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Hermanus Jacobus BESTER

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Hermanus Jacobus BESTER was christened on 26 Nov 1758.

    Hermanus married Helena Dorothea HENDRIKS on 26 Nov 1785. Helena was born on 23 Jul 1752. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Helena Dorothea BESTER  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 4 Nov 1787.
    2. 3. Hermanus Jacobus BESTER  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 21 Mar 1790.
    3. 4. Casparus Johannes BESTER  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 30 Oct 1791.
    4. 5. Maria Elizabeth BESTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Feb 1795.
    5. 6. Hermanus Jacobus BESTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in in Swellendam; was christened on 30 Mar 1799.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Helena Dorothea BESTER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hermanus1) was christened on 4 Nov 1787.

    Helena married Johannes Evert de JAGER in Apr 1810 in Swellendam. Johannes (son of Pieter de JAGER and Elsie POTGIETER) was christened on 8 Dec 1782. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Hermanus Jacobus BESTER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hermanus1) was christened on 21 Mar 1790.

  3. 4.  Casparus Johannes BESTER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hermanus1) was christened on 30 Oct 1791.

  4. 5.  Maria Elizabeth BESTER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hermanus1) was born on 10 Feb 1795.

    Maria married Wilhelmus Johannes MATTHEE. Wilhelmus (son of Joachim MATTHEE and Christina Johanna HENN) was born about 1792; was christened on 21 Dec 1794. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 7. Jacoba Johanna MATTHEE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Feb 1814.

  5. 6.  Hermanus Jacobus BESTER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hermanus1) was born in in Swellendam; was christened on 30 Mar 1799.

    Hermanus married Margaretha Maria PIETERSE on 5 Apr 1828 in Swellendam. Margaretha (daughter of Hermanus Bernardus PIETERSE and Susanna Maria GROENEWALD) was christened on 14 Jul 1807. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 8. Susanna Maria Margaretha BESTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Apr 1829 in Caledon; died on 30 Jul 1883.
    2. 9. Helena Gesina Johanna BESTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1832.
    3. 10. Hermanus Bernardus Jacobus BESTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Nov 1835 in Swellendam; died on 2 Aug 1916 in Natal?.


Generation: 3

  1. 7.  Jacoba Johanna MATTHEE Descendancy chart to this point (5.Maria2, 1.Hermanus1) was born on 18 Feb 1814.

    Jacoba married Petrus Hermanus Johannes PIETERS on 25 Sep 1836. Petrus (son of Hermanus PIETERS and Maria Elizabeth BESTER) was born in 1806; died on 17 Jun 1896 in Caledon. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 11. Abraham Johannes Hendrik PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 12. Maria Johanna PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Feb 1836.
    3. 13. Hermanus Johannes PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jul 1840; died on 15 Mar 1906 in Hermanus..
    4. 14. Petrus Christiaan PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Sep 1842 in Cape Town..
    5. 15. Johannes H PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Sep 1847; died on 23 Jul 1938 in Caledon.
    6. 16. Casparus Jacobus PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Aug 1851; died on 31 Jul 1938.
    7. 17. Jacobus Hermanus PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1853.
    8. 18. Jacoba Catharina PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1856.
    9. 19. Dorothea Johanna PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1858.
    10. 20. Anna Christina PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1860.

  2. 8.  Susanna Maria Margaretha BESTER Descendancy chart to this point (6.Hermanus2, 1.Hermanus1) was born on 14 Apr 1829 in Caledon; died on 30 Jul 1883.

    Susanna married Theunis Louis BOTHA. [Group Sheet]


  3. 9.  Helena Gesina Johanna BESTER Descendancy chart to this point (6.Hermanus2, 1.Hermanus1) was born about 1832.

    Helena married Hendrik van der MERWE. [Group Sheet]


  4. 10.  Hermanus Bernardus Jacobus BESTER Descendancy chart to this point (6.Hermanus2, 1.Hermanus1) was born on 5 Nov 1835 in Swellendam; died on 2 Aug 1916 in Natal?.

    Hermanus married Catharina Johanna Elizabeth KOCH. Catharina (daughter of Johan Philippus Jacobus KOCH and Martina Elsje Johanna van der MERWE) was born about 1835 in Albany; died about 1897. [Group Sheet]

    Hermanus married Margaretha Catharina VERMAAK. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 4

  1. 11.  Abraham Johannes Hendrik PIETERS Descendancy chart to this point (7.Jacoba3, 5.Maria2, 1.Hermanus1)

    Abraham married Rachel May KLEYNHANS on 24 Oct 1865 in Heidelberg. [Group Sheet]


  2. 12.  Maria Johanna PIETERS Descendancy chart to this point (7.Jacoba3, 5.Maria2, 1.Hermanus1) was born on 28 Feb 1836.

    Maria married Alexander DYKES. Alexander was born in 1829 in Scotland; died on 11 Jun 1892 in Cape Town.. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 21. James DYKES  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 22. Alexander Hermanus DYKES  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Dec 1864 in Bredasdorp.

  3. 13.  Hermanus Johannes PIETERS Descendancy chart to this point (7.Jacoba3, 5.Maria2, 1.Hermanus1) was born on 11 Jul 1840; died on 15 Mar 1906 in Hermanus..

    Hermanus married Magdalena Catharina Cornelia ALLEN on 29 Dec 1868 in Napier. Magdalena (daughter of John Henry ALLEN and Maria Magdalena Catharina SMAL) was born on 19 Dec 1850; died about 1916 in Stanford.. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 23. Maria PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 24. Jacoba PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 25. Helena PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 26. Johanna PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 27. Elizabeth PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 28. Hermanus Jacobus PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 29. Anna Christina Catharina PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 30. Petrus Jacobus PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Sep 1873; died in UNKNOWN in Cape Town..
    9. 31. Johannes Hendrik PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jun 1883; died on 7 Oct 1953 in Onrust..

  4. 14.  Petrus Christiaan PIETERS Descendancy chart to this point (7.Jacoba3, 5.Maria2, 1.Hermanus1) was born on 20 Sep 1842 in Cape Town..

    Petrus married Elizabeth LOURENS. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 32. Maria PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 15.  Johannes H PIETERS Descendancy chart to this point (7.Jacoba3, 5.Maria2, 1.Hermanus1) was born on 17 Sep 1847; died on 23 Jul 1938 in Caledon.

    Johannes married Anna C BEUKES. Anna was born on 25 Jul 1862; died on 25 Apr 1941 in Caledon. [Group Sheet]


  6. 16.  Casparus Jacobus PIETERS Descendancy chart to this point (7.Jacoba3, 5.Maria2, 1.Hermanus1) was born on 2 Aug 1851; died on 31 Jul 1938.

    Casparus married Mary Margaret Elizabeth ALLEN on 4 Feb 1878. Mary was born on 2 Sep 1859; died on 10 Sep 1947. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 33. Petrus Jacobus PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Sep 1881 in Caledon; died on 14 Jul 1943 in Caledon.
    2. 34. Maria Catharina Magdalena PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Aug 1884 in Caledon; died on 27 Jul 1935 in Stanford..
    3. 35. Johan H A PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Mar 1887; died on 13 Mar 1975 in Caledon.
    4. 36. Casparus Jacobus PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1889.
    5. 37. Mary PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1891; died on 23 Oct 1972.
    6. 38. Hermanus Jacobus PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1892.
    7. 39. Jacobus Andreas Hermanus PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jun 1893.
    8. 40. Johanna PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1895.
    9. 41. Magdalena C J PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Sep 1895; died on 28 Dec 1986 in Caledon.
    10. 42. Hendrik Johannes PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Feb 1900; died on 21 Aug 1987 in Caledon ..
    11. 43. Barend Johannes PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Oct 1901; died on 9 Feb 1974 in Caledon ..

  7. 17.  Jacobus Hermanus PIETERS Descendancy chart to this point (7.Jacoba3, 5.Maria2, 1.Hermanus1) was born about 1853.

    Jacobus married Maria Johanna BEUKES. Maria (daughter of Christiaan H BEUKES) was born in Jul 1862 in Caledon; died on 14 Jun 1928 in Caledon. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 44. Jacoba Johanna PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 45. Jacobus Hermanus PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 46. Hermanus PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 47. Casparus Johannes PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 48. Johannes PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 49. Hendrik Hermanus PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 50. Pieter Hermanus PIETERS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Nov 1890; died on 11 Jul 1971 in Cape Town..

  8. 18.  Jacoba Catharina PIETERS Descendancy chart to this point (7.Jacoba3, 5.Maria2, 1.Hermanus1) was born about 1856.

    Jacoba married Johannes George Christiaan SMAL on 9 Mar 1869 in Bredasdorp. Johannes (son of Petrus Johannes Hermanus SMAL and Susara Johanna Magdalena ESBACH) was born on 15 Dec 1831. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 51. Johannes Christiaan Petrus SMAL  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1869 in Caledon; died on 12 Jun 1910 in Robben Island..
    2. 52. Petrus Hermanus SMAL  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1870 in Caledon; died on 11 Oct 1918 in Cape Town..
    3. 53. Hendrik Albertus Willem SMAL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Sep 1882; died on 26 Dec 1921 in Robben Island..

  9. 19.  Dorothea Johanna PIETERS Descendancy chart to this point (7.Jacoba3, 5.Maria2, 1.Hermanus1) was born about 1858.

    Dorothea married John Hay ALLEN on 30 Dec 1873 in Bredasdorp. [Group Sheet]


  10. 20.  Anna Christina PIETERS Descendancy chart to this point (7.Jacoba3, 5.Maria2, 1.Hermanus1) was born about 1860.

    Anna married Hans Jacob SWART on 6 Nov 1877 in Bredasdorp. Hans (son of Johannes Jochemus SWART and Susara Johanna SWART) was born on 6 Oct 1844. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 54. Jacoba Johanna Sophia SWART  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jul 1878.
    2. 55. Johannes Jochemus SWART  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Dec 1880.
    3. 56. Susara Johanna SWART  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Sep 1883.



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