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Willem Abraham Botha 1832–1888 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: about February 1832

Birth Location: Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Death Date: 14 JUN 1888

Death Location: Leeuspruit, Kroonstad

Father: Willem Bester

Mother: Elsje Bester

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In 1832, Willem Abraham Botha entered the world in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa, born to Willem Abraham Bester And Elsje Magdalena Magdalena Broekman Bester. Willem Abraham Botha passed away in 1888 in Leeuspruit, Kroonstad.

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Biography

  • In 1832, Willem Abraham Botha entered the world in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa, born to Willem Abraham Bester And Elsje Magdalena Magdalena Broekman Bester.
  • Willem Abraham Botha passed away in 1888 in Leeuspruit, Kroonstad.

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Willem Botha's Ancestors

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Willem Botha
1832–1888
Birth Place: Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Parents
Willem Abraham Bester
1782–1858
Cradock, Stormberg District, Dutch Cape Colony
Elsje (Magdalena Magdalena Broekman) Bester
1826–1874
Bap. Swellendam 1827/01/02
Grandparents
Paulus (Michiel) Bester
1766–1832
Draaihoek, Philadelphia, de Caep de Goede Hoop, Dutch Cape Colony
Hilletje (Hilletjie Lavina de) Klerk
1771–1833
Graaff-Reinet, Dutch Cape Colony
Carel (Wilhelm Broekman (Brugman) Brugmann)
1790–
Wesfale, Germany
Maria (Aletta van) Zyl
1796–1880
Great-Grandparents
Poúlús Bester
1731–1783
Helena Coetzee
1745–1814
Willem Klercq)
1739–1816
Catharina Strydom
1744–1835
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Andreas Besser
1700–1752
Johanna Bock
1708–1794
Barend Klerk
1716–1794
DE KLERK
1711–1775
Barend CLERQ
1716–
Engela ODENDAAL
1714–
Theunis AARDE
1706–
Hilletje (KERVEL)
1710–

Willem Botha's Timeline

2 Records

1832
about February 1832
Birth of Willem Abraham Botha in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1888
14 JUN 1888
Age 56
Death of Willem Abraham Botha in Leeuspruit, Kroonstad
Leeuspruit, Kroonstad

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: about February 1832
    Event Place: Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 JUN 1888
    Event Place: Leeuspruit, Kroonstad

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