Gideon Smit (1777 - 1849)

Born 22 May 1777 in Piketberg, Swartland, de Caep de Goede Hoop

Ancestors

Husband of Johanna Maria Petronella Smit — married 4 Apr 1831 in Swartland, Cape Colony

Descendants

Died 28 Nov 1849 at age 72 in Klipheuwel, Zwartland, Cape Colony

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Biography

Name

Gideon Smith ^[1] / Gideon Smit^[2]

Birth

Date: Gideon was born about 1780^[1] / 22 May 1777 ^[2]

Place: Piketberg^[3], Swartland, de Caep de Goede Hoop^[2][3]

Parents

He was the son of Jacobus Smit and Anna Elisabeth (Visser) Smit^[1]

Baptism

Date: 15 June 1777 ^[2]

Place: Swartland, Dutch Cape Colony [South Africa]^[2]

Name: Gideon Smit^[2]

Father's Name: Jakobús Smit^[2]

Mother's Name: Anna Elizabet [Visscher]^[2]

Witnesses: Johannes Visscher, Johanna Maria Slabber^[2]

Additional note: geboren den 22 Mei^[2]

Marriage

First Marriage

Date: 15 Mar 1801^[4]

Place: Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope Colony^[4]

Groom: Gideon Smith .. Burger aan Stellenbosch Jongman ^[4][5]

Bride: Húijbreght van Dijk ... Jonge Dogter ^[4][5]

Second Marriage

Date: 4 Apr 1831^[6]

Place: Swartland, Cape Colony^[6]

Groom: Gideon Smit Weduwenaar ^[6]

Bride: Johanna Petronella Smit weduwe Wylen Joh^s Nicolaas Sertyn ^[6]

Children

Listed in his death notice^[3]:

1. Jacob^s Gideon ^[3]
2. Anna Alizabeth married to Dirk Kotze ^[3]
3. Gideon Albertus ^[3]
4. Helletje Aletta married to Dirk Hanekom ^[3]
5. Sara Christina [married to] Gert van Niekerk ^[3]
6. Maria Catharina [married to] Florus van Dyk ^[3]
7. Joh^a Alb^a Hendrina Aletta Helena Laudina married to Barend Bredenkamp ^[3]
8. Johannes Lodewyk Nicolaas /minor/ ^[3]

Death

Date: 28 Nov 1849^[7][3]

Place: Klipheuwel^[7][3], Zwartland, Cape Colony^[3]

The death notices was signed Johanna maria petronella Smit, i.e. by his second wife.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} WikiTree profile Smith-109739 created by Susanna de Bruyn 3 September 2016.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Baptism Record: :
   • Baptism Register - Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Swartland, Cape Province, 1745-1976, Baptisms 1751-1824, Image 80
   Seen & added 03 October 2020 by André Laubscher
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14} Death Notice: South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MSXK-B?cc=2517051&wc=WV44-SZJ%3A1598082368 : 28 September 2018), 007844937 > image 1926 of 2283; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa. Added by Riël Smit on 2022-07-04.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} 1st Marriage Record: Parish registers, Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Cape Town (Cape Province), 1695-1976, Marriages 1757-1803, 1737-1818. Film # 008039065, Image 175 of 876: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFQ-SRLD. Added by Riël Smit on 2022-07-04.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Inventories of the Orphan Chamber Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa,Ref no: MOOC8/48.7 Hilletje Aletta Smith Seen and entered Sept 3, 2016 by Susanna de Bruyn
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} 2nd Marriage Record: South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Records (Stellenbosch Archive), 1690-2011, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-61Q3-7ZZ?cc=1392488&wc=M646-36D%3A13850901%2C13850902%2C29682001%2C29689201 : 29 August 2021), South Africa > Cape > Swartland > Marriages 1748-1839 > image 96 of 110; Citing Genealogiese Instituut van Suid-Afrika (Genealogical Institute of South Africa), Stellenbosch. Added by Riël Smit on 2022-07-04.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Added by Albertus Smit on 5 January 2022.