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Marthinus Christoffel Botha 1765–1818 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: BEF 20 JAN 1765

Birth Location: Voorburg, George, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Death Date: 1818

Death Location: George, Cape Colony, South Africa

Father: Marthinus Botha

Mother: Sara Barnard

Spouse(s): Catharina Swart

Children(s): Jacobus Botha, Elizabeth Botha, Marthinus Botha, Elsje Botha

The story of Marthinus Christoffel Botha began in 1765 in Voorburg, George, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Marthinus Christoffel Botha married Catharina Maria Swart, and had children including Elizabeth Margaretha Botha, Elsje Magdalena Botha, Jacobus Johannes Botha, Marthinus Christoffel Botha. Marthinus Christoffel Botha passed away in 1818 in George, Cape Colony, South Africa.

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Biography

  • The story of Marthinus Christoffel Botha began in 1765 in Voorburg, George, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
  • Marthinus Christoffel Botha married Catharina Maria Swart, and had children including Elizabeth Margaretha Botha, Elsje Magdalena Botha, Jacobus Johannes Botha, Marthinus Christoffel Botha.
  • Marthinus Christoffel Botha passed away in 1818 in George, Cape Colony, South Africa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Marthinus Botha
–1768
Birth Location: Land van Waveren, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
MB
Sara Barnard
1739–1802
Birth Location: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
SB

Spouses(s)

Catharina Swart
1769–1802
Birth Location: Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
CS

Children(s)

Jacobus Botha
1795–1867
Birth Location: Swellendam, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Elizabeth Botha
1819–1882
Birth Location: George, Cape Colony, South Africa
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Marthinus Botha
1787–1867
Birth Location: Dwarsberg, George, Cape, South Africa
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Elsje Botha
1788–
Birth Location: Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
EB

Marthinus Botha's Ancestors

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Marthinus Botha
1765–1818
Birth Place: Voorburg, George, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Parents
Marthinus Christoffel Botha
–1768
Land van Waveren, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Sara (Maria) Barnard
1739–1802
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Grandparents
Jacobus Botha
1692–1782
Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Elsje Snijman
1697–1748
Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Bernard (van) Ceulen
1714–1777
Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Le Roes
1719–1777
Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Marthinus Botha's Descendants

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Marthinus (Christoffel) Botha (BEF 20 JAN 1765–1818) m. Catharina (Maria) Swart (1769–29 OCT 1802)
  1. 1. Jacobus (Johannes) Botha 1795–1867 m. Aletta (Catharina) Barnard 1802–
    1. 1. Johanna (Hendrina) Botha 1823–1898 m. Adriaan (Hendricus) Stander 1821–1885
      1. 1. Johannes (Hendrikus) Stander 1862–1937 m. Johanna (Frederika Elizabeth) Schoeman 1865–1919
        1. 1. Barend (Jacobus) Stander 1905–1988 m. Anna (Margaretha Du) Preez 1907–1982
      2. 2. Marthinus (Christoffel) Stander 1854–1924 m. Maria (Magdalena Catharina) Stander 1852–1937
        1. 1. Maria (Magdalena Elizabeth) Stander 1884–1969 m. Willem (Hendrik) Barnard 1884–1955
    2. 2. Lea (Jacoba) Botha 1834–1914 m. Adriaan (Hendrikus) Stander 1830–1917
      1. 1. Johanna (Hendrina) Stander 1878–1948 m. Adriaan (Johannes Hendrikus) Stander 1874–1962
        1. 1. Adriaan (Johannes Hendricus) Stander 1909–1949 m. Martha (Jacoba Hendrina) Muller 1907–1986
    3. 3. Catharina (Maria Elizabeth) Botha 1822–1892 m. Paul (Johannes) Gerber 1819–1893
      1. 1. Jakobus (Johannes) Gerber 1840–1916 m. Catharina (Margaretha) Gerber 1853–1928
        1. 1. Jacobus (Johannes) Gerber 1888–1966 m. Gertie (Frances) Benn 1894–1966
    4. 4. Jacobus (Christiaan Daniel) Botha 1847–1925 m. Catharina (Philippina) Stander 1866–1916
      1. 1. Jacobus (Christiaan Daniel) Botha 1894–1972 m. Martha (Maria) Botha 1894–1954
        1. 1. Jacobus (Christian Daniël) Botha 1931–1994 m. Cornelia (Hendrina) Swart 1934–2019
  2. 2. Elizabeth (Margaretha) Botha 1819–1882 m. Jacobus (Johannes) Gerber 1818–1881
    1. 1. Jacobus (Johannes) Gerber 1850–1931 m. Hendrina (Maria Margaritha) Stander 1854–1931
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Margaretha) Gerber 1878–1961 m. Barend (Jacobus) Stander 1867–1952
        1. 1. Anna (Isabella) Stander 1903–
      2. 2. Adrian (Johannes Hendricus) Gerber 1880–
      3. 3. Susanna (Catharina) Gerber 1892–
      4. 4. Magdalena (Maria) Gerber 1887–1962
      5. 5. Jacobus (Johannes) Gerber 1874–1944 m. Judith (Margaretha) Rothman 1880–1950
        1. 1. Jacobus (Johannes) Gerber 1907–1975 m. Mathilda (Maria Manatha) Moore 1909–1976
      6. 6. Annie (Maria) Gerber 1885–
    2. 2. Hendrik (Stephanus) Gerber 1856–1911 m. Margaretha (Maria) Stander 1859–1918
      1. 1. Simon (Josia) Gerber 1901–1901
      2. 2. Adam (Johannes) Gerber 1890–1960
        1. 1. Johan (Frederik) Gerber 1913–
        2. 2. Hendrik (Adam) Gerber 1908–1981 m. Catrina (Margarietha) Gerber 1924–2011 m. Anna (Maria Frances) Rundle 1916–1944
      3. 3. Adriaan (Johannes Hendrikus) Gerber 1879–
      4. 4. Elizabeth (Magdalena) Gerber 1897–1898
      5. 5. Jacobus (Johannes) Gerber 1878–
      6. 6. Hendrikus (Stefanus) Gerber 1887–
      7. 7. Petrus (Jacobus) Gerber 1901–1901
      8. 8. Christiaan (Esaias Engelbertus) Gerber 1883–
      9. 9. Jan (Perez) Gerber 1896–
      10. 10. Stephanus (Johannes) Gerber 1894–1952 m. Emily (Elizabeth) Baston 1904–1982
        1. 1. Stephen (W) Gerber 1929–1929
      11. 11. Margaretha (Maria) Gerber 1894–1925
      12. 12. Marthinus (Christoffel) Gerber 1892–1952 m. Miranda (Ariel) Dalton 1902–
        1. 1. Doreen (Halifax) Gerber 1926–1994 m. Laurence (Charles) Bailey 1926–1989
        2. 2. Sidney (Stephen) Gerber 1932–2003
        3. 3. Miranda (Florence Anna) Gerber 1928–2005 m. Richard (John) Mills 1923–1955 m. Johan (Hendrik) Snyman 1918–
        4. 4. Joyceline (Magdalena) Gerber 1925–1978 m. Christoffel (Petrus) Groenewald 1922– m. Gordon Reynolds 1921–1971
        5. 5. Douglas Gerber 1937–1938
      13. 13. Hendrik (Stephanus) Gerber 1881–
      14. 14. George (Antoni) Gerber 1899–1980 m. Anna (Margaretha Catharina) Geyser 1910–
    3. 3. Marthinus (Christoffel) Gerber 1845–1920 m. Martha (Catharina Hendrika) Lamprecht 1848–1932
      1. 1. Jacobus (Johannes Casparus) Gerber 1869–1929 m. Anna (Dorothea) Botha 1866–1943
        1. 1. Lea (Jacoba) Gerber 1899–1955 m. Louis (Petrus) Theron 1875–1949
    4. 4. Magdalena (Maria) Gerber 1841–1861 m. William (Henry) Dalton 1837–1883
      1. 1. Jacobus (Johannes) Dalton 1862–1942 m. Catharina (Magdalena Maria Paulina) Westraad 1865–1897
        1. 1. Jacobus (Johannes) Dalton 1891–1970 m. Maria (Johanna Sophia van) Antwerpen 1892–1942
      2. 2. Christian (Josias) Dalton 1867–1900 m. Elizabeth (Magdalena Stoffelina) Gericke 1869–1943
        1. 1. William (Henry Emile) Dalton 1892–1950 m. Anna (Maria) Koch 1892–
        2. 2. Magdalena (Maria) Dalton 1895–1952 m. Cornelius (Johannes Petrus) Barnard 1898–1972
      3. 3. Daniel (Johannes) Dalton 1861–1936 m. Maria (Christina) Heunis 1864–1931
        1. 1. Miranda (Ariel) Dalton 1902– m. Marthinus (Christoffel) Gerber 1892–1952
  3. 3. Marthinus (Christoffel) Botha 1787–1867 m. Elisabeth (Margaretha) Koen 1792–1867
    1. 1. Marthinus (Christoffel) Botha 1812–1889 m. Lea (Magdalena Dorothea) Botha 1816–1897
      1. 1. Lea (Magdalena Dorethea) Botha 1836–1904 m. Christiaan (Jacobus) Barnard 1831–1905
        1. 1. Theunis (Johannes) Barnard 1867–1936 m. Margaretha (Marthina Maria) Barnard 1867–1940
        2. 2. Maria (Margaretha) Barnard 1880–1943 m. Johannes (Christoffel) Muller 1873–1938
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Margaretha) Botha 1838–1915 m. Christiaan (Johannes Jacobus) Barnard 1828–1873
        1. 1. Marthinus (Christoffel Baker) Barnard 1858–1941 m. Lea (Magdalena Dorothea) Barnard 1868–1962
      3. 3. Maria Margaretha 1840–1924 m. Hendrik (Johannes) Barnard 1838–1895
        1. 1. Lea (Magdalena Dorothea) Barnard 1868–1962 m. Marthinus (Christoffel Baker) Barnard 1858–1941
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Margaretha Frederika) Barnard 1879–1959 m. Louis (Jonas) Botha 1879–1956
      4. 4. Martha (Jacoba Hendrina) Botha 1849– m. Hendrik (Adriaan) Muller 1846–
        1. 1. Johannes (Christoffel) Muller 1873–1938 m. Maria (Margaretha) Barnard 1880–1943
        2. 2. Jacobus (Johannes) Muller 1879–1959 m. Engela (Igonda) Muller 1884–1959
      5. 5. Sara (Maria Margaretha) Botha 1856–1936 m. Gert (Uwes) Muller 1852–1919
        1. 1. Catharina (Maria Jacoba) Muller 1895–1976 m. David (Johannes) Young 1888–1937
      6. 6. Jacobus (Johannes) Botha 1847–1904 m. Susanna (Wilhelmina) Pio 1855–1918
        1. 1. Hendrik (Johannes Jacobus) Botha 1884–1951 m. Elizabeth (Maria Margaretha) Barnard 1891–1976
    2. 2. Catharina (Maria) Botha 1815–1876 m. Frans (Anthony) Gerber 1811–1871
      1. 1. Magdalena Gerber 1838–1902 m. William McCarthy 1833–1900
        1. 1. James (Johannes Coenraad) McCarthy 1879–1947 m. Johanna (Hendrika Petronella) Taylor 1881–1942
    3. 3. Jacobus (Johannes) Botha 1838–1910 m. Elsje (Abigail Elizabeth) Mostert 1834–1914
      1. 1. Marthinus (Christoffel) Botha 1858–1919 m. Susarah (Maria Sophia) Botha 1855–1921
        1. 1. Martha (Catharina) Botha 1885– m. Bartholomeus (Hendrik) Muller 1874–1950
  4. 4. Elsje (Magdalena) Botha 1788– m. Adam Barnard 1788–
    1. 1. Aletta (Catharina) Barnard 1830–1856 m. Petrus (Philippus) Boshoff 1826–1888
      1. 1. Aletta (Catharina) Boshof 1853–1901 m. Adam (Jacobus Marthinus Petrus) Stander 1853–1929
        1. 1. Grieta (Maria) Stander 1879–1941 m. Johan (George) Ronquest 1867–1918

Marthinus Botha's Timeline

9 Records

1765
BEF 20 JAN 1765
Birth of Marthinus Christoffel Botha in Voorburg, George, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Voorburg, George, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1765
20 JAN 1765
Marthinus Christoffel Botha was baptized in Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1765
20 JAN 1765
Marthinus Christoffel Botha was christened in Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1765
20 JAN 1765
Marthinus Christoffel Botha was baptized in Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa
Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa
1765
20 JAN 1765
Marthinus Christoffel Botha was baptized in Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1765
21 JAN 1765
Marthinus Christoffel Botha was baptized in Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1818
1818
Age 53
Death of Marthinus Christoffel Botha in George, Cape Colony, South Africa
George, Cape Colony, South Africa
1856
BET 1856 AND 1859
Age 91
Marthinus Christoffel Botha - Probate in Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa
Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa
1856
BET 1856 AND 1859
Age 91
Marthinus Christoffel Botha - Probate in Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Colony, South Africa
Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Colony, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: BEF 20 JAN 1765
    Event Place: Voorburg, George, Cape of Good Hope, 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> ( : Sat Mar 09 00:52:04 UTC 2024), Entry for Marthinus Christoffel Botha, 1818.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 20 JAN 1765
    Event Place: Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 20 JAN 1765
    Event Place: Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
    Record Source:
    [1] South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 ", <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : Thu Sep 26 19:25:30 UTC 2024), Entry for Martinus Christoffel Bota and Martinus Christoffel Bota, 20 Jan 1765.
    [2] South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 ", <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : Thu Sep 26 19:16:40 UTC 2024), Entry for Martinus Christoffel Bota and Martinus Christoffel Bota, 21 Jan 1765.
    [3] South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 ", <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : Thu Sep 26 19:26:51 UTC 2024), Entry for Martinus Christoffel Bota and Martinus Christoffel Bota, 20 Jan 1765.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: BET 1856 AND 1859
    Event Place: Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1818
    Event Place: George, Cape Colony, South Africa
    Record Source:
    [1] 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> ( : Sat Feb 24 04:38:56 UTC 2024), Entry for Elsje Magdalena Botha.
    [2] 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> ( : Sat Mar 09 00:52:04 UTC 2024), Entry for Marthinus Christoffel Botha, 1818.

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 20 JAN 1765
    Event Place: Stellenbosch, Cape, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 20 JAN 1765
    Event Place: Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 21 JAN 1765
    Event Place: Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: BET 1856 AND 1859
    Event Place: Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Colony, South Africa
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