Family [F30]
SMIT
Parents
Nicolaas Jacobus SMIT {M} [P81] = Hendrika Stephina PRETORIUS {F} [P82]
Married Monday 1 April 1861, Rustenburg
Nicolaas Jacobus:
Born Tuesday 30 May 1837, Doornbos, Graaff-Reinet district
Christened Sunday 23 July 1837, Graaff Reinet1
Died Saturday 4 April 1896, Pretoria2
Buried Church Street Cemetary, Pretoria3
General Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, commander of the Boer forces at the battles of Ingogo and Majuba.
Prussia made him Knight of the Red Eagle while the Netherlands gave him their highest award as Commander of the Order of the Dutch Lion. Portugal also gave him the highest award of their country.
In 1886 he became Vice-President of the ZAR.
Hendrika Stephina:
Born Saturday 4 December 1841
Christened Sunday 6 February 1842, Weenan4
Died Saturday 18 August 1894, Pretoria5
Buried Church Street Cemetary, Pretoria6
Daughter of Hendrik Stephanus PRETORIUS and Rachel Jacoba LIEBENBERG
Children
Nicolaas Jacobus {M} [P112] = Rachel Maria Meyer BESTER7 {F} [P117] > Family [F45]
Nicolaas Jacobus:
Born Sunday 15 June 1862, Rustenburg8
Died Sunday 5 June 1898, Klerksdorp9
Occupation: Mine Commissioner, Klerksdorp
Rachel Maria Meyer:
Born Sunday 21 June 186810
Christened Sunday 27 September 186811
Reference number: 117
Reference number: 117
Barend Jacobus Johannes (Col.)12 13 {M} [P84] = Althea Margaret PALM14 {F} [P85] > Family [F32]
Married Thursday 18 May 1911, Ermelo
Barend Jacobus Johannes (Col.):
Born Sunday 22 November 1868, Ermelo
Died ABT 1957, Isipingo, Natal15
Althea Margaret:
Born Tuesday 20 March 1888
Died Sunday 2 June 1968, Entabeni Hospital, Durban16
Reference number: 85
Reference number: 85
Reference number: 85
Hendrik Stephanus {M} [P113]
Rachel Jacoba {F} [P114] = Willem Johannes STIEMENS {M} [P174] > Family [F64]
Married Thursday 23 February 1893, Pretoria
Divorced 1905, TAB ZTPD 345/1905
Willem Johannes:
Reference number: 174
Reference number: 174
Elizabeth Magdalena {F} [P115] = BOSMAN17 {M} [P56368] > Family [F11927]
Sources
1 : "SA Genealogies Vol. 11"; Page 416
2 : "National Archives"; Primary evidence
Death Notice TAB MHG O/17379
3 : "Alwyn Petrus Smit's Research:"
4 : "Izak Smit's Research:"
5 : "Alwyn Petrus Smit's Research:"
5a: "National Archives"
TAB MHG O/9268 SMIT- HENDRIKA STEFINA. (GEBORE PRETORIUS). 1894 1894 NAGELATE EGGENOOT NICHOLAAS JACOBUS SMIT.
5b: "Alwyn Petrus Smit's Research:"
5c: "Alwyn Petrus Smit's Research:"
5d: "Alwyn Petrus Smit's Research:"
6 : "Alwyn Petrus Smit's Research:"
7 : "Izak Smit's Research:"
8 : "Izak Smit's Research:"
9 : "National Archives"
Death Notice TAB MHG O/14707
10 : "Richard Y Ford's Research:"
11 : "Richard Y Ford's Research:"
12 : "Lesley Smit's Research:"
13 : "Lesley Smit's Research:"
14 : "Lesley Smit's Research:"
15 : "National Archives"
NAB MSCE 3493/1958 SMIT- BAREND JACOBUS JOHANNES. BORN IN ERMELO- TRANSVAAL. S/SP SMIT- ALTHEA MARGARET. BORN PALM. PR/SP SMIT- MAGDALENA. BORN MOOLMAN. NO TRACE. DECEASED ESTATE. 1958 1960 DIVORCED FROM PR/SP MAGDALENA SMIT.
16 : "National Archives"
NAB MSCE 2467/1968 SMIT- ALTHEA MARGARET. (BORN PALM). BORN IN ERMELO. PRSP SMIT- BAREND JACOBUS JOHANNES. ESTATE NO.3493/1958. DECEASED ESTATE. 1968 1969
17 : "National Archives"
see [TAB MHG ] O/9268
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