F30 - SMIT

Parents

Nicolaas Jacobus SMIT {M} [P81] = Hendrika Stephina PRETORIUS {F} [P82]

Married 1 April 1861, Rustenburg¹

Nicolaas Jacobus

Born 30 May 1837, Doornbos, Graaff-Reinet district
Christened 23 July 1837, Graaff Reinet²
Died 4 April 1896, Pretoria³
Buried Church Street Cemetary, Pretoria⁴
General Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, commander of the Boer forces at the battles of Ingogo and Majuba.
Prussia made him Knight of the Red Eagle while the Netherlands gave him their highest award as Commander of the Order of the Dutch Lion. Portugal also gave him the highest award of their country.
In 1886 he became Vice-President of the ZAR.

Hendrika Stephina

Born 4 December 1841
Christened 6 February 1842, Weenan⁵
Died 18 August 1894, Pretoria⁶
Buried Church Street Cemetary, Pretoria⁷
Daughter of Hendrik Stephanus PRETORIUS and Rachel Jacoba LIEBENBERG

Children

Nicolaas Jacobus {M} [P112] = Rachel Maria Meyer BESTER⁸ {F} [P117] > Family [F45]

Nicolaas Jacobus

Born 15 June 1862, Rustenburg⁹
Died 5 June 1898, Klerksdorp¹⁰
Occupation: Mine Commissioner, Klerksdorp

Rachel Maria Meyer

Born 21 June 1868¹¹
Christened 27 September 1868¹²

Barend Jacobus Johannes (Col.)¹³ ¹⁴ {M} [P84] = Althea Margaret PALM¹⁵ {F} [P85] > Family [F32]

Married 18 May 1911, Ermelo

Barend Jacobus Johannes (Col.)

Born 22 November 1868, Ermelo
Died ABT 1957, Isipingo, Natal¹⁶

Althea Margaret

Born 20 March 1888
Died 2 June 1968, Entabeni Hospital, Durban¹⁷

Hendrik Stephanus {M} [P113]

Rachel Jacoba {F} [P114] = Willem Johannes STIEMENS {M} [P174] > Family [F64]

Married 23 February 1893, Pretoria
Divorced 1905, TAB ZTPD 345/1905

Elizabeth Magdalena {F} [P115] = BOSMAN¹⁸ {M} [P56368] > Family [F11927]

Sources

1 :
Nicolaas Jacobus Smit.[TAB MHG 17379].married on 1 Apr 1861 Rustenburg, Transvaal, to:
Hendrika Stephina Pretorius. [TAB MHG 0/9268].

2 : "SA Genealogies Vol. 11"; Page 416

3 : "National Archives"; Primary evidence
Death Notice TAB MHG O/17379

4 : "Alwyn Petrus Smit's Research:"

5 : "Izak Smit's Research:"

6 : "Alwyn Petrus Smit's Research:"

6a: "National Archives"
TAB MHG O/9268 SMIT- HENDRIKA STEFINA. (GEBORE PRETORIUS). 1894 1894 NAGELATE EGGENOOT NICHOLAAS JACOBUS SMIT.

6b: "Alwyn Petrus Smit's Research:"

6c: "Alwyn Petrus Smit's Research:"

6d: "Alwyn Petrus Smit's Research:"

7 : "Alwyn Petrus Smit's Research:"

8 : "Izak Smit's Research:"

9 : "Izak Smit's Research:"

10 : "National Archives"
Death Notice TAB MHG O/14707

11 : "Richard Y Ford's Research:"

12 : "Richard Y Ford's Research:"

13 : "Lesley Smit's Research:"

14 : "Lesley Smit's Research:"

15 : "Lesley Smit's Research:"

16 : "National Archives"
NAB MSCE 3493/1958 SMIT- BAREND JACOBUS JOHANNES. BORN IN ERMELO- TRANSVAAL. S/SP SMIT- ALTHEA MARGARET. BORN PALM. PR/SP SMIT- MAGDALENA. BORN MOOLMAN. NO TRACE. DECEASED ESTATE. 1958 1960 DIVORCED FROM PR/SP MAGDALENA SMIT.

17 : "National Archives"
NAB MSCE 2467/1968 SMIT- ALTHEA MARGARET. (BORN PALM). BORN IN ERMELO. PRSP SMIT- BAREND JACOBUS JOHANNES. ESTATE NO.3493/1958. DECEASED ESTATE. 1968 1969

18 : "National Archives"
see [TAB MHG ] O/9268

Family [F30]

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