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Johannes Jacobus Botha 1759–1837 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: BEF 15 APR 1759

Birth Location: Tulbagh, Dutch Cape Colony, South Africa

Death Date: 11 APR 1837

Death Location: Clanwilliam, Cape Colony, South Africa

Father: Wilhelm Botha

Mother: Geesje Smit

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Wyk

Children(s): Gesina Botha, Albert Botha, Hester Botha, Johanna Botha, Elisabeth Botha

The story of Johannes Jacobus Botha began in 1759 in Tulbagh, Dutch Cape Colony, South Africa. Johannes Jacobus Botha married Elizabeth Maria Van Wyk, and had children including Albert Erasmus Botha, Elisabeth Maria Botha, Gesina Maria Botha, Hester Johanna Maria Botha, Johanna Geertruida Botha. Johannes Jacobus Botha passed away in 1837 in Clanwilliam, Cape Colony, South Africa.

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Biography

  • The story of Johannes Jacobus Botha began in 1759 in Tulbagh, Dutch Cape Colony, South Africa.
  • Johannes Jacobus Botha married Elizabeth Maria Van Wyk, and had children including Albert Erasmus Botha, Elisabeth Maria Botha, Gesina Maria Botha, Hester Johanna Maria Botha, Johanna Geertruida Botha.
  • Johannes Jacobus Botha passed away in 1837 in Clanwilliam, Cape Colony, South Africa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Wilhelm Botha
1734–1764
Birth Location: Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
WB
Geesje Smit
–1779
Birth Location: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
GS

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Wyk
1762–1837
Birth Location: Land van Waveren, Tulbagh, Cape Province, South Africa
EW

Children(s)

Gesina Botha
1788–1838
Birth Location: Swartland, Malmesbury, Cape Province, South Africa
GB
Albert Botha
1794–1842
Birth Location: Clanwilliam, Dutch Cape Colony, South Africa
AB
Hester Botha
1803–1859
Birth Location: Pakhuis, Clanwilliam, Cape Colony (of the Batavian Republic), South Africa
HB
Johanna Botha
1801–
Birth Location: South Africa
JB
Elisabeth Botha
1791–1869
Birth Location: Western Cape, South Africa
EB

Johannes Botha's Ancestors

Self
Johannes Botha
1759–1837
Birth Place: Tulbagh, Dutch Cape Colony, South Africa
Parents
Wilhelm Botha
1734–1764
Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Geesje (Wilhelmina) Smit
–1779
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Grandparents
Boot
1699–1779
Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Anna (van der) Merwe
1704–1738
Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Erasmus Schmidt
–1771
Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, Germany
Kornelia (van) Emmenes
1706–1769
Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Great-Grandparents
Eskal Merves
1673–
Anna
–1740
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Schalk Merwe
1643–1716
Elsje Cloete
1649–

Johannes Botha's Descendants

1.
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Johannes (Jacobus) Botha (BEF 15 APR 1759–11 APR 1837) m. Elizabeth (Maria Van) Wyk (19 MAY 1762–16 APR 1837)
  1. 1. Gesina (Maria) Botha 1788–1838 m. Hans (Adolph) Zandberg 1774–
    1. 1. Jacobus (Johannes) Zandberg 1812–1897 m. Johanna (Adriana) Lubbe 1810–1878
      1. 1. Johannes (Jacobus) Zandberg 1832– m. Margaretha (Wilhelmina) Burger 1831–1889
        1. 1. Wilhelmina (Jacoba) Zandberg 1877– m. Willem (Johannes) Mouton 1875–
  2. 2. Albert (Erasmus) Botha 1794–1842 m. Elisabeth (Maria Christina) Zandberg 1798–
    1. 1. Elizabeta (Jacoba) Botha 1834–1902 m. Joseph (Johannes David) Fritz 1824–1904
      1. 1. Albert (Erasmus) Fritz 1862–1933 m. Martha (Catharina) Mathysen 1857–1931
        1. 1. Albert (Erasmus) Fritz 1890–1945 m. Anna (Maria Johanna) Meyer 1895–1975
  3. 3. Hester (Johanna Maria) Botha 1803–1859 m. Jacobus (Frederick) Mouton 1794–1842
    1. 1. Willem (Johannes) Mouton 1832–1910 m. Anna (Louisa van der) Merwe 1833–1881
      1. 1. Willem (Johannes) Mouton 1856–1897 m. Hester (Elizabeth Catharina Van) Zyl 1856–1928
        1. 1. Anna (Louisa) Mouton 1881–1944 m. Adriaan (Willem Jacobus van) Taak 1874–1946
        2. 2. Willem (Johannes) Mouton 1875– m. Wilhelmina (Jacoba) Zandberg 1877–
        3. 3. Pieter (Johannes) Mouton 1881–1960 m. Elizabeth (Sophia Christina van) Taak 1876–1970
      2. 2. Sophia (Maria Jacoba) Mouton 1854–1951 m. Gerrit (Sebastiaan) Nieuwoudt 1849–1894
        1. 1. Sophia (Maria Jacoba) Nieuwoudt 1882–1956 m. Petrus (Andries van) Taak 1884–1954
        2. 2. Izaak Nieuwoudt 1872–1950 m. Helena (Wilhelmina van) Taak 1881–1932
  4. 4. Johanna (Geertruida) Botha 1801– m. Jacobus (Johannes van) Zyl 1802–1855
    1. 1. Pieter (Jacobus van) Zyl 1830–1919 m. Emma (Theodora van) Taak 1819–
      1. 1. Hester (Elizabeth Catharina Van) Zyl 1856–1928 m. Willem (Johannes) Mouton 1856–1897
  5. 5. Elisabeth (Maria) Botha 1791–1869 m. Johannes (Gerhardus Albertus van) Wijk 1787–1847
    1. 1. Adriaan (Willem Jacobus van) Wyk 1819– m. Hester (Maria Magdalena van) Taak 1827–
      1. 1. Hester (Elizabeth Maria van) Wyk 1849–1910 m. Pieter (Andries van) Taak 1846–1926
        1. 1. Petrus (Andries van) Taak 1884–1954 m. Sophia (Maria Jacoba) Nieuwoudt 1882–1956
        2. 2. Adriaan (Willem Jacobus van) Taak 1874–1946 m. Anna (Louisa) Mouton 1881–1944
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Sophia Christina van) Taak 1876–1970 m. Pieter (Johannes) Mouton 1881–1960
        4. 4. Helena (Wilhelmina van) Taak 1881–1932 m. Izaak Nieuwoudt 1872–1950
      2. 2. Adrian (Willem Jacobus Van) Wyk 1866–1926 m. Beatrix (Hendrina de) Waal 1866–1936
        1. 1. Adriaan (Willem Jacobus Van) Wyk 1894– m. Magdalena (Francina) Botes 1889–1968

Johannes Botha's Timeline

4 Records

1759
BEF 15 APR 1759
Birth of Johannes Jacobus Botha in Tulbagh, Dutch Cape Colony, South Africa
Tulbagh, Dutch Cape Colony, South Africa
1759
15 APR 1759
Johannes Jacobus Botha was christened in Tulbagh, Dutch Cape Colony, South Africa
Tulbagh, Dutch Cape Colony, South Africa
1759
15 APR 1759
Johannes Jacobus Botha was baptized in Western Cape, South Africa
Western Cape, South Africa
1837
11 APR 1837
Age 78
Death of Johannes Jacobus Botha in Clanwilliam, Cape Colony, South Africa
Clanwilliam, Cape Colony, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: BEF 15 APR 1759
    Event Place: Tulbagh, Dutch Cape Colony, South Africa
    Record Source: 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> ( : Sun Mar 10 13:24:33 UTC 2024), Entry for Johannes Jacobus Bota, 11 Apr 1837.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 15 APR 1759
    Event Place: Tulbagh, Dutch Cape Colony, South Africa
    Record Source: FamilySearch FamilyTree, Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G4 71. (Transcribed by Lynn Couperthwaite, Trysie Joubert, Richard Ball as part of the eGGSA Project, from VC 657, Cape Archives Repository)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 15 APR 1759
    Event Place: Western Cape, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 APR 1837
    Event Place: Clanwilliam, Cape Colony, South Africa
    Record Source: 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> ( : Sun Mar 10 13:24:33 UTC 2024), Entry for Johannes Jacobus Bota, 11 Apr 1837.
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