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Wilhelm Botha 1734–1764 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: BEF 27 JUN 1734

Birth Location: Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Death Date: 19 JAN 1764

Death Location: Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Father: Boot None

Mother: Anna Merwe

Spouse(s): Geesje Smit

Children(s): Johannes Botha

The story of Wilhelm Botha began in 1734 in Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Wilhelm Botha married Geesje Wilhelmina Smit, and had children including Johannes Jacobus Botha. Wilhelm Botha passed away in 1764 in Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

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Biography

  • The story of Wilhelm Botha began in 1734 in Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
  • Wilhelm Botha married Geesje Wilhelmina Smit, and had children including Johannes Jacobus Botha.
  • Wilhelm Botha passed away in 1764 in Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Immediate Family

Parents

Boot None
1699–1779
Birth Location: Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Anna Merwe
1704–1738
Birth Location: Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Spouses(s)

Geesje Smit
–1779
Birth Location: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Children(s)

Johannes Botha
1759–1837
Birth Location: Tulbagh, Dutch Cape Colony, South Africa
JB

Wilhelm Botha's Ancestors

Self
Wilhelm Botha
1734–1764
Birth Place: Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Parents
Boot
1699–1779
Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Anna (van der) Merwe
1704–1738
Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Grandparents
Eskal (Willems Van Den) Merves
1673–
Klein-Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Anna
–1740
Marck, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Great-Grandparents
Schalk Merwe
1643–1716
Elsje Cloete
1649–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Wilhelm Botha's Descendants

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Wilhelm Botha (BEF 27 JUN 1734–19 JAN 1764) m. Geesje (Wilhelmina) Smit (–1779)
  1. 1. Johannes (Jacobus) Botha 1759–1837 m. Elizabeth (Maria Van) Wyk 1762–1837
    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
    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
    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
        2. 2. Sophia (Maria Jacoba) Mouton 1854–1951 m. Gerrit (Sebastiaan) Nieuwoudt 1849–1894
    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
        2. 2. Adrian (Willem Jacobus Van) Wyk 1866–1926 m. Beatrix (Hendrina de) Waal 1866–1936

Wilhelm Botha's Timeline

4 Records

1734
BEF 27 JUN 1734
Birth of Wilhelm Botha in Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1734
27 JUN 1734
Wilhelm Botha was christened in Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Paarl, Drakenstein, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
1734
27 JUN 1734
Wilhelm Botha was baptized in Paarl, Cape Province, South Africa
Paarl, Cape Province, South Africa
1764
19 JAN 1764
Age 30
Death of Wilhelm Botha in Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: BEF 27 JUN 1734
    Event Place: Paarl, Drakenstein, 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 ," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 July 2023), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Cape Province.
    [2] FamilySearch FamilyTree, Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G3 31. (Note: The earliers part of this register, 'Die Fransch Doopboek', is also available as a transcript in the Transcripts section of this web siteThere are only 7 baptisms for the year 1719, dated between 3rd November and 31st December 1719.. Transcribed by Lizette Svoboda and Corney Keller, from photocopies of Cape Archives VC 644. Links to LDS copies of the NGK Argief registers added by Cornel Viljoen.)

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 27 JUN 1734
    Event Place: Paarl, Drakenstein, 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 19:38:37 UTC 2024), Entry for Wilhelm Bootha and Anna Van Der Merwe, 27 Jun 1734.
    [2] South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994, "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1994 ," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 July 2023), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Cape Province.
    [3] FamilySearch FamilyTree, Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G3 3/1. (Note: The earliers part of this register, 'Die Fransch Doopboek', is also available as a transcript in the Transcripts section of this web siteThere are only 7 baptisms for the year 1719, dated between 3rd November and 31st December 1719.. Transcribed by Lizette Svoboda and Corney Keller, from photocopies of Cape Archives VC 644. Links to LDS copies of the NGK Argief registers added by Cornel Viljoen.)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 27 JUN 1734
    Event Place: Paarl, Cape Province, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 9 APR 1757
    Event Place: NG Kerk, Malmesbury, Western Cape, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 JAN 1764
    Event Place: Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 9 APR 1758
    Event Place: Cape Province, South Africa
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