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Petrus Jacobus Vorster

Male 1880 - 1951  (71 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Petrus Jacobus Vorster was born on 1 Jan 1880 in Kaap; was christened on 1 Feb 1880 in Lady Grey (son of Olof Abraham Vorster and Jacoba Johanna Petronella Cornelia Vorster); died on 8 Jan 1951 in Thaba`Nchu, Tweespruit. ; was buried in Zastron.

    Petrus married Gavina Martina Schoeman in Zastron. Gavina (daughter of Gabriel Johannes Schoeman and Gertruida Elizabeth Johanna Human) was born on 8 Apr 1884 in Rouxville; died on 13 Nov 1918 in Rouxville,Lemoenfontein.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Olof Abraham Vorster was born on 13 Aug 1904 in Zastron; was christened on 16 Oct 1904; died on 19 Jul 1985 in Zastron; was buried in Zastron.
    2. Gabriel Johannes Vorster was born on 9 May 1909 in Rouxville; was christened on 20 Jun 1909 in Zastron; died on 10 Dec 1966 in Roodepoort.
    3. Schalk Willem Vorster
    4. Gertruida Elizabeth Johanna Vorster was born on 25 Aug 1911; was christened on 1 Oct 1911 in Zastron; died on 30 May 1990 in Bloemfontein.
    5. Petrus Jacobus Vorster was born on 16 May 1916 in Zastron; died on 21 Sep 1928 in Zastron, Geartney..
    6. Jacoba Vorster was born on 2 May 1918.

    Petrus married Johanna Magdalena Barbara Jacomina Blom on 16 Jun 1919 in Aliwal Noord. Johanna was born on 11 Feb 1886 in Dordrecht; died on 12 Sep 1959 in Zastron; was buried in Zastron. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Anna Catharina Vorster
    2. Jacoba Johanna Petronella Cornelia Vorster was born on 2 May 1920; was christened on 20 Jun 1920 in Zastron.
    3. Johanna Magdalena Vorster was born on 5 Aug 1924; was christened on 26 Oct 1924 in Zastron; died in 1985.
    4. Barend Johannes Vorster was born on 5 Aug 1924 in Zastron; was christened on 26 Oct 1924 in Zastron; died on 17 Sep 1992 in Potchefstroom.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Olof Abraham Vorster was born on 1 May 1846; was christened on 9 Aug 1846 in Cradock (son of Barend Johannes Vorster and Martha Aletta Vorster); died on 10 May 1919 in Aliwal Noord,Plot No 6.

    Olof married Jacoba Johanna Petronella Cornelia Vorster on 18 May 1868 in Lady Grey. Jacoba (daughter of Johannes Hendrik Vorster and Jacoba Johanna Petronella Cornelia Swanepoel) was born on 12 May 1851; was christened on 20 Jun 1851 in Burgersdorp; died on 27 Apr 1942. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Jacoba Johanna Petronella Cornelia Vorster was born on 12 May 1851; was christened on 20 Jun 1851 in Burgersdorp (daughter of Johannes Hendrik Vorster and Jacoba Johanna Petronella Cornelia Swanepoel); died on 27 Apr 1942.
    Children:
    1. Barend Johannes Vorster was born on 15 May 1869; was christened on 9 Jun 1869 in Lady Grey.
    2. Johannes Hendrik Vorster was born on 5 Oct 1870 in Lady Grey; was christened on 18 Dec 1870 in Lady Grey; died on 11 Nov 1931 in Aliwal Noord,5 Cathcart Straat; was buried in Aliwal Noord.
    3. Oloff Abraham Vorster was born on 11 Jun 1872 in Lady Grey; was christened on 4 Aug 1872 in Lady Grey; died on 14 Jan 1924 in Elliot, Rooipoort.
    4. Frederik Hendrik Vorster was born on 26 Mar 1874 in Maclear; was christened on 3 May 1874 in Lady Grey; died on 13 Oct 1965 in Harrismith.
    5. Schalk Willem Vorster was born on 19 Mar 1876 in Barkly Oos; was christened on 28 May 1876 in Lady Grey; died on 23 Nov 1955 in Mount Fletcher; was buried in Ugie Kerkhof.
    6. Jacobus Johannes Petrus Cornelius Vorster was born on 22 Jan 1878 in Barkly Oos; was christened on 10 Mar 1878 in Lady Grey; died on 4 Oct 1951 in Queenstown.
    7. 1. Petrus Jacobus Vorster was born on 1 Jan 1880 in Kaap; was christened on 1 Feb 1880 in Lady Grey; died on 8 Jan 1951 in Thaba`Nchu, Tweespruit. ; was buried in Zastron.
    8. Willem Jacobus Vorster was born on 1 Dec 1881 in Barkly Oos; was christened on 13 Feb 1882 in Barkly Oos; died on 5 Aug 1925 in Senekal.
    9. Jacoba Johanna Petronella Cornelia Vorster was born on 21 May 1883; was christened on 5 Aug 1883 in Barkly Oos.
    10. Martha Aletta Jacoba Vorster was born on 24 May 1885; was christened on 15 Nov 1885 in Barkly Oos.
    11. Jan Barend Vorster was born on 3 Dec 1886; was christened on 13 Feb 1887 in Barkly Oos; died on 14 Dec 1939 in Aliwal Noord.
    12. Machel Maria Vorster was born on 7 Dec 1888; was christened on 17 Mar 1889 in Barkly Oos; died on 3 Des 1943 in Aliwal Noord; was buried in Aliwal Noord.
    13. Elisabeth Johanna Vorster was born on 20 Sep 1890; was christened on 11 Jan 1891 in Barkly Oos.
    14. Benjamin Cornelius Vorster was born on 30 Mar 1893 in Barkly Oos; was christened on 27 May 1893 in Barkly Oos; died on 27 Aug 1937 in Aliwal Noord.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Barend Johannes Vorster was born on 23 Feb 1818; was christened on 10 May 1818 in Graaff- Reinet (son of Barend Johannes Vorster and Elisabeth Johanna Grobler); died in Aug 1890.

    Barend married Martha Aletta Vorster on 26 Dec 1836 in Cradock. Martha (daughter of Johannes Hendrik Vorster and Sophia Aletta Jacoba de Meyer) was born on 5 May 1822 in Burgersdorp; was christened on 2 Jun 1822 in Cradock; died on 7 Jun 1878 in Wodehouse, Belmont.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Martha Aletta Vorster was born on 5 May 1822 in Burgersdorp; was christened on 2 Jun 1822 in Cradock (daughter of Johannes Hendrik Vorster and Sophia Aletta Jacoba de Meyer); died on 7 Jun 1878 in Wodehouse, Belmont..
    Children:
    1. Sophia Aletta Jacoba Vorster was born on 25 Nov 1837; was christened on 28 Jan 1838 in Cradock.
    2. Elisabeth Johanna Vorster was born on 27 May 1839; was christened on 4 Aug 1839 in Cradock.
    3. Barend Johannes Vorster was born on 15 Jan 1841; was christened on 5 Apr 1841 in Cradock.
    4. Johannes Hendrik Vorster was born on 24 Jul 1842 in Cradock Distrik; was christened on 21 Aug 1842 in Cradock; died on 28 Jul 1925 in Aliwal Noord, Leliekloof.
    5. Jacobus Adriaan Vorster was born on 24 Aug 1844; was christened in Jan 1845 in Cradock.
    6. 2. Olof Abraham Vorster was born on 1 May 1846; was christened on 9 Aug 1846 in Cradock; died on 10 May 1919 in Aliwal Noord,Plot No 6.
    7. Willem Jacobus Vorster was born on 8 Jan 1848; was christened on 12 Mar 1848 in Cradock.
    8. Jan Barend Vorster was born on 1 Mar 1850 in Cradock; was christened on 14 Apr 1850 in Cradock.
    9. Martha Aletta Vorster was born on 2 Dec 1851 in Cradock; was christened on 6 Jun 1852 in Cradock.
    10. Anna Sophia Vorster was born on 26 Oct 1853; was christened on 26 Feb 1854 in Cradock; died on 20 Jan 1901 in Maclear.
    11. Elsje Johanna Vorster was born on 5 May 1856; was christened on 6 Oct 1856 in Cradock.
    12. Schalk Willem Vorster was born on 4 Jun 1860; was christened on 10 Sep 1860 in Macclear; died on 7 Apr 1918 in Maclear.
    13. Petrus Jacobus Vorster was born on 10 Nov 1861 in Kaap; was christened on 1 Dec 1861 in Macclear; died on 15 Jun 1922 in Ladybrand, Vastrap..

  3. 6.  Johannes Hendrik Vorster was born on 2 Dec 1818 in Cradock Distrik; was christened on 12 Apr 1819 in Cradock (son of Johannes Hendrik Vorster and Sophia Aletta Jacoba de Meyer); died on 8 Jan 1878 in Aliwal Noord,Strydpoort.

    Johannes married Jacoba Johanna Petronella Cornelia Swanepoel on 3 Nov 1839 in Cradock. Jacoba (daughter of Frederik Hendrik Swanepoel and Machel Maria Pelser) was born about 2 May 1823 in Graaff Reinet; died on 8 Nov 1865 in Aliwal Noord,Strydpoort. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Jacoba Johanna Petronella Cornelia Swanepoel was born about 2 May 1823 in Graaff Reinet (daughter of Frederik Hendrik Swanepoel and Machel Maria Pelser); died on 8 Nov 1865 in Aliwal Noord,Strydpoort.
    Children:
    1. Johannes Hendrik Vorster was born on 4 Mar 1841; was christened on 26 Dec 1841 in Cradock.
    2. Magteld Maria Vorster was born on 27 Jan 1843; was christened on 3 Apr 1843 in Cradock.
    3. Frederik Hendrik Vorster was born on 19 May 1844; was christened on 9 Feb 1845 in Cradock.
    4. Coert Marthinus Vorster
    5. Sophia Aletta Jacoba Vorster was born on 30 Aug 1846; was christened on 17 Jan 1847 in Cradock; died in 1927 in Barkly Oos, Killarney.
    6. Jacobus Adriaan Vorster was born on 11 Aug 1848; was christened on 12 Feb 1849 in Burgersdorp; died in 1950.
    7. 3. Jacoba Johanna Petronella Cornelia Vorster was born on 12 May 1851; was christened on 20 Jun 1851 in Burgersdorp; died on 27 Apr 1942.
    8. Elsje Vorster was born on 4 Jan 1853; was christened on 14 Apr 1853 in Aliwal Noord.
    9. Anna Christina Vorster was born about 1855.
    10. Catharina Frederika Vorster was born about 1857.
    11. Martha Aletta Jacoba Vorster was born on 10 Nov 1859; was christened on 22 Jan 1860 in Lady Grey.
    12. Olof Abraham Vorster was born on 18 Dec 1860; was christened on 1 Jan 1861 in Aliwal Noord; died on 3 Nov 1925 in Wepener; was buried in Wepener.
    13. Petrus Cornelis Vorster was born on 3 Jan 1864; was christened on 24 Mar 1864 in Lady Grey.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Barend Johannes Vorster was born about 19 Feb 1794 in Olifantsrivier; was christened on 16 Mar 1794 in Graaff Reinet (son of Jacobus Adriaan Vorster and Maartje Lubbe); died on 30 May 1851 in Korthoek, Agter Sneeuwberg..

    Barend married Elisabeth Johanna Grobler on 28 Mar 1813 in Graaf Reinet. Elisabeth (daughter of Johannes Jacobus Grobler and Elisabeth Margaretha van Jaarsveld) was born on 10 Sep 1796; was christened on 26 Nov 1796 in Graaff Reinet. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elisabeth Johanna Grobler was born on 10 Sep 1796; was christened on 26 Nov 1796 in Graaff Reinet (daughter of Johannes Jacobus Grobler and Elisabeth Margaretha van Jaarsveld).
    Children:
    1. Elisabeth Magrita Vorster was born on 12 Jun 1814; was christened on 3 Jul 1814 in Graaff- Reinet; died on 30 May 1881 in Cradock, Durandtsleegte.
    2. Jacobus Adriaan Vorster was born on 27 May 1816 in Cradock Distrik; was christened on 5 Jul 1816 in Graaff- Reinet; died on 28 Feb 1861 in Cradock Distrik " on the Farm of Paul Michau ".
    3. 4. Barend Johannes Vorster was born on 23 Feb 1818; was christened on 10 May 1818 in Graaff- Reinet; died in Aug 1890.
    4. Johannes Jacobus Vorster was born on 24 Jan 1820; was christened on 30 Apr 1820 in Graaff- Reinet; died on 24 Sep 1890 in Kylemore.
    5. Martha Johanna Vorster was born on 20 Apr 1822; was christened on 5 May 1822 in Cradock; died on 16 Jan 1854 in Cradock, Waterkloof..
    6. Louisa Maria Vorster was born on 10 Mar 1824; was christened on 28 Mar 1824 in Graaff Reinet; died in 1867 in Aliwal Noord, De Kraal; was buried in Lady Grey.
    7. Cornelia Elisabeth Vorster was born on 10 Sep 1825; was christened on 4 Dec 1825 in Graaf Reinet.
    8. Cornelia Barendina Johanna Vorster was born on 24 May 1827; was christened on 20 Jun 1827 in Cradock.
    9. Rachel Dorothea Vorster was born on 29 Mar 1829; was christened on 7 Jun 1829 in Cradock.
    10. Levina Catherina Vorster was born on 16 Aug 1830; was christened on 19 Sep 1830 in Cradock.
    11. Dorothea Susanna Vorster was born on 9 May 1831; was christened on 7 Jul 1831 in Cradock; died in 1916.
    12. Elsie Johanna Vorster was born on 18 Apr 1833; was christened on 8 Sep 1833 in Cradock.
    13. Albertus Vorster was born on 18 Jun 1835; was christened on 5 Oct 1835 in Cradock.
    14. Maria Catharina Vorster was born on 2 May 1844; was christened on 11 Aug 1844 in Cradock.

  3. 10.  Johannes Hendrik Vorster was born on 22 Dec 1788 in Olifantsrivier; was christened on 11 Apr 1789 in Tulbagh (son of Jacobus Adriaan Vorster and Maartje Lubbe); died on 19 Oct 1860 in Lady Grey, De Kraal.

    Johannes married Sophia Aletta Jacoba de Meyer on 22 Dec 1811 in Graaff-Reinet. Sophia (daughter of Olof Abraham Servaas de Meyer and Anna Christina Weydeman) was christened on 18 Aug 1793; died on 6 May 1843 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Sophia Aletta Jacoba de Meyer was christened on 18 Aug 1793 (daughter of Olof Abraham Servaas de Meyer and Anna Christina Weydeman); died on 6 May 1843 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173.
    Children:
    1. Jacobus Adriaan Vorster was born on 24 Nov 1812; was christened on 29 Aug 1813 in Graaff- Reinet; died on 21 Aug 1868 in Lydenburg.
    2. Anna Christina Vorster was born on 29 Mar 1815 in agter Sneeuwberg; was christened on 30 Oct 1815 in Graaff- Reinet; died on 25 Apr 1837 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173.
    3. Olof Abraham Vorster was born on 18 Nov 1816; was christened on 27 Apr 1817 in Graaff- Reinet; died on 23 Oct 1893 in Aliwal Noord,Treurfontein..
    4. Martha Aletta Vorster was born about 1817.
    5. 6. Johannes Hendrik Vorster was born on 2 Dec 1818 in Cradock Distrik; was christened on 12 Apr 1819 in Cradock; died on 8 Jan 1878 in Aliwal Noord,Strydpoort.
    6. Pieter Johannes Vorster was born on 7 Sep 1820 in Kamdebo; was christened on 5 Nov 1820 in Cradock; died on 1 Jan 1908 in Middelburg Tvl, Klipplaatdrif.
    7. 5. Martha Aletta Vorster was born on 5 May 1822 in Burgersdorp; was christened on 2 Jun 1822 in Cradock; died on 7 Jun 1878 in Wodehouse, Belmont..
    8. Sophia Aletta Jacoba Vorster was born on 23 Nov 1823; was christened on 5 Apr 1824 in Cradock; died on 17 Nov 1888 in Kylemore.
    9. Elsie Johanna Dorothea Vorster was born in 1825; was christened on 3 Oct 1825 in Cradock.
    10. Barend Johannes Vorster was born on 3 Oct 1826; was christened on 11 Feb 1827 in Cradock; died on 18 Apr 1905 in Aliwal Noord,Rietfontein.
    11. Schalk Willem Vorster was born on 2 Aug 1828 in Colesberg,Hartebeesfontein 173; was christened on 26 Dec 1828 in Cradock; died on 22 Sep 1902 in Lady Grey, in sy huis; was buried in Lady Grey.
    12. Aletta Susanna Vorster was born on 23 Dec 1829 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173; was christened on 31 Jan 1830 in Cradock.
    13. Alwyn Louis Vorster was born on 15 Oct 1831 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173; was christened on 1 Jan 1832 in Cradock; died on 7 Jan 1862 in Lady Grey.
    14. Johanna Maria Vorster was born on 26 Nov 1833 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173; was christened on 7 Mar 1837 in Cradock.
    15. Frans Christiaan Vorster was born on 5 Jan 1836 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173; was christened on 4 Apr 1836 in Cradock; died on 2 Apr 1888 in Bloemfontein, Vaalbank..
    16. Willem Jacobus Vorster was born on 11 Jul 1837 in Burgersdorp,Hartebeesfontein 173; was christened on 2 Mar 1838 in Colesberg; died on 31 Mei 1863 in Aliwal Noord,De Kraal.

  5. 14.  Frederik Hendrik Swanepoel

    Frederik married Machel Maria Pelser. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Machel Maria Pelser
    Children:
    1. Elsje Swanepoel was born about 25 Mar 1821 in Somerset; died on 21 Dec 1856 in Aliwal Noord, Strydfontein..
    2. 7. Jacoba Johanna Petronella Cornelia Swanepoel was born about 2 May 1823 in Graaff Reinet; died on 8 Nov 1865 in Aliwal Noord,Strydpoort.



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