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Christoffel Cornelius Viljoen 1898–1946 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 OCT 1898

Birth Location: Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa

Death Date: 22 MAR 1946

Death Location: Theronshoop, Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa

Father: Christoffel Viljoen

Mother: Susanna Janecke\Janeke

Spouse(s): Maria Roos, Susanna Jäneke, Viljoen None

Children(s): Christoffel Viljoen, Martha Viljoen, Botha None, Wynand Wessels, Hendrik Wessels, Jan Viljoen, Anna Viljoen, Hendrik Viljoen, Hendrik Viljoen

The story of Christoffel Cornelius Viljoen began in 1898 in Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa. Christoffel Cornelius Viljoen married Maria Johanna Roos, Susanna Catharina Janeke, Viljoen, and had children including Anna Christina Magdalena Viljoen, Botha, Christoffel Cornelis C C Viljoen, Hendrik Louis Janecke Wessels, Hendrik Louis Viljoen, Hendrik Willem Petrus Viljoen, Jan Joachim Fredrik Viljoen, Martha Susanna Viljoen, Wynand Jacobus Wessels. Christoffel Cornelius Viljoen passed away in 1946 in Theronshoop, Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa.

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Biography

  • The story of Christoffel Cornelius Viljoen began in 1898 in Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa.
  • Christoffel Cornelius Viljoen married Maria Johanna Roos, Susanna Catharina Janeke, Viljoen, and had children including Anna Christina Magdalena Viljoen, Botha, Christoffel Cornelis C C Viljoen, Hendrik Louis Janecke Wessels, Hendrik Louis Viljoen, Hendrik Willem Petrus Viljoen, Jan Joachim Fredrik Viljoen, Martha Susanna Viljoen, Wynand Jacobus Wessels.
  • Christoffel Cornelius Viljoen passed away in 1946 in Theronshoop, Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Christoffel Viljoen
1865–1913
Birth Location: Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa
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Susanna Janecke\Janeke
1869–1950
Birth Location: Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
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Spouses(s)

Maria Roos
1913–1999
Birth Location: Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
MR
Susanna Jäneke
1869–1949
Birth Location: Winburg, Lejweleputswa, Free State, South Africa
SJ
Viljoen None
1869–1896
Birth Location: Hoopstad, O.F.S, South Africa
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Children(s)

Christoffel Viljoen
1933–2013
Birth Location: Orange Free State, South Africa
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Martha Viljoen
1920–1954
Birth Location: Hoopstad, Orange Free State Boer Republic, South Africa
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Botha None
1889–1943
Birth Location: South Africa
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Wynand Wessels
1891–1930
Birth Location: Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
WW
Hendrik Wessels
1894–1901
Birth Location: Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
HW
Jan Viljoen
1903–1961
Birth Location: Orange Free State, South Africa
JV
Anna Viljoen
1906–1920
Birth Location: South Africa
AV
Hendrik Viljoen
1894–1908
Birth Location: South Africa
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Hendrik Viljoen
1912–
Birth Location: South Africa
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Christoffel Viljoen's Ancestors

Self
Christoffel Viljoen
1898–1946
Birth Place: Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa
Parents
Christoffel Cornelius Viljoen
1865–1913
Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa
Susanna (Catharina) Janecke\Janeke
1869–1950
Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
Grandparents
Johannes (Albertus) Wessels
1798–1875
Caledon, Cape, South Africa
Viljoen
1801–1842
Swellendam, Cape, South Africa
Hendrik (Louis) Janeke
1832–1918
Swellendam ?
Claasen
1790–1925
Graaff Reinet, Western District, EC, South Africa
Great-Grandparents
Cristoffel Viljoen
1815–1888
Maria Marx
1820–
Petrus Moolman
1821–1843
Cornelia Swart
1781–1855
Johan Janeke\Jäneke
1793–1836
Susanna Volschenk
1797–
Gerrit Brits
1756–1856
Barbara Roets\Brits
1766–1842
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Willem Viljoen
1787–1818
Petronella Snyman
1791–1897
Johaquin\George Marx
1784–
Sara Ras
1783–
Christiaan Ras
1790–1865
Maria Zyl)
1793–1866
Willem Botha
1790–1872
Botha
1802–1884
Joachim Jäneke
1723–1799
Dorothea Kaap
1723–1783
Jan Volschenk
1771–1838
Volschenk
1780–1868
Hans Brits
1728–1800
Brits
1735–1830
Nikolaus Roets)
1724–1796
Jacoba Lubbe
1744–1818

Christoffel Viljoen's Descendants

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Christoffel (Cornelius) Viljoen (23 OCT 1898–22 MAR 1946) m. Maria (Johanna) Roos (27 JUL 1913–1 DEC 1999) m. Susanna (Catharina) Jäneke (13 DEC 1869–ABT 1949) m. Viljoen (21 DEC 1869–21 JUN 1896)
  1. 1. Christoffel (Cornelis\C.C) Viljoen 1933–2013 m. Mathilda (Elizabeth) Rogers 1943–2017 m. Slabbert 1912–2019 m. Hettie Swanepoel 1917–2019
  2. 2. Martha (Susanna) Viljoen 1920–1954 m. Willem (Hendrik Jacobus) Welman 1889–1958
    1. 1. Christoffel (Cornelius) Welman 1919–1996 m. Anna (Magrietha) Daffue 1922–1991
    2. 2. Jan (Abraham Jacobus) WELMAN 1926–1982
  3. 3. Botha 1889–1943 m. Jakobus (Johannes) Botha 1886–1972 m. Jacobus (Johannes) Botha 1886–1972
    1. 1. Elsie (Maria) Botha 1920–1997 m. John (Low de) Vries 1912–1981
      1. 1. De Lange 1944–2012
    2. 2. Dirk (Hermanus) Botha 1834–
    3. 3. Elsie (Maria) Botha 1920–1997 m. John (Low De) Vries 1912–1981
      1. 1. Elsie (Maria De) Vries 1944–2012
    4. 4. Willem (Johannes) Botha 1910–1917
    5. 5. Dirk (Hermanus) Botha 1915–1993 m. Botha 1917–
      1. 1. Johan (Louis) Botha 1947–2004
    6. 6. Wynand (Jacobus) Botha 1925–1988
    7. 7. Jacobus (Johannes) Botha 1919–1920
    8. 8. Hendrik ((Witkop)) Botha 1930–1983
    9. 9. Willem (Johannes) Botha 1910–1917
    10. 10. Susanna (Catharina) Botha 1908–1954 m. Willem (Jacobus Christiaan Beyers) Carelse 1914–1987
      1. 1. Elsie ((Ella) Maria) Carelse 1945–1979 m. Andries (Louis Jacobus Du) Toit 1945–1994
      2. 2. Willem (Jacobus) Carelse 1948–1948
    11. 11. Dirk (Hermanus) Botha 1915–1993 m. Botha 1916–
      1. 1. Johan Botha 1947–2004
    12. 12. Wynand (Jacobus) Botha 1925–1988
    13. 13. Jacobus (Johannes) Botha 1919–1920
    14. 14. Hendrik ((Witkop)) Botha 1930–1983
  4. 4. Wynand (Jacobus) Wessels 1891–1930
  5. 5. Hendrik (Louis Janecke) Wessels 1894–1901
  6. 6. Jan (Joachim Fredrik) Viljoen 1903–1961 m. Elizabeth (Josepha (Bessie)) Scholtz 1915–1992
  7. 7. Anna (Christina Magdalena) Viljoen 1906–1920
  8. 8. Hendrik (Louis) Viljoen 1894–1908
  9. 9. Hendrik (Willem Petrus) Viljoen 1912–

Christoffel Viljoen's Timeline

4 Records

1898
23 OCT 1898
Birth of Christoffel Cornelius Viljoen in Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa
Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa
1898
11 DEC 1898
Christoffel Cornelius Viljoen was baptized in Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
1898
11 DEC 1898
Christoffel Cornelius Viljoen was baptized in Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
1946
22 MAR 1946
Age 48
Death of Christoffel Cornelius Viljoen in Theronshoop, Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
Theronshoop, Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 OCT 1898
    Event Place: Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 11 DEC 1898
    Event Place: Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 11 DEC 1898
    Event Place: Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Kleinwal, Hoopstad, O.F.S, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 MAR 1946
    Event Place: Theronshoop, Hoopstad, Orange Free State, South Africa
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