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Jacobus Frederik Potgieter 1829–1900 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 SEP 1829

Birth Location: Uitenhage, Cape, South Africa

Death Date: 29 MAY 1900

Death Location: Potgietersrus

Father: Hans Potgieter

Mother: Catharina Uys

Spouse(s): Elsje Potgieter

Children(s): Evert Potgieter

Jacobus Frederik Potgieter was born in 1829 in Uitenhage, Cape, South Africa, the child of Hans Jurgen Potgieter And Catharina Elisabeth Uys. Jacobus Frederik Potgieter married Elsje Johanna Marthina Catharina W Potgieter, and had children including Evert Frederik Potgieter. Jacobus Frederik Potgieter passed away in 1900 in Potgietersrus.

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Biography

  • Jacobus Frederik Potgieter was born in 1829 in Uitenhage, Cape, South Africa, the child of Hans Jurgen Potgieter And Catharina Elisabeth Uys.
  • Jacobus Frederik Potgieter married Elsje Johanna Marthina Catharina W Potgieter, and had children including Evert Frederik Potgieter.
  • Jacobus Frederik Potgieter passed away in 1900 in Potgietersrus.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hans Potgieter
1803–1874
Birth Location: Uitenhage, Cape, South Africa
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Catharina Uys
1809–1888
Birth Location: Cape Province, South Africa
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Spouses(s)

Elsje Potgieter
1835–1890
Birth Location: Uitenhage, Cape, South Africa
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Children(s)

Evert Potgieter
1855–1906
Birth Location: Ladysmith, Natal, Afrique du Sud
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Jacobus Potgieter's Ancestors

Self
Jacobus Potgieter
1829–1900
Birth Place: Uitenhage, Cape, South Africa
Parents
Hans Jurgen Potgieter
1803–1874
Uitenhage, Cape, South Africa
Catharina (Elisabeth) Uys
1809–1888
Cape Province, South Africa
Grandparents
Jacobus (Frederik) Potgieter
1773–1808
Swellendam, Cape, South Africa
Beatrix (Johanna) Potgieter
1777–1841
Swellendam, Cape, South Africa
Jacobus (Johannes “Koos Bybel”) Uys
1770–1838
Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Susanna (Margaretha) Moolman
1777–1851
Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jacobus Potgieter's Descendants

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Jacobus (Frederik) Potgieter (27 SEP 1829–29 MAY 1900) m. Elsje (Johanna Marthina Catharina W) Potgieter (15 MAY 1835–19 OCT 1890)
  1. 1. Evert (Frederik) Potgieter 1855–1906 m. Maria (Isabella Magdalena) Ries 1857–1937
    1. 1. Maria (Magdalena Elisabetta) Potgieter 1882–1923 m. Hendrik (Johannes Marthinus (CJF son) MARITZ X FS) 1\23 1878–1949
      1. 1. Maria (Isabella Magdalena) Maritz 1919–1982 m. Douglas (Arthur) Ashington 1910–1983
        1. 1. Yvonne (Marie`) Ashington 1938–2004 m. Johannes (Siegusmundus) Fourie 1925–2013
        2. 2. Aubrey (Donald) Ashington 1939–2025
      2. 2. Jacobus (Frederick) Maritz 1915–1968
      3. 3. Salomon Maritz 1917–2001

Jacobus Potgieter's Timeline

2 Records

1829
27 SEP 1829
Birth of Jacobus Frederik Potgieter in Uitenhage, Cape, South Africa
Uitenhage, Cape, South Africa
1900
29 MAY 1900
Age 71
Death of Jacobus Frederik Potgieter in Potgietersrus
Potgietersrus

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 SEP 1829
    Event Place: Uitenhage, Cape, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 MAY 1900
    Event Place: Potgietersrus
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