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Hans Jurgen Potgieter 1806–1846 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 JAN 1806

Birth Location: Graaff-Reinet, Kaapkolonie, Suid Afrika

Death Date: 28 AUG 1846

Death Location: Zoutpansdrift, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Father: Jacobus Potgieter

Mother: Maria Wet

Spouse(s): Anna Steenkamp, Anna b7c2d13, Anna Steenkamp, Anna b7c2d13, Dorothea Oosthuizen\Potgieter

Children(s): Jacobus Potgieter, Johanna Potgieter, Jan Potgieter, Johannes Potgieter, Thomas Potgieter, Philip Potgieter, Anna Potgieter\Oelofse, Gerhardus Potgieter, Dorothea Potgieter, Pieter Potgieter, Jacobus Potgieter

In 1806, Hans Jurgen Potgieter entered the world in Graaff-Reinet, Kaapkolonie, Suid Afrika, born to Jacobus Christoffel Potgieter And Maria Margaretha De Wet. Hans Jurgen Potgieter married Anna Maria Petronella Steenkamp, Anna Maria Petronella Steenkamp B7C2D13, Dorothea Regina Oosthuizen Potgieter, and had children including Anna Maria Petronella Margaretha Potgieter Oelofse, Dorothea Regina Potgieter, Gerhardus Jacobus Potgieter, Jacobus Christoffel Potgieter, Jacobus Christoffel Rudolph Potgieter, Jan Harm Potgieter, Johanna Helena Potgieter, Johannes Jurgens Potgieter, Philip Johannes Potgieter, Pieter Jacobus Stephanus Potgieter, Thomas Ignatius Potgieter. Hans Jurgen Potgieter passed away in 1846 in Zoutpansdrift, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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Biography

  • In 1806, Hans Jurgen Potgieter entered the world in Graaff-Reinet, Kaapkolonie, Suid Afrika, born to Jacobus Christoffel Potgieter And Maria Margaretha De Wet.
  • Hans Jurgen Potgieter married Anna Maria Petronella Steenkamp, Anna Maria Petronella Steenkamp B7C2D13, Dorothea Regina Oosthuizen Potgieter, and had children including Anna Maria Petronella Margaretha Potgieter Oelofse, Dorothea Regina Potgieter, Gerhardus Jacobus Potgieter, Jacobus Christoffel Potgieter, Jacobus Christoffel Rudolph Potgieter, Jan Harm Potgieter, Johanna Helena Potgieter, Johannes Jurgens Potgieter, Philip Johannes Potgieter, Pieter Jacobus Stephanus Potgieter, Thomas Ignatius Potgieter.
  • Hans Jurgen Potgieter passed away in 1846 in Zoutpansdrift, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jacobus Potgieter
1765–1811
Birth Location: Tulbagh, Caep de Goede Hoop, South Africa
JP
Maria Wet
1775–1831
Birth Location: Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa
MW

Spouses(s)

Anna Steenkamp
1803–1840
Birth Location: –
AS
Anna b7c2d13
1803–1840
Birth Location: –
Ab
Anna Steenkamp
1803–
Birth Location: –
AS
Anna b7c2d13
1803–1840
Birth Location: –
Ab
Dorothea Oosthuizen\Potgieter
1825–1903
Birth Location: Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa
DO

Children(s)

Jacobus Potgieter
1826–1878
Birth Location: Madola, Piet Retief, South Africa
JP
Johanna Potgieter
1828–1889
Birth Location: Cradock, Cape, South Africa
JP
Jan Potgieter
1831–1905
Birth Location: Tarkastad, Kaapkolonie, Suid Afrika
JP
Johannes Potgieter
1833–1900
Birth Location: Cradock, Kaapkolonie, Suid Afrika
JP
Thomas Potgieter
1837–1918
Birth Location: Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
TP
Philip Potgieter
1846–
Birth Location: Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
PP
Anna Potgieter\Oelofse
1840–1890
Birth Location: Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
AP
Gerhardus Potgieter
1844–
Birth Location: Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
GP
Dorothea Potgieter
1848–1911
Birth Location: Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
DP
Pieter Potgieter
1835–1873
Birth Location: Cradock
PP
Jacobus Potgieter
1826–1878
Birth Location: Piet Retief
JP

Hans Potgieter's Ancestors

Self
Hans Potgieter
1806–1846
Birth Place: Graaff-Reinet, Kaapkolonie, Suid Afrika
Parents
Jacobus Christoffel Potgieter
1765–1811
Tulbagh, Caep de Goede Hoop, South Africa
Maria (Margaretha de) Wet
1775–1831
Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Hans Potgieter's Descendants

1.
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Hans (Jurgen) Potgieter (15 JAN 1806–28 AUG 1846) m. Anna (Maria Petronella) Steenkamp (30 OCT 1803–ABT 1840) m. Anna (Maria Petronella Steenkamp) b7c2d13 (30 OCT 1803–ABT 1840) m. Anna (Maria Petronella) Steenkamp (30 OCT 1803–) m. Anna (Maria Petronella Steenkamp) b7c2d13 (30 OCT 1803–ABT 1840) m. Dorothea (Regina) Oosthuizen\Potgieter (9 Jun 1825–28 Apr 1903)
  1. 1. Jacobus (Christoffel Rudolph) Potgieter 1826–1878 m. Maria (Christina Cornelia Wilhelmina) Dreyer 1827–1866 m. Suzanna (Catharina Elisabeth) LABUSCHAGNE 1847–1902
    1. 1. Hans (Jurgens) Potgieter 1852–1912 m. Isabella (Cornelia Issie du) Plessis 1858–1928
      1. 1. Isabella (Cornelia Issie) Potgieter 1889–1932
      2. 2. Magdalena (Maria Dekker) Potgieter 1895–1955
      3. 3. Hendrik (Christoffel) Potgieter 1880–1969
      4. 4. Johannes (Hans Jurgens) Potgieter 1885–1965
      5. 5. Johannes (Phillipus) Potgieter 1898–1965
      6. 6. Jacobus (Christoffel) Potgieter 1879–1909
      7. 7. Francois (Jacobus) Potgieter 1903–
      8. 8. Johannes (Philippus) Potgieter 1891–
      9. 9. Martha (Johanna Louisa Non) Potgieter 1882–1937
      10. 10. Maria (Christina Wilhelmina Cornelia) Potgieter 1887–
      11. 11. Anna (Catharina Petronella An) Potgieter 1893–1954
    2. 2. Jacobus (Christoffel) Potgieter 1870–1944
    3. 3. Jacomina (Frederica) Potgieter 1849–
    4. 4. Johannes (Philippus) Potgieter 1856–1904 m. Martina (Martina Elsie Johanna Elsie Johanna) Botha 1862–1904
    5. 5. Thomas (Frederik) Potgieter 1860–
    6. 6. Susanna (Catharina Petronella) Potgieter 1867–1910
    7. 7. Casper (Jeremias) Potgieter 1868–1905
    8. 8. Heila (Aletta Elizabetha) Potgieter 1874–1950
    9. 9. Jan (Harm) Potgieter 1874–
    10. 10. Johanna (Helena) Potgieter 1884–1929
    11. 11. Willem (Adriaan) Potgieter 1881–1923
    12. 12. Anna (Maria Petronella Margaretha) Potgieter 1890–
    13. 13. Petrus (Jacobus Stefanus) Potgieter 1872–1955
  2. 2. Johanna (Helena) Potgieter 1828–1889
  3. 3. Jan (Harm) Potgieter 1831–1905 m. Susanna (Gesina Maria) Bekker 1831–1895
    1. 1. Marthinus (Stephanus) Potgieter 1860–1913
    2. 2. Maria (Catharina) Potgieter 1851–1895
    3. 3. Johannes (Jurgens (Jurie)) Potgieter 1855–1936
    4. 4. Gertruida (Maria) Potgieter 1862–
    5. 5. Jan (Harm) Potgieter 1863–
  4. 4. Johannes (Jurgens) Potgieter 1833–1900 m. Potgieter 1834–
    1. 1. Bezuidenhout 1867–1912
    2. 2. Johanna (Magdalena) Potgieter 1865–1935
    3. 3. van (Coller Van) Zyl 1869– m. Gideon (Jacobus Van) Zyl 1865–
    4. 4. Hans (Jurgens) Potgieter 1858–1938
    5. 5. Van Rooyen 1856– m. Christiaan (Ignatius Van) Rooyen 1853–
      1. 1. Hans (Jurgens Van) Rooyen 1891–1971
      2. 2. Susanna (Johanna) Landman 1893–
      3. 3. Petronella (Catharina Van) Rooyen 1889–
    6. 6. Isabella (Cornelia) Potgieter 1878–1918
    7. 7. van Rooyen 1863–1901
    8. 8. Jan (Harm) Potgieter 1874–
    9. 9. Steenkamp 1860–1913 m. Barend (Willem Jakobus) Steenkamp 1855–1928
      1. 1. Barend (Willem Jakobus) Steenkamp 1878–1929
      2. 2. Jacobus (Christoffel) Steenkamp 1887–1948
      3. 3. Susanna (Johanna Petronella Caspernetta) Steenkamp 1892–1931
      4. 4. Anna (Maria Petronella) Steenkamp 1899–
      5. 5. Jan (Harm) Steenkamp 1915–
      6. 6. Potgieter 1924–1995
      7. 7. Johannes (Petrus) Steenkamp 1925–
    10. 10. Susanna (Johanna Catharina) Potgieter 1870–
  5. 5. Thomas (Ignatius) Potgieter 1837–1918 m. Maria (Catharina) Klopper 1840– m. Cornelia (Aletta) Nortje 1840–
    1. 1. Hans (Jurgens) Potgieter 1858–
    2. 2. Jacobus (Christoffel) Potgieter 1860–
    3. 3. Jan (Adriaan Harm) Potgieter 1878–1918
    4. 4. Pieter (Jakobus Stefanus) Potgieter 1882–1905
    5. 5. Anna (Maria Petronella Margaretha) Potgieter 1872–
    6. 6. Albertus (Johannes) Potgieter –1937
  6. 6. Philip (Johannes) Potgieter 1846–
  7. 7. Anna (Maria Petronella Margaretha) Potgieter\Oelofse 1840–1890 m. Thomas (Ignatius) Steenkamp 1828–1890
    1. 1. Anna (Maria Petronella Margaritha) Steenkamp 1863–1892 m. Hans (Jurgens) Potgieter 1858–1938
      1. 1. Anna (Maria Petronella Margaritha) Potgieter 1883–
      2. 2. Petronella (Catharina) Potgieter 1885–
      3. 3. Hans (Jurgens) Potgieter 1887–
      4. 4. Thomas (Ignatius) Potgieter 1889–1956
      5. 5. Jan (Harm) Potgieter 1891–
      6. 6. Johannes (Jurgens) Potgieter 1886–
    2. 2. Maria (Petronella) Steenkamp 1874–
  8. 8. Gerhardus (Jacobus) Potgieter 1844–
  9. 9. Dorothea (Regina) Potgieter 1848–1911
  10. 10. Pieter (Jacobus Stephanus) Potgieter 1835–1873 m. Sisilia (Johanna Catharina Susanna (Sisilia Johanna Catharina Susanna POTGIETER)) Hattingh 1838–
    1. 1. Macteld (Getruida Aletta) Potgieter 1856–1899
    2. 2. Hans (Jurgen) Potgieter 1857–
    3. 3. Christiaan (Jacobus) Potgieter 1859–
    4. 4. Pieter (Jacobus Christoffel Stefanus) Potgieter 1861–
  11. 11. Jacobus (Christoffel) Potgieter 1826–1878 m. Maria (Christina Cornelia) Dreyer 1827–1866 m. Suzanna (Catharina Elisabeth) LABUSCHAGNE 1847–
    1. 1. Johannes (Jurgens "Hans") Potgieter 1852–1912
    2. 2. Jacobus (Christoffel) Potgieter 1858–
    3. 3. Jacomina (Frederica) Potgieter 1849–
    4. 4. Johannes (Philippus) Potgieter 1856–
    5. 5. Thomas (Frederik) Potgieter 1860–
    6. 6. Susanna (Catharina Petronella Potgieter) f1g6 1867–
    7. 7. Casper (Jeremias Potgieter) f1g7 1868–1905
    8. 8. Heila (Aletta Elizabetha Potgieter) f1g10 1874–1950
    9. 9. Johanna (Helena Potgieter) f1g12 1884–1929
    10. 10. Willem (Adriaan Potgieter) f1g13 1881–1923
    11. 11. Petrus (Jacobus Stephanus) Potgieter 1872–1955
    12. 12. Anna (Maria Petronella Margaretha Potgieter) f1g14 1890–

Hans Potgieter's Timeline

3 Records

1806
15 JAN 1806
Birth of Hans Jurgen Potgieter in Graaff-Reinet, Kaapkolonie, Suid Afrika
Graaff-Reinet, Kaapkolonie, Suid Afrika
1806
18 MAY 1806
Hans Jurgen Potgieter was baptized in Graaff-Reinet
Graaff-Reinet
1846
28 AUG 1846
Age 40
Death of Hans Jurgen Potgieter in Zoutpansdrift, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Zoutpansdrift, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 JAN 1806
    Event Place: Graaff-Reinet, Kaapkolonie, Suid Afrika
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 18 MAY 1806
    Event Place: Graaff-Reinet

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1843

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 AUG 1846
    Event Place: Zoutpansdrift, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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