aletta Susanna en Anna Christina. Uit die Testament blyk dit dat hy15 kinders gehad het. Die testament verdeel alles onder die 13 kinders plus die kinders van Aletta en die kind van Anna.( Martha Aletta is waarskynlik dood voordat sy gedoop was.) Hy benoem op 16 Januarie 1860 sy skoonseun Johannes Jacobus Vorster, Barendzoon, as Ekseketeur van sy boedel omdat sy seun Johannes Hendrik Vorster nie kans sien daarvoor nie.( Na die dood van Sophia op 6 Mei 1843 op Hartebeesfontein 173 in die Burgersdorp distrik is hy op 4 Maart 1844 op Colesberg weer getroud met Magaretha Aletta van Zyl wat ook oorlede is op 27 Mei 1858 in Burgersdorp)

    Op 15 September 1851 maak die regering `n "grant" van die Plaas Strydpoort 152, groot 2260 morg aan Johannes Hendrik Vorster (Albert Quitrents Vol. 2 Part 3 bls. 116) . Op 29 April 1863 gaan `n gedeelte van 522 morg na Johannes Jacobus Vorster. Op 16 November1868 verkoop JHV die balans van 1737 morg aan ene Gabriel Nel. (Die plaas Strydpoort 152 grens aan De Kraal 146)

    (Hierdie JHV was skynbaar sy seun ,gebore in 1818 en Johannes Jacobus kan JHV de Oude se skoonseun wees (seun van sy jonger broer Barend Johannes),getroud met sy dogter Sophia Aletta Jacoba)

    Johannes married Sophia Aletta Jacoba de Meyer on 22 Dec 1811 in Graaff-Reinet. Sophia (daughter of Olof Abraham Servaas de Meyer and Anna Christina Weydeman) was christened on 18 Aug 1793; died on 6 May 1843 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sophia Aletta Jacoba de Meyer was christened on 18 Aug 1793 (daughter of Olof Abraham Servaas de Meyer and Anna Christina Weydeman); died on 6 May 1843 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173.

    Notes:

    Haar oumagrootjie was Sophia Tauken van Mauritius
    Die name van twee van haar kinders tw.Pieter Johannes en Olof Abraham kom uit haar familie. Haar Pa (b1c2d5) se naam was Olof Abraham Servaas de Meyer , en sy Pa (Haar Oupa,b1c2) was Pieter Johannes de Meyer.

    Woon op die plaas Hartbeesfontein ten tye van haar dood. Maak `n testament saam met J H Vorster op 2 Aug 1827. Maak `n nuwe testament op 24 Aug 1835,welke dokument geteken is deur albei.Die dokumente is te sien in die Staatsargief in Kaapstad.

    Notes:

    Gedoop 18.08.1793 + voor 1860 dv Oelof Abraham Servaas Meyer enAnna Christina
    Weideman

    Children:
    1. Jacobus Adriaan Vorster was born on 24 Nov 1812; was christened on 29 Aug 1813 in Graaff- Reinet; died on 21 Aug 1868 in Lydenburg.
    2. Anna Christina Vorster was born on 29 Mar 1815 in agter Sneeuwberg; was christened on 30 Oct 1815 in Graaff- Reinet; died on 25 Apr 1837 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173.
    3. Olof Abraham Vorster was born on 18 Nov 1816; was christened on 27 Apr 1817 in Graaff- Reinet; died on 23 Oct 1893 in Aliwal Noord,Treurfontein..
    4. Martha Aletta Vorster was born about 1817.
    5. Johannes Hendrik Vorster was born on 2 Dec 1818 in Cradock Distrik; was christened on 12 Apr 1819 in Cradock; died on 8 Jan 1878 in Aliwal Noord,Strydpoort.
    6. 4. Pieter Johannes Vorster was born on 7 Sep 1820 in Kamdebo; was christened on 5 Nov 1820 in Cradock; died on 1 Jan 1908 in Middelburg Tvl, Klipplaatdrif.
    7. Martha Aletta Vorster was born on 5 May 1822 in Burgersdorp; was christened on 2 Jun 1822 in Cradock; died on 7 Jun 1878 in Wodehouse, Belmont..
    8. Sophia Aletta Jacoba Vorster was born on 23 Nov 1823; was christened on 5 Apr 1824 in Cradock; died on 17 Nov 1888 in Kylemore.
    9. Elsie Johanna Dorothea Vorster was born in 1825; was christened on 3 Oct 1825 in Cradock.
    10. Barend Johannes Vorster was born on 3 Oct 1826; was christened on 11 Feb 1827 in Cradock; died on 18 Apr 1905 in Aliwal Noord,Rietfontein.
    11. Schalk Willem Vorster was born on 2 Aug 1828 in Colesberg,Hartebeesfontein 173; was christened on 26 Dec 1828 in Cradock; died on 22 Sep 1902 in Lady Grey, in sy huis; was buried in Lady Grey.
    12. Aletta Susanna Vorster was born on 23 Dec 1829 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173; was christened on 31 Jan 1830 in Cradock.
    13. Alwyn Louis Vorster was born on 15 Oct 1831 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173; was christened on 1 Jan 1832 in Cradock; died on 7 Jan 1862 in Lady Grey.
    14. Johanna Maria Vorster was born on 26 Nov 1833 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173; was christened on 7 Mar 1837 in Cradock.
    15. Frans Christiaan Vorster was born on 5 Jan 1836 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173; was christened on 4 Apr 1836 in Cradock; died on 2 Apr 1888 in Bloemfontein, Vaalbank..
    16. Willem Jacobus Vorster was born on 11 Jul 1837 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173; was christened on 2 Mar 1838 in Colesberg; died on 31 Mei 1863 in Aliwal Noord,De Kraal.

  3. 10.  Ferdinandus Petrus Pietersen was christened on 4 Nov 1804 (son of Ferdinandus Albertus Pietersen and Johanna Helena Josina Meyer).

    Ferdinandus married Jacoba Johanna Magdalena Pelzer on 15 Jul 1823 in Graaff Reinet. Jacoba (daughter of Petrus Cornelis Pelzer and Catharina Frederica Swanepoel) was born on 3 Jun 1807; was christened on 24 Apr 1808 in Graaff Reinet. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Jacoba Johanna Magdalena Pelzer was born on 3 Jun 1807; was christened on 24 Apr 1808 in Graaff Reinet (daughter of Petrus Cornelis Pelzer and Catharina Frederica Swanepoel).

    Notes:

    Volume 7, bls. 186

    Children:
    1. 5. Catharina Frederica Pietersen was born on 24 Dec 1825; was christened on 30 Apr 1826 in Cradock; died on 28 Jun 1857 in Pretoria Distrik.

  5. 12.  Diederik Johannes Muller was christened on 25 Jan 1785 (son of Johannes Christoffel Muller and Anna Susanna Nel).

    Diederik married Martha Johanna Grobbelaar on 3 Mar 1805 in Kaapstad. Martha (daughter of Coert Grobbelaar and Louisa Pienaar) was born on 19 Jun 1786; was christened on 26 Oct 1787 in Drakenstein. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Martha Johanna Grobbelaar was born on 19 Jun 1786; was christened on 26 Oct 1787 in Drakenstein (daughter of Coert Grobbelaar and Louisa Pienaar).
    Children:
    1. 6. Diederik Johannes Muller was born on 30 May 1825; was christened on 14 May 1826 in Cradock; died in Apr 1893.



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