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Maria Catharina Botha 1738 – 1786 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 07 Apr 1738

Birth Location: Swellendam, Overberg District, Western Cape, South Africa

Death Date: about 1786

Death Location: South Africa

Father: Jacobus Botha

Mother: Amerentia POTGIETER

Spouse(s): Jacobus Rensburg

Children(s): Amarentia Rensburgh, Emmerentia Rensburg, Elsje Rensburg, Johannes Rensburg, Anna Rensburg, Jacobus Rensburg, Anna Rensburg, Nicolaas Rensburg, Nicolaas Rensburg, Aletta Rensburg, Maria Rensburg, Margaretha Rensburg, Hendrik Rensburg, Theunis Rensburg, Phillipus Rensberg, Sophia Rensburg, Benjamin Rensburg

Maria Catharina Botha was born in 1738 in Swellendam, Overberg District, Western Cape, South Africa, the child of Jacobus Botha and Amerentia (Emerentia) POTGIETER. Maria Catharina Botha married Jacobus Janse Van Rensburg, and had children including Amarentia Van Rensburgh, Emmerentia Jansen Van Rensburg, Elsje Jansen Van Rensburg, Johannes Jansz Van Rensburg, Anna Margaretha Jansen Van Rensburg, Jacobus Johannes Janse Van Rensburg, Anna Margaretha Janse van Rensburg, Nicolaas Janse V Rensburg, Nicolaas Jansen Van Rensburg, Aletta Magdalena Janse Van Rensburg, Maria Catharina Janse Van Rensburg, Margaretha Isabella Jansen Van Rensburg, Hendrik Christoffel Jansen Van Rensburg, Theunis Janse Van Rensburg, Phillipus Marthinus van Rensberg, Sophia Elizabeth Janse Van Rensburg, Benjamin Janse Van Rensburg. Maria Catharina Botha passed away in 1786 in South Africa.

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Biography

  • Maria Catharina Botha was born in 1738 in Swellendam, Overberg District, Western Cape, South Africa, the child of Jacobus Botha and Amerentia (Emerentia) POTGIETER.
  • Maria Catharina Botha married Jacobus Janse Van Rensburg, and had children including Amarentia Van Rensburgh, Emmerentia Jansen Van Rensburg, Elsje Jansen Van Rensburg, Johannes Jansz Van Rensburg, Anna Margaretha Jansen Van Rensburg, Jacobus Johannes Janse Van Rensburg, Anna Margaretha Janse van Rensburg, Nicolaas Janse V Rensburg, Nicolaas Jansen Van Rensburg, Aletta Magdalena Janse Van Rensburg, Maria Catharina Janse Van Rensburg, Margaretha Isabella Jansen Van Rensburg, Hendrik Christoffel Jansen Van Rensburg, Theunis Janse Van Rensburg, Phillipus Marthinus van Rensberg, Sophia Elizabeth Janse Van Rensburg, Benjamin Janse Van Rensburg.
  • Maria Catharina Botha passed away in 1786 in South Africa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jacobus Botha
1717 – 1784
Birth Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
JB
Amerentia POTGIETER
1719 – 1781
Birth Location: Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa
AP

Spouses(s)

Jacobus Rensburg
1733 – 1803
Birth Location: Swellendam, Cape, South Africa
JR

Children(s)

Amarentia Rensburgh
1746 –
Birth Location: –
AR
Emmerentia Rensburg
1755 –
Birth Location: Cape
ER
Elsje Rensburg
1756 –
Birth Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
ER
Johannes Rensburg
1758 –
Birth Location: Cape
JR
Anna Rensburg
1760 –
Birth Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
AR
Jacobus Rensburg
1760 –
Birth Location: Swellendam, Cape, South Africa
JR
Anna Rensburg
1761 – 1840
Birth Location: Cape, South Africa
AR
Nicolaas Rensburg
1763 – 1831
Birth Location: Riversdal, Western Cape,South Africa
NR
Nicolaas Rensburg
1763 –
Birth Location: –
NR
Aletta Rensburg
1767 – 1839
Birth Location: Paarl, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa
AR
Maria Rensburg
1767 –
Birth Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
MR
Margaretha Rensburg
1769 –
Birth Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
MR
Hendrik Rensburg
1770 –
Birth Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
HR
Theunis Rensburg
1773 – 1860
Birth Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
TR
Phillipus Rensberg
1776 – 1846
Birth Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
PR
Sophia Rensburg
1778 – 1862
Birth Location: Cape Province, South Africa
SR
Benjamin Rensburg
1780 – 1845
Birth Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
BR

Maria Botha's Ancestors

Self
Maria Botha
1738 – 1786
Birth Place: Swellendam, Overberg District, Western Cape, South Africa
Parents
Jacobus Botha
1717 – 1784
Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Amerentia ((Emerentia)) POTGIETER
1719 – 1781
Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa
Grandparents
Johannes ((Jan Harmensz)) POTGIETER
1674 – 1733
Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa
Maria (Catharina van Eeden) *
1696 – 1734
Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Great-Grandparents
Harmen (POTGEITER
1635 – 1706
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jan POTGIETER
Schwerne Lodden
1610 – 1635

Maria Botha's Descendants

1.
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Maria (Catharina) Botha (07 Apr 1738 – about 1786) m. Jacobus (Janse Van) Rensburg (10 May 1733 – 18 DEC 1803)
  1. 1. Amarentia (Van) Rensburgh (1746 – Deceased)
  2. 2. Emmerentia (Jansen Van) Rensburg (30 MAR 1755 – )
  3. 3. Elsje (Jansen Van) Rensburg (1756 – )
  4. 4. Johannes (Jansz Van) Rensburg (26 MAR 1758 – Deceased)
  5. 5. Anna (Margaretha Jansen Van) Rensburg (1760 – )
  6. 6. Jacobus (Johannes Janse Van) Rensburg (6 April 1760 – ) m. Judith (Sara) Strijdom (6 November 1763 – Deceased) m. Martha (Magdalena) Engelbrecht (1778 – 1831) m. Sophia (Maria) Buys
    1. 1. Jacobus (Janse van) Rensburg (5 October 1783 – 7 Aug 1836)
    2. 2. Sara (Elisabeth Janse(n) \ van) Rensburg (02 Nov 1785 – 05 Dec 1876)
    3. 3. Sara (Elisabeth Van) Rensburg
    4. 4. Maria (Catharina Janse van) Rensburg (25 Dec 1789 – Deceased)
    5. 5. Judith (Janse(n) \ van) Rensburg (11 November 1792 – 30 Oct 1873)
    6. 6. Hendrik (Josephus Janse Van) Rensburg
    7. 7. Hendrik (Josephus Janse(n) \ van) Rensburg (11 April 1797 – Deceased)
    8. 8. Anna (Margaretha Janse(n) \ van) Rensburg (06 Jan 1799 – 6 Aug 1883)
    9. 9. Anna (Margaretha Janse Van) Rensburg (13 NOV 1804 – )
    10. 10. Amerentia (Janse(n) \ van) Rensburg (1804 – )
    11. 11. Petrus (Jacobus Janse Van) Rensburg (29 November 1808 – Overleden) m. Anna (Breggie) Kruger (22 Aug 1814 – )
      1. 1. Hendrik (Janse van) Rensburg (9 Jan 1840 – )
      2. 2. Jacobus (Johannes Janse van) Rensburg (16 DEC 1830 – 7 SEP 1880)
      3. 3. Francois (Johannes Christiaan Janse van) Rensburg (23 DEC 1832 – 5 JUL 1882)
      4. 4. Jacoba (Zirkia Janse van) Rensburg (2 JAN 1838 – 1904) m. Carl Löding (10 AUG 1834 – 13 JAN 1909 Or 16 May 1909)
        1. 1. Emilia (Follet) Löding (1859 – 1907) m. Pieter (Andrianus de) Gier (12 May 1850 – 27 NOV 1884) m. Alfred (Harry Cecil Dorian) Evans (1857 – Aft. 1907)
        2. 2. Karel (Gabriel Hendrik Frederik) Löding (19 February 1867 – )
        3. 3. Elisabeth (Jacoba Anna) Löding (1869 – )
        4. 4. Petronella (Adriana) Löding (Abt. 1870 – 3 MAR 1948) m. Henry (Benjamin Humphries) Symington (03 Oct 1872 – 24 Jan 1926)
        5. 5. Judith (Maria Magdalena Johanna) Löding (ABT 1871 – 1 JAN 1945)
        6. 6. Helena (Mathilda Henrietta) Löding (26 OCT 1874 – 14 NOV 1937) m. Johannes (Zacharias) Moolman ( – 1922) m. Alfred (Immanuel) Butler (14 JUL 1875 – 8 October 1907) m. Willem (Abraham De) Klerk (17 FEB 1863 – 12 MAY 1941)
        7. 7. Louis (Henry Peter) Löding (19 January 1880 – )
        8. 8. Carolina (Anna Cornelia) Löding
        9. 9. Jacoba (Elizabeth Anna) Löding
      5. 5. Petrus (Jacobus Janse van) Rensburg (2 NOV 1836 – )
      6. 6. Judith (Maria Janse van) Rensburg (5 OCT 1838 – )
      7. 7. Petrus (Jacobus Johannes Janse van) Rensburg (13 JUL 1842 – )
      8. 8. Anna (Johanna Janse van) Rensburg (2 JUL 1844 – )
    12. 12. Sophia (Fredrika Janse van) Rensburg (30 MAY 1819 – )
    13. 13. Willem (Hendrik Jacobus Janse van) Rensburg (24 MAY 1820 – 8 FEB 1896)
  7. 7. Anna (Margaretha Janse van) Rensburg (about 1761 – 11 Apr 1840)
  8. 8. Nicolaas (Janse V) Rensburg (1763 – 20 May 1831)
  9. 9. Nicolaas (Jansen Van) Rensburg (12 Jun 1763 – )
  10. 10. Aletta (Magdalena Janse Van) Rensburg (18 Apr 1767 – 1839)
  11. 11. Maria (Catharina Janse Van) Rensburg (18 Apr 1767 – )
  12. 12. Margaretha (Isabella Jansen Van) Rensburg (14 Jan 1769 – )
  13. 13. Hendrik (Christoffel Jansen Van) Rensburg (1770 – )
  14. 14. Theunis (Janse Van) Rensburg (1773 – 29 Dec 1860)
  15. 15. Phillipus (Marthinus van) Rensberg (1776 – 06 May 1846)
  16. 16. Sophia (Elizabeth Janse Van) Rensburg (about 1778 – 31 DEC 1862)
  17. 17. Benjamin (Janse Van) Rensburg (10 Sep 1780 – 12 Jun 1845)

Maria Botha's Timeline

2 Records

1738
07 Apr 1738
Birth of Maria Catharina Botha in Swellendam, Overberg District, Western Cape, South Africa
Swellendam, Overberg District, Western Cape, South Africa
1786
about 1786
Age 48
Death of Maria Catharina Botha in South Africa
South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 07 Apr 1738
    Event Place: Swellendam, Overberg District, Western Cape, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: about 1786
    Event Place: South Africa
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