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Willem Jacobus Vorster

Male 1823 - 1853  (30 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Willem Jacobus Vorster was born on 20 Aug 1823 in Colesberg; was christened on 5 Jan 1824 in Graaff Reinet (son of Schalk Willem Vorster and Jannetjie Wilhelmina Steenkamp); died on 29 Oct 1853 in Cradock, Middelplaat..

    Willem married Cecilia Sophia Vorster on 27 Feb 1842 in Cradock. Cecilia (daughter of Pieter Willem Vorster and Magdalena Johanna Vorster) was born on 25 Sep 1821; was christened on 10 Mar 1822 in Cradock; died about May 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Schalk Willem Vorster was born on 4 Feb 1843 in Middelburg KP, Middelplaats.; was christened on 19 Mar 1843 in Cradock; died on 1 Jul 1911 in Middelburg KP, Barendskraal..
    2. Pieter Willem Vorster was born on 23 May 1844 in Middelburg KP; was christened on 1 Sep 1844 in Cradock; died on 8 Mei 1878 in Middelburg KP.
    3. Jannetjie Wilhelmina Elisabeth Vorster was born on 27 Sep 1845; was christened on 1 Mar 1846 in Cradock.
    4. Willem Jacobus Vorster was born on 18 Jul 1847; was christened on 26 Sep 1847 in Cradock; died on 19 Aug 1889 in Klipfontein.
    5. Isaac David Vorster was born on 22 May 1849 in Middelburg KP.; was christened on 5 Aug 1849 in Cradock; died on 15 Jul 1882 in Middelburg KP.

    Willem married Susanna Douwlina Hendrika Coetzee on 27 Aug 1849 in Middelburg KP. Susanna (daughter of Henning Johannes Hendrik Coetzee and Susanna Steyn) was born about 2 Jul 1833 in Middelburg KP Distr.; died on 2 Aug 1892 in Beskuitfontein,Middelburg KP. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Susanna Barendina Hendrika Vorster was born on 20 Oct 1850; was christened on 3 Apr 1851 in Cradock.
    2. Magdalena Johanna Vorster was born on 2 May 1852; was christened on 17 Jun 1852 in Middelburg KP.
    3. Henning Johannes Hendrik Vorster was born on 18 Apr 1854; was christened on 14 May 1854 in Middelburg KP; died about Jan 1934.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Schalk Willem Vorster was born on 12 Nov 1796 in Murraysburg, Langkloof; was christened on 15 Oct 1797 in Graaff- Reinet (son of Barend Johannes Vorster and Levina Catharina Steenkamp); died on 26 Sep 1889 in Middelburg KP, Willemburgersrivier.; was buried in Middelburg KP, Willemburgersrivier..

    Schalk married Jannetjie Wilhelmina Steenkamp on 7 Aug 1814 in Graaf Reinet. Jannetjie (daughter of Jan Harm Steenkamp and Magdalena de Klerk) was born on 4 Jul 1797 in Cradock Distrik; was christened on 15 Oct 1797 in Tulbagh; died on 14 Jul 1873 in Middelburg KP, Willemburgersrivier.; was buried in Middelburg KP, Willemburgersrivier.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Jannetjie Wilhelmina Steenkamp was born on 4 Jul 1797 in Cradock Distrik; was christened on 15 Oct 1797 in Tulbagh (daughter of Jan Harm Steenkamp and Magdalena de Klerk); died on 14 Jul 1873 in Middelburg KP, Willemburgersrivier.; was buried in Middelburg KP, Willemburgersrivier..
    Children:
    1. Magdalena Maria Johanna Vorster was born on 19 May 1815 in Middelburg KP, Willemburgersrivier.; was christened on 30 Oct 1815 in Graaff Reinet; died on 1 Jan 1852 in Ruigtevlei.
    2. Barend Johannes Vorster was born on 4 Dec 1817; was christened on 8 Mar 1818 in Cradock; died on 11 Dec 1901 in Nylstroom, Burgerkamp.; was buried in Nylstroom, Burgerkamp..
    3. Jan Harm Vorster was born on 4 Dec 1817 in Murraysburg; died on 12 Mar 1892 in Middelburg KP, Grootfontein.
    4. Schalk Louis Vorster was born on 26 Aug 1821; was christened on 26 Dec 1821 in Graaff- Reinet; died on 27 Feb 1906 in Middelburg KP, Elandskloof.
    5. 1. Willem Jacobus Vorster was born on 20 Aug 1823 in Colesberg; was christened on 5 Jan 1824 in Graaff Reinet; died on 29 Oct 1853 in Cradock, Middelplaat..
    6. Casper Jan Hendrik Vorster was born on 22 Feb 1827 in Middelburg KP, Willemburgersrivier.; was christened on 2 Apr 1827 in Cradock; died on 11 Sep 1910 in Middelburg KP, Willemburgersrivier.; was buried in Middelburg KP, Willemburgersrivier..
    7. Levina Catharina Wilhelmina Vorster was born on 14 Oct 1828; was christened on 1 Feb 1829 in Cradock.
    8. Isaac Stephanus Vorster was born on 17 Jul 1831 in Middelburg KP, Willemburgersrivier.; was christened on 2 Sep 1831 in Cradock; died on 8 May 1875 in Middelburg KP, Willemburgersrivier..


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Barend Johannes Vorster was born in in Tulbagh; was christened on 14 Jun 1748 in Tulbagh (son of Barend Vorster and Dorothea Maria Smit); died before 15 Oct 1799 in Sneeuwberg.

    Barend married Levina Catharina Steenkamp on 23 May 1790. Levina (daughter of Casper Jan Hendrik Steenkamp and Lavina Catharina van Aarde) was christened on 26 Aug 1770 in Swartland; died on 22 Jun 1853 in Beaufort, Spitskop.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Levina Catharina Steenkamp was christened on 26 Aug 1770 in Swartland (daughter of Casper Jan Hendrik Steenkamp and Lavina Catharina van Aarde); died on 22 Jun 1853 in Beaufort, Spitskop..
    Children:
    1. Levina Catharina Magdalena Vorster was born on 26 Apr 1791; was christened on 3 Oct 1791 in Tulbagh.
    2. Hester Aletta Vorster was born on 16 Dec 1792; was christened on 2 Jan 1793 in Graaf Reinet.
    3. Casper Jan Hendrik Vorster was born on 1 Apr 1795 in Langkloof; was christened on 17 May 1795 in Graaf Reinet; died on 7 Sep 1890 in Middelburg KP.,Nooitgedacht..
    4. 2. Schalk Willem Vorster was born on 12 Nov 1796 in Murraysburg, Langkloof; was christened on 15 Oct 1797 in Graaff- Reinet; died on 26 Sep 1889 in Middelburg KP, Willemburgersrivier.; was buried in Middelburg KP, Willemburgersrivier..
    5. Barend Johannes Marthinus Vorster was born on 13 Oct 1798; was christened on 23 Dec 1799 in Graaff- Reinet; died on 22 Aug 1881 in Harmsfontein.

  3. 6.  Jan Harm Steenkamp was born about 1752 (son of Casper Jan Hendrik Steenkamp and Lavina Catharina van Aarde).

    Jan married Magdalena de Klerk on 24 Oct 1779. Magdalena (daughter of Jacob de Klerk and Anna Elisabeth Oberholster) was born on 24 Mar 1765. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Magdalena de Klerk was born on 24 Mar 1765 (daughter of Jacob de Klerk and Anna Elisabeth Oberholster).
    Children:
    1. Jan Harm Steenkamp was born in 1781; died in jonk.
    2. Levina Catharina Magdalena Steenkamp was born on 9 Mar 1783 in Cradock Distrik; was christened on 7 Mar 1784; died on 16 Jul 1860 in Middelburg KP, Rietvlei.
    3. 3. Jannetjie Wilhelmina Steenkamp was born on 4 Jul 1797 in Cradock Distrik; was christened on 15 Oct 1797 in Tulbagh; died on 14 Jul 1873 in Middelburg KP, Willemburgersrivier.; was buried in Middelburg KP, Willemburgersrivier..


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Barend Vorster was born in in Tulbagh / Stellenbosch Distrik; was christened on 1 Dec 1726 in Kaapstad (son of Jan Vorster and Elisabeth Lubbe); died before 29 Apr 1794 in Citrusdal, Kleyne Valley ?.

    Barend married Dorothea Maria Smit on 3 Apr 1746 in Tulbagh.. Dorothea (daughter of Alewyn Smit and Hester Bekker) was christened on 8 Apr 1730 in Drakenstein. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Dorothea Maria Smit was christened on 8 Apr 1730 in Drakenstein (daughter of Alewyn Smit and Hester Bekker).
    Children:
    1. 4. Barend Johannes Vorster was born in in Tulbagh; was christened on 14 Jun 1748 in Tulbagh; died before 15 Oct 1799 in Sneeuwberg.
    2. Alwyn Jacobus Vorster was born in in Tigerkloof 164, Dist Piketberg); was christened on 8 Sep 1750 in Tulbagh; died in 1803/1804 in Citrusdal, Kleyne Vally.
    3. Schalk Willem Vorster was born in in Tigerkloof No 164, Piketberg; was christened on 10 Oct 1752 in Tulbagh.
    4. Andries Petrus Vorster was born in in Tigerkloof No 164, Piketberg; was christened on 6 Oct 1754 in Tulbagh; died before 12 Feb 1801.
    5. Hester Aletta Vorster was born in 1756 in Tigerkloof No 164, Piketberg.
    6. Elisabeth Helena Vorster was born in in Tigerkloof No 164, Piketberg; was christened on 3 Sep 1758 in Tulbagh; died before 10 Sep 1801.
    7. Johanna Adriana Vorster was born in in Tigerkloof No 164, Piketberg; was christened on 6 Jul 1760 in Tulbagh; died in ?.
    8. Johannes Stephanus Vorster was born in in Tigerkloof No 164, Piketberg; was christened on 10 Apr 1762 in Tulbagh; died in 1763 in Tigerkloof No 164, Piketberg.
    9. Johannes Stephanus Vorster was born in in Tigerkloof No 164, Piketberg; was christened on 6 Jan 1765 in Tulbagh; died before 1805.
    10. Jacobus Adriaan Vorster was born in in Piketberg,Tigerkloof 164; was christened on 11 Jan 1767 in Tulbagh; died in Jun 1822 in Cradock, Waterval 453.
    11. Francois Christiaan Vorster was born on 11 Aug 1768 in Tigerkloof No 164, Piketberg; was christened on 1 Oct 1768 in Tulbagh; died on 11 Jul 1830 in Graaff- Reinet.
    12. Marthinus Christoffel Vorster was born in in Tigerkloof No 164, Piketberg; was christened on 6 Jul 1771 in Tulbagh; died before 1 Mar 1819 in Nieuwveld, Os Fontein..
    13. Gerrit Hendrik Vorster was born in in Tigerkloof No 164, Piketberg; was christened on 2 Apr 1774 in Tulbagh; died on 4 Sep 1774 in Tigerkloof 164.

  3. 10.  Casper Jan Hendrik Steenkamp was born about 1726 (son of Jan Steenkamp and Gesina Visser).

    Casper married Lavina Catharina van Aarde. Lavina (daughter of Theunis van Aarde and Hilletjie Kervel) was christened on 25 Oct 1733. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Lavina Catharina van Aarde was christened on 25 Oct 1733 (daughter of Theunis van Aarde and Hilletjie Kervel).
    Children:
    1. 6. Jan Harm Steenkamp was born about 1752.
    2. 5. Levina Catharina Steenkamp was christened on 26 Aug 1770 in Swartland; died on 22 Jun 1853 in Beaufort, Spitskop..

  5. 14.  Jacob de Klerk (son of Abraham de Klerk and Magdalena Mouton).

    Jacob married Anna Elisabeth Oberholster. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Anna Elisabeth Oberholster (daughter of Johannes Oberholster and Elisabeth Prevot).
    Children:
    1. 7. Magdalena de Klerk was born on 24 Mar 1765.



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