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Jacobus Adriaan Vorster

Male 1848 - 1950  (101 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Jacobus Adriaan Vorster was born on 11 Aug 1848; was christened on 12 Feb 1849 in Burgersdorp (son of Johannes Hendrik Vorster and Jacoba Johanna Petronella Cornelia Swanepoel); died in 1950.

    Jacobus married Martha Aletta Vorster on 16 Nov 1868 in Barkly Oos. Martha (daughter of Barend Johannes Vorster and Martha Aletta Vorster) was born on 2 Dec 1851 in Cradock; was christened on 6 Jun 1852 in Cradock. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Martha Aletta Vorster was born on 7 May 1870; was christened on 17 Jul 1870 in Lady Grey.
    2. Jacobus Johannes Petrus Cornelius Vorster was born on 4 May 1873; was christened on 10 Jun 1873 in Barkly Oos.
    3. Elisabeth Johanna Vorster was born on 7 Jul 1874; was christened on 6 Sep 1874 in Barkly Oos.
    4. Maria Magdalena Vorster was born on 14 Oct 1877; was christened on 3 Feb 1878 in Barkly Oos.
    5. Elsie Johanna Vorster was born on 16 Aug 1879; was christened on 21 Dec 1879 in Barkly Oos.
    6. Sophia Aletta Vorster was born on 16 Dec 1881; was christened on 13 Feb 1882 in Barkly Oos; died on 8 Oct 1958 in Indwe, Vlakfontein.
    7. Anna Sophia Christina Vorster was born on 21 Aug 1884; was christened on 18 Sep 1884 in Barkly Oos.
    8. Jacobus Adriaan Vorster was born on 6 Oct 1886 in Rhodes; was christened on 13 Feb 1887 in Barkly Oos; died on 21 Mar 1950 in Indwe, Barkly Straat.
    9. Catharina Frederika Vorster was born on 15 Aug 1888; was christened on 2 Dec 1888 in Barkly Oos.
    10. Dorothea Maria Vorster was born on 19 Nov 1890; was christened on 9 Apr 1891 in Umtata.
    11. Barend Johannes Vorster was born on 3 Aug 1893; was christened on 24 Sep 1893 in Umtata.
    12. Johannes Hendrik Vorster was born on 4 Aug 1895 in Maclear; was christened on 6 Oct 1895 in Umtata; died on 27 Aug 1939 in Queenstown.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Johannes Hendrik Vorster was born on 2 Dec 1818 in Cradock Distrik; was christened on 12 Apr 1819 in Cradock (son of Johannes Hendrik Vorster and Sophia Aletta Jacoba de Meyer); died on 8 Jan 1878 in Aliwal Noord,Strydpoort.

    Johannes married Jacoba Johanna Petronella Cornelia Swanepoel on 3 Nov 1839 in Cradock. Jacoba (daughter of Frederik Hendrik Swanepoel and Machel Maria Pelser) was born about 2 May 1823 in Graaff Reinet; died on 8 Nov 1865 in Aliwal Noord,Strydpoort. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Jacoba Johanna Petronella Cornelia Swanepoel was born about 2 May 1823 in Graaff Reinet (daughter of Frederik Hendrik Swanepoel and Machel Maria Pelser); died on 8 Nov 1865 in Aliwal Noord,Strydpoort.
    Children:
    1. Johannes Hendrik Vorster was born on 4 Mar 1841; was christened on 26 Dec 1841 in Cradock.
    2. Magteld Maria Vorster was born on 27 Jan 1843; was christened on 3 Apr 1843 in Cradock.
    3. Frederik Hendrik Vorster was born on 19 May 1844; was christened on 9 Feb 1845 in Cradock.
    4. Coert Marthinus Vorster
    5. Sophia Aletta Jacoba Vorster was born on 30 Aug 1846; was christened on 17 Jan 1847 in Cradock; died in 1927 in Barkly Oos, Killarney.
    6. 1. Jacobus Adriaan Vorster was born on 11 Aug 1848; was christened on 12 Feb 1849 in Burgersdorp; died in 1950.
    7. Jacoba Johanna Petronella Cornelia Vorster was born on 12 May 1851; was christened on 20 Jun 1851 in Burgersdorp; died on 27 Apr 1942.
    8. Elsje Vorster was born on 4 Jan 1853; was christened on 14 Apr 1853 in Aliwal Noord.
    9. Anna Christina Vorster was born about 1855.
    10. Catharina Frederika Vorster was born about 1857.
    11. Martha Aletta Jacoba Vorster was born on 10 Nov 1859; was christened on 22 Jan 1860 in Lady Grey.
    12. Olof Abraham Vorster was born on 18 Dec 1860; was christened on 1 Jan 1861 in Aliwal Noord; died on 3 Nov 1925 in Wepener; was buried in Wepener.
    13. Petrus Cornelis Vorster was born on 3 Jan 1864; was christened on 24 Mar 1864 in Lady Grey.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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.

    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. 5.  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.
    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. 2. 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. 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. 6.  Frederik Hendrik Swanepoel

    Frederik married Machel Maria Pelser. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Machel Maria Pelser
    Children:
    1. Elsje Swanepoel was born about 25 Mar 1821 in Somerset; died on 21 Dec 1856 in Aliwal Noord, Strydfontein..
    2. 3. Jacoba Johanna Petronella Cornelia Swanepoel was born about 2 May 1823 in Graaff Reinet; died on 8 Nov 1865 in Aliwal Noord,Strydpoort.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jacobus Adriaan Vorster was born in in Piketberg,Tigerkloof 164; was christened on 11 Jan 1767 in Tulbagh (son of Barend Vorster and Dorothea Maria Smit); died in Jun 1822 in Cradock, Waterval 453.

    Jacobus married Maartje Lubbe on 24 Feb 1788 in Stellenbosch. Maartje (daughter of Johannes Hendrik Lubbe and Elsie Burger) was born in in Stellenbosch; was christened on 6 Jul 1771 in Tulbagh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Maartje Lubbe was born in in Stellenbosch; was christened on 6 Jul 1771 in Tulbagh (daughter of Johannes Hendrik Lubbe and Elsie Burger).
    Children:
    1. 4. Johannes Hendrik Vorster was born on 22 Dec 1788 in Olifantsrivier; was christened on 11 Apr 1789 in Tulbagh; died on 19 Oct 1860 in Lady Grey, De Kraal.
    2. Dorothea Maria Vorster was christened on 25 Dec 1791.
    3. Barend Johannes Vorster was born about 19 Feb 1794 in Olifantsrivier; was christened on 16 Mar 1794 in Graaff Reinet; died on 30 May 1851 in Korthoek, Agter Sneeuwberg..
    4. Elsie Johanna Vorster was christened on 26 Dec 1796 in Graaff Reinet.
    5. Jacobus Adriaan Vorster was born on 15 Oct 1799.
    6. Schalk Willem Vorster was born in in Cradock Distrik; was christened on 14 Feb 1802 in Graaff- Reinet; died on 14 Oct 1856 in Cradock, Mistkraal.
    7. Alwyn Louis Vorster was born on 1 Apr 1806 in Cradock,agter Sneeuwberg; was christened on 4 May 1806 in Graaff Reinet; died on 29 Dec 1848 in Albert, Waterval 55.
    8. Francois Christiaan Vorster was born on 5 Jun 1810 in Cradock Distrik; died on 5 Nov 1888 in Steynsburg.
    9. Maartje Elisabeth Jacoba Vorster was born on 22 Nov 1813; was christened on 11 Apr 1814 in Graaff- Reinet; died on 30 Nov 1853 in Lady Grey, Kraairivier..

  3. 10.  Olof Abraham Servaas de Meyer was christened on 27 Dec 1767 (son of Pieter Johannes de Meyer and Anna Juliana vd Heever).

    Olof married Anna Christina Weydeman in 1786. Anna (daughter of Petrus Andries Christiaan Weydeman and Johanna Catharina van Wyk) was christened on 18 Sep 1768; died before 5 Jul 1816 in Graaff Reinet Distrik. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Anna Christina Weydeman was christened on 18 Sep 1768 (daughter of Petrus Andries Christiaan Weydeman and Johanna Catharina van Wyk); died before 5 Jul 1816 in Graaff Reinet Distrik.
    Children:
    1. Jacobus Willem de Meyer was born on 2 Nov 1791.
    2. 5. Sophia Aletta Jacoba de Meyer was christened on 18 Aug 1793; died on 6 May 1843 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173.
    3. Martha Jacoba Catharina de Meyer
    4. Aletta Conradia de Meyer was born on 18 May 1802.
    5. Anna Christina de Meyer was born on 16 Dec 1805; was christened on 30 Oct 1815 in Graaff Reinet..
    6. Zuzanna Jacoba de Meyer was born on 2 Jan 1808.



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