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Marie (de Grave) le Fevre (1654 - abt. 1730)

Marie "Maria" le Fevre formerly de Grave aka de Graaff, le Febré
Born in Fleurbaix, Bethune, Artois, Pas-de-Calais, Francemap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 9 May 1677 in Fleurbaix, Bethune, Artois, Francemap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , and
Died about at about age 76 in Stellenbosch, de Caep de Goede Hoopmap
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Biography (English)

A French Protestant (Huguenot) refugee. She may have been from Fleurbaix (Artois) Pays De L'Alleu, or from Lille, Flandre francaise or Nord - arrived in the Cape 1683 and later lived [at] Fleurbaix (Fleurbaai), Stellenbosch. [1]

Biografie (Afrikaans)

Stammoeder Maria de Grave (de Graaf) - Franse vlugteling. Sy kon waarskynlik van Fleurbaix (Artois) of vanaf Lille, Vlaandere gekom het. Arriveer in 1683 en woon later in Fleurbaix (Fleurbaai), Stellenbosch. [1]

Name

Maria [2][3][4][5][1][6][7][8][9][10] (Marie [1][11][12]) de Grave [2][3][4][5][1][11][7][9][12][10] / de Gravé [6] / de Graaf [1][9] / de Graaff [8]/ le Febré [2] / le Febre [3][7][5][8][4] / le Fevre [10]

Birth

Date: Maria de Gravé was born about 1654 [2][3][5][1][7][12] / [in] 1660 [4][8] / 1668. [10]
Place: Fleurbaix, Pays De L'Alleu, France [2] / Fleurbaix, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France [1] / Lalleu, France [5][7] / Guînes, France [4] / le province France [SIC!] [3] / Frankryk [11] / Cape of Good Hope, [South Africa] [SIC!]] [10]

Marriage

Married 1677: Marie de Gravé was born about 1662 in Fleurbaix, Pays de L'Alleu, France. She married Pierre le Fèvre about 9 May 1677 in Fleurbaix, Pays de L'alleu, France. (about Fleurbaix here). [13]
They had the following children [13]:
Isaac le Fèvre was christened on 13 Nov 1678 in Guînes, France. This is a mistake: * Isaac, baptised 13/11/1678 was the son of Pierre le Fevre, born c 1657 at Canterbury, England and Marie Guignart. [14]
Guillaume le Fèvre was born before 1683.
Marthe le Fèvre
Marie-Catharine le Fèvre
Catharina le Fèvre was born on 27 Aug 1688 in Stellenbosch, Cape.
She married Pierre le Févre (b. c 1650), son of PN le Févre, before 1684. [15]
Children [15]:
  1. Guillaume le Févre
  2. Martha le Févre b. b 30 Jul 1684
  3. Marie-Catherine le Fèvre b. b 13 Oct 1686, d. 1782
  4. Catharina le Févre b. b 27 Aug 1688

Immigration

Date: Arrival 1683 [11] with her husband (Stammoeder kom in 1683 na Kaap met man en een kind.) [1]
Place: Cape [1]

Residence

Place: Arrived in Cape 1683. Settled at Fleurbaix, Stellenbosch (Farm Fleurbaai, south of Stellenbosch, [South Africa] [1][9]
Distribution List 18 - 19 April 1690 - Pierre le Febre, wife and two children ..... f50 [There should have been 3 children, assuming that Guillaume had died - JS] [15]
Monsterrol 1695 (District van Stellenbosch) p 145: 'Pieter Lefebur en Maria de Brave 3 k.'
Place: Aan't Stellenbosch - Pieter Lefebre en Maria de Graeff 2 k. [The children were possibly Guillaume and Martha, born c. 1684 - JS] [1]

Events

She and Aletta ter Meulen and Nicolaus Cleef witnessed the baptism of Catharina le Févre on 27 August 1688 at Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop. [15]

Death

Date: 1730 [4][5][9] / 1688 [12]
Place: Stellenbosch [4][5], Cape, [South Africa] [4][5][9][1]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 WikiTree profile De Grave-11 created through the import of WatkinsTrollip family tree.ged by Wendy Schoeman on May 15, 2014. Sources:
    • {geni:occupation} Married 1677
    • {geni:about_me} Marie DE GRAVÉ was born about 1662 in Fleurbaix, Pays de L'Alleu, France. She married Pierre LE FÈVRE about 9 May 1677 in Fleurbaix, Pays de L'alleu, France. More about Fleurbaix here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleurbaix They had the following children: M i Isaac LE FÈVRE was christened on 13 Nov 1678 in Guines, France. [This is a mistake: * Isaac, baptised 13/11/1678 was the son of Pierre le Fevre, born c 1657 at Canterbury, England and Marie Guignart. See http://www.geni.com/people/Pierre-le-Fevre/6000000018379009571?through=6000000004869687680 - JS]; M ii Guillaume LE FÈVRE was born before 1683.; F iii Marthe LE FÈVRE; F iv Marie-Catharine LE FEBRÉ; F v Catharina LE FEBRÉ was born on 27 Aug 1688 in Stellenbosch, Cape.
    • The Huguenots of South Africa 1688-1988 by Pieter Coertzen, pages 157 and 158 (gives her name as Marie de Grave. Place of origin: Fleurbaix (Artios) and/or Lille (Flandre). Date of arrival in SA: 1683.Ship unknown. Settled at Fleurbaix (Fleurbaai) Stellenbosch. Married Pierre le Fevre. Had one son and three daughters.)
    • The First Fifty Years Project http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/ (Maria de Gravé was born circa 1668. She married Pierre le Févre b. c 1650, son of PN le Févre, before 1684. She and Aletta ter Meulen and Nicolaus Cleef witnessed the baptism of Catharina le Févre on 27 August 1688 at Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop. Children: Guillaume le Févre, Martha le Févre b. b 30 Jul 1684, Marie-Catherine le Fèvre b. b 13 Oct 1686, d. 1782, Catharina le Févre b. b 27 Aug 1688)
    • Monsterrol van de vrije luijden 1685 Aan't Stellenbosch 'Pieter Lefebre en Maria de Graeff 2 k.' [The children were possibly Guillaume and Martha, born c. 1684 - JS]
    • Distribution List 18 - 19 April 1690: 'Pierre le Febre, wife and two children ..... f50' ([There should have been 3 children, assuming that Guillaume had died - JS] - Theal, History of South Africa 1486 - 1691, p 349 - 350.)
    • Monsterrol 1695, District van Stellenbosch, p 145 'Pieter Lefebur en Maria de Brave 3 k.'
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 WikiTree profile De Grave-2 created by Esme Pieterse Jun 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 WikiTree profiles De Grave-12 De Grave-12 & De Grave-13 created Johan Smit, Sunday, January 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 WikiTree profile De Grave-6 created through the import of ML Nuttall.ged by Michael Nuttall on Mar 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 WikiTree profile De Grave-5 created through the import of Van der Walt Family Tree.ged by Rene van der Walt on Jan 22, 2013.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 WikiTree profile De Grave-7 created by Pieter Meyer, Apr 11, 2013.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 WikiTree profile De Grave-8 created through the import of Vermaak Family Site - 05 May 2013.GED on May 5, 2013 by Dina Vermaak. Source:
    • Author: <unknown> Meerkat Title: Meerkat Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family Page: Maria de Grave
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 WikiTree profile De Graaff-18 created through the import of Van der Walt Family Tree.ged on Jan 22, 2013 by Rene van der Walt.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 WikiTree profile De Grave-16 created by C. Waller 23 feb, 2016. Source:
    • Gedcom File McMaster family history Feb 1997
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 WikiTree profile De Grave-17 created by Cindy Scott-Turner 12 March 2017.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 WikiTree profile De Grave-4 created through the import of wikitree upload.ged by Arrie Klopper on Jul 19, 2012.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 WikiTree profile De Grave-15 created through the import of Marie Dorothea Cordes Family Tree.ged on Oct 18, 2015 by Michael Bissell --Benefiel.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 May 15, 2014 by Wendy Schoeman. Source:
    • The Huguenots of South Africa 1688-1988 by Pieter Coertzen, pages 157 and 158 gives her name as Marie de Grave. Place of origin: Fleurbaix (Artios) and/or Lille (Flandre). Date of arrival in SA: 1683. Ship unknown. Settled at Fleurbaix (Fleurbaai) Stellenbosch. Married Pierre le Fevre. Had one son and three daughters.
  14. ↑ (See - Pierre le Fevre - JS)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 May 15, 2014 by Wendy Schoeman. Source:




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Paul-3679 Cindy (Paul) Scott-Turner
De Grave-2 and De Grave-17 appear to represent the same person because: sorry me again. Wikitree was not giving me any suggestions when doing my entries.
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Van Heerden-335 Ronel (van Heerden) Olivier
De Grave-15 and De Grave-2 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate De Grave- 2 is the target profile ( ppp profile) Please merge and help buid our tree. Thanks R
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Pieterse-13 Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
De Grave-16 and De Grave-2 appear to represent the same person because: same data
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Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
De Grave-12 and De Grave-2 appear to represent the same person because: Same data
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Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
De Grave-6 and De Grave-2 appear to represent the same person because: Same data
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De Grave-11 and De Grave-2 appear to represent the same person because: Same data
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
De Grave-4 and De Grave-2 appear to represent the same person because: Same data
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
De Grave-8 and De Grave-2 appear to represent the same person because: Same data
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Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
De Grave-13 and De Grave-12 appear to represent the same person because: Same person you created her twice.
posted by Philip van der Walt
Van der Walt-440 Philip van der Walt
De Grave-5 had as date of birth 1654-00-00 ; Birth Place: Lalleu, France
posted by Philip van der Walt

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