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Christiaan Jesaja Engelbertus Gerber 1789–1844 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 NOV 1789

Birth Location: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Death Date: 10 JUL 1844

Death Location: George, Cape Colony, South Africa

Father: Franz Gerber

Mother: Catharina Dijk

Spouse(s): Teuntje Stander

Children(s): George Gerber, Elizabeth Gerber, Catharina Gerber, Christiaan Gerber, Jacobus Gerber, Frans Gerber, Magdalena Gerber

In 1789, Christiaan Jesaja Engelbertus Gerber entered the world in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, born to Franz Anton Gerber And Catharina Elizabeth Van Dijk. Christiaan Jesaja Engelbertus Gerber married Teuntje Magdalena Stander, and had children including Catharina Margaretha Christina Gerber, Christiaan Albertus Gerber, Elizabeth Margaretha Maria Gerber, Frans Anthony Gerber, George Sebastiaan Gerber, Jacobus Johannes Gerber, Magdalena Hendrika Gerber. Christiaan Jesaja Engelbertus Gerber passed away in 1844 in George, Cape Colony, South Africa.

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Biography

  • In 1789, Christiaan Jesaja Engelbertus Gerber entered the world in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, born to Franz Anton Gerber And Catharina Elizabeth Van Dijk.
  • Christiaan Jesaja Engelbertus Gerber married Teuntje Magdalena Stander, and had children including Catharina Margaretha Christina Gerber, Christiaan Albertus Gerber, Elizabeth Margaretha Maria Gerber, Frans Anthony Gerber, George Sebastiaan Gerber, Jacobus Johannes Gerber, Magdalena Hendrika Gerber.
  • Christiaan Jesaja Engelbertus Gerber passed away in 1844 in George, Cape Colony, South Africa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Franz Gerber
1739–1793
Birth Location: Epfig, Alsace, France
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Catharina Dijk
1754–1825
Birth Location: Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Spouses(s)

Teuntje Stander
1795–1896
Birth Location: George, Cape Colony, South Africa
TS

Children(s)

George Gerber
1821–1901
Birth Location: George, Cape Colony, South Africa
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Elizabeth Gerber
1839–
Birth Location: George, Cape Prov, So. Afr
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Catharina Gerber
1814–1872
Birth Location: Cape Colony, South Africa
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Christiaan Gerber
1816–1895
Birth Location: George, Cape Colony, South Africa
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Jacobus Gerber
1818–1881
Birth Location: George, Cape Colony, South Africa
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Frans Gerber
1811–1871
Birth Location: Swellendam, Cape Colony, South Africa
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Magdalena Gerber
1824–1892
Birth Location: –
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Christiaan Gerber's Ancestors

Self
Christiaan Gerber
1789–1844
Birth Place: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Parents
Franz Anton Gerber
1739–1793
Epfig, Alsace, France
Catharina (Elizabeth van) Dijk
1754–1825
Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Grandparents
Franz (Josephus) Gerber
1717–
Steinbach, Buchen, Baden, Germany
Barbara Haegin
1717–
Germany
Hendrik (Philip van) Dijk
1720–1820
Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Catharina Visagie
1716–1779
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Christiaan Gerber's Descendants

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Christiaan (Jesaja Engelbertus) Gerber (19 NOV 1789–10 JUL 1844) m. Teuntje (Magdalena) Stander (BEF 16 AUG 1795–13 JUL 1896)
  1. 1. George (Sebastiaan) Gerber 1821–1901 m. Lea (Jacoba Susanna) Gerber 1826–
    1. 1. Christiaan Gerber 1848–1931 m. Catharina (Elisabeth) Jonk 1850–1928
      1. 1. Catherina (Maria Elizabeth) Gerber 1877–1971 m. Jan (Johannes Christian) Botha 1876–1956
        1. 1. Johanna (Clasina) Botha 1904–1971 m. Jacobus (Johannes) Koen 1899–1968
  2. 2. Elizabeth (Margaretha Maria) Gerber 1839– m. Hermanus Heunis 1831–1902
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Margaretha) Heunis 1859–1912 m. Josua Joubert 1851–1902
      1. 1. Maria (Cornelia) Joubert 1889–1966 m. Christiaan (Johannes) Wiegand 1889–1958
        1. 1. Maria (Cornelia) Wiegand 1916–2000 m. Simon (Johannes du) Plooy 1911–1982
  3. 3. Catharina (Margaretha Christina) Gerber 1814–1872 m. Frans (Bastiaan) Heunes 1801–
    1. 1. Lina (Elizabeth Margaretha) Heunis 1845–1933 m. Adriaan (Johannes Hendricus) Stander 1843–1930
      1. 1. Maria (Margaretha) Stander 1876– m. Esaias (Engelbertus de) Swardt 1879–1952
        1. 1. Maria (Margaretha Catharina de) Swart 1913–1999 m. Robert (Hendrik Christoffel) Pace 1916–2003
    2. 2. Catharina (Margaretha Christina) Heunis 1843–1871 m. Matthys (Johannes Jacobus) Barnard 1842–1904
      1. 1. Adam (Jacobus Johannes) Barnard 1870–1954 m. Malie Barnard 1871–1944
        1. 1. Johanna (Jacomina Stoffelina) Barnard 1889–1983 m. Casper (Willem) Heunis 1875–1956
    3. 3. Christiaan Heunis 1832– m. Martha (Catharina) Heunis 1837–
      1. 1. Maria (Christina) Heunis 1864–1931 m. Daniel (Johannes) Dalton 1861–1936
        1. 1. Miranda (Ariel) Dalton 1902– m. Marthinus (Christoffel) Gerber 1892–1952
  4. 4. Christiaan (Albertus) Gerber 1816–1895 m. Catharina (Maria) Botha 1818–1900
    1. 1. Adam (Johannes) Gerber 1852– m. Susara (Johanna) Westraadt 1853–
      1. 1. Gert (Robert) Gerber 1882–1938 m. Martha (Maria) Botha 1887–
        1. 1. Lily Gerber 1905–1954 m. George (Metcalfe) Human 1894–1965
  5. 5. Jacobus (Johannes) Gerber 1818–1881 m. Elizabeth (Margaretha) Botha 1819–1882
    1. 1. Jacobus (Johannes) Gerber 1850–1931 m. Hendrina (Maria Margaritha) Stander 1854–1931
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Margaretha) Gerber 1878–1961 m. Barend (Jacobus) Stander 1867–1952
        1. 1. Anna (Isabella) Stander 1903–
      2. 2. Adrian (Johannes Hendricus) Gerber 1880–
      3. 3. Susanna (Catharina) Gerber 1892–
      4. 4. Magdalena (Maria) Gerber 1887–1962
      5. 5. Jacobus (Johannes) Gerber 1874–1944 m. Judith (Margaretha) Rothman 1880–1950
        1. 1. Jacobus (Johannes) Gerber 1907–1975 m. Mathilda (Maria Manatha) Moore 1909–1976
      6. 6. Annie (Maria) Gerber 1885–
    2. 2. Hendrik (Stephanus) Gerber 1856–1911 m. Margaretha (Maria) Stander 1859–1918
      1. 1. Simon (Josia) Gerber 1901–1901
      2. 2. Adam (Johannes) Gerber 1890–1960
        1. 1. Johan (Frederik) Gerber 1913–
        2. 2. Hendrik (Adam) Gerber 1908–1981 m. Catrina (Margarietha) Gerber 1924–2011 m. Anna (Maria Frances) Rundle 1916–1944
      3. 3. Adriaan (Johannes Hendrikus) Gerber 1879–
      4. 4. Elizabeth (Magdalena) Gerber 1897–1898
      5. 5. Jacobus (Johannes) Gerber 1878–
      6. 6. Hendrikus (Stefanus) Gerber 1887–
      7. 7. Petrus (Jacobus) Gerber 1901–1901
      8. 8. Christiaan (Esaias Engelbertus) Gerber 1883–
      9. 9. Jan (Perez) Gerber 1896–
      10. 10. Stephanus (Johannes) Gerber 1894–1952 m. Emily (Elizabeth) Baston 1904–1982
        1. 1. Stephen (W) Gerber 1929–1929
      11. 11. Margaretha (Maria) Gerber 1894–1925
      12. 12. Marthinus (Christoffel) Gerber 1892–1952 m. Miranda (Ariel) Dalton 1902–
        1. 1. Doreen (Halifax) Gerber 1926–1994 m. Laurence (Charles) Bailey 1926–1989
        2. 2. Sidney (Stephen) Gerber 1932–2003
        3. 3. Miranda (Florence Anna) Gerber 1928–2005 m. Richard (John) Mills 1923–1955 m. Johan (Hendrik) Snyman 1918–
        4. 4. Joyceline (Magdalena) Gerber 1925–1978 m. Christoffel (Petrus) Groenewald 1922– m. Gordon Reynolds 1921–1971
        5. 5. Douglas Gerber 1937–1938
      13. 13. Hendrik (Stephanus) Gerber 1881–
      14. 14. George (Antoni) Gerber 1899–1980 m. Anna (Margaretha Catharina) Geyser 1910–
    3. 3. Marthinus (Christoffel) Gerber 1845–1920 m. Martha (Catharina Hendrika) Lamprecht 1848–1932
      1. 1. Jacobus (Johannes Casparus) Gerber 1869–1929 m. Anna (Dorothea) Botha 1866–1943
        1. 1. Lea (Jacoba) Gerber 1899–1955 m. Louis (Petrus) Theron 1875–1949
    4. 4. Magdalena (Maria) Gerber 1841–1861 m. William (Henry) Dalton 1837–1883
      1. 1. Jacobus (Johannes) Dalton 1862–1942 m. Catharina (Magdalena Maria Paulina) Westraad 1865–1897
        1. 1. Jacobus (Johannes) Dalton 1891–1970 m. Maria (Johanna Sophia van) Antwerpen 1892–1942
      2. 2. Christian (Josias) Dalton 1867–1900 m. Elizabeth (Magdalena Stoffelina) Gericke 1869–1943
        1. 1. William (Henry Emile) Dalton 1892–1950 m. Anna (Maria) Koch 1892–
        2. 2. Magdalena (Maria) Dalton 1895–1952 m. Cornelius (Johannes Petrus) Barnard 1898–1972
      3. 3. Daniel (Johannes) Dalton 1861–1936 m. Maria (Christina) Heunis 1864–1931
  6. 6. Frans (Anthony) Gerber 1811–1871 m. Catharina (Maria) Botha 1815–1876
    1. 1. Magdalena Gerber 1838–1902 m. William McCarthy 1833–1900
      1. 1. James (Johannes Coenraad) McCarthy 1879–1947 m. Johanna (Hendrika Petronella) Taylor 1881–1942
        1. 1. Thomas (Henry Michael) McCarthy 1916–1968
  7. 7. Magdalena (Hendrika) Gerber 1824–1892 m. Hendrick (Johannes Albertus Gerhardus) Vlooh 1824–1908
    1. 1. George (Sebastiaan) Floh 1853–1926 m. Hendrica (Maria Helena Magdalena) Marais 1856–1938
      1. 1. Martha (Dorothea Magdelina Hendrika) Vlooh 1875–1964 m. George (William Dutton) Terblans 1872–1948
        1. 1. Ida (Johanna Mills) Terblanche 1895–1984 m. Ignatius (Christoffel) Terblanche 1892–1945

Christiaan Gerber's Timeline

4 Records

1789
19 NOV 1789
Birth of Christiaan Jesaja Engelbertus Gerber in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1790
7 FEB 1790
Age 1
Christiaan Jesaja Engelbertus Gerber was baptized in Paarl, Cape Province, South Africa
Paarl, Cape Province, South Africa
1790
7 FEB 1790
Age 1
Christiaan Jesaja Engelbertus Gerber was christened in Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1844
10 JUL 1844
Age 55
Death of Christiaan Jesaja Engelbertus Gerber in George, Cape Colony, South Africa
George, Cape Colony, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 NOV 1789
    Event Place: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
    Record Source:
    [1] South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 ", <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : Thu Sep 26 21:02:46 UTC 2024), Entry for Christaen Gerber and Catharina Van Dÿk, 7 Feb 1790.
    [2] South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 ", <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : Thu Sep 26 20:45:27 UTC 2024), Entry for Christiaan Gerber.
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 7 FEB 1790
    Event Place: Paarl, Cape Province, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 7 FEB 1790
    Event Place: Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
    Record Source: South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 ", <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : Thu Sep 26 21:02:46 UTC 2024), Entry for Christaen Gerber and Catharina Van Dÿk, 7 Feb 1790.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 JUL 1844
    Event Place: George, Cape Colony, South Africa
    Record Source:
    [1] South Africa, Cape, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1822-1990, "South Africa, Cape, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1822-1990", <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : Sat Feb 24 06:21:06 UTC 2024), Entry for Christian Jesaias Engelbertus Gerber.
    [2] South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 ", <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : Thu Sep 26 20:45:27 UTC 2024), Entry for Christiaan Gerber.
    [3] South Africa, Cape, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1822-1990, "South Africa, Cape, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1822-1990", <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : Sat Feb 24 05:29:14 UTC 2024), Entry for Christian Jesaja Engelbertus Gerber.
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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