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Jan VORSTER

Male Abt 1695 - Abt 1729  (~ 34 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Jan VORSTER was born about 1695 in Berne, Switzerland; died about 1729.

    Jan married Elizabeth LUBBE about 1721. Elizabeth (daughter of Barend (Lobe) LUBBE and Jacoba BRANDENBURG) was christened on 6 Aug 1702; died on 13 Mar 1770 in Tulbagh. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Aletta VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 5 Apr 1722 in Stellenbosch.
    2. 3. Barend VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 1 Dec 1726 in Cape Town; died about 1793 in Tulbagh.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Aletta VORSTER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Jan1) was christened on 5 Apr 1722 in Stellenbosch.

    Aletta married Pieter (Gous) GOUWS on 25 Nov 1742. Pieter (son of Andre (Gauch) GOUWS and Jeanne de KLERK) was born about 1693. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 4. Elizabeth (Gous) GOUWS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 14 Jan 1753.
    2. 5. Andries (Gous) GOUWS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 14 Mar 1755.
    3. 6. Johannes Petrus (Gous) GOUWS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 2 Jul 1758.

  2. 3.  Barend VORSTER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Jan1) was christened on 1 Dec 1726 in Cape Town; died about 1793 in Tulbagh.

    Barend married Dorothea Maria SMIT on 3 Apr 1746 in Tulbagh. Dorothea (daughter of Alewijn SMIT and Hester BEKKER) was christened on 8 Apr 1730 in Drakenstein. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 7. Barend Johannes VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 14 Apr 1748 in Tulbagh; died about 1799 in Graaff-Reinet.
    2. 8. Schalk Willem VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 10 Oct 1752 in Tulbagh.
    3. 9. Elizabeth Helena VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 3 Sep 1758; died in 1801.
    4. 10. Jacobus Adriaan VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jan 1767 in Tulbagh; died in Jun 1822 in Cradock.
    5. 11. Marthinus Christoffel VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born in in Piketberg; was christened in 1771 in Tulbagh; died about 1819.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Elizabeth (Gous) GOUWS Descendancy chart to this point (2.Aletta2, 1.Jan1) was christened on 14 Jan 1753.

    Elizabeth married Johannes Petrus SMIT on 10 Apr 1773. Johannes (son of Alewijn SMIT and Hester BEKKER) was christened on 2 Feb 1738. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 12. Aletta Dorothea SMIT  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 18 Nov 1781.

  2. 5.  Andries (Gous) GOUWS Descendancy chart to this point (2.Aletta2, 1.Jan1) was christened on 14 Mar 1755.

    Andries married Hester Margaretha DIPPENAAR on 30 Apr 1777. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 13. Aletta Elizabeth (Gous) GOUWS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 4 Apr 1781.

  3. 6.  Johannes Petrus (Gous) GOUWS Descendancy chart to this point (2.Aletta2, 1.Jan1) was christened on 2 Jul 1758.

    Johannes married Helena VISAGIE on 21 Jun 1780 in Helena Visagie. Helena (daughter of Izaak VISAGIE and Helena NIEUWOUDT) was christened on 12 Sep 1756 in Drakenstein. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 14. Izak Stephanus (Gous) GOUWS  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 5 Jul 1783.

  4. 7.  Barend Johannes VORSTER Descendancy chart to this point (3.Barend2, 1.Jan1) was christened on 14 Apr 1748 in Tulbagh; died about 1799 in Graaff-Reinet.

    Barend married Cecilia van HEERDEN on 25 Feb 1770 in Tulbagh. Cecilia was christened on 6 Feb 1752 in Tulbagh; died on 26 Jul 1789 in Tulbagh. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 15. Barend Johannes VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Jun 1771 in Tulbagh; died on 16 May 1840 in Cradock.

  5. 8.  Schalk Willem VORSTER Descendancy chart to this point (3.Barend2, 1.Jan1) was christened on 10 Oct 1752 in Tulbagh.

    Schalk married Anna Sophia BURGER on 10 Apr 1773 in Graaff-Reinet. Anna (daughter of Schalk Willem BURGER and Hester SMIT) was christened on 9 Oct 1757. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 16. Schalk Willem VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 26 Oct 1777 in Clanwilliam; died on 14 Nov 1845 in Graaff-Reinet.

  6. 9.  Elizabeth Helena VORSTER Descendancy chart to this point (3.Barend2, 1.Jan1) was christened on 3 Sep 1758; died in 1801.

    Elizabeth married Pieter Schalk van HEERDEN on 3 Aug 1777. Pieter (son of Pieter Willem van HEERDEN and Anna Sophia van der MERWE) was christened on 13 Nov 1757; died in 1814. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 17. Pieter Schalk van HEERDEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1788; died in 1864 in Cradock.

  7. 10.  Jacobus Adriaan VORSTER Descendancy chart to this point (3.Barend2, 1.Jan1) was born on 11 Jan 1767 in Tulbagh; died in Jun 1822 in Cradock.

    Jacobus married Maartje LUBBE on 24 Feb 1788 in Stellenbosch. Maartje was christened on 6 Jul 1771 in Tulbagh. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 18. Johannes Hendrik VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Dec 1788; died on 19 Oct 1860 in Aliwal North.
    2. 19. Jacobus Adriaan VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 15 Oct 1799.
    3. 20. Francois Christiaan VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Jun 1810 in Cradock; died on 5 Nov 1888 in Steynsburg.

  8. 11.  Marthinus Christoffel VORSTER Descendancy chart to this point (3.Barend2, 1.Jan1) was born in in Piketberg; was christened in 1771 in Tulbagh; died about 1819.

    Marthinus married Hester Helena LUBBE on 26 Apr 1789. Hester was christened on 25 Dec 1772; died about 1809. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 21. Elsie VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 25 Dec 1791.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Aletta Dorothea SMIT Descendancy chart to this point (4.Elizabeth3, 2.Aletta2, 1.Jan1) was christened on 18 Nov 1781.

    Aletta married Johan Diederik BENEKE on 23 Feb 1800 in Cape Town. Johan (son of Johann Dietrich BENEKE and Anna MONK) was christened on 12 May 1774; died on 8 Aug 1862 in Oudtshoorn. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Aletta Elizabeth (Gous) GOUWS Descendancy chart to this point (5.Andries3, 2.Aletta2, 1.Jan1) was christened on 4 Apr 1781.

    Aletta married Schalk Willem VORSTER on 14 Oct 1798 in Stellenbosch. Schalk (son of Schalk Willem VORSTER and Anna Sophia BURGER) was christened on 26 Oct 1777 in Clanwilliam; died on 14 Nov 1845 in Graaff-Reinet. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 22. Martha Johanna VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Mar 1813 in Graaff-Reinet; died about 1853.

  3. 14.  Izak Stephanus (Gous) GOUWS Descendancy chart to this point (6.Johannes3, 2.Aletta2, 1.Jan1) was christened on 5 Jul 1783.

    Izak married Aletta Susanna SPANGENBERG on 5 Nov 1814 in Tulbagh. Aletta was christened on 24 Feb 1793; died on 23 Oct 1880 in Calvinia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 23. Aletta Elizabeth Susanna (Gous) GOUWS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Aug 1817 in Cape Town.

  4. 15.  Barend Johannes VORSTER Descendancy chart to this point (7.Barend3, 3.Barend2, 1.Jan1) was born on 3 Jun 1771 in Tulbagh; died on 16 May 1840 in Cradock.

    Barend married Johanna Christina BOOYSEN on 23 May 1790 in Graaff-Reinet. Johanna was christened on 4 Feb 1776; died about 1814. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 24. Barend Isaac VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jun 1791 in Tulbagh; died on 14 Dec 1854 in Graaff-Reinet.
    2. 25. Cecilia Magdallena VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Sep 1793; was christened on 18 Nov 1793; died on 29 Feb 1848 in Graaff-Reinet.

  5. 16.  Schalk Willem VORSTER Descendancy chart to this point (8.Schalk3, 3.Barend2, 1.Jan1) was christened on 26 Oct 1777 in Clanwilliam; died on 14 Nov 1845 in Graaff-Reinet.

    Schalk married Aletta Elizabeth (Gous) GOUWS on 14 Oct 1798 in Stellenbosch. Aletta (daughter of Andries (Gous) GOUWS and Hester Margaretha DIPPENAAR) was christened on 4 Apr 1781. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 22. Martha Johanna VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Mar 1813 in Graaff-Reinet; died about 1853.

  6. 17.  Pieter Schalk van HEERDEN Descendancy chart to this point (9.Elizabeth3, 3.Barend2, 1.Jan1) was born in 1788; died in 1864 in Cradock.

    Pieter married Anna Susanna COETZER on 17 Dec 1809 in Graaff-Reinet. Anna (daughter of Pieter Willem COETZER and Anna Susanna JORDAAN) was christened on 16 Mar 1794. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 26. Pieter Willem van HEERDEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Dec 1812 in Graaff-Reinet; died in 1897 in Queenstown.

  7. 18.  Johannes Hendrik VORSTER Descendancy chart to this point (10.Jacobus3, 3.Barend2, 1.Jan1) was born on 22 Dec 1788; died on 19 Oct 1860 in Aliwal North.

    Johannes married Sophia Aletta Jacoba de MEYER on 22 Dec 1811 in Graaff-Reinet. Sophia was christened on 18 Aug 1793; died on 6 May 1843 in Burgersdorp. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 27. Olof Abraham VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Nov 1816 in Graaff-Reinet; died on 23 Oct 1893 in Aliwal North.

  8. 19.  Jacobus Adriaan VORSTER Descendancy chart to this point (10.Jacobus3, 3.Barend2, 1.Jan1) was christened on 15 Oct 1799.

    Jacobus married Sara MONTGOMERY on 11 Feb 1838 in Colesberg. Sara (daughter of Thomas John James MONTGOMERY and Susanna Jacoba van ZYL) was born on 1 Oct 1823 in Cradock. [Group Sheet]

    Jacobus married Anna Cecilia MYBURGH on 4 Sep 1825 in Cradock. Anna (daughter of Philippus Arnoldus MYBURGH and Cecilia Johanna FOURIE) was born on 17 Oct 1805; died on 29 Apr 1840 in Colesberg. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 28. Cecilia Johanna VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Nov 1826 in Cradock.

  9. 20.  Francois Christiaan VORSTER Descendancy chart to this point (10.Jacobus3, 3.Barend2, 1.Jan1) was born on 5 Jun 1810 in Cradock; died on 5 Nov 1888 in Steynsburg.

    Francois married Stephina Catharina Abramina NAUDE on 5 Jul 1830 in Cradock. Stephina was born on 15 Apr 1814 in Graaff-Reinet; died on 30 Jun 1891 in Steynsburg. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 29. Jan Daniel VORSTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Jan 1834 in Cradock; died on 1 Jan 1917.

  10. 21.  Elsie VORSTER Descendancy chart to this point (11.Marthinus3, 3.Barend2, 1.Jan1) was christened on 25 Dec 1791.

    Elsie married Abraham VILJOEN. Abraham (son of Johannes Hercules VILJOEN and Barbara Jacomina (Peltzer) PELSER) was christened on 12 May 1782 in Tulbagh; died on 29 Aug 1836 in Beaufort West. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 30. Johannes Hercules VILJOEN  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 8 Feb 1807.



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